[craoltoir]

Drivetime. Around 20 past six yesterday.

[goingpostal1]

Is it still just the ten RTE stations which are available on DAB in the west of the country ?

[bkehoe]

Yeah, just RTE. The Dublin trial may be simulcast outside Dublin next year.

[goingpostal1]

I love DAB, it combines the simplicity of an FM radio with the sound quality of a good quality internet stream. Some of the streams on TuneIn are rubbish quality, especially when you listen with headphones. And there is too much choice on TuneIn, I can never make up my mind what to listen to and stick to my choice for more than 5 minutes before changing the channel.

[delux]

There isn't the network capacity to handle every car on the M50 pulling in a different station. For multiple (well, a decent number of 'multiple') recipients, broadcast is still the way to go.

I've noticed my DAB radio signal goes when i drive under the bridges on the M50!
(only briefly though )

[bkehoe]

Originally Posted by delux

I've noticed my DAB radio signal goes when i drive under the bridges on the M50!
(only briefly though )

What kind of radio and what kind of antenna do you have?

[Greenman]

Originally Posted by goingpostal1

I love DAB, it combines the simplicity of an FM radio with the sound quality of a good quality internet stream. Some of the streams on TuneIn are rubbish quality, especially when you listen with headphones. And there is too much choice on TuneIn, I can never make up my mind what to listen to and stick to my choice for more than 5 minutes before changing the channel.

What genre do you listen to?

[Johnny Johnson]

Will RTE ever provide DAB to the rest of the country. The coverage is a disgrace.

[delux]

What kind of radio and what kind of antenna do you have?

I'd have to double-check the exact model number but i think it's this one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-CDX-DAB.../dp/B0007P538M

[dabfan]

Tech updates here...

https://twitter.com/dabtrial

[Cardinal Richelieu]

Originally Posted by Johnny Johnson

Will RTE ever provide DAB to the rest of the country. The coverage is a disgrace.

Ain't much better in parts of Dublin!! My DAB channels are down the last couple of days. DAB frequently carries too many repeats IMHO, RTE 1 repeats extracts of the John Murray Show and Pat Kenny in the evenings. Also it appears with budget cuts around the World in the International Radio Services and retirements quite a number of the RTE Choice programs will be gone soon.

[bkehoe]

Originally Posted by delux

I'd have to double-check the exact model number but i think it's this one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-CDX-DAB.../dp/B0007P538M

Wow, you've been a long time in car DAB user. That was the first DAB radio I got in my car back in late 2005 when they first came out. The quality of the tuner is good but it's all dependent on the type of antenna you're using. At the time it came out there were very few car DAB aerials on the market so most people fitted them using an Autoleads splitter on the original FM antenna on the car. This can have very variable results from very poor to good. I've never seen anything less than full signal on all the roads and underpasses around Dublin on the RTE mux.

As a benchmark I can receive the new DBDB trial as far South-West as Kilcullen on the M9 and it's variable in and around Newbridge. This is with a Pure Highway 300di and a Hirschman antenna. On tests in the SE this gives comparable results to the original Highway with a Blaupunkt antenna.

http://www.dabonwheels.co.uk/DAB_car_aerials.html is the place to get all sorts of antennas as well as in-car DAB radios. Any of the body mount antennas from there would be a direct replacement for the original antenna fitted to your car and have separate leads for FM and DAB.

[bkehoe]

Originally Posted by Cardinal Richelieu

Ain't much better in parts of Dublin!! My DAB channels are down the last couple of days. DAB frequently carries too many repeats IMHO, RTE 1 repeats extracts of the John Murray Show and Pat Kenny in the evenings. Also it appears with budget cuts around the World in the International Radio Services and retirements quite a number of the RTE Choice programs will be gone soon.

You need to retune. Due to an issue with the service ID codes assigned to the RTE digital only services, changes in the multiplex configuration have been implemented which mean the favourites you have stored will be invalid and need reassignment. If you do an auto tune and trim station list on your radio I imagine all will be good once again.

[bkehoe]

Today Raidio Ri-Ra has appeared on the South-East multiplex, running at 128k Stereo. I wonder if All80s will be coming soon?

I've updated the following table from my previous post with the new bit rates.

Originally Posted by bkehoe

Beat, which is the easy one to compare to FM which is why I mentioned it is normally running at 160k but for the last month has been at 192k although I can't say I noticed any difference from the extra bitrate.

The rest I've added the bitrates as follows;
4FM - 128k
Beat 102-103 - 160k
KCLR96fm (DAB+) - 56k
Phantom FM - 112k
Radio Nova - 160k
RTE 2XM (DAB+) - 80k
South East Radio - 128k
Tipp FM - 128k
UCB Ireland - 80k
WLR FM (DAB+) - 64k

[SPDUB]

I've been listening to All 80's and they appear to be saying they are launching on Sept 1st