Digital radios?

flaneurs_lobster

Somewhat sceptically I bought an indoor DAB aerial from eBay for £7.99, for use with a Denon receiver.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/395056289427?var=663639987388

Works really well, has a magnetic base so it's stuck on the side of a radiator (makes a difference to reception?). Indoor reception for mobiles is next-to-nothing and the TV reception from a loft aerial is flaky so this thing working at all was a pleasant surprise.

coffeehound

Rodders53 said:

Installing an external aerial DAB vertical dipole antenna at rooftop level to see all around won't be cheap.  

It would be worth seeing if a nondirectional one would work at lower level, perhaps on a gate post, gazebo etc, then in the loft, before getting a man in

twopenny

Not sure digital is worth it.
Now it's getting to the unfunny newer programs, doesn't pick up local radio. Just a lot more stations with advertising.
I just liked something funny to listen to.

I was laughing at Flaneurs which I misread as the radio stuck to the radio    

JohnSwift10

twopenny said:

Not sure digital is worth it.
Now it's getting to the unfunny newer programs, doesn't pick up local radio. Just a lot more stations with advertising.
I just liked something funny to listen to.

I was laughing at Flaneurs which I misread as the radio stuck to the radio    

My local radio station GHR is only available on DAB since they shut down all the MW transmitters.

So now I can no longer listen in my car as it doesn't have a DAB radio, just FM and MW.

flaneurs_lobster

JohnSwift10 said:

twopenny said:

Not sure digital is worth it.
Now it's getting to the unfunny newer programs, doesn't pick up local radio. Just a lot more stations with advertising.
I just liked something funny to listen to.

I was laughing at Flaneurs which I misread as the radio stuck to the radio    

My local radio station GHR is only available on DAB since they shut down all the MW transmitters.

So now I can no longer listen in my car as it doesn't have a DAB radio, just FM and MW.

The solution is simply to buy a new car. 

Note: May not be able to play cassettes.

twopenny

You've just made me realise that my dab radio also has fm......so I may be able to tune in to our local station.
No ads, small news time not made a drama of, just music.
Now all I have to do is find out how to access it. Probably not too difficult but going to be buckets load of stations to search.

JohnSwift10

flaneurs_lobster said:

JohnSwift10 said:

twopenny said:

Not sure digital is worth it.
Now it's getting to the unfunny newer programs, doesn't pick up local radio. Just a lot more stations with advertising.
I just liked something funny to listen to.

I was laughing at Flaneurs which I misread as the radio stuck to the radio    

My local radio station GHR is only available on DAB since they shut down all the MW transmitters.

So now I can no longer listen in my car as it doesn't have a DAB radio, just FM and MW.

The solution is simply to buy a new car. 

Note: May not be able to play cassettes.

I've thought about that but a bit expensive just to listen to GHR

J_B

JohnSwift10 said:

My local radio station GHR is only available on DAB since they shut down all the MW transmitters.

So now I can no longer listen in my car as it doesn't have a DAB radio, just FM and MW.

GHR is still available on FM here in the north west midlands - amusingly in our antique 2007 Peugeot it reports back as 'Kerrang'!!

JohnSwift10

J_B said:

JohnSwift10 said:

My local radio station GHR is only available on DAB since they shut down all the MW transmitters.

So now I can no longer listen in my car as it doesn't have a DAB radio, just FM and MW.

GHR is still available on FM here in the north west midlands - amusingly in our antique 2007 Peugeot it reports back as 'Kerrang'!!

Not where I live in Scotland

Rosa_Damascena

SiliconChip said:

Are you looking for something to listen to inside or outside the house? If inside and you have reasonable broadband then I'd suggest buying a smart speaker rather than a radio, since buying some Echo devices in last year's Black Friday sale I rarely bother to turn on any of the radios I already owned.

Me too - they also featured in the spring sale but at one Echo Pop and two Dots as well as devices bought for other family members I think I am well served.

4 months on, and I cannot believe what a difference they have made to my life in countless ways. The most tangible being staying motivated to exercise, purely because I don't have to interrupt a routine to switch stations when something I don't like (like advertising content) comes on. No touching the dial for me, I just tell Alexa what I want!

The 2 DAB radios I have are now redundant....time to pack them away and donate to a chazzer.