Re: DRM Extension Date's Moved Forwards

In message <OLJQe.34$k4.19@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
"DAB sounds worse than FM" <dab.is@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> http://www.drm.org/system/technicalaspect.php
>
> "DRM is the world's only, non-proprietary digital radio system for
> short-wave, AM/medium-wave and long-wave. It has been endorsed by the
> ITU, IEC and ETSI. While DRM currently covers the broadcasting bands
> below 30 MHz, the DRM consortium voted in March 2005 to begin the
> process of extending the system to the broadcasting bands up to 120 MHz.
> The design, development and testing phases are expected to be completed
> by 2007-2009."
>
> They first said it would be 2008-2010, so it's moved forwards a year.
>
> Still nowhere good enough. How can they seriously suggest that it could
> possibly take 3.5 years to extend an already designed system?

This is dreadful news. In no time at all it will be 15 years out of
date, just like DAB is now, and some new and even more thrilling
system will already be on the horizon. How will you be able to live
with that?

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Richard L.
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