"Sidchase3" wrote in message
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Has anybody built or bought a DRM capable receiver? I printed out a
schedule
of broadcastng times from the DRM website. It appears that there are test
transmissions going on from participating broadcasters a good part of the
day.
One station transmits for an hour or two and then passes off to another.

Has anyone heard these broadcasts? How was the clarity? As I mentioned in

Future of shortwave, I think there is tremendous potential for digital
shortwave particularly concerning the transmission of text. The ability to
interface these receivers with a computer (PC, laptop, palm) coupled with
the
relatively high coverage to cost ratio would enable a greater variety of
thought (political, social) from marginalized groups to the reach the
public.

I use an old Kenwood R1000 with a downconverter board to listen to DRM. When
you have a strong signal the audio quality is breathtaking for shortwave and
its amazing to hear transmissions in stereo. It doesn't take much QRM or
fading however before you get dropouts and lost audio and in practice you
need a strong signal to get reliable DRM results.

Kev

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