Friday, June 15, 2007

TDF begins DRM test on 999 kHz medium wave

TDF has started DRM test transmissions on 999 kHz from Villebon (south of Paris) using a Thomson M²W transmitter running about 8 kW RMS into a 75 m high monopole antenna. The DRM transmission is multiplexed on the same antenna with another 5 kW AM programme on 1314 kHz, and also nearby is a 300 kW AM transmitter on 864 kHz on another antenna. Audio content is currently a loop but could be a live programme in the near future.
(Source: Jacques Gruson. TDF, via DRM Software Radio Forums/R Netherlands Media Network weblog)