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Open techniques for Digital Radio Broadcasting

Background Open digital broadcasting techniques based on software defined radio. Digital radio transmission and development must also become democratized for experimenters and small broadcasters. Opendigitalradio.org is about creating a community for documenting and exchanging experimentations and gather information about existing projects. Please read Introduction for more information. News: 14th February, Open Software Defined Radio workshop with CRC at EBU, see slides 13th February 2011: DRM trial II in Sottens on 13th and 20th February 2011 Older news

DAB/DAB+ transmission Introduction on DAB/DAB+ DAB/DAB+ encoding: MPEG Layer II or HE-AAC encoding, slideshow encoding DAB multiplexing: putting together DAB/DAB+/DMB programs DAB modulation: create the baseband COFDM modulation DAB hardware: software radio peripheral, filtering, amplification Real cases, examples Presentation and demonstration of the full open source DAB transmission solution at 2010 WorldDMB General Assembly in Belfast First licensed open dab transmission for Label Suisse Festival 17-19 September 2010 Lausanne. Demonstration of open source digital transmission chain at IBC, Stand 10.D21 (EBU), 10-14 September 2010 DAB scripts examples

Other digital systems, reception DRM30/DRM+ Digital Radio Mondiale, digital radio system for AM bands (LW, MW and SW) and all VHF bands (Bands I and II standardised, Band III confirmed working). FM RDS transmission (not really a digital system except RDS ;) DAB reception (Openmokast and others) Crazy techniques using a VGA card as radio peripheral

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