Bertramdriver
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Just got a DAB Radio upgrade for Christmas. Trying to decide whether to fit it in the car or the boat. No point if neither country broadcasts DAB fitting in the boat.
Is there DAB radio in Greece or Italy?
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AntarcticPilot
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Probably, but to a different standard than that used in the UK. A UK DAB radio probably won't work anywhere else.
charles_reed
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Hadenough
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Chuck it away now before you get disappointed with it
elton
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Sell it on eBay quick while there are still folks around who think DAB has some purpose.
st599
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Both are shown as DAB+
Bertramdriver
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OK chaps. I'm pretty convinced that sticking to steam radio whilst afloat is the way forward. Thanks for the contributions.
nimbusgb
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The DAB radio on Cariad has yet to detect any Greek stations. Sod all useable in The Ionian!
charles_reed
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Said with typical Palatine forthrightness.
IMHO DAB definitely has purpose, if you're young enough to still have full hearing register and really good speakers and are a classic music buff.
Mine @ home in the UK is used more frequently on internet streamed stuff, mainly from outside the UK or playing back favourite MP3 tracks, though I can get outstanding reception of BBC World Radio.
If I want to listen to any UK stations, when in Greece, I stream them, via internet through the computer. OK over headphones but computer speakers are trashy. No good with GPRS reception, but uses up remarkably little bandwidth so fits inside my monthly allocation of 5Gb inside a decent cell.
BrianH
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As soon as I drive over the border from Switzerland into Italy I turn off the radio. The commercial stations - they are mostly all commercial ones - are inundated by unbelievably banal announcers and silly advertising every few minutes, voiced in hysterical, affected tones and accompanied by irritating jingles. The permitted transmission power is often exceeded so that, if you ever do find a listenable station, it can be disturbed by a distant signal breaking in. Admittedly that is normal FM, perhaps DAB cures that.
When you do think you have found a non-trashy programme free from someone shouting at you, it is likely to be Radio Maria, a catholic station with only religious music and sermons.
The few shining lights in a very dark firmament are the public stations, RAI 1, 2 and 3, the last being very good classical music programmes.
When you do think you have found a non-trashy programme free from someone shouting at you, it is likely to be Radio Maria, a catholic station with only religious music and sermons.
The few shining lights in a very dark firmament are the public stations, RAI 1, 2 and 3, the last being very good classical music programmes.
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1bobt
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My wife gave me an very expensive Roberts world service DAB radio. Its hopeless in the Aegean, best to use compute.
elton
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You're having a laugh, surely. Or else you work for the BBC.
It's mainly the young, with full hearing response and good speakers who will be utterly appalled by the poor quality of DAB. In the UK, it's only the BBC who broadcast DAB in stereo, so you must be commenting about Radio 3. But even Radio 3 broadcasts in "Joint Stereo", rather than true stereo as used on FM. The bit rate of Radio 3 is higher than that of all other stations, and that is only because the discerning and articulate audience of the station were up in arms at the abysmal quality in early transmissions. Yet still the quality is below that of FM.
Internet (IP) radio is a different kettle of fish altogether, and has no place in a discussion about DAB. IP radio is not receivable using a DAB radio.
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Chris_Robb
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Dab radio is just not good enough for classical. Listening to big orchestral work you can loose complete instruments. The compression techniques used date back to the early 80's . If only a better standard had been chosen.
elton
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DAB+ is far better, but it's too late now, unless the government is prepared to tell all the DAB radio owners to throw them in the dustbin and buy a new one. Our previous government just saw £ and jumped the gun. Many other countries waited until the technology was up to scratch before selling DAB+ broadcast licences.
nimbusgb
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Where are all the conspiracy theorists?
DAB pushed by the music industry to discourage pirate recording due to poor fidelity.
DAB pushed by the music industry to discourage pirate recording due to poor fidelity.
