WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

RTL intends to make sure there are two million DRM receivers in Europe by
2007. "This is going to happen," he said. Sony will be producing receivers
with both DAB and DRM capability.
(Michel Penneroux, DRM Commercial Committee, May 6th 2004, USA DRM group
meeting)
"Cheap DRM receivers will be out by Christmas".
(Adil Mina, Continental Electronics, May 6th 2004, USA DRM group meeting)
One million DRM receivers are expected to be in the marketplace by 2006.
(Peter Senger, US DRM meeting, November 8-12 2004)
DRM capable consumer products are heading for the shops for Christmas
2005.
(Peter Senger quoted in DRM press release, 4th Septr 2005)
Receivers need to be in shops, not demonstrated, showcased, introduced or
expecting those interested to "stay tuned" (?!) to websites.
(Mike Barraclough-UK, wwdxc BC-DX Feb 12)
DRM'S HISTORY OF MISSED TARGETS
DRM stands for "digital radio mondiale," a system for digital broadcasting
on AM/FM/SW that's been heavily promoted for the past few years, primarily
by international SW broadcasters laboring under the notion that the reason
their listenership is falling is because "our broadcasts aren't digital"
instead of the real reasons, namely "our broadcasts are boring as hell,
and there's something called 'the internet' now."
From Glenn Hauser's World of Radio comes a nice summary of the missed
promises made by DRM backers over the last couple of years; it's not
permalinked so scroll down to the section headed "Digital Broadcasting" to
find it.
Like IBOC/HD in the United States, it's now time for DRM to deliver on
some of its promises. And that's means widely available, reasonably priced
receivers and programming that will make average listeners (instead of
radioheads) want to try the new technology.
Okay, I'll say it again: any digital broadcasting system operating in a
freq range that can be affected by the ionosphere on a regular basis (that
is, anywhere below 30 MHz) is a dumb idea, and the best bets for digital
broadcasting lie with satellites and wireless broadband sces.
(Harry Helms, futureofradio blog Feb 14 via dxld)
DRM INTERFERENCE ON MW IN EUROPE.
Hi Glenn: I just received the following letter from EBU:
Dear Sir, We are considering, at the technical department of the EBU, the
interference cases mentioned in your e-mail below. Concerning the co-
channel interference case on 594 kHz, we have already informed the
concerned broadcasters about the complaint.
In order to be able to assess the situation, we would appreciate to have
answers on the following questions:
- What type of AM receiver is used, what sensitivity and selectivity does
it offer?
- What type of antenna is used?
- What are the levels of the received wanted signals on the different