Friday, March 05, 2010

The Disco Palace ready for DRM test transmissions Monday

A DRM test transmission of The Disco Palace will take place from the RNW Bonaire relay station on Monday 8 March. The parameters are as follows:

Time: 1300-1825 UTC
Frequency: 15745 kHz
Power: 100 kW DRM
Antenna azimuth: 80 degrees
Target area: Europe
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Earlier post
The Disco Palace launches broadcasts in DRM
The Disco Palace has started broadcasting the best of disco music of all time to listeners across Europe and North America using Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM). The Disco Palace is based in Miami, USA and owned by Alyx & Yeyi, LLC. The programme schedule includes hits from the USA, hits from the UK, great hits of the 1970s and 1980s, slow disco hits, etc. Times, frequencies and contact information are on the station’s website. The broadcast service provider is TDP and the broadcasts are via TDF facilities. The current shortwave schedule according to the DRM Software Radio Forums is:

To Europe: 1400-1500 UTC on 6015 kHz Issoudun, using 60 kW RMS and 2/2 antenna at 60° as on TDPradio transmissions.

To North America: 1900- 2000 UTC: TDPradio, 2000- 2100 UTC: The Disco Palace.

Frequency: 17755 kHz
Power: 100 kW RMS
Antenna: 4 / 4 at 311°
DRM parameters:

DRM B mode
Bandwidth: 10 kHz
MSC = 64 QAM
CR = 0,6
encoding : AAC + SBR.
Parametric stereo: to be confirmed
(Source: The Disco Palace)