Short Term Training on DRM Transmitter at HPT AIR PUNE

Two days training on DRM transmitter started today at 9:00 am at HPT AIR PUNE.This training was well organized by Smt. Sangeeta Upadhye(ADE), Shree H.P. Paradkar(A.E.) and Shree S.M. Chaudhary (A.E.) despite on short notice of a week. Total 20 engineers from west and south zone participating this training programme.

More at :

http://airddfamily.blogspot.in/2017/08/short-term-training-on-drm-transmitter.html

World’s biggest SW modernization project under execution in Taiwan

Ampegon has received the third part of an ongoing contract by RTI Radio Taiwan International to upgrade two radio transmission sites in Taiwan. In cooperation with the local partner Techway Engineering Ltd, Ampegon will manufacture, install and commission a total of ten 300 kW DRM shortwave transmitters and twelve rigid dipole broadcast antennas HR2/2/0.3 securing low and efficient maintenance works.

More at : http://www.ampegon.com/news/?id=6

Nautel to Host DRM Event at NAB 2013

“Building for the 1st Billion Listeners” event will include Digital Radio Mondiale news, updates on DRM+ trials and live DRM demonstration.

NAB 2013, Booth C2207 — Nautel Limited will host a DRM reception at NAB on Tuesday, April 9th from 3 to 5 PM at the Nautel booth. Titled “Building for the 1st Billion Listeners,” the event will feature presentations by DRM officials and Nautel personnel, and will offer an opportunity for networking with DRM experts. Refreshments will be served.

Recent developments in DRM include the world’s largest DRM30 deployment now taking place in India. 27 Nautel NX Series DRM-enabled high power medium wave transmitters totaling 4.9 MW of power are being deployed throughout the country as part of All India Radio’s conversion to digital broadcasting. In other parts of the world, DRM+ trials are continuing; a report on these trials will be presented at the event and a demonstration of DRM+ using a live Nautel transmitter will be shown.

DRM Chair, Ruxandra Obreja of the BBC in London said, “The Nautel events at NAB and IBC are always very informative and well attended. This year we have lots to share with the India rollout now in full swing and we appreciate Nautel’s contributions to the DRM Consortium.”

“AM broadcasting is facing challenges throughout the world but digital technologies are revitalizing the band,” said Hal Kneller, Nautel Regional Sales Manager – Europe and Nautel’s representative on the DRM Steering and Executive Boards. “HD Radio™ Technology and DRM30 can keep this important broadcast band healthy and take advantage of its wide area coverage and low cost of distribution.” Kneller will present a paper on digital transmission technologies for AM on Monday, April 8 at 4:30 PM as part of the Broadcast Engineering Conference.

Anyone interested in DRM transmission is invited to attend the Nautel reception.

 

(Nautel Press Release) 

Live Dedication of Guam Transmitters

Two of the newly installed 250 kW txers at KTWR Guam will be officially inaugurated on 18th Nov 2011 at 1330 UTC, read the full story here :

http://www.twr.asia/news/live-dedication-of-guam-transmitters

Nautel Announces DRM InsideTM for NX Series MW and LW Transmitters

Underlining Nautel’s commitment to digital radio, DRM Inside, the industry’s most integrated DRM Modulator/content server, will provide an easy to manage and integrated approach for Digital Radio Mondiale transmission

IBC, Amsterdam, Stand 8.C61 -- Nautel Limited has announced “DRM Inside”, a simplified approach to DRM broadcasting using an integrated DRM Modulator and content server for its NX Series. Integration results in a cost effective and simplified DRM deployment. Users can achieve local or remote configuration, operation and monitoring using just one user interface, Nautel’s award winning Advanced User Interface (AUI). The full function DRM solution will be supported in all NX Series MW and LW transmitters with available outputs of 25 kW to 2000 kW. Existing NX Series customers will have an option to upgrade to DRM Inside by way of an internal PCB card and an easy AUI software update.
“DRM Inside is one more demonstration of Nautel’s focus on ‘Making Digital Radio Work,’” said Peter Conlon, Nautel President and CEO. “Customers have been excited as our engineers place more intelligence and capability inside our transmitters such as Orban Inside for audio processing, IP Audio I/O, automation features or in this case DRM.”
Developed in conjunction with RFmondial and Fraunhofer IIS of Germany, Nautel’s DRM Inside consists of software enhancements to the Nautel AUI, a compact embedded modulator with integrated Fraunhofer DRM ContentServer™, as well as redundant MDI inputs from external DRM ContentServers. The Nautel Advanced User Interface provides presets, logging, diagnostics, and local/remote control of all transmitter functions. The AUI also incorporates an instrument-grade audio analyzer and modulation monitor with display screens that are easy to set up and read. “It is the integration with Nautel’s AUI that unleashes the full power of DRM Inside,” commented Hal Kneller, Nautel Sales Manager Europe. “DRM modes and settings will be controlled within the AUI and can take advantage of presets and the ability to monitor the DRM spectrum remotely.”
DRM Inside has projected availability of Q2 2012. Nautel will be hosting live demonstrations of a DRM Inside prototype and its NX Series transmitters at IBC stand 8.C61. DRM+ is also being demonstrated on Nautel’s award winning NV and VS Series FM transmitters with outputs of 300 W to 88 kW.

