All posts by Briantist
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Sorry, I missed "FM has RDS which DAB does not support".
DAB doesn't need RDS as it's already digital!
And the main use of RDS is to distribute alternative frequency lists, which is a bit pointless for a single frequency network...
DAB needs RDS like Freeview needs Ceefax.
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I'm stunned that you'll go on about bitrates of services and then bring up a service that runs at
1.1 kbit/s
Stunned!
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I guess you don't know about
BBC Guide E1C79E5E
BBC Travel E1C79E60
Traffic Master E1C000B8
What's On E1C000B1
CabVision E1C000B0
DAB Guide E1C0009C
EPG E1C00098
Slideshow E1C000B7
X-PAD
MXR Interactive E1C00093
UBC Digital E1C00094
and all the local DAB EPG data services?
There's all listed here http://stakeholders.ofcom….csv ?
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... although the 1296kHz is still showing up in the Ofcom data ... Analogue radio on 1296kHz | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice ?
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Wikipedia says "Notionally, therefore, Baldock [meaning I think Babcock International Group] still retains the right to transmit from Orfordness on the other frequency (1296 kHz)." Orfordness transmitting station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ben Hardaker: the plans for Lincolnshire are here
http://stakeholders.ofcom….pdf
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Charles Stuart: OK... But why not just listen to the existing audio services on DVB-T and have done with it?
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Trevor Harris: you don't seem to have heard of ETSI 300 401 sub-section 8.1.6 which does the same as TA on RDS.
When did Ofcom bribe anyone? That would be illegal for them to do.
The BBC don't use "digital radio" and DAB interchangeably. Please prove some evidence for such a claim. The web site is always very clear on the matter.
And there were a whole host of stations that were going on the second national multiplex... They were listed in the applications.
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Thursday 29 August 2013 8:22PM
Trevor Harris:"I am against the BBC forcing DAB down our throats when the majority don't want it."
I note with interest that use of digital radio is over 50% now. "52.5% of the population tune in to digital radio every week" http://www.rajar.co.uk/do….pdf
that rather puts your "majority don't want it" point to bed.
"DAB was never designed increase choice."
So, I have 55 radio stations to listen to. What are they if not choice?
You are correct, DAB was not originally marketed as being to increase choice, but it has for ... over a decade and you should probably accept it now.