Heart UK removed from D1 National

Radio X removed from D1 National

Grt Hits Rad 80s removed from D1 National

HITS RADIO 00s removed from D1 National

Radio X Oasis removed from D1 National

Absolute Radio removed from D1 National

KISS removed from D1 National

Heart 00s removed from D1 National

Classic FM removed from D1 National

Smooth Relax removed from D1 National

BBC 3CR removed from Herts Beds Bucks

HITS RADIO UK removed from Herts Beds Bucks

Grt Hits BBH removed from Herts Beds Bucks

Smooth 3Counties removed from Herts Beds Bucks

MKFM removed from Herts Beds Bucks

Heart UK added to D1 National (DAB+ 40 Kbps; Pop Music)

Radio X added to D1 National (DAB+ 40 Kbps; Rock Music)

Grt Hits Rad 80s added to D1 National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

HITS RADIO 00s added to D1 National (DAB+ 40 Kbps; Pop Music)

Radio X Oasis added to D1 National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Absolute Radio added to D1 National (DAB+ 40 Kbps; Rock Music)

KISS added to D1 National (DAB+ 40 Kbps; Pop Music)

Heart 00s added to D1 National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Classic FM added to D1 National (DAB+ 64 Kbps; Light Classical)

Smooth Relax added to D1 National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Easy Listening)

BBC 3CR added to Herts Beds Bucks (DAB 128 Kbps; Talk)

Grt Hits BBH added to Herts Beds Bucks (DAB 112 Kbps; Pop Music)

Smooth 3Counties added to Herts Beds Bucks (DAB 128 Kbps; Easy Listening)

HITS RADIO UK added to Herts Beds Bucks (DAB 112 Kbps; Pop Music)

MKFM added to Herts Beds Bucks (DAB 112 Kbps; Pop Music)

LBC added to D1 National (DAB 64 Kbps; Talk)

LBC News added to D1 National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; News)

Gold Radio UK added to D1 National (DAB+ 40 Kbps; Easy Listening)

UCB 2 added to D1 National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Religion)

Magic Radio added to D1 National (DAB+ 40 Kbps; Pop Music)

Smooth 3Counties removed from Herts Beds Bucks

HITS RADIO UK removed from Herts Beds Bucks

Heart 4 Counties removed from Herts Beds Bucks

MKFM removed from Herts Beds Bucks

Smooth 3Counties added to Herts Beds Bucks (DAB 128 Kbps; Easy Listening)

HITS RADIO UK added to Herts Beds Bucks (DAB 112 Kbps; Pop Music)

Heart 4 Counties added to Herts Beds Bucks (DAB 128 Kbps; Pop Music)

MKFM added to Herts Beds Bucks (DAB 112 Kbps; Pop Music)

LBC removed from D1 National

LBC News removed from D1 National

Gold Radio UK removed from D1 National

UCB 2 removed from D1 National

Magic Radio removed from D1 National

BBC Radio1 removed from BBC National DAB

BBC Radio2 removed from BBC National DAB

BBC Radio3 removed from BBC National DAB

BBC Radio4 removed from BBC National DAB

BBC Radio6Music removed from BBC National DAB

BBC Radio5Live removed from BBC National DAB

BBC Radio2 added to BBC National DAB (DAB 128 Kbps; Pop Music)

BBC Radio1 added to BBC National DAB (DAB 128 Kbps; Pop Music)

BBC Radio3 added to BBC National DAB (DAB 192 Kbps; Arts)

BBC Radio4 added to BBC National DAB (DAB 128 Kbps; Talk)

BBC Radio5Live added to BBC National DAB (DAB 80 Kbps; News)

BBC Radio6Music added to BBC National DAB (DAB 128 Kbps; Rock Music)

