Wednesday, July 19, 2006

DRM testing from French Guiana

DRM test transmissions from Montsinery, French Guiana, started 17 July. A new 150 kW DRM / 250 kW AM Thomson transmitter is currently under acceptance tests. There will be some DRM test transmisions in the coming days between about 1900 and 2145 UTC :

21645 kHz to Europe on 20, 24, 26 and 28 July; 4/4 antenna
15795 kHz to Brazil on 18, 21, 25 and 27 July; 2/3 antenna.
(Source: Jacques Gruson, TDF via DRM Software Radio Forums/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)