[BC] DRM

[Robert Meuser]

Willie

There is no FM version of DRM - yet.  I believe you were speaking of DRE, which 
Lyle and some others on the list are involved with.

R

WFIFeng at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 12/13/2005 06:24:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> jvodenik at sosinet.net writes:
> 
> 
>>The Voice of America was toying with DRM for a while.  I don't know the 
>>status
>>
>> of our involvement at this time.  From what little I have read, it seems 
> 
> to 
> 
>>me
>>
>> to be an excellent replacement for IBAC.
> 
> 
> The FM version is certainly better on at least four different fronts...
> 
> 1) Economically: You buy the box for $9,000. You own it. No license fees. 
> Ever.
> 2) Technically: The DRM signal runs in the SCA subcarrier region of your 
> existing carrier. It hooks-up just like an SCA generator(s) There is no need for a 
> second transmitter, no diplexing issues, no "stomping on your neighbors".
> 3) Marketplace: Receiver technology is already in use, and it can be 
> integrated with existing receivers. (A minor mod is usually all that's required.) It 
> won't cost $300-$500 for a radio.
> 4) Portability: It may even be fully battery-friendly and portable, but I'm 
> not sure.
> 
> It makes far too much sense, that's why we'll probably never see it happen. 
> It's Khan vs Motorola all over again... the technically inferior system is 
> going to "win" because of the big money behind it. The consumers will balk at $500 
> table radios.
> 
> Willie...
> 
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