The amplitude modulation signalling system (AMSS or the AM signalling system) is a
digital system for adding low
bit rate information to an
analogue amplitude modulated broadcast signal in the same manner as the
Radio Data System
Radio Data System (RDS) is a communications protocol standard for embedding small amounts of digital information in conventional FM radio broadcasts. RDS standardizes several types of information transmitted, including time, station identificati ...
(RDS) for
frequency modulated
Frequency modulation (FM) is the encoding of information in a carrier wave by varying the instantaneous frequency of the wave. The technology is used in telecommunications, radio broadcasting, signal processing, and computing.
In analog freq ...
(FM) broadcast signals.
This system has been standardized in March 2006 by
ETSI (TS 102 386) as an extension to the
Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) system.
Broadcasting
AMSS data are broadcast from the following transmitters:
*
LW
** RTL France: 234 kHz
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SW
**
BBC World Service: 15.575 MHz
Formerly it was also used by:
*
MW
**
Truckradio 531 kHz
**
BBC World Service: 648 kHz
**
Deutschlandradio Kultur
Deutschlandfunk Kultur (; abbreviated to ''DLF Kultur'' or ''DKultur'') is a culture-oriented radio station and part of Deutschlandradio, a set of national radio stations in Germany. Initially named ''DeutschlandRadio Berlin'', the station was ren ...
: 990 kHz
External links
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ETSI TS 102 386 V1.2.1 (2006-03)directly from ETSI Publications Download Area (account or free registration required)
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Radio technology
Broadcast engineering
2006 introductions
2006 establishments
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