Regional Digital Radio Technology Review

Australian HF Broadcast Assignments

Region 2 Frequency allocations for the Americas

ITU Region 2 = The Americas Spectrum Plan

Existing Spectrum

Proposed DAB+/DRM+ Pure Digital Radio

DRM30 & AM - Region 1: Europe & Africa



DRM30& AM - Region 2: Americas



DRM30 & AM - Region 3: Australia, Asia & Pacific

Appendix for the "A proposal for Australian Digital Radio"

Regional Digital radio technology review 1

Please read the

“A Proposal for Australian Digital Radio”
Which follows, then read
http://www.drm.org/uploads/files/drm_30_pres.pdf
and
http://www.drm.org/uploads/files/drm_plus_pres.pdf
Prior to reading the
“Issues for Comment” 1

Issues for comment 2

Key issues 2

Key issue 1 2

Key issue 2.1 5

Key issue 2.2 7

Key issue 2.3 16

Addenda part 1 19

Conference and workshop suggested details 19

A proposal for Australian Digital Radio 21

My Proposal Follows... 24

ABC High Strength transmitter sites 55

High Strength 57

Australian HF Broadcast Assignments 66

Region 2 Frequency allocations for the Americas 73

Appendix for the "A proposal for Australian Digital Radio" 76

Current Analog Transmitter Statistics 77

Regional & Local Area Coverage 77

Selection of DRM sites for National Broadcasters 79

Remote Local Radio 83

Remote Local Radio - Pilbara 83

Monitoring of Reception Quality 84

Further Information 85

DRM Trial Distances 87

Wave Propagation 88

Transmission Schedule 89

On Air DRM Transmissions 90

Current Analog Transmitter Statistics

National Networks with no local content

Network	# AM	# FM	Power AM kW	Power FM kW ERP	Height AM km	Height FM km
RN	24	296	290	2879	2.9	11.5
PNN	7	7	46	330	0.5	0.4
JJJ	0	192	0	4855	0.0	8.6
ABC CL	0	97	0	4863	0.0	6.3
SBS FM	0	9	0	648	0.0	1.0
SBS EA	5	0	19	0	6.2	0.0
Total	36	601	355	13575	—	—

Most of the above FM transmitters share antenna towers with each other and also TV, however some community funded antenna towers will be shared between ABC Local Radio and RN.

Network	# AM	# FM	Total Analog	# HF DRM Kulgera NT	# HF DRM Newman WA	# HF DRM Liena Tas
RN	24	296	120	3	2	2
PNN	7	7	14	2	0	2
JJJ	0	192	192	3	2	2
ABC CL	0	97	97	3	2	2
SBS FM	0	9	9	3	2	2
SBS EA	5	0	5	3	2	2
Total	36	601	427	17	10	12

All transmitters in Kulgera are to be >100 kW each with PNN >250 kW= 1350 kW with a dusk peak of 2000 kW

All transmitters in Newman to be about 100 kW each making the power 1 000 kW with a dusk peak of 2000 kW

All transmitters in Liena to be about 10 kW each making of 120 kW with a peak of 240 kW

All power and antenna designs to be subject to engineering assessment.