A 600 kW DRM compatible MW transmitter was installed on 15th March 2010 at Al-Arish, Qatar by the state broadcasting company. The overall project included the installation of two TRAM 300 AM transmitters, one Paralleling Unit (PU), two digital DRM Exciter DMOD2, and an antenna for medium wave frequency 675 kHz. Antenna design & construction was by Thomson Broadcast & Multimedia GmbH & was developed in collaboration between Thomson & Transradio. The transmissions will begin in the next few days. With this transmitter, an older station near the Qatari capital of Doha will be replaced.
(Source : Transradio via Alokesh Gupta)
