Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Kanwar Sandhu, who writes:
Following email was received by Radio Taiwan International, French Service:
French service will collaborate with Space Line from Bulgaria for a daily broadcast of thirty minutes from 19:00 to 19:30 UTC from Sunday March 29, 2020. Broadcasting will be provided from the city of Kostinbord on the frequency 6005 kHz.
Before the official resumption of our broadcast, we will conduct five days of trial scheduled for February 22-23, 28-29 and March 1.
We would like to invite you to help us to find out the listening conditions by sending us your listening reports on these five days of testing. (Meg Wang, French Service RTI)
Many thanks, Kanwar, for sharing this tip!
What is DRM? can AM & DRM be simulcast together? What does a DRM only signal sound like on a classic AM radio?
Edward,
The DRM signal even in the high frequency (SW) band can be in stereo with no noise interference from other stations or phasing distortion common on AM in this band. If there is insufficient signal the reception is either non existent or breaks up. Reception is possible at lower signal levels than with AM.
Whilst you can have DRM/AM simulcasts it reduces the allowable data rates in the DRM reducing the sound quality or prevents the transmission of other data applications such as slideshow and Journaline an indexed text service.
Is it in AM or DRM?
I’m guessing it’s AM because I feel like a DRM transmission would have been indicated as such.