Boy, have they been snowed by the DRMists. AIR can`t even put a reliable analog signal out to 20 megameters, e.g. North America, and doesn`t even try as far as official target areas where the Western Hemisphere is not on their map. So how are they going to make it ``crystal-clear`` with DRM? Not without relay stations, they won`t, and they have never in history even attempted to use SW relays abroad, unlike countless other international broadcasters who in effect now have a worldwide network at their disposal and may use close one-hop transmitter sites from the targets if they wish to. Furthermore, altho there is a hybrid DRM/analog mode available for SW use, no one is using it. It`s one or the other, and there must be a reason for that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
--- sakthi vel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Listening to old melodies of KL Sehgal or latest tunes > from Himmesh Reshammiya would now be possible in far > west United States or on the interior of Indo-China > border. In a quality better than FM radio. > > It will all happen with All India Radio (AIR) planning > to go digital. We have started a pilot project to > provide digital signals to radio audience in the > country. The quality would be as clear as playing > music at your home, said Brajeshwar Singh, > Director-General AIR. > > The digital service will be available through internet > via webcasting and as radio signal till a distance of > 20,000 kilometres in a crystal clear sound. But the > biggest stumbling block for the masses to listen to > fine quality radio transmission is the high cost > digital radio sets. Each set costs about Rs 12,000. > But, Singh expects the price to go down once the use > of radio digital signal improves. > > Till, the technology becomes popular the AIR will > provide the signal in both analog and digital mode. > This will mean that there will be a signal for > conventional radio sets along with one for digital > radio sets. Once the transition from analog to digital > is complete, the analog signal will not be available. > It will take seven to eight years, Singh said. > > AIR on Thursday conducted a presentation for > Information and Broadcasting ministry secretary A > Swarup on digital phase of AIR. The pilot project > started from a transmission station near Delhi > University is first of its kind in the country. > > Although 38 countries in the world has used digital > mode for external transmission, India would be the > first country to use the technology for national > transmission, AS Guin, Engineer-in-Chief of AIR. > > The cost of converting entire AIR network on digital > is high but the government expects to get approval of > Planning Commission for this futuristic project soon. > Under the pilot project, Delhi radio station is > available on digital mode as well as analog mode. We > have divided the bandwith into two channels. One part > is digital and other is analog. People who want to > listen to better quality sound can opt for the digital > signal an AIR official said. > ///////////// > Source:http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=4d76fbf2-5c7c-43c0-84d3-251a152d0787&MatchID1=4467&TeamID1=2&TeamID2=4&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1110&PrimaryID=4467&Headline=AIR+to+turn+digital+for+world+audience ____________________________________________________________________________________Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Preorder your WRTH 2007: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2007 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
