INDIA versus SOUTH AFRICA CRICKET SERIES-2019 on Digital Radio

 Get ball by ball commentary, live cricket scores, & all the news and facts related to the match on

Digital Radio of AKASHWANI

 All India Radio will broadcast bilingual live commentary in Hindi and English of the three test matches INDIA versus SOUTH AFRICA CRICKET SERIES-2019 on following dates –

·         1^ST TEST MATCH: 03.10.2019 to 06.10.2019, being played at VISHAKHAPATNAM

·         2^nd TEST MATCH: 10.10.2019 to 14.10.2019, being played at PUNE

·         3^rd TEST MATCH: 20.10.2019 to 23.10.2019 being played at RANCHI.

On the first day of every match the commentary will available from 0900 to 1630 hrs, And all the remaining days it will be broadcasted from 0925 to 1630 hrs. Also Enjoy concluding ceremony on the last day of each match till it ends.

This Digital treasure of enjoyment is available everywhere. So be tuned in to the frequencies given below as per your location

LOCATION    FREQENCY             LOCATION    FREQENCY        LOCATION      FREQENCY                 LOCATION       FREQENCY 

Chennai       783 kHz             Chinsurah   603kHz            Jammu               999 kHz               Pune             801 kHz

Delhi            1368 kHz           Delhi A       828kHz            Kolkata A          666 kHz               Rajkot          819 kHz

Rajkot          1071 kHz           Dharwad     774 kHz           Kolkata B          1017 kHz             Rajkot          1080 kHz  

Ahmedabad 855 kHz             Dibrugarh    576kHz           Luknow             756 kHz               Ranchi          558 kHz   

Ajmer          612 kHz             Guwahati-B 1044 kHz        Mumbai A         1053 kHz             Siliguri         720 kHz  

Bengaluru    621 kHz            Hyderabad    747 kHz          Mumbai B        567 kHz               Suratgarh      927 kHz

Barmer         1467 kHz          Itanagar        684 kHz          Panaji               1296 kHz            Tawang         1530 kHz       

Bikaner        1404 kHz          Jabalpur        810 kHz          Passighat          1071 kHz            Trichirapalli  945 kHz    

Chennai A    729 kHz            Jalandhar      882 kHz          Patna                 630 kHz             Varanasi       1251 kHz                                                                                                                                                                  Vijayawada  846 kHz

DRM for FM goes super efficient – RF Mondiale and Nautel demonstrate game -changing DRM ,FM Modulator.

At IBC during the Nautel event, RFmondial together with Nautel demonstrated its advanced multiplexed DRM modulation for the FM band, that allows broadcasters to transmit multiple DRM channels on one physical transmitter.

The newest member of RFmondial’s successful LV-series of DRM modulators and exciters allows the parallel generation and transmission of up to six pure digital DRM channels, or in combined analogue and digital „Simulcast” mode, one traditional analogue FM channel and up to four DRM channels. As explained by Stefan Galler, Managing Director of RFmondial GmbH in Hannover “using a spectrum of 600kHz one could place the FM signal occupying 200kHz in the centre and use the other 400 to carry two right and two left DRM channels or just two right or left DRM channels as DRM occupies half the FM spectrum. One DRM channel carries two to three programmes so on one transmitter, one antenna one could broadcast in pure DRM up 24 programmes, probably a bit too ambitious or one FM programme and between 12-18 DRM programmes.”

The efficiency is not just at the spectrum level but comes also from the possibility of reusing the same transmitter, the same antenna and combiner systems. Planners will appreciate that if you wanted to put two DRM channels on adjacent frequencies this was very hard and for good results you needed really to build two towers and two antennas. With this innovation using one transmission site and one antenna is possible, easier, bringing in efficiency and a degree of flexibility unknown before. In Stefan Galler’s words: “The ability to freely mix and combine analogue and multiple digital DRM signals, in adjacent channels, with individually varying power levels, supporting single frequency networks, allows broadcasters, network regulators and frequency planers a new dimension of possibilities for planning and operation of digital radio networks.”

