Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Radio Australia commences DRM txn

Radio Australia will commence a DRM schedule from its main Pacific station at Shepparton, Victoria from 1 April 2012. Average power is 40 kW from a Continental 418G transmitter. Competent reception reports welcome especially notifying interference to the RA transmissions. Include postal details if emailing reports.
Broadcasts to central Pacific may also be audible in North America; broadcasts to the south-west Pacific and PNG may also be audible in eastern Australia. Broadcasts to south-east Asia may be audible in Europe.

Details are:

Time (UT) Freq.(kHz) Target DRM mode

0100-0300 19000 central Pacific mode C 10 kHz 16QAM level 1 11 kb/s
0700-0900 7410 south-west Pacific mode B 10 kHz 64QAM level 2 24 kb/s
0900-1100 9475 south-west Pacific mode B 10 kHz 64QAM level 2 24 kb/s
1100-1300 6080 west Pacific & PNG mode C 10 kHz 16QAM level 1 11 kb/s
1300-1500 9890 central Pacific mode C 10 kHz 16QAM level 1 11 kb/s
1500-1700 5940 SE-Asia mode C 10 kHz 16QAM level 1 11 kb/s
1700-1900 9475 SE-Asia mode C 10 kHz 16QAM level 1 11 kb/s

Nigel Holmes, Chief Engineer, Radio Australia via Craig Seager

(Via Australian Radio DX Club Mailing List)

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