Why DAB digital radio is bad

Just a quick video of a Pure One Mini digital radio to show why DAB is so rubbish and why FM should not be switched off

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• FM
• Radio
• DAB
• Digital Radio
• Pure One Mini

[Callrissian]

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]

@Callrissian Hmm, I suspect the RDS "AF" feature may do this just as well...

[speer320]

Listen to the hiss on FM at least with DAB (when it is working correctly) you get a clean sound.

[craigsuploadedvideos]

@speer320 At least with FM, you can hear it!

[nrwcreativist]

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!

[Lachlant1984]

@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]

@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?

[AnthonyUK]

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

[mpc1209]

@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.

[Lachlant1984]

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?

[flexairz]

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..

[johnny45irish]

DAB - it's either there or it's not.

Analogue - even it is has trouble, it tries.

[fancysnake1]

@TAYLOR13961 Noooo D:

[UKMatt85]

Long live FM!