Where will the 162 new BBC DAB transmitters be?
The BBC has announced today a two-year plan to bring national BBC DAB to 2 million more people - to bring BBC national DAB coverage to above 97%.
182 comments “Neither Camlough or Newcastle get into Kilkeel Mark, and I ve heard Newry is a black spot as well, so I m quite surprised they weren t included in thi”-
PJHDigital radio section
A section on DAB digital radio (with transmitter maps) will be starting in a few weeks. Please discuss here any issues that you would like the new section to discuss.
963 comments “I drove to Cornwall and Wales last year and the BBC National stations were with me for the entire journey, Sadly BBC RADIO 4 is in MONO now in the eve”-
NedbodOfcom DAB switchover coverage planning proposals
Ofcom has recently published some details of how the DAB network can be improved to match the coverage of the current FM network.
124 comments “Interesting stat I came across. Only one in five radios sold in the UK have DAB!. You can lead a horse to water but you can t make him drink.”-
Trevor HarrisDAB local radio gaps
Whilst most of the country does have operating local radio digital services, there is now a dispute about who is expected to provide them for the 2015 radio switchover target.
104 comments “I think you will now find the 2015 SWITCHOVER won t be happening until 2020 (AT THE EARLIEST). Quite rightly so with DAB / DAB + in such a mess and FM”-
NedbodThe end is near for analogue radio... Part one, a Medium and Long Wave goodbye
The UK Government has announced that it will shortly consider announcing the dates of the digital radio switchover. I thought it might be an excellent time to consider the history of amplitude- and frequency- modulation - and to wonder why anyone is still using it.
44 comments “Where I live in a rural part of Wiltshire, we get pretty good AM (LW MW) reception, marginal VHF FM reception and very poor DAB reception. If they clo”-
MikePBBC - 60 new DAB transmitters in 2011
The BBC will improve national DAB coverage from the current 87% of the population to 92% in the next twelve months.
143 comments “Celia Leach: This suggests that you are only likely to receive the BBC national stations and the commercial national stations (D1 National):In You”-
Dave LindsayThe end is near for analogue radio... Part 3, satellite Freeview online and DAB
Around the turn of the millennium, radio found new ways to get from studio to listener: satellite, cable, two new forms of terrestrial and over the internet, but the real revolution has been in listening choice.
85 comments “michael:I ve just moved to Trowbridge and find that DAB is very poor downstairs and only reasonable upstairs. It is poor in the back garden and f”-
MikePThe end is near for analogue radio... radio gets very high
Like all technologies, AM radio had advantages and some problems. Today we have a brief look at the 1930s technology we still use today: Frequency Modulation on the Very High Frequency band.
32 comments “Briantist
Interesting - but it shows I will still have reception problems where I live! There is an empty space in the triangle formed between Calne,”-
MikePFour regional DAB multiplexes to close in 2013 to allow for better local DAB
As part of the plan to upgrade DAB system, the operator of four regional radio multiplexes plans to close them next year, to release the frequencies for conventional radio coverage areas.
119 comments “I see that on DAB Ensembles Worldwide | Latest News Updates , one local DAB Ensemble recently changed to a new block frequency and another will change”-
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