Source : - https://www.drm.org/drm-for-fm-goes-super-efficient-rfmondial-and-nautel-demonstrate-game-changing-drm-fm-modulator/

......Nautel Free Webinar:AM POWER SAVING TECHNIQ

In communication our main concern is always to save power and bandwidth.If you want to save power in amplitude modulation don't miss this upcoming webinars by Nautel on 2nd october 12:00 PM ET(9:30 PM IST ),hosted by Jeff Welton this webinar will discuss implementation and ramifications of MDCL (Modulation Dependent Carrier Limiting) for AM stations.

Guest speaker Cris Alexander, Director of Engineering for Crawford Broadcasting, has added MDCL to several of his facilities and will discuss the challenges and best practices he’s discovered. We’ll also discuss MA3 (all digital) IBOC for AM and AM translators.

This webinar will run 60 minutes including time for questions.

Tune in to DRM Radio & enjoy your ride.

                                       

You are in PUNE! Not in Amsterdam, Tokyo or Paris etc.! HIGH FIDELITY SOUND broadcast  i. e. Digital Radio is now available!!!  

   Owning a car with Advance Features is always a matter of pride. Pune is one of the privileged cities where high end car’s dashboard is now equipped with most advanced Radio system called

                             “DRM Radio” i.e. Digital Radio Mondial – Digital Radio.

  So you can tune in to New Highest Quality Digital Radio!! It will add an additional dimension to your on wheel entertainment!!! It provides a rich blend of Music, Songs, News, Commentary , and many more loved programmes, and associated data services.

Now DRM band is available in high end new car models like -Suzuki

1) IGNIS Dec 2018  

2) S Cross high end Dec 2018
3) Ciaz high end Dec 2018  

4) New Baleno Dec 2018   

5) XL 6 – Zeta and Alpha models

 BROADCAST TIMINGS AND FREQUENCIES OF DRM RADIO SERVICES

1. CD quality broadcast is now available on DRM band frequency 801KHZ from morning 05:50hrs to 15:05hrs and from 17:30hrs to 23:11hrs. You can listen Delhi Rainbow 

2. On DRM band frequency 792 KHz, listen three services of AIR from 15:30hrs to 16:30hrs.

 

*Service 1-Delhi Rainbow.
*Service 2-Vividh Bharati.
* Service 3-FM GOLD MUMBAI.
* Service 4-Journaline.

 

     

This signal will accompany you to really longer distances even at very remote places where other radios like FM may fail.

         So why to wait!!! Tune in to DRM Radio & enjoy your ride.

        For queries call All India Radio Pune on 020-26990161 or mail to hptairpune@gmail.com. For updates watch Facebook page Digital Radio Pune of hptairpune and watch Digital Radio Pune blog.  

Demonstration of DRM reception

Broadcast engineering society (India) Pune chapter organized an event on Digital Broadcast Technologies in the World and PPT Competition on 15th September, 2019 to make the Engineers Day i. e. the Birth anniversary of Sir Mokshagundam Vishweshwaraiyya memorable at Auditorium All India Radio, Shivajinagar, Pune.

This session was followed by demonstration of DRM reception with inbuilt receivers in Maruti Nexa Vehicles which showcased the sound quality as compared to regular vehicle receivers. Smt. Dipti Kamlapurkar, General Manager, NEXA, had extended her co-operation and provided two Nexa vehicles i.e. Baleno and XL6 for demo

The demo in vehicles was followed by demo on domestic AVION make receiver.

Broadcast Engineers Society (I), Pune Chapter Celeberates Engineers Day on 15.09.2019.