Boom Radio UK removed from SDL National

Magic Soul removed from SDL National

Absolute 80s removed from SDL National

Jazz FM removed from SDL National

Fix Radio removed from SDL National

BFBS UK removed from SDL National

KISSTORY R&B removed from SDL National

Radio X Class Rk removed from SDL National

Magic Musicals removed from SDL National

Absolute 90s removed from SDL National

Virgin Radio removed from SDL National

Virgin Chilled removed from SDL National

Grt Hits Rad 60s removed from SDL National

Virgin Legends removed from SDL National

Mellow Magic removed from SDL National

talkSPORT 2 removed from SDL National

Planet Rock removed from SDL National

Times Radio removed from SDL National

CapXTRA Reloaded removed from SDL National

HITS RADIO CHIL removed from SDL National

Kerrang! removed from SDL National

Sunrise Radio UK removed from SDL National

Magic Classical removed from SDL National

Absolute Country removed from SDL National

Capital Anthems removed from SDL National

PremierChristian removed from SDL National

Premier Praise removed from SDL National

Smooth 80s removed from SDL National

Absolute Rock removed from SDL National

Absolute Rock added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Rock Music)

Absolute 90s added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Planet Rock added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Rock Music)

BFBS UK added to SDL National (DAB+ 24 Kbps; Pop Music)

Magic Classical added to SDL National (DAB+ 40 Kbps; Classical Music)

PremierChristian added to SDL National (DAB 64 Kbps; Religion)

Virgin Legends added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

talkSPORT 2 added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; none)

Mellow Magic added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; none)

Capital Anthems added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Boom Radio UK added to SDL National (DAB+ 24 Kbps; none)

Virgin Radio added to SDL National (DAB 80 Kbps; none)

Fix Radio added to SDL National (DAB 64 Kbps; Rock Music)

Talk removed from SDL National

Virgin Chilled added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Smooth 80s added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Easy Listening)

Absolute 80s added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Sunrise Radio UK added to SDL National (DAB 56 Kbps; Pop Music)

KISSTORY R&B added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

CapXTRA Reloaded added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Magic Musicals added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Easy Listening)

Radio X Class Rk added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Rock Music)

Jazz FM added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Jazz and Blues)

Grt Hits Rad 60s added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Kerrang! added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Rock Music)

Times Radio added to SDL National (DAB 64 Kbps; News)

HITS RADIO CHIL added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Easy Listening)

Premier Praise added to SDL National (DAB 64 Kbps; Religion)

Talk added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; News)

Absolute Country added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Country Music)

Magic Soul added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Easy Listening)

Heart 70s added to D1 National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Smooth Chill added to D1 National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Other Music)

UCB 1 added to D1 National (DAB+ 24 Kbps; Religion)

Grt Hits Rad 70s added to D1 National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Capital DANCE removed from D1 National

Heart 90s removed from D1 National

Heart Dance removed from D1 National

Heart Dance added to D1 National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Heart 90s added to D1 National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Capital DANCE added to D1 National (DAB+ 40 Kbps; Pop Music)

Times Radio removed from SDL National

Absolute 90s removed from SDL National

Mellow Magic removed from SDL National

Virgin Legends removed from SDL National

HITS RADIO CHIL removed from SDL National

Sunrise Radio UK removed from SDL National

Kerrang! removed from SDL National

Capital Anthems removed from SDL National

Jazz FM removed from SDL National

Smooth 80s removed from SDL National

Absolute Country removed from SDL National

Magic Soul removed from SDL National

BFBS UK removed from SDL National

Talk removed from SDL National

Boom Radio UK removed from SDL National

talkSPORT 2 removed from SDL National

Absolute Rock removed from SDL National

KISSTORY R&B removed from SDL National

Absolute 80s removed from SDL National

Magic Musicals removed from SDL National

Heart Dance added to D1 National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Heart 90s added to D1 National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Capital DANCE added to D1 National (DAB+ 40 Kbps; Pop Music)

Radio X added to D1 National (DAB+ 40 Kbps; Rock Music)

Capital UK added to D1 National (DAB+ 40 Kbps; Pop Music)

Grt Hits Rad 80s added to D1 National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

LBC added to D1 National (DAB 64 Kbps; Talk)

LBC News added to D1 National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; News)

HITS RADIO 00s added to D1 National (DAB+ 40 Kbps; Pop Music)

