DAB sounds worse than FM wrote:

Satellite:
Good audio quality on most stations
80+ radio stations

DAB:

Low audio quality
an average listener will receive 35 stations

Conclusion:

Satellite wipes the floor with DAB.

Unles the station you want is only on DAB :-/

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spiney wrote:
Fair enough, and there's also Worldspace in Europe (not to mention
digital shortwave broadcasting),


What has digital shortwave got to do with satellites?



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spiney wrote:
er, i personally think above thread a bit pedantic, Sky are "trying"
to claim a portable radio receiver!


Call it what you want, but it does function like a portable radio, so I
don't see what your problem is?


Also, quite a few of the 8ish odd Sky radio channels are religious
ranting rubbish!


There's about 85 stations on digital satellite (they're free-to-air,
apart from Talksport), and they include all the main digital radio
"brands", and most stations are at a higher audio quality than on DAB
and none are at a lower audio quality than on DAB.

Compare what's available on the different platforms and what bit rates
they use he

http://www.digitalradiotech.co.uk/in...bit_rate_table

(note that not all the stations listed for DAB are available in any
given location, because some are local stations)


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Phil Cook wrote:
DAB sounds worse than FM wrote:

Satellite:
Good audio quality on most stations
80+ radio stations

DAB:

Low audio quality
an average listener will receive 35 stations

Conclusion:

Satellite wipes the floor with DAB.

Unles the station you want is only on DAB :-/


Such as? If you want a local station then surely you can receive it on
FM?


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Phil Cook wrote:
DAB sounds worse than FM wrote:

Satellite:
Good audio quality on most stations
80+ radio stations

DAB:

Low audio quality
an average listener will receive 35 stations

Conclusion:

Satellite wipes the floor with DAB.

Unles the station you want is only on DAB :-/

Are there any staions that are *only* on DAB?
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In article . com,
says...
I've looked at the above links, but sorry, you can't have a portable
digital satellite radio receiver (because it would require its own
satellite dish!).

If it's some sort of portable rf link back to a digibox ("battery
powered videosender"), then ok, that would work, but not enough info is
given to make this clear.

Not brilliant, because whatever DAB's drawbacks, it really is portable,
and also has local radio (Sky doesn't).


DAB have local radio? It have not got it here. As for portable use, the
DAB signal is so bad, I doubt a portable would wok in a lot of places.
but you are right ab out a Sat radio, it would need a dish.

Stick with FM, it is the best system for portable use and sopunds better
than DAb or other digital radio

Mike Henry wrote:
In , "Adrian"
wrote:

Phil Cook wrote:
Unles the station you want is only on DAB :-/

Are there any staions that are *only* on DAB?

According to the list on the digitalradiotech website, just 3: DNN,
Passion, Saga. Never heard of them, and I'm sure they won't be missed.


They're all local or regional stations as well, so they're not even
available everywhere.

You did miss one out: Life. I doubt many would lose sleep over not
having that though.


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In article ,
ity says...
spiney wrote:
I've looked at the above links, but sorry, you can't have a portable
digital satellite radio receiver (because it would require its own
satellite dish!).


Read what the thread title says:

"New portable radio FOR digital satellite"

not

"New portable digital satellite radio receiver"


If it's some sort of portable rf link back to a digibox ("battery
powered videosender"), then ok, that would work,


I'd imagine it'll be Wi-Fi.


but not enough info
is given to make this clear.


Try and actually read what I wrote. I did say it has a range of 30m. How
many satellites are orbiting earth 30 m away?


Not brilliant, because whatever DAB's drawbacks, it really is
portable, and also has local radio (Sky doesn't).


Satellite:
Good audio quality on most stations
80+ radio stations

DAB:

Low audio quality
an average listener will receive 35 stations

Conclusion:

Satellite wipes the floor with DAB.



FM wipes the floor of them both.

Ad C wrote:

Satellite wipes the floor with DAB.

FM wipes the floor of them both.

In theory. Come to the rougher bits of London or Birmingham and you
will get fzzz tzzz kssskz from pirates ruining your reception.
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Ad C wrote:
In article ,
ity says...
spiney wrote:
I've looked at the above links, but sorry, you can't have a portable
digital satellite radio receiver (because it would require its own
satellite dish!).


Read what the thread title says:

"New portable radio FOR digital satellite"

not

"New portable digital satellite radio receiver"


If it's some sort of portable rf link back to a digibox ("battery
powered videosender"), then ok, that would work,


I'd imagine it'll be Wi-Fi.


but not enough info
is given to make this clear.


Try and actually read what I wrote. I did say it has a range of 30m.
How many satellites are orbiting earth 30 m away?


Not brilliant, because whatever DAB's drawbacks, it really is
portable, and also has local radio (Sky doesn't).


Satellite:
Good audio quality on most stations
80+ radio stations

DAB:

Low audio quality
an average listener will receive 35 stations

Conclusion:

Satellite wipes the floor with DAB.



FM wipes the floor of them both.


Agreed.


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