Winner team



Runner up team

commemorate the Engineer’s Day , Broadcast Engineers Society (I), Pune Chapter organized an event at auditorium,All India Radio,Pune on 15th September 2019. A Technical Session was arranged on the subject “Digital Paradigm for Broadcast Media: Why?” by Shri Sharad Sadhu from Fraunhofer IIS, Germany and former Technical Head, Asia –Pacific Broadcasting Union, Malaysia. In the key note lecture, he described road map of digital broadcast ,digital radio services,digital television services, online mobile services. He gave information regarding DVB T2 system,ASTC DTV system, high performance TV and HDTV content creation. The audience was enriched with his informative and explanatory presentation.

The session was followed by a PPT presentation competition of Engineering students of E&TC stream of III /IV th year on the subjects Digital Radio Broadcasting - Features and Implementation in India, Digital Television Broadcasting- Features and Implementation in India and Software Defined Radio for Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM). Each college group consisting of 1 to 3 participants delivered a presentation of 5 min. Sixteen no of teams from various engineering colleges in and around Pune had participated in the competition. It was very tough and healthy competition. Trophies were awarded to Winner and the Runner up teams and certificate of participation was given to all participants in a enthusiastic and energetic atmosphere.

Shri Sharad Sadhu from Fraunhofer IIS, Germany and former Technical Head, Asia –Pacific Broadcasting Union, Malaysia, Chairman of BES Pune chapter and DDG(E),AIR Pune Shri Ashish Bhatnagar , Vice Chairman and Director Engineering,DDK Pune Shri Adhir Gadpale, Smt. Dipti Kamlapurkar, General Manager, NEXA, Vice Chairperson , ADE,AIR Pune Smt. Sangeeta Upadhye. Secretary, BES Pune Chapter,AE,AIR Pune Shri Ravindra Ranjekar and Treasurer,BES Pune Chapter, AE, DDK Pune , Shri Ashok Bhapkar graced the function. Anchoring of the programme was done by Smt.Jyoti Ranjekar,AIR Pune.

Demo of DRM Reception

Demo of DRM Reception in car

Demo of DRM Reception

In order to familiarize DRM transmission to the students, an demo of DRM reception was arranged by Smt.Chitrarekha Kulkarni,ADE,AIR Pune in the premises of All India Radio,Pune. DRM receivers in Maruti cars were also displayed. DRM reception quality was appreciated by students and faculties of Engineering colleges.

Gospell to announce the DRM monitoring system and imminent release of portable DRM receiver

Gospell to announce the DRM monitoring system and imminent release of portable DRM receiver, and more Chengdu, China - Gospell, a leading supplier of pay TV system and equipment, satellite TV receiving products and microwave products, announces its product lineup for IBC 2019. The company will debut several new products featuring DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) for both consumer and industry market, including:

• GR-22 - Portable DRM/AM/FM Receiver 

• GR-227 - DRM Car Adapter

• GR-301 - DRM/AM/FM Monitoring Receiver

• GR-310 - Audio Broadcast Monitoring Platform

• GR-AT3 - High Performance Active HF Antenna

GR-22 is a sleek and classy portable radio from Gospell, the contemporary stylistics of exterior design fits in your personal style, crystal clear DRM digital radio and AM/FM brings practicality and comfort to your daily enjoyment. Despite its pocket-size, it's a nifty full wave band receiver packed up in a tiny body that enables you to explore a wide variety of radio stations. It is also future-proofed for the next generation DRM-E technology. You have access to all the presets, station names, pro-gram details and even Journaline news on the easy to ready large LCD in a simple and intuitive way. Sleep timer set your radio to automatically switch off or wake up at your convenience. Listen to your favorite radio programs anywhere you like with 4 x AA batteries or connect it to mains.

GR-22 is a multi-functional radio that is flexible to your listen habits.

GR-22 will be available for purchase on Q2 2020.

