{"id":41664,"date":"2020-01-18T09:49:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T13:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=41664"},"modified":"2020-01-18T09:49:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T13:49:55","slug":"an-app-to-decode-drm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/an-app-to-decode-drm\/","title":{"rendered":"An app to decode DRM?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DRM broadcast (left) as seen via a KiwiSDR spectrum display.<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Richard Langley, who shares this story by Hans Johnson at Radio World:<\/p>\n

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Can an App Solve the DRM Receiver Problem? (Radio World)<\/a><\/h3>\n

The Digital Radio Mondiale standard for digital broadcasting in long, medium, and shortwave bands offers the possibility to transmit audio, text and pictures.<\/p>\n

A few broadcasters use DRM for both domestic and international transmissions. DRM\u2019s largest problem is lack of receivers, especially affordable standalone ones.<\/p>\n

Some listeners use an SDR, computer and free Dream software to receive the DRM signals, but this audience doesn\u2019t make up the mass audience that broadcasters are looking for.<\/p>\n

[…]AlgorKorea didn\u2019t develop the apps with the intention of solving the DRM receiver issue. They developed them to resolve a problem with FM hearing aids used in classrooms.<\/p>\n

So how do they work? The DRM+SDR version couples the popular and inexpensive RTL-SDR to an Android device with a USB OTG adapter.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read the full article at Radio World.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who shares this story by Hans Johnson at Radio World: Can an App Solve the DRM Receiver Problem? (Radio World) The Digital Radio Mondiale standard for digital broadcasting in long, medium, and shortwave bands offers the possibility to transmit audio, text and pictures. A few broadcasters use […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[54,3,43],"tags":[8263,4083,8264,8265,634,3516],"class_list":["post-41664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drm","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-algorkorea","tag-drm","tag-drm-app","tag-drm-application","tag-radio-world","tag-richard-langley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aQ0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25158,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/pantronx-titus-ii-drm-receiver-update-via-wavescan\/","url_meta":{"origin":41664,"position":0},"title":"PantronX Titus II DRM receiver update via Wavescan","author":"Thomas","date":"April 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who writes: There was a segment on the latest episode of AWR's Wavescan (9 April 2017) about the Titus II DRM receiver recorded during the recent HFCC meeting in Jordan. 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