Vol. XXI, No. II Contents BES Review April'15 - June’15 Editorial 2 From the President 3 BES Council 2014-2016 4 Private FM Broadcasting Phase-III and Beyond Augmentation of 6 Spectrum & Segmented Planning - B P Srivastava MakeDigital India in India using TV White Spaces 11 - Hemant Mallapur Ham Radio, a lifeline during Disasters 18 - Ankur Puranik Radio is alive and well in India and The World! 24 Editorial Board - Ruxandra Obreja DTH - An innovative tool for Educational Evolution in India 27 Chairman -Dr. Shivaraj Shastri Herur Ashish Bhatnagar Customization of Technology to Suit our Unique Nation : India 29 - Mitali Chatterjee Morse to LTE - Evolution 34 Member - S. Venkataraman A. Shanmugam-Advisor RF Spectrum & Network Plannning: Regulations, Planning 39 M.S. Duhan Parameters and Coverages Meenakshi Singhvi - M. S. Duhan O.P. Rajpurohit Pradeep Mehra CAN bus (Controller Area Networking) 47 Sunil Bhatia - Sangeeta Upadhye Noobs way of Developing an ANDROID Application 53 - S Vadivazagan Report : Jaipur Chapter 59 Published by : - Seminar on “Role of ICT in Development of Smart City” P. K. Singh, Hon. Secretary, on behalf of Report : Mumbai Chapter 60 Broadcast Engineering Society (India) - Celebration of World Telecommunication &Information Society Day 912, Surya Kiran Building, Report : Ahmedabad Chapter 62 19, K.G. Marg, New Delhi-110001 Tel. : + 91-11- 23316709 - Lecture on “E-Governance initiative in state government” Fax : + 91-11- 23316710 Report : Thanjavur Chapter 63 E-mail : [email protected] - International Yoga Day Celebration Report Mumbai Chapter 64 -Seminar on “ Digital Surround Sound and DTT DVB-T2 .... Printed at : Report : Global Exhibition on Services 68 Pragati Creations 27/1B, Dilshad Garden Ind. Area, Report : “AIBD/RTM In-Country Workshop on DVB-T2 Transmission” 69 G.T. Road, Delhi-110095 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. e-mail : [email protected] Ph.: 011-22596695, 9312438440 News from Broadcasting World 70 - By Meenakshi Singhvi New Members 75 Views expressed by authors are their own and may not be that of BES(I) Corporate Members 76 Obituary 78 Editorial From the President Dear Friends, Dear Friends, It gives us satisfaction that your BES Review has again stuck to the schedule. I am happy to state that new BES review edition is coming in time. The This issue tries to cover broad spectrum of broadcasting and wireless article being published in BES Review are interesting and connected with communication and it's evolution. An article on FM phase - III, which is in the State of Art technology in the field of broadcasting. offing - by BP Srivastava, who had been a pioneer and authority in the field of FM broadcasting in India, A very brave and realistic article on Radio from As you know that the BES Expo-2016 is having a theme (Multiple Platform Ruxandra Obreja Chairperson DRM consortium - talking about existence, of Digital Broadcasting and Media) and the event is being organized at importance and blossoming of Radio in India & in the whole world, and An hotel Kempinski Ambience, New Delhi from 4th to 6th February 2016. The article on Amateur Radio from Ankur Puranik , who has been associated with Conference Chairman, Exhibition Chairman and entire BES secretariat are disaster communication and government makes this issue richer. planning for this new venue with new ideas, and I hope that his will be a successful event. In this issue we have also included futuristic and technology articles like Possibility of using TV white space in realising Hon'ble Prime Minister's I congratulate the whole editorial team for excellent work and hope that the dream of making Digital India, Customising technologies to suit readers will enjoy reading the journal. broadcasting needs of our country, CAN bus technology and a peep into developing android applications for broadcasters. Article on RF spectrum planning is also quite relevant as RF spectrum has become one of the most With best wishes. precious resource of the day. An article on DTH from Dr. Shivraj, a Visually Challenged Professor from Gulbarga is a testimony of inclusion and involvement of all in BES. Yours sincerely, BES derives strength from it's chapters spread across the country, and we feel privileged to bring out the reports of excellent activities carried out at BES chapters at Jaipur, Mumbai, Ahmadabad and Thanjavur. Hope you all know, Unlike many other Magazines, BES Review is a unique publication brought out by collaborative efforts of broadcast professionals, who work for the magazine voluntarily, without any financial O.K. Sharma reimbursements, with the sole objective of serving the society. For this issue, [email protected] I would like to loud the efforts of our editorial team members, specially Meenakshi Singhvi, MS Duhan and OP Rajpurohit, who have worked tirelessly to bring out this publication in time. Hope you will relish reading and will join me in appreciating their efforts and of course, in thanking