Analogue radio medium wave

kwikbreaks

Yes medium wave stations from huge distances start to come belting. in during the evening and distant stations often interfere with locals. When I were t'lad Radio Luxemburg broadcast in English and used to be very popular - you couldn't pick that up til it got dark - in fact I don't think they fired it up until the evening.

This also has an impact on ADSL broadband which uses 25KHz - 2100KHz (ADSL2+) so if the MW radio stations ( ~ 500-1700KHz) are allowed in (usually via the ring wire) they can really screw up your connection. Some routers report "gaps" or spot frequencies they can't use because of noise and you'll always find Radio 5 Live in there somewhere even with no ring wire.

nomoneytoday

kwikbreaks wrote: »

Even if you can receive it perfectly (which you can't in most locations) the quality is low due to low bit rates. The receivers are far more expensive than for FM because they are more complex and require so much power that portable use using batteries is only for the wealthy.

Agreed the bitrates are low, but footy commentary is speech only, so shouldn't be an issue...

kwikbreaks

The bitrate drops to zero if you can't pick it up.

Anyway are you going to buy a DAB radio only for football commentary?

d-seven

kwikbreaks wrote: »

Yes medium wave stations from huge distances start to come belting. in during the evening and distant stations often interfere with locals. When I were t'lad Radio Luxemburg broadcast in English and used to be very popular - you couldn't pick that up til it got dark - in fact I don't think they fired it up until the evening.

This also has an impact on ADSL broadband which uses 25KHz - 2100KHz (ADSL2+) so if the MW radio stations ( ~ 500-1700KHz) are allowed in (usually via the ring wire) they can really screw up your connection. Some routers report "gaps" or spot frequencies they can't use because of noise and you'll always find Radio 5 Live in there somewhere even with no ring wire.

I wonder if this is why my router gives a poor signal at nights sometimes? I live in the midlands and the BBC droitwich transmitter is probably about 30 miles away. 5live gets broadcast from here.
I remember as a kid having a small radio and I used to love tuning through the AM waveband to listen to all these foriegn stations after dark!