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<blockquote data-quote="deeptho" data-source="post: 1151990" data-attributes="member: 215446"><p>Yes, while it is possible to get suprisingly good audio quality, it is not easy to achieve it in all cases and "working out of the box" and it depends a lot on conditions. Many options are available now to achieve better quality. DRM could solve the quality problems partially, but does not seem to become widely used.</p><p></p><p>The real value of medium and long wave could be in emergency situations: wide coverage with one transmitter (of course assumes that the transmitter will still function during the emergency), cheap receivers available (even 30 year old ones still work), which can work for a long time on batteries (do DAB radios have long battery life? Don't know).</p><p></p><p>Of course, except for some enthusiasts (caroline, pirate stations, low power AM), broadcasts will gradually end for economic</p><p>reasons. In some sense that makes dx-ing more interesting because strong interfering signals disappear.</p><p></p><p>For short wave, there may actually be a revival, because it is the fastest way to get signals between continents (compared</p><p>to undersea cable and satellite), and this has come to the attention of flash traders who now want to get their hands on some of the spectrum.</p><p> </p><p>PS: DAB and DVBT reception is not very good here. One reason is fewer transmitters, lower powers and less ideal frequencies. An added problem is slow channel changing on DAB. So it is definitely not all progress.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deeptho, post: 1151990, member: 215446"] Yes, while it is possible to get suprisingly good audio quality, it is not easy to achieve it in all cases and "working out of the box" and it depends a lot on conditions. Many options are available now to achieve better quality. DRM could solve the quality problems partially, but does not seem to become widely used. The real value of medium and long wave could be in emergency situations: wide coverage with one transmitter (of course assumes that the transmitter will still function during the emergency), cheap receivers available (even 30 year old ones still work), which can work for a long time on batteries (do DAB radios have long battery life? Don't know). Of course, except for some enthusiasts (caroline, pirate stations, low power AM), broadcasts will gradually end for economic reasons. In some sense that makes dx-ing more interesting because strong interfering signals disappear. For short wave, there may actually be a revival, because it is the fastest way to get signals between continents (compared to undersea cable and satellite), and this has come to the attention of flash traders who now want to get their hands on some of the spectrum. PS: DAB and DVBT reception is not very good here. One reason is fewer transmitters, lower powers and less ideal frequencies. An added problem is slow channel changing on DAB. So it is definitely not all progress. [/QUOTE]
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