DAB Thread

kazoo106 · 24-09-2019 11:02PM

Block 5D being picked up in all sorts of strange places - on the M1 north of Drogheda, again North of Dundalk and across the border before you drop into Newry, so the nil reception reports from Dublin are strange

ITV2 · 24-09-2019 11:11PM

perfect in the car in Donnybrook @rte

JDxtra · 24-09-2019 11:38PM

kazoo106 wrote: »

Block 5D being picked up in all sorts of strange places - on the M1 north of Drogheda, again North of Dundalk and across the border before you drop into Newry, so the nil reception reports from Dublin are strange

Probably another MUX testing up that direction. Perfect in the car for me around Lucan, Leixlip. Lose it heading west past Maynooth. Decent in the house depending on tuner location.

kazoo106 · 24-09-2019 11:44PM

No - That MUX is on 5A

hustlergraham · 25-09-2019 01:19AM

castle2012 wrote: »

Now Fm are still banging away on there app and nowfm.ie .Did these guys return to fm over the last few months ?
Surprised they didn't go up on Freedab

They changed their genre to 90's a while back. It's a disaster of station. It could of been big if was run properly but it wasn’t. Non-Stop 90's is on freedab and sounds great as it always did, so no need for another.

Slieveardagh Hills · 25-09-2019 09:40AM

Picking up the freedab mux in car on M50 between J9 (N7) & J13 (Dundrum) loud & clear. Once off the motorway in Ballinteer though, it does drop every 5-10 seconds.

JDxtra · 25-09-2019 02:27PM

New station added today - Sovereign Gold.

ITV2 · 25-09-2019 02:37PM

so 16 stations on freedab now.

Dipole Keith · 25-09-2019 04:41PM

Was in the Phoenix park earlier, I did a scan on DAB+ car radio & all the stations on freedab came up, I counted 14, they all had a ? before them, Now tuning..... Station not available. It’s a start as I was only able to get them in tallaght.

JDxtra · 25-09-2019 04:52PM

15 at the moment:

SPDUB · 26-09-2019 03:39PM

SPDUB wrote: »

Not a sign of it in crumlin

Did some field tests so to speak yesterday

Decided to check what reception was like along the crumlin road

At the Heath centre opposite the shopping centre (near the junction with sundrive road ) I did both an automatic scan and manual scan with aerial fully extended and couldn't pick up signal at all .

Next stop was the AIB (about halfway along the length ) again aerial fully extended . Nothing on automatic scan .

On a manual scan managed to get the ID of the mux to appear but no content . Judging by the number of bars lightening up I'd say signal strength was 5-10% at most.

Again aerial fully extended it was only opposite the Children's hospital that an automatic scan yielded results getting individual stations and being able to listen to them .

If I put the aerial down the signal was breaking up .

Checked out 2 more spots further up into what is Walkinstown and signal was there .

JDxtra · 26-09-2019 04:43PM

What radio do u have? I've a Pure Move T4 and can get up to full signal and 100% quality out in Leixlip. Anything over 35% quality (1 or 2 signal bars) is enough to get working audio.

Portable radios will generally need antenna extended for good reception.

On my older Sony tucked away in the kitchen, reception is weaker but I can still get audio.

radioguru02 · 26-09-2019 10:07PM

The impact this new mux is already having is amazing. Power (Klub) and True are the only 24/7 FM pirates in Cork, and isn’t it just Kiss in Dublin?

end of the road · 26-09-2019 10:15PM

pirateradiohed wrote: »

The impact this new mux is already having is amazing. Power (Klub) and True are the only 24/7 FM pirates in Cork, and isn’t it just Kiss in Dublin?

phever and retro 92.1 as well. maybe retro now as well but i am unsure.

JDxtra · 26-09-2019 10:18PM

Retro is not on frequently at all. Typically just Kiss 1025 and Fresh 99.5 on 24/7 in Dublin. Phever on later in the day.

castle2012 · 26-09-2019 10:49PM

end of the road wrote: »

pirateradiohed wrote: »

The impact this new mux is already having is amazing. Power (Klub) and True are the only 24/7 FM pirates in Cork, and isn’t it just Kiss in Dublin?

phever and retro 92.1 as well. maybe retro now as well but i am unsure.

Any of the stations on Freedab in Dublin where online only I'm afraid not many came off Fm due to Freedab .

radioguru02 · 29-09-2019 12:39PM

Is the mux on in Waterford yet?

30-09-2019 01:05PM

Freedab states on their FB page that the Sligo MUX will be up by the end of the week!

BuzzG · 30-09-2019 03:03PM

I must say I admire the speed at which they are rolling out to areas given that I would assume this is a modest operation. When you consider the money and expertise behind RTÉ and the progress that have made with DAB rollout (or lack of).

Gerry Wicklow · 30-09-2019 08:09PM

BuzzG wrote: »

I must say I admire the speed at which they are rolling out to areas given that I would assume this is a modest operation. When you consider the money and expertise behind RTÉ and the progress that have made with DAB rollout (or lack of).

Ask Elon Musk or Michael O'Leary. The difference between spending your own/investors money versus guaranteed state income

Charles Slane · 30-09-2019 08:22PM

Since this morning (in Dublin 9) I'm getting "This Service Is Not Available" on all stations.

castle2012 · 02-10-2019 04:53PM

Dublin is off by the looks of it

hustlergraham · 02-10-2019 05:00PM

castle2012 wrote: »

Dublin is off by the looks of it

Technical issue as far as I know, should be back in a few days hopefully.

Former Former · 03-10-2019 05:51PM

BuzzG wrote: »

I must say I admire the speed at which they are rolling out to areas given that I would assume this is a modest operation. When you consider the money and expertise behind RTÉ and the progress that have made with DAB rollout (or lack of).

RTE don't have any money.

And if they did, it would be utter madness to spend it on trying to put in place a new transmission system when the vast majority of the listening public do not have the hardware to receive it, when the technology offers only marginal benefits over FM, and won't in a million years reach as many people as FM does.

RTE is a public service broadcaster. Ramping up DAB for zero benefit to the Irish public is not a good use of the licence fee.

Infoanon · 03-10-2019 08:46PM

So in summary DAB in Ireland is in limbo - RTE have no money,Independent sector has no interest and the regulator has made trialing DAB difficult and getting a content licence nee on impossible for new entrants.

end of the road · 03-10-2019 09:16PM

Infoanon wrote: »

So in summary DAB in Ireland is in limbo - RTE have no money,Independent sector has no interest and the regulator has made trialing DAB difficult and getting a content licence nee on impossible for new entrants.

essentially yes . however, the good news is that whatever about 1, 2, definitely doesn't have to prevent a dab rollout if the market, as in new operators interested in putting on a service, are allowed to do it with only the bare basic regulations rather then outdated protectionism.
3 is what needs to be sorted, and that won't happen while the old brigade rule the roost. so pirates will have to step in.

radioguru02 · 04-10-2019 05:52PM

Global back on 104.9FM in Cork

hustlergraham · 05-10-2019 01:14PM

FreeDAB back on in Dublin.

05-10-2019 01:44PM

hustlergraham wrote: »

FreeDAB back on in Dublin.

Starting in Sligo soon according to their FB page.

ITV2 · 06-10-2019 07:50PM

LOVE Radio now on the Mux.

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