{"id":53232,"date":"2022-07-05T06:48:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T10:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=53232"},"modified":"2022-07-05T06:49:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T10:49:28","slug":"jerome-would-like-to-know-more-about-the-starwaves-truckbox-drm-converter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/jerome-would-like-to-know-more-about-the-starwaves-truckbox-drm-converter\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerome would like to know more about the Starwaves Truckbox DRM converter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Starwaves-Truckbox.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53234 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Starwaves-Truckbox.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Starwaves-Truckbox.jpeg 412w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Starwaves-Truckbox-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/guest-post-jeromes-experiences-as-an-swl-in-saudi-arabia-from-1990-91\/\">Jerome van der Linden<\/a>, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hello Thomas,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Back in January 2019 you featured in SWLing <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/a-new-portable-drm-dab-receiver-by-starwaves-gmbh\/\">an item about a portable DRM\/DAB receiver produced by Starwaves GmbH<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It seems the same company had also produced a DRM\/DAB to FM convertor for use in trucks and cars, as this Youtube Link shows:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GuWAdaSKReY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GuWAdaSKReY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It shows the unit tuned to 6095khz and later to 13810khz, with music being played, I assume via the converter and transmitted on a free FM frequency the car radio is tuned to.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The video also shows a couple of shots of the converter and remote control, and a second bit of hardware that I\u2019m unsure of its function. This was all back in 2007, I gather. The comments from those that have seen the video are not I suspect from people familiar with SW listening, and the suspicion that a car whip antenna is entirely unsuited to SW reception should be questioned, as I had personal experience of this while in Saudi Arabia in 1990, where SW car radios were not uncommon, and strong signals provided perfectly acceptable audio quality. Sure, 1 metre long whip won\u2019t be much good for SW DX, but who\u2019s going to be doing that while driving a car?<br \/>\nAnyway, I\u2019m curious to know if anyone has ever purchased a Starwaves Truckbox? I gather it is currently not available.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">73s<br \/>\nJerome van der Linden<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thanks for sharing this, Jerome. I, too, am curious if the Starwaves Truckbox made it beyond the prototype stage to be mass produced. <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/jerome-would-like-to-know-more-about-the-starwaves-truckbox-drm-converter\/#respond\">Please comment<\/a> if you have more info!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Jerome van der Linden, who writes: Hello Thomas, Back in January 2019 you featured in SWLing an item about a portable DRM\/DAB receiver produced by Starwaves GmbH. It seems the same company had also produced a DRM\/DAB to FM convertor for use in trucks and cars, as this Youtube Link [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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],"tags":[980,4083,9885],"class_list":["post-53232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drm","category-news","tag-digital-radio-mondiale","tag-drm","tag-starwaves-truckbox"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dQA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35621,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/a-new-portable-drm-dab-receiver-by-starwaves-gmbh\/","url_meta":{"origin":53232,"position":0},"title":"A new portable DRM\/DAB receiver by Starwaves GmbH","author":"Thomas","date":"January 19, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Mangosman, who notes: There is a new digital receiver available. 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