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What’s the situation? Heard this “Eirdab” MUX was testing recently. Is that still on and if not is it coming back? What stations are carried? Is it just RTE outside of that?

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[Deleted User]

JDxtra wrote: »

New addition to the line up - Atlantis Radio (60s music).

Is it this one?

https://www.atlantisradio.uk/

JDxtra

New addition to the line up - Atlantis Radio (60s music).

[Deleted User]

Is Freedab live in Sligo,I asked them but no response? I live 8 km outside of Sligo town so maybe I wont receive a signal anyway!

Technocentral

Its bizzare that seeing as DAB itself didnt take off that you now need to buy another radio to get DAB+ total disincentive.

hibits

Dietmar Hamann wrote: »

Anyone else still finding the FreeDAB signal a bit hit an miss? Driving around it goes in and out of signal depending on whether you are stationary or moving. All fine on the RTE offerings.

This is a great concept and I now find myself listening to the different DAB stations on this and RTE DAB and just not bothering with FM at all. Even in good weather last week I was picking up BBC stations on DAB from somewhere.

As you say reception can be glitchy driving so maybe it cant penetrate large buildings and such. It has been improving though so maybe this is not the final product.

Dietmar Hamann

Anyone else still finding the FreeDAB signal a bit hit an miss? Driving around it goes in and out of signal depending on whether you are stationary or moving. All fine on the RTE offerings.

Dipole Keith

digitalise wrote: »

If he had a DAB-only radio it would still find the FreeDAB multiplex and list all the stations - they would just be silent. The key difference between DAB and DAB+ radios is that DAB+ can decode both MPEG-2 Layer II and AAC. DAB radios can only decode MPEG-2 Layer II audio.

I can get the freedab stations in Dublin when I’m in Tallaght thats why I asked the question was it still on in Cork.

digitalise

Franko87 wrote: »

My guess is your radio is dab only if that's the case .as It is impossible that you couldn't recieve it. Unless you can recieve 2fm+ then your radio is dab only

If he had a DAB-only radio it would still find the FreeDAB multiplex and list all the stations - they would just be silent. The key difference between DAB and DAB+ radios is that DAB+ can decode both MPEG-2 Layer II and AAC. DAB radios can only decode MPEG-2 Layer II audio.

Franko87

My guess is your radio is dab only if that's the case .as It is impossible that you couldn't recieve it. Unless you can recieve 2fm+ then your radio is dab only

Dipole Keith

Franko87 wrote: »

Hi Keith it seems you might have issues with your antenna on your dab radio . I was in water grass hill yesterday and it was booming in .And at home.?

That’s strange, it’s the car radio, No problem with the RTE stuff on DAB & FM stations fine.

Franko87

Hi Keith it seems you might have issues with your antenna on your dab radio . I was in water grass hill yesterday and it was booming in .And at home.?

Dipole Keith

Is the freedab service still on in Cork? Was in the city yesterday and nothing stopped on a Dab or Dab+ scan. I was getting the usual RTE stuff, I was in blackpool shopping centre car park & Little Island industrial estate.

BuzzG

That's a fair point L1011, I guess with something like this you would need to have your ducks in a row regulatory speaking before you would begin broadcasting to be in compliance.

L1011

BuzzG wrote: »

I think people might be jumping to conclusions about the legality or not of the FreeDab MUX. We are not privy to any conversations which may be happening in the background with the relevant regulatory authorities.

I think what they are doing is great, fair play to them for taking the iniative and starting up the service and I hope they can get any regulatory approvals in place to continue the service because I believe choice is a great thing and can only make the market bigger and better.

Edit: Just to add I've no connection with FreeDab bar being an enthusiastic observer seeing how their service grows / develops.

There are no conversations with the BAI/Comreg that would allow you to operate an unlicenced multiplex carrying unlicenced operators during said conversation

Its pirate. That is undeniable. Whether people care is a matter for themselves.

More Music

BuzzG wrote: »

I think people might be jumping to conclusions about the legality or not of the FreeDab MUX. We are not privy to any conversations which may be happening in the background with the relevant regulatory authorities.

I think what they are doing is great, fair play to them for taking the iniative and starting up the service and I hope they can get any regulatory approvals in place to continue the service because I believe choice is a great thing and can only make the market bigger and better.

