Post 767319 by thorthenorseman@octodon.social
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(DIR) Post #767319 by thorthenorseman@octodon.social
2018-10-25T22:07:36Z
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Norway was the first country in the world to switch off its FM radio network in favour of DAB. It remains the only country to have done so. Listener numbers have been down since the transition. The public didn't ask for DAB, it's expensive to upgrade car stereos to DAB, and DAB coverage is still spotty. Some prominent figures claim that the switchoff has been a failure due to falling audience figures and are calling for the return of FM broadcasting.
(DIR) Post #769643 by duck57@mastodon.social
2018-10-26T00:20:00Z
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@thorthenorseman Is DAB like what they call HD radio in the Us?
(DIR) Post #772708 by thorthenorseman@octodon.social
2018-10-26T03:58:26Z
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@duck57 It's an international standard for terrestrial Digital Audio Broadcasting. It's intended as a replacement for FM/AM audio broadcasting. In Europe, many countries have plans to phase out their analog radio infrastructures in favour of DAB. DAB could be seen as a companion to terrestrial DVB, Digital Video Broadcasting, the international standard meant to replace analog PAL/NTSC.
(DIR) Post #772761 by thorthenorseman@octodon.social
2018-10-26T04:07:29Z
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@duck57 It looks like America went straight ahead and discarded the work that Europe had been doing on this since the 1980s and invented its own system... as usual.
(DIR) Post #772791 by thorthenorseman@octodon.social
2018-10-26T04:11:01Z
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@duck57 Canada did some trials of DAB but gave it up. With analog, we had two systems that worked worldwide (AM and FM). In the digital era, we have paradoxically taken a step back and now have incompatible systems.
(DIR) Post #775521 by Sviundt@mstdn.poyo.me
2018-10-26T09:09:31Z
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@thorthenorseman another tragicomic aspect of switching to DAB+ is that the frequencies are the same as NATO communication during training and operations. So if something happens here, the national broadcasters will have no access to the sending frequencies that were originally reserved for DAB+
(DIR) Post #778426 by gr33b0@noagendasocial.com
2018-10-26T13:23:01Z
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@thorthenorseman I can imagine the spotty coverage in a country with some fjords and valleys. Here in the Netherlands the reception is reasonable but near tall buildings ther is noreception at all. I Love the sound quality but do not see it replacing FM any time soon.