Radio X Oasis added to D1 National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Gold Radio UK added to D1 National (DAB+ 40 Kbps; Easy Listening)

GB News Radio added to D1 National (DAB+ 24 Kbps; News)

UCB 2 added to D1 National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Religion)

Magic Radio added to D1 National (DAB+ 40 Kbps; Pop Music)

Heart 00s added to D1 National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Classic FM added to D1 National (DAB+ 64 Kbps; Light Classical)

Smooth Relax added to D1 National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Easy Listening)

Magic Musicals added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Easy Listening)

Absolute Rock added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Rock Music)

Sunrise Radio UK added to SDL National (DAB 56 Kbps; Pop Music)

Absolute 80s added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Mellow Magic added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Easy Listening)

Absolute 90s added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Capital Anthems added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Virgin Legends added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

talkSPORT 2 added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Sport)

Magic Soul added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Easy Listening)

Jazz FM added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Jazz and Blues)

Smooth 80s added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Easy Listening)

KISSTORY R&B added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

BFBS UK added to SDL National (DAB+ 24 Kbps; Pop Music)

Boom Radio UK added to SDL National (DAB+ 24 Kbps; Pop Music)

HITS RADIO CHIL added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Easy Listening)

Kerrang! added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Rock Music)

Times Radio added to SDL National (DAB 64 Kbps; News)

Talk added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; News)

Absolute Country added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Country Music)

Virgin Chilled removed from SDL National

Virgin Chilled added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Heart 70s removed from D1 National

Smooth Chill removed from D1 National

UCB 1 removed from D1 National

Grt Hits Rad 70s removed from D1 National

BBC Radio5Live removed from BBC National DAB

BBC Radio6Music removed from BBC National DAB

BBC Radio4Extra removed from BBC National DAB

BBC Radio1Xtra removed from BBC National DAB

BBC AsianNetwork removed from BBC National DAB

BBC WorldService removed from BBC National DAB

BBC Radio5Live added to BBC National DAB (DAB 64 Kbps; News)

BBC Radio6Music added to BBC National DAB (DAB 128 Kbps; Rock Music)

BBC Radio4Extra added to BBC National DAB (DAB 80 Kbps; Talk)

BBC Radio1Xtra added to BBC National DAB (DAB 128 Kbps; none)

BBC AsianNetwork added to BBC National DAB (DAB 64 Kbps; Talk)

BBC WorldService added to BBC National DAB (DAB 64 Kbps; Talk)

Heart Dance removed from D1 National

Heart 90s removed from D1 National

Capital DANCE removed from D1 National

Radio X removed from D1 National

Capital UK removed from D1 National

Grt Hits Rad 80s removed from D1 National

LBC removed from D1 National

LBC News removed from D1 National

HITS RADIO 00s removed from D1 National

Radio X Oasis removed from D1 National

Gold Radio UK removed from D1 National

GB News Radio removed from D1 National

UCB 2 removed from D1 National

Magic Radio removed from D1 National

Heart 00s removed from D1 National

Classic FM removed from D1 National

Smooth Relax removed from D1 National

Shine 879 added to Herts Beds Bucks (DAB 80 Kbps; Pop Music)

1047 SUBJAM added to Herts Beds Bucks (DAB 64 Kbps; Other Music)

Capital UK added to Herts Beds Bucks (DAB 128 Kbps; Pop Music)

BBC 3CR added to Herts Beds Bucks (DAB 128 Kbps; Talk)

Shine 879 removed from Herts Beds Bucks

1047 SUBJAM removed from Herts Beds Bucks

Capital UK removed from Herts Beds Bucks

BBC 3CR removed from Herts Beds Bucks

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/40710441

Solar events as well as nuclear can cause an EMF pulse that destroys all transistors, thus inherently all DAB radios. Or has someone managed to build an EMF-proof DAB transmitter and receiver using vacuum tubes?

Post-Internet, radio has surely lost listenership. From there, I think it’s fair to say that emergency/apolyptic scenarios that would kill both household Internet and TVs, essentially making analog radio quite important. If FM is decommissioned, do we compromise the option of broadcasting to survivalists who have tubes receivers?