Edit: Just to add I've no connection with FreeDab bar being an enthusiastic observer seeing how their service grows / develops.

There’s no confusion. The FreeDAB mux is operating without a license. Also, why isn’t the owner/operator of the Mux named in the interview. You could make a guess who it is based on some of the answers.

BTW, I’m not bothered either way. It’s good to see it from a technical perspective.

SPDUB

All of Dublin would be nice

[Deleted User]

Freedab mention Sligo on their website,is there a DAB service there or is it pending?

castle2012

fmfan wrote: »

castle2012 wrote: »

I was in Dundalk today and Freedab is been tested. A slightly different list of station s , Trax , NRG fm , Storm north east all available. But also Jump fm Belfast, Wild Country, retronow and Phever .Hope they up the power soon

Interesting, is it still on? Any word on nonstop90s being on it.

Yes nonstop 90s where also on it .seems to have a much larger selection than the Dublin one

fmfan

castle2012 wrote: »

I was in Dundalk today and Freedab is been tested. A slightly different list of station s , Trax , NRG fm , Storm north east all available. But also Jump fm Belfast, Wild Country, retronow and Phever .Hope they up the power soon

Interesting, is it still on? Any word on nonstop90s being on it.

end of the road

some of the pirates were on it originally before returning to fm, so at the time they made that statement it was the case that there were fewer stations on air on fm because they had to go off fm to join the service. i don't think freedab are continuing to make that claim now.

castle2012

While the power has increased in Dublin. there is still many glitch s as you drive round .
While it's great to have Freedab and I really hope it works for them .
They clam to have reduced the amount of pirates in Dublin on fm to 3 .That is simply not true.
The list of station's on Freedab are for the majority ,online only and have been for some time .
What reduced the amount of pirates in Dublin was comreg after a few visits a couple of weeks ago

Eric Cartman

JDxtra wrote: »

I'll need to do another scan, that was done in Leixlip but the signal wasn't very strong going into the tuner I was using (an SDR attached to a computer).

I think it didn't show the specs correctly as it reported the stations as 128kbps but my standalone tuner shows them as 96kbps. I'll get a better scan done to confirm.

ohh, ideal location for me to try so.

JDxtra

I'll need to do another scan, that was done in Leixlip but the signal wasn't very strong going into the tuner I was using (an SDR attached to a computer).

I think it didn't show the specs correctly as it reported the stations as 128kbps but my standalone tuner shows them as 96kbps. I'll get a better scan done to confirm.

Eric Cartman

castle2012 wrote: »

I was in Dundalk today and Freedab is been tested. A slightly different list of station s , Trax , NRG fm , Storm north east all available. But also Jump fm Belfast, Wild Country, retronow and Phever .Hope they up the power soon

in dab+ or dab ? , whereabouts was that JDxtra, still no joy on my dab radio and still showing dab+ in north dublin. Would be nice if they dropped it down for compatability, 128k DAB is still a more than acceptable broadcast format.

castle2012

JDxtra wrote: »

ITV2 wrote: »

in the car it doesn't show it as DAB+, unlike the RTE stations that are +.

Today, it is showing for me as DAB. It was previously DAB+. I guess they are testing out various configurations.

Current list of stations carried as of today is attached.

I was in Dundalk today and Freedab is been tested. A slightly different list of station s , Trax , NRG fm , Storm north east all available. But also Jump fm Belfast, Wild Country, retronow and Phever .Hope they up the power soon

JDxtra

ITV2 wrote: »

in the car it doesn't show it as DAB+, unlike the RTE stations that are +.

Today, it is showing for me as DAB. It was previously DAB+. I guess they are testing out various configurations.

Current list of stations carried as of today is attached.

ITV2

in the car it doesn't show it as DAB+, unlike the RTE stations that are +.

StreetLight

Eric Cartman wrote: »

does anyone know the coverage area of the free dab mux in Dublin and what stations are available in DAB (not + )

They are all in the DAB+ format, none in DAB.

Mearings

http://www.wohnort.org/DAB/ireland.html

Compared to the RTE & UK muxes Free-DAB broadcast at high/very high bitrates.

Eric Cartman

does anyone know the coverage area of the free dab mux in Dublin and what stations are available in DAB (not + )