T-DAB AND DVB-T2 TEST FACILITIES
DVB-T2 has been launched in South Africa and we have two national multiplexes operational. T-DAB has only been operational as test transmissions in the Gauteng Province running a SFN between Johannesburg and Pretoria.
LS of South Africa Radio Communication Services developed its own transmission test facilities for T-DAB as well as DVB-T2. The main purposes for the development of these facilities are the following:
- Training of technicians and engineers
- Perform tests on different input formats into the transmitter and the multiplex
- Perform commissioning tests
- Demonstrate the relationship between MER and other test parameters
- Power consumption and efficiency testing