[Scan-DC] Anybody familiar with DRM receivers?

[Bruce Harper]

On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 3:34 PM Steve wrote:

> They are a sister station to WTOP.  They broadcast in HD3 and are
> currently the only station in the US to do so.  I have no idea if HD3 is
> DRM.  Apparently the radio broadcast industry wants to transition to HD,
> but it would require millions of people to buy new radios and current car
> radios would be obsolete.  Doesn’t sound like it will happen anytime soon.
> It will be like the transition to digital TV, where OTA will be available
> for a long time.  Using a small amplified indoor TV antenna, I can pick up
> over 30 digital channels very well in Reston.
>

WVTF-FM, the public radio station based in Roanoke (but with transmitters
across the state) broadcasts both its news channel and its music channel in
HD. My 2018 and 2019 Hondas have an HD receiver and they seamlessly switch
from the normal broadcast (such as when I'm in the parking garage at work)
to HD when the signal is available.

Bruce in Blacksburg