our eminent writers and chapters for their beautiful articles and reports. regards Ashish Bhatnagar [email protected] 2 3 April’15 - June’15 April’15 - June’15 Editorial From the President Dear Friends, Dear Friends, It gives us satisfaction that your BES Review has again stuck to the schedule. I am happy to state that new BES review edition is coming in time. The This issue tries to cover broad spectrum of broadcasting and wireless article being published in BES Review are interesting and connected with communication and it's evolution. An article on FM phase - III, which is in the State of Art technology in the field of broadcasting. offing - by BP Srivastava, who had been a pioneer and authority in the field of FM broadcasting in India, A very brave and realistic article on Radio from As you know that the BES Expo-2016 is having a theme (Multiple Platform Ruxandra Obreja Chairperson DRM consortium - talking about existence, of Digital Broadcasting and Media) and the event is being organized at importance and blossoming of Radio in India & in the whole world, and An hotel Kempinski Ambience, New Delhi from 4th to 6th February 2016. The article on Amateur Radio from Ankur Puranik , who has been associated with Conference Chairman, Exhibition Chairman and entire BES secretariat are disaster communication and government makes this issue richer. planning for this new venue with new ideas, and I hope that his will be a successful event. In this issue we have also included futuristic and technology articles like Possibility of using TV white space in realising Hon'ble Prime Minister's I congratulate the whole editorial team for excellent work and hope that the dream of making Digital India, Customising technologies to suit readers will enjoy reading the journal. broadcasting needs of our country, CAN bus technology and a peep into developing android applications for broadcasters. Article on RF spectrum planning is also quite relevant as RF spectrum has become one of the most With best wishes. precious resource of the day. An article on DTH from Dr. Shivraj, a Visually Challenged Professor from Gulbarga is a testimony of inclusion and involvement of all in BES. Yours sincerely, BES derives strength from it's chapters spread across the country, and we feel privileged to bring out the reports of excellent activities carried out at BES chapters at Jaipur, Mumbai, Ahmadabad and Thanjavur. Hope you all know, Unlike many other Magazines, BES Review is a unique publication brought out by collaborative efforts of broadcast professionals, who work for the magazine voluntarily, without any financial O.K. Sharma reimbursements, with the sole objective of serving the society. For this issue, [email protected] I would like to loud the efforts of our editorial team members, specially Meenakshi Singhvi, MS Duhan and OP Rajpurohit, who have worked tirelessly to bring out this publication in time. Hope you will relish reading and will join me in appreciating their efforts and of course, in thanking our eminent writers and chapters for their beautiful articles and reports. regards Ashish Bhatnagar [email protected] 2 3 April’15 - June’15 April’15 - June’15 BES (I) Council 2014-2016 Name Designation Mobile / E-mail Local Chapters O.K. Sharma Addl. Director General (E) 8750451819 [email protected] Chapter Chairperson Hon. Secretary Hon. Treasurer Tel. No. /E-mail. President AIR & DD 1) Ahmedabad Chandira J.K. A.K. Gupta Ramesh Tele 9426513961 A.K. Dixit Former Engineer-in-Chief 9958581560 [email protected] [email protected] Immediate Past President Doordarshan 2) Bangalore Anil Mangalgi A. Hanumant Sanjeev K.P. 9448490241 R.K. Sinha Former Engineer-in-Chief 9868631895 [email protected] [email protected] Past President Doordarshan 3) Bhubaneshwar L.K. Pradhan A.C. Subudhi N. Jethi 9437073498 I.I.George Addl. Director General (E) 9868233470 [email protected] Vice President AIR & DD 4) Chennai S.K. Aggarwal K V Ramachandran P Bhoopathy [email protected] Om Prakash Rajpurohit Asstt. Engineer 9414251557 [email protected] Vice President Doordarshan 5) Jaipur H. P. Meena O.P. Rajpurohit M.C. Bansal 9413331405 [email protected] Pravin Kumar Singh Director (Engg.) 9968993838 [email protected] Hon. Secretary All India Radio 6) Kolkatta Ved Prakash (Officiating) Ved Prakash Soumitra Kumar Deb - R.C. Bhatnagar Former Addl. Director 9968296792 [email protected] 7) Hyderabad M.B.S. Purushottam Er. Nuli Namassivaya R. Janardhan Rao +91-9869489551 Hon. Treasurer General (Engg.), DD [email protected] A.V Swaminathan Former Chief Engineer 9811470018 [email protected] 8) Mumbai S.C. Khasgiwal P.K. Sharma P.S. Khurana [email protected] Council Member AIR & DD Deepak Joshi Dy. Director General (E) 9435032256 [email protected] Council Member All India Radio 9) Thanjavur Ms A. Chitra S. Periandavar G. Muthukrishnan [email protected] Meenakshi Singhvi Dy. Director (E) 9426302816 [email protected] Council Member All India Radio 10)Thiruvananthapuram - - - - N.