I wonder how much cash is required to fund the cost of local radio on DAB? I have a couple of DAB radios but hardly ever listen to them now I've got a Squeezebox with Internet Radio.
It doesn't look like FM radio is going anywhere soon – how many cars have DAB?
Also what happened DAB+ has that died a death?
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BBC to meet with government and commercial radio companies to decide the future of local radio on digital audio broadcasting. By Mark Sweney
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do you think a portable internet connected box with speakers that just did internet radio would work? personally I like to have my trusty wireless (in the old fashioned sense of the word) but if it could tune into just about anything I think I'd like it even more.
Possibly, portable DAB radios are pretty lousy. I use an FM Radio in the shed :-)
i might build it
what are you thinking for the wireless segment? GSM or Wifi..?
It would need both surely :-)
seems like it would be an awfully complex device just to receive audio – especially compared to how basic you can make an FM receiver…
circuit complexity isn't the end of it either – think about the power requirements needed – again compared to an FM receiver which if you just want to listen through headphones can be powered by the radio waves themselves…
still that doesn't mean it wouldn't be a marketable device :)
although thinking a bit further on – i guess the deal is that FM is an inefficient use of a finite resource (radio bandwidth) – whereas silicon is cheap and plenty full…
changing the subject slightly, you asked about running a radio station …. have you been following the local TV station opportunity http://goo.gl/zqwqe
The car has DAB. Great providing you're not going anywhere !! On the move reception is far from ubiquitous. Even for Radio 2.
I didn't know about the local TV stuff – be interesting to see how that develops…
Try the Pure vl-61558 – One Flow UK – DAB, FM, WiFi
DAB does not have a future as far as I am concerned. I have tried 3 DAB radios so far , DAB promises a great deal but is unable to supply a practical way of listening to radio programs. Very Poor battery life, Signal drop-outs even in a strong signal area, terrible audio quality (music sations in low bitrate mono for goodness sake ?) More stations but none that I want to listen to that are not already available on medium wave, long Wave and FM. If you want interesting radio from all round the world, try a shortwave radio – a band used since the 1920s which is now being re-vitalised by a new digital system Digital Radio mondial. Of course if you are able to access the internet the choice of radio stations is fantastic. DAB is a joke forced on us by people who will do anything to avoid admitting that they made a big mistake.