DRM delivers much more than audio: Ruxandra Obreja #DBS2021
6 April 2021 · Features · News · Technology News · Trade Exhibition
“We live in a troubled time, but we have a great strength with radio,” said DRM Chairperson Ruxandra Obreja at the ABU’s Virtual DBS Conference.
“For many people, radio is the only means of...
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Ms Obreja has shown that DRM has been used by education authorities to deliver education programs where the internet is not available or expensive. Also DRM has been used by border protection and the military.
If a DRM broadcast from New Zealand can be listened to in Spain clearly and not have its signal subject to variations in conditions of the ionosphere as per AM SW transmissions, then DRM should be a method of transmitting signals from Radio Australia to our Pacific Island neighbours.
Having Radio Australia transmit via SW DRM from Australia is not subject to its signals being cut off at its FM retransmission facilities or via IP networks.
According to the article, the price of DRM receivers is dropping. Why doesn't Australia supply DRM receivers to our Pacific Island neighbours as part of an aid package.
Subject to market research by the Australian Government of the Pacific Island neighbours radio needs, reinstating Radio Australia's SW service as a SW DRM service may well cover all the Pacific Islands as well as the rest of the world.
Thank you,
Anthony of logical Belfield