Gadget Show Web TV - Morphy Richards DRM Radio

[ThiefTimeless]

its hammer. have wlan? jack of all trades?

[rustam79]

Хочу такой приёмник!!!

[lennic95]

@rustam79 Yeah

[appen1]

Does anyone know if this radio can receive DAB+ broadcasts? I live in Australia and they use DAB+.

[RICKD790]

Just DAB as far as I know

[appen1]

That's a shame.

In Australia we might need a DRM/DAB+ reciever because the government might broadcast regional stations in DRM. The capital cities(eg. Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane etc) currently have DAB+ broadcast.

[RICKD790]

I think it will come in the near future (although you'll probably have to buy from Germany!!)

[bratina501]

@appen1 You are possibly right as the Australian government is excited about DRM and I know that ABC's external shortwave service Radio Australia is broadcast using the standard. Assuming DRM does take off I could see the 120 meter ABC Outback relayers in cities such as Alice Springs being converted for digital broadcast along with as you said the AM stations converting over as well to supplement DAB+ service in areas where reception is difficult or even impossible.

[Lachlant1984]

@appen1 Really? Are you able to tell me where you heard that? Is there a website I can go to where I can find all this information?

[stevesebastianb]

He should tune in DRM signals on SW, travelling all that way ~ a bit daft!

[Lachlant1984]

So we really need 3 digital radio standards? this creates a problem for people who travel around the world a lot and who like to listen to radio in different countries on AM and FM.  Now you've got these 3 digital radio standards that are not used in all countries, and of course digital radios conform to one standard only generally speaking, this is a problem.

[AnthonyUK]

DRM gives:

better reception

noise free listening

ease of use in tuning and finding the stations

and better quality audio

[G0IFI]

What a strange thing to do, driving all the way to Plymouth, when all he needed to do was tune into one of the many HF (Short Wave) DRM transmissions. Or wait until night, and listen to one of the MW ones, like Langenburg on 1593 khz. The speakers and probably the AF amplifier circuitry in a portable won't really reproduce the sound at its best.

[bratina501]

I know, it is strange and I too know about the DRM broadcasts on HF full time as I have listened to a DRM receiver in Europe over the internet and have spent time listening to broadcasts such as RTL DRM on 6.095 MHz and also the MW one on 1440 KHz. Those are also in stereo if I remember correctly and even over the stream sounded quite impressive so much in fact that I will modify my Icom R-75 communications receiver to pick up DRM in the very near future through an IF down mixer board.

[theswedishdxer]

Do you need an extra DRM-key, or can you receive DRM with "just" the radio set?

I shakk buy a Morphy Richards receiver myselt and would like to know :)

[Mrfreaky1]

looks like he got punched in the face! ha ha

[sunnyatscot]

why borther

[gmcjetpilot]

Just started listening to DRM in the US with a fancy PC radio, Ten Tec RX320D. It plugs into a computer; software decodes the DRM signal through the sound card. The NE USA has 4 DRM freqs aimed at the East coast. I just started using it and only I worked 9800khz, from Sackville, NB, Canada, 1300 miles AWAY! They run many shows, many in English with Dutch or China news/info. Others play music. Nice. If comparing to standard SW radio, its an awesome sound. To local FM stereo, its not better.

[AnthonyUK]

I've heard DRM stereo transmissions on SW and they sound pretty good!

[gmcjetpilot]

The sound is great. I was 1300 miles (not km) away for the signal in the middle of the day and got a great sound. AM radio MW (600khz to 1700khz) can get distance at night, but never with the quality of digital. The BIG down side, there are just not many radios avaiable. Programing, is some what limited. In the USA near big cities we have many AM, FM radio stations to choose from, with digital Radio (XM, Sirius) and Sat or cable TV. However in remote parts of the world it will be a great thing.

[gmcjetpilot]

Not sure if USA radio will ever switch to DRM? AM radio is mostly talk; It has been around a long time, radios are cheap, stations plentiful, I doubt people care about hi-fidelity. FM radio stations sound is very good for music. Again equip is cheap & we have many local stations. Also we have satellite radio. DRM is great for long distance, covering a large area. Voice, music sounds very good. I listened to 19 bit mono. Again compared to normal Shortwave to DRM, no comparison DRM is fantastic.

[marcel911]

Was his mother a giant panda? Or does his wife continually punch him?

He is a nob and the Gadget Show is a waste of bandwidth.

[BCDPRODUCTIONS1234]

WOOP PLYMOUTH FTW

[lumabi25]

It would have been nice if Jon had more of a clue on how to test the receiver. How he was unable to receive any other stations is beyond me. Europe has many DRM transmissions going on, but he never even looked at short wave. And to say they should extend the channel separation from 9kHz (on medium wave) up to 50kHz shows a distinct lack of knowledge of just how small the bands below 30MHz really are. It seems he's done his best to deride DRM instead of properly testing it. Very bad review. :(

[AnthonyUK]

He never said anything about channel separation, just that the quality of the transmitted audio was a poor 20kbps. Bitrates speaks everything about quality when it comes to digital radio mondiale and DAB. Low bit rates transmitted on DRM and DAB result in poor quality sound reproduced. High bit rates transmitted ensure excellent near FM quality mono and stereo sound but can make reception difficult on DRM-SW if reception is poor.

[lumabi25]

He didn't specifically say "channel separation" but that's what it amounts to (he said "slot width"). Medium wave stations have a 9kHz separation (except 10kHz in North America) which gives 120 possible frequencies from 531-1602kHz. If a 50kHz "slot width" was used that figure would plummet. Sound quality would improve but the number of stations able to occupy the band would be reduced. Granted that poor enough reception will break the system anyway.

[AnthonyUK]

That's the problem, Jon only tested the set with the BBC Radio Devon Digital Radio Mondiale trial on 855kHz MW,it would have been nice of him to try out,hear and compare European and international DRM-SW services for a full analysis;not all stations on DRM sound bad.

[tarmotanilsoo]

DRM is so cool... I wish I had DRM radio ... but they are not available in Estonia :(

[WoodyW123]

i think we really need butter bentley dont you?

[pants189]

i awear to god that place looks like porthleven

[AnthonyUK]

There's plenty of DRM MW/SW stations to listen to around Europe and internationally if you look.

[newbigvideofan]

Ok had one of these radios for some time. Jon you are not exploring DRM enough ! There are many good quality DRM relays on SW from the BBC and DW etc some in good quality stereo. PLus quite a few stereo MW station from Germany which with a good loop you can receive at night like I have. For example listen to the DRM station on 999khz from Paris which I uploaded...

[BDGregory]

It would be nice to know how it performs on international DRM on medium wave and short wave.