Consider that in extreme events like an EMF pulse, Denmark is fucked. They eliminate their postal service this year and they will eliminate FM radio. They seem to have no concept of minimising points of failure for any sort of robust engineering, as they create apartment building laundry rooms with washing machines that cannot function without the cloud and electronic payment. Denmark apparently sets a good example of what /not/ to do in the face of digital transformation.

I'm aware the bot has been a bit noisy recently. I upgraded it to Trixie and this fixed a long-standing issue with it not posting updates.

Unfortunately it turns out the signal is unstable, possibly because the entire setup is a bit flaky and I moved it somewhere more accessible, likely with worse reception.

I'm going to work on the code to stop it reporting things that haven't happened (I may also move it back to where it was). Until then, beware reports of channels leaving and returning two hours later.

Fix Radio added to SDL National (DAB 64 Kbps; Rock Music)

Times Radio added to SDL National (DAB 64 Kbps; News)

Absolute Country added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Country Music)

Mellow Magic added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Easy Listening)

Virgin Legends added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Mellow Magic removed from SDL National

Fix Radio removed from SDL National

Absolute Country removed from SDL National

Times Radio removed from SDL National

Virgin Legends removed from SDL National

MKFM removed from Herts Beds Bucks

BBC Radio1 added to BBC National DAB (DAB 128 Kbps; Pop Music)

BBC Radio3 added to BBC National DAB (DAB 160 Kbps; Arts)

BBC Radio4 added to BBC National DAB (DAB 128 Kbps; Talk)

BBC Radio6Music added to BBC National DAB (DAB 128 Kbps; Rock Music)

BBC Radio4Extra added to BBC National DAB (DAB 80 Kbps; Talk)

BBC Radio1Xtra added to BBC National DAB (DAB 128 Kbps; none)

BBC AsianNetwork added to BBC National DAB (DAB 64 Kbps; Talk)

BBC Radio5Live added to BBC National DAB (DAB 64 Kbps; News)

BBC WorldService added to BBC National DAB (DAB 64 Kbps; Talk)

MKFM added to Herts Beds Bucks (DAB 112 Kbps; Pop Music)

BBC Radio1 removed from BBC National DAB

BBC Radio3 removed from BBC National DAB

BBC Radio4 removed from BBC National DAB

BBC Radio5Live removed from BBC National DAB

BBC Radio6Music removed from BBC National DAB

BBC Radio4Extra removed from BBC National DAB

BBC Radio1Xtra removed from BBC National DAB

BBC AsianNetwork removed from BBC National DAB

BBC WorldService removed from BBC National DAB

Smooth 80s removed from SDL National

Smooth 80s added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Easy Listening)

Heart 4 Counties removed from Herts Beds Bucks

MKFM removed from Herts Beds Bucks

Magic Classical added to SDL National (DAB+ 40 Kbps; Classical Music)

Premier Praise added to SDL National (DAB 64 Kbps; Religion)

Jazz FM added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Jazz and Blues)

Absolute 80s added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

Absolute 90s added to SDL National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

LBC added to D1 National (DAB 64 Kbps; Talk)

LBC News added to D1 National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; News)

Heart 4 Counties added to Herts Beds Bucks (DAB 128 Kbps; Pop Music)

MKFM added to Herts Beds Bucks (DAB 112 Kbps; Pop Music)

Absolute 80s removed from SDL National

Jazz FM removed from SDL National

Absolute 90s removed from SDL National

Magic Classical removed from SDL National

Premier Praise removed from SDL National

LBC removed from D1 National

LBC News removed from D1 National

Heart 80s changed from 40 Kbps (DAB+) to 32 Kbps (DAB+) [D1 National ]

Heart 00s changed from 40 Kbps (DAB+) to 32 Kbps (DAB+) [D1 National ]

Heart Dance changed from 40 Kbps (DAB+) to 32 Kbps (DAB+) [D1 National ]

Heart 90s changed from 40 Kbps (DAB+) to 32 Kbps (DAB+) [D1 National ]

Radio X Oasis added to D1 National (DAB+ 32 Kbps; Pop Music)

I have some cheap DAB radios with shitty amplifiers, which have clipping. Not sure if that’s the right term, but on volumes above the 4th level the quality goes to shit (depending on the accoustic frequency). At the same time, I need more volume because I’m running a fan as summer heats up.

