I live in a builtup urban area and reception on dab is 50-50 stations coming and going,bubbling mud due to poor signalstrength etc. I prefer fm everytime
Are you living in a metropolitan area or are you on the very outskirts of a capital city? I can fully see your point, even though your FM reception was pretty poor the DAB+ reception was far far worse and it was cutting out and glitching up all over the place. Do you know if a date has been set for when analogue radio will be switched off in Australia?
@TAYLOR13961 What country do you live in? When you say Analogue radio is switching off in 2015 I assume you mean analogue radio in your country, am I correct?
With DAB there are too many stations on it at very poor quality bit rates and with poor robustness/reliability too;many DAB stations also transmit at very low power resulting in bubbling mud with a poor received signal.
I have a Blaupunkt Woodstock DAB54 in the car and in Sept 2010 took a road trip from Reading to the Scottish Highlands and back. A total of 2010miles in 2 weeks and listened to the same radio station all the time without having to re-tune the radio once, try doing that with FM!!!
@craigsuploadedvideos The RDS "AF" feature only works with national radio stations like the BBC it doest work with any old radio station like DAB does. Also the DAB54 Woodstock radio will automatically change from DAB to FM if the signal is not strong enough, IF the station you're listening to has an FM alternative.
Come to Germany. Here with DAB+ you get better results and no burbling... much better than Fm. And how about just adjusting your aerial ;-) Maybe you were trying to make DAB NOT work!
@nrwcreativist The ariel on the radio was up, i suspect this person lives on the outskirts of whatever area he lives in. DAB+ only broadcasts in capital cities in Australia, the reason for this is because we still have analogue TV which as I understand it shares the same wavelength as DAB+, once analogue TV goes off in 2013 then I believe DAB+ coverage will be expanded around the country. I do however agree that FM radio is far more reliable and sounds much better than DAB+
The reason why your area have crap DAB is that because DAB have a weaker signal or even a lot weaker signal than FM radio, but because i'm in bedfordshire which is in the UK and around London, it has 60 DAB signal and I receive all normal DAB radio, but in FM, I haven't tested it yet but I know I got BBC Radio 2, Heart Bedfordshire and some other FM radio. Possibly 5-7 more.
I got more than 200 radio stations on FM, during summer on the whole round 500 each year from Spain , Italy, Greece, Norway, France, Sweden, Poland, Hungary and somewhere.
on DAB ... it's 8 (!) lousy channels . 5 of them can be received on FM as well. huh !??!? why buy a DAB radio
@craigsuploadedvideos At least you can with DAB, you just live in the 10% of the U.K. that cannot receive DAB signals clearly as DAB only covers 90% of the U.K.
I live in a builtup urban area and reception on dab is 50-50 stations coming and going,bubbling mud due to poor signalstrength etc. I prefer fm everytime
AnthonyUK 1 month ago
Are you living in a metropolitan area or are you on the very outskirts of a capital city? I can fully see your point, even though your FM reception was pretty poor the DAB+ reception was far far worse and it was cutting out and glitching up all over the place. Do you know if a date has been set for when analogue radio will be switched off in Australia?
Lachlant1984 2 months ago
Not DAB but DRM+ is the future. DRM uses the same infrastructure where for DAB you need a complete set of transmitters all over the country..
flexairz 2 months ago
DAB - it's either there or it's not.
Analogue - even it is has trouble, it tries.
johnny45irish 3 months ago
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vidsdave1 3 months ago
Long live FM!
UKMatt85 3 months ago
you're damn right mate!
APLnerony 4 months ago
But not for Long Analogue Radio is Switching off in 2015
TAYLOR13961 5 months ago
@TAYLOR13961 Noooo D:
fancysnake1 3 months ago
@TAYLOR13961 What country do you live in? When you say Analogue radio is switching off in 2015 I assume you mean analogue radio in your country, am I correct?
Lachlant1984 1 month ago
With DAB there are too many stations on it at very poor quality bit rates and with poor robustness/reliability too;many DAB stations also transmit at very low power resulting in bubbling mud with a poor received signal.
AnthonyUK 5 months ago
If DAB or DAB+ digital-radio would waste so much energy like FM, this effect would never happen.
The opposit were a fact, you could receive it much better and without any craps in the sound.
I could make a video, where you can hear only distortions, white noise or simply nothing while the radio is tuned to a FM-channel.
Sorry, this video or this statement is simply very silly, mad and sad...
matibaer 5 months ago 2
Now, if that is no irrefutable scientific proof, I don't know what else could be.
I have brilliant DAB reception while FM is mostly absolute rubbish here.
ontopoftheroof 6 months ago
I have a Blaupunkt Woodstock DAB54 in the car and in Sept 2010 took a road trip from Reading to the Scottish Highlands and back. A total of 2010miles in 2 weeks and listened to the same radio station all the time without having to re-tune the radio once, try doing that with FM!!!
Callrissian 7 months ago
@Callrissian Hmm, I suspect the RDS "AF" feature may do this just as well...
craigsuploadedvideos 6 months ago 2
@craigsuploadedvideos The RDS "AF" feature only works with national radio stations like the BBC it doest work with any old radio station like DAB does. Also the DAB54 Woodstock radio will automatically change from DAB to FM if the signal is not strong enough, IF the station you're listening to has an FM alternative.
Callrissian 6 months ago
Come to Germany. Here with DAB+ you get better results and no burbling... much better than Fm. And how about just adjusting your aerial ;-) Maybe you were trying to make DAB NOT work!
nrwcreativist 7 months ago 5
@nrwcreativist The ariel on the radio was up, i suspect this person lives on the outskirts of whatever area he lives in. DAB+ only broadcasts in capital cities in Australia, the reason for this is because we still have analogue TV which as I understand it shares the same wavelength as DAB+, once analogue TV goes off in 2013 then I believe DAB+ coverage will be expanded around the country. I do however agree that FM radio is far more reliable and sounds much better than DAB+
Lachlant1984 1 month ago
The reason why your area have crap DAB is that because DAB have a weaker signal or even a lot weaker signal than FM radio, but because i'm in bedfordshire which is in the UK and around London, it has 60 DAB signal and I receive all normal DAB radio, but in FM, I haven't tested it yet but I know I got BBC Radio 2, Heart Bedfordshire and some other FM radio. Possibly 5-7 more.
vid1688 8 months ago
DAB RADIO IS CRAP IN OUR AREA TOO
whieldal 11 months ago
U R dead right man!
I got more than 200 radio stations on FM, during summer on the whole round 500 each year from Spain , Italy, Greece, Norway, France, Sweden, Poland, Hungary and somewhere.
on DAB ... it's 8 (!) lousy channels . 5 of them can be received on FM as well. huh !??!? why buy a DAB radio
ParadiseFMMalta 1 year ago
@ParadiseFMMalta With a regular portable radio, of course. Too bad, most of these stations exist in your head only.
ontopoftheroof 6 months ago
Listen to the hiss on FM at least with DAB (when it is working correctly) you get a clean sound.
speer320 1 year ago 3
@speer320 At least with FM, you can hear it!
craigsuploadedvideos 1 year ago 4
@craigsuploadedvideos At least you can with DAB, you just live in the 10% of the U.K. that cannot receive DAB signals clearly as DAB only covers 90% of the U.K.
mpc1209 2 months ago