DAB Radio Interference.

[GrumpyGregry]

DAB only works upstairs and only then in the rooms at the front of the house round ours...

Squelchy, squelchy is a common experience. I tend to listen to R4 on iPlayer radio over wifi these days.

 

[Profpointy]

How did you know I was listening to Radio 4?!

a pal once wondered why there were 6 buttons on the radio when you only need one. I'm more of a radio3 man myself so I'd need two buttons. Or actually one button to toggle between the two channels where my pal only needed on-off

 

[MontyVeda]

... I'll just have to keep listening to see if it's actually improved things though.

Grrrrr

 

[SavageHoutkop]

We had the same problem. Got the dab radio years ago, only ever used FM.

think I forgot that radio HAD fm. Will try that later

 

[SavageHoutkop]

The BBC stations are available interference free on Freeview.

Would need a TV for that..... also not the most energy efficient IIRC?

 

[Hill Wimp]

I've given up with DAB because of interferance.All my radios are DAB/FM so i just use FM now for Radio 4 and if i want to listen to another station i cannot get on FM i listen to it via the TV.

 

[Pale Rider]

Would need a TV for that..... also not the most energy efficient IIRC?

The caravan has a Freeview recorder box and a linked mini system, so there's no need to run the 'monitor' - TV - at the same time.

Not sure about energy consumption, although another of DAB radio's problems is the sets use a lot more power than equivalent FM/AM radios.

Thus the batteries on a DAB portable tend to be bigger - more expensive - and don't tend to last as long.

 

[SavageHoutkop]

Listening to radio on FM as I type Will see if the signal remains good!

 

[colly]

I've noticed plenty of 'gaps' in the broadcast on DAB this past couple of weeks. Sometimes several gaps a few seconds apart.
Atmospheric interference ?

 

[midlife]

I don't have DAB anything but I thought one if the selling points was the clarity, being digital the signal was clean without the interference that came with analogue. I guess I was wrong.......

Shaun

 

[Pale Rider]

I don't have DAB anything but I thought one if the selling points was the clarity, being digital the signal was clean without the interference that came with analogue. I guess I was wrong.......

Shaun

Assuming a strong signal - a big assumption because few users have that - DAB sound quality is reckoned to be superior to AM, but slightly inferior to a good quality FM system.

The benefit for many is BBC 5Live, which has good coverage of sport in general and football in particular.

Its AM signal can be poor, particularly on dark winter nights, so DAB should be a good solution for its speech output.

Station choice is another benefit, although the cost of broadcasting on DAB is beyond the means of many local broadcasters.

 

[NorthernDave]

I bought a DAB radio for the wide choice of different stations.
It spends 90% of its time on either Radio 2 or 5live, although I'll occasionally listen to Absolute Radio 90s or Planet Rock. Reception is generally OK in the room its in, but moving it can result in wiggling the aerial to get it working properly.
To be fair,pretty much anything on DAB is available on the 'net, making the need for a DAB radio a bit debatable..

 

[classic33]

Any LED lighting nearby?

 

[User33236]

I gave up on DAB at home due to reception coming and going. Now we tend to use internet radio (although some stations are still hit and miss). The one in the bedroom, which acts as an alarm, is 'tuned' to 'Oui FM Alternatif' which had the benefit of no annoying chatter.

 

[NorthernDave]

Any LED lighting nearby?

No, the only LED lights in our house are on my bike...