DAB Radio Interference.

[annedonnelly]

My first DAB radio was rubbish & I thought it was the signal. I was forever moving it about to try to get a decent signal. I replaced it with a Pure and it's been fine. I generally only use that one when I want a non-FM station but I've also got a Pure radio-alarm now and that works fine in DAB mode.

They pushed DAB very hard for a while and threatened to get rid of the FM stations altogether but they seem to have given up that idea.

 

[colly]

I've been listening to Radio4 Extra just recently. It comes as a surprise to realise those 'comedy' shows you once thought were great, were in fact about as funny as a dose of the clap.

 

[Glow worm]

I get the DAB signal cutting out during the pips each hour on R4 on one set. Not sure why that could be.
I think most, if not all stations on DAB are in mono too (so they can cram in as many stations as possible on a bandwidth) which means if you are a music fan you are better off with FM, or internet for better sound.
I suspect with internet radio now, and superior FM sound, the DAB thing is dead and buried before it really got started.

 

[the_mikey]

Could that be when your reception switches from one transmitter to another?

That happens when my car radio automatically switches from DAB to FM in poor reception areas.

 

[the_mikey]

The only DAB radio in my home is used as an alarm clock, if I actually want to listen to the radio I'll use a small portable FM radio.

Otherwise I use an old android phone with a Bluetooth speaker to listen to anything else, like BBC radio player, or FIP or radio monte carlo etc..

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I get the DAB signal cutting out during the pips each hour on R4 on one set. Not sure why that could be

^This. It happens so frequently to the pips that I have begun to assume it is some sort of scheduled re-synching.

 

[Profpointy]

^This. It happens so frequently to the pips that I have begun to assume it is some sort of scheduled re-synching.

maybe they censor the pips because they'd be a few seconds out on digital - quite sensible if they do do that

 

[mybike]

[QUOTE 3918867, member: 9609"]I often wonder why they allow the pips to be broadcast on DAB - the highly accurate time check delivered at various times of lateness depending on what make and model your dab radio is.[/QUOTE]

Thanks, you reminded me that I haven't wound the clock this week.

DAB radio? You very much get what you pay for. A cheap DAB radio is like buying a cheap computer. It may work, but not well. If you use complex modulation systems it inevitably cost more to produce a decent result.