FáilteDAB: Coverage, Tests and Services

If the trial is successful and it goes permanent. Are there enough frequency blocks to have both mux 1 and 2 on air together and both fully nationwide? How many nationwide mux would be possible from a technical point of view assuming money wasn’t an issue?

Ironically I'm in N Tipp but I don't seem to be getting Keeper Hill, probably blocked by a local hill. Still getting Bob GHR etc on mux 1. Should get them on the road tomorrow.

Found it.

10A - NATIONAL 3
12A - NATIONAL 2
12C - NATIONAL 1

5 nationals? as in you mean the regional ones as a "national"?

Ah, yes. I suppose, but would that be allowed? that would be the next thing . Nothing is publicised at the moment. AFAIK Fáilte are on a Test & Trial license only

Aye that's true . Even if we did what Sweden did and put RTÉ on one Bauer on another and Onic on another you'd never fill them all

Just about to post the same:

I'm getting mild tropo here but on FM at the moment indoors: Galway Bay listenable on 96.8MHz, Shannonside FM clear on 104.6 and Classic Hits listenable on 104.9.

Picking up Rì Rà, BoB FM , GHR and one other station here in North Tipperary. Four radio stations over all. I'm sure more will be added. Great to have a choice all be it limited.

Great to see (well hear) the new DAB+ stations here in Cork this morning. Coming in loud and clear. Stronger signal that the old DAB services as they used to drop when I went into the multi-story car park. No such issues with the new DAB+ signal. Bring on more stations!

Well done to Failte DAB for making their Mux 2 launch window (by the skin of their teeth, haha) - it had to be a massive undertaking to get all the transmitter sites ready and tested, so fair play to their crew.

It'll be interesting to see how similar/different Mux 1 and Mux 2 end up.

Hopefully they'll extend their reach to the South West and the North West in the future.

Rì Rà, BoB FM , GHR and OnicHits after a scan this morning here in Pembrokeshire.

Handy while sitting in the garden — car radio lost them in seconds when dropping off my hill but good to have on a portable outside.

Possibly, but it would be on a regional mux at best. A quick google suggests that the Munster region has 8 local stations across the 6 counties so is likely not enough to attract a DAB mux of its own unless some national stations get in on the act as well

I did not know that...