About Nautel
Nautel has emerged as one of the world’s largest manufacturers of AM and FM radio broadcast transmitters. With more than 10,000 transmitters deployed in over 177 countries since 1970, Nautel continues to lead the way in providing valuable new solutions for digital radio broadcasting and other applications.

(Press Release)

All India Radio tender notice for DRM digital transmitters

India's public service broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) is putting into practice its plans for digitalisation of radio and has placed a global tender notice for the procurement of several DRM digital transmitters. AIR has invited bids for the supply of 34 new MW transmitters, for the upgrade of 36 MW transmitters and purchase of 5 SW transmitters and other associated equipment. The Research Department of AIR is also going ahead with the purchase of a 500 watt DRM shortwave transmitter for conducting trials on 26 MHz SW DRM transmissions for local coverage. The details of the tender advertisement can be found on the official AIR website:

http://www.allindiaradio.org/NIT/Tenderenquiry-13/18006010.html

This procurement process is the start of the AIR's digitalisation plan of ensuring DRM Digital radio coverage for the entire country, thereby providing better and more robust radio services to the listeners.

Earlier this year, AIR had placed orders for the purchase of two 1000 KW DRM capable transmitters which are now being made ready for inspection and delivery. These MW transmitters can be operated in DRM mode, in analogue or in simulcast mode and provide coverage to very large areas in the Indian subcontinent. The transmitters have been manufactured by Thomson Broadcast & Multimedia, A.G.

And recently All India Radio has also confirmed the purchase of 6 mobile DRM transmitters of 10 KW each which are AM/DRM ready. These containerized transmitters are meant to be used in disaster management CASES as they can be easily transported to the affected areas by air/rail/road. A 60 meter medium wave mobile mast goes in another container which can be easily erected together with the transmitter and start broadcasting as and when required. These transmitters are being supplied by M/S Riz, Croatia.

(Source : DRM Consortium)

http://www.drm.org/index.php?p=news_item&uid=212

Saudi Arabia to acquire DRM-Ready High Power 250 kW HF Transmitters

Continental Electronics will supply a quantity of 4 each 250 kW HF DRM-ready transmitters and associated equipment to the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Information (MOI) through First Gulf Company of Riyadh.

First Gulf will construct an entirely new HF station where the transmitters, antennas, and other equipment will be installed at the existing Al Khumra site outside Jeddah. The Al Khumra station was constructed by Continental Electronics and its civil contractor between 1978 and 1980, and the site presently accommodates multiple 2-megawatt and 1-megawatt Medium Wave transmitters.
The new high-power HF DRM-ready transmitters will enhance the Saudi MOI's digital broadcast capabilities and can reach targeted audiences at long distance ranges with a clear, high quality signal. The DRM-ready transmitters are similar to those recently supplied to Broadcast Australia and to Radio-TV Malaysia, employing Transradio's latest DRM exciters with its unique pre-correction features. The transmitters will be delivered in the latter part of 2010 and the station is planned to be fully operational by mid-2011.

(DRM Consortium)

http://www.drm.org/index.php?p=news_item&uid=211

Broadcast Australia and RTM Malaysia order Continental Electronics DRM Transmitters

Broadcast Australia has asked DRM member company Continental Electronics to supply two new DRM-ready 100 kilowatt transmitters for two of its short-wave stations. The purchase represents the first step in Broadcast Australia's plan to enhance its digital short-wave (HF) broadcast capabilities throughout its network of transmitters. The state-of-the-art Continental Model 418G-DRM transmitters will enable Broadcast Australia to transmit programming in analogue AM and digital (DRM) modes from both stations, Tenant Creek and Shepparton. Both transmitters are expected to be on the air and fully operational by late summer.

Radio-Television Malaysia (RTM) has chosen the same Continental model for its new short-wave transmitters. The three 100 kilowatt DRM-ready HF transmitters from Continental, along with other associated equipment, are to be installed in the RTM transmitting station at Kajang, and will enable RTM transmissions in digital DRM format as well as conventional analogue AM. RTM's new transmitters are expected to be on the air and fully operational before the end of the year.

(Source : DRM Newsletter, June 2010)

Read the DRM Newsletter June 2010 issue here :
http://www.drm.org/old/index.php?id=367