So I put two shitty DAB radios in the same room on the same channel at levels just below the clipping. I knew this would happen: they decode at different speeds so the speakers are out of sync. The device that has an auxillary input is the one with the crappiest speaker.

FM does not have this issue. So if you go to a Critical Mass demonstration where hundreds of cyclists converge and ride together, sometimes they are organised enough that one person broadcasts tracks on an unused FM channel and everyone else with speakers can tune in to that station. That would not work well after DAB replaces FM, and FM radios become obsoleted.

Bluetooth is not exactly up to the task. The consumer grade BT gear is very short ranged. And I think most consumer grade BT devices are 1-to-1 pairing. Not sure if the 1-to-many long-range bluetooth transmitters are affordable.

I wonder what is the rationale. Will be shitty if all FM radios become bricks because of some stupid push to obsolete them.

Or is there a smarter plan, like using the bandwidth for something more worthy than FM radio?

UPDATE

Some more FM advantages:

Fast channel changing.

Better reception. There is a station in my city that transmits both DAB and FM. Their DAB signal has chronic cut-outs but their FM station is good enough. And in general, weak FM signals are still useful while weak DAB signals are unusable. So a DAB-only policy marginalises people who live remote from the cities.

Broadcast TV has their shit together, at least in the US. You can setup MythTV to fetch TV schedules without Internet access. It can grab the schedules from the broadcast signals. You can also subscribe to Internet services that give TV scheduling far into the future, but that’s a non-gratis frill. The in-band scheduling info goes a few days out which is good enough.

Radio listeners are screwed on this. FM and DAB+ both have no scheduling info. And worse, there is no Internet service that produces an aggregated radio schedule. You must find websites hosted by each radio station individually and navigate in their shitty user interfaces. Sometimes the programs are too vague to be useful.

Apparently it was completely overlooked in the drafting of the DAB specs. In principle, a clever broadcaster could embed schedule info into the album art using stegonography, or stego on the audio content, but then no appliances would decode such hacks.

I have no idea if satellite radio is on the ball. I think satellite radio is a US-specific option as DAB is nearly non-existent in the US. Vice-versa in Europe.

As someone who has pulled the plug on the residential Internet, I cling to the radio more than most. If DAB would were to include metadata and if there were a DAB-capable PC card, it would be great to have a MythTV-like setup to record radio programs. As it stands, we are driven to do a lot of channel surfing, which is worse on DAB than on FM because of the 2½ second delay with each channel change to decode a chunk of data (so surfing 10 channels has 25 seconds of silent timewaste).

I’m sure radio broadcasters would get more market share if DARs (digital audio recorders) were a thing. That sort of utility might even enable more people to be willing to experiment with unplugging from the Internet.

And of course some of the people involved are also directors of North Norfolk Digital...

SUBJAM changed to 1047 SUBJAM [Herts Beds Bucks]

Capital UK removed from Herts Beds Bucks

HITS RADIO UK removed from Herts Beds Bucks

Shine 879 removed from Herts Beds Bucks

Grt Hits BBH removed from Herts Beds Bucks

Smooth 3Counties removed from Herts Beds Bucks

Smooth 3Counties added to Herts Beds Bucks (DAB 128 Kbps; Easy Listening)

Grt Hits BBH added to Herts Beds Bucks (DAB 112 Kbps; Pop Music)

Shine 879 added to Herts Beds Bucks (DAB 80 Kbps; Pop Music)

HITS RADIO UK added to Herts Beds Bucks (DAB 112 Kbps; Pop Music)

Capital UK added to Herts Beds Bucks (DAB 128 Kbps; Pop Music)