GR-227 is a car digital radio adapter that utilizes most advanced interference and noise cancellation technology to receive digital radio in car while achieving the best audio quality and serve it to the car audio system over aux cable or by transmitting over an unused FM frequency. The receiver is fully compatible with DRM standard that is being deployed over the world, with its latest audio codec xHE-AAC. Based on software defined radio technology, GR-227 is ready for the emerging 

DRM-E standard that extends the DRM broadcast to FM band.

GR-301 is a high performance monitoring receiver that supports DRM, AM and FM. GR-301 supports the collection of key parameters of audio broadcasting, including SNR, MER, CRC, PSD, RF level, audio availability and service information. The collection and uploading of parameters meets DRM RSCI standards. The GR-301 can work independently or be deployed with other receivers to become a node in the service evaluation network. The GR-301 supports the xHE-AAC audio codec and is capable of handling the latest DRM-E standard through software upgrades.

GR-310 is a management platform designed for audio broadcast monitoring and receiver control pur-poses, it manages the geographically distributed GR-301 receivers. The platform can formulate receiving schedules, configure the receivers to perform receiving tasks, perform real-time

North Korea Resumes DRM Broadcasts

 A screenshot showing North Korea using a Dream DRM transmitter modulator. Credit: Hans Johnson

North Korea has returned to digital radio broadcasting after an absence of nearly two years. 

The latest Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) shortwave transmissions began mid August. The country has had periodic DRM broadcasts for many years.

It appears unclear at this time however whether the current series of transmissions will soon end or be the start of a regular service.Thus far, all of the latest test transmissions have taken place on 3560 kHz, which is actually allocated for amateur radio use.

According to radio enthusiasts in the region, the signal has been clear and very audible.

In 2012, 2016, and 2017, the country’s international service, The Voice of Korea, trialed DRM.

Those tests involved a professional grade DRM modulator, which identified itself as being from the Engineering Research Center of Digital Audio and Video (ECDAV) at the Communications University of China in Beijing.

Pyongyang Broadcasting Station, a Korean-language service for Koreans living in China, Japan, and South Korea, has been carrying out these latest broadcasts, which appear to implement two DRM modulators.

The image shows North Korea using a professional DRM modulator made by BBEF. Photo credit: Hans Johnson

Based on settings and parameters, the first is the open-source, software-based Dream DRM transmitter.

Developed at Germany’s Darmstadt University some 15 years ago, technicians continue to tweak various parameters, such as bandwidth, as they test and learn about the system.

In spite of its age, the Dream DRM transmitter is compatible with any DRM receiver. North Korea could easily put on multiple DRM transmitters using this free system.

North Korean operators also appear to be using a professional grade DRM modulator, which is most likely from private Chinese manufacturer Beijing Broadcasting Equipment Factory (BBEF). BBEF is best known for selling North Korea a number of shortwave transmitters ranging in power from 20 to 150 kW in 2011.

A professional DRM modulator is more capable than Dream. But North Korea probably cannot manufacturer its own and a single modulator can easily cost many thousands of dollars.

A lot has changed since North Korea last aired DRM broadcasts two years ago. Broadcasters in China and Guam have started regular DRM services and Russia is set to begin a service for Russia Far East.

With so many DRM programs coming on air in the region, North Korea may finally decide to remain on the air for good using the digital radio standard.

Source :- https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/north-korea-resumes-drm-broadc asts

DRM webinars, on September the 3rd and 4th, have the overarching theme “DRM Emergency Warning Functionality – Saving Lives by integrating DRM into your National Warning Infrastructure”.

DRM webinars, on September the 3rd and 4th, have the overarching theme “DRM Emergency Warning Functionality – Saving Lives by integrating DRM into your National Warning Infrastructure”. Both sessions will be different and tackle this important function of DRM in an informative and engaging manner.

Each webinar session will be about 60 minutes and will start at 0130hrs GMT (9:30am KL/Sin/HK time – view in your timezone) each day and will be repeated at 0700hrs GMT of the same day (3:00pm KL/Sin/HK time – view in your timezone). Both sessions are identical. Please register and choose the session that suits you best.