I'm trying to get more information on the type of DRM School Of The Air or the Flying Doctors may use, from what I understand its another variant on the DRM protocol, a DRM version of a trunking network, if that's the case then it would be near impossible to listen to without a particularly radio.
On 21/12/2011, at 1:25 AM, Martin McCormick wrote: > That is interesting. I would be interested in knowing what > frequencies are used as some of them could, at times make it to > North America but it would be very rare. > > For anybody else reading, the DRM Dane is speaking about > is not Digital Right Management although one might be able to > include that in the protocol. It is Digital Radio Mundial which > was a name coined that would work in many different languages. > It is a method of digital audio encoding that makes short wave > sound like a high-quality AM or maybe even a FM broadcast > station. None of that selective fading and static crashes that > give short wave its characteristic sounds as we know them. > > There's even DRM for amateur radio though I don't know > any more than that. > > I've heard some demo recordings from DRM and they sound > wonderful until a deep fade comes along and then it is just dead > silence like all digital media. In other words, it's really good > until it shuts off. > > Dane Trethowan writes: >> School Of The Air is still broadcasting on Shortwave apparently, >> someone's just sent me a frequency guide so I'll take a listen. >> >> According to the information I've just received, School Of The Air are >> planning to use a mode of DRM on shortwave, now that will be interesting. > > ======================================= > > The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > and worm-free > > To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web > pages located at > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at > either of the following websites: > > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html > > Or: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> > you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > --------------------------------------- ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
