Comments on: How to Improve Your DAB Radio Signal

By: martin e

martin e — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:35:03 +0000

In reply to martin e. that should be sash window!

By: martin e

martin e — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:34:14 +0000

In reply to Reg Mulley. Two years later, and we're still waiting. I live in large town in West Sussex. And to get reception that is listenable (not perfect) one radio is balanced on top of our bed headboard. Another is lodged on top of the bottom part of our d=sash radio with it placed face down and th aerial vertical. No other radio in the house gives a reception that is anywhere listenable

By: Fred L

Fred L — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:54:19 +0000

In reply to bestradios. Ah! I have the same issue with an old Marantz M-CR 503 - not sure it always happend but suspect some circuitry now needs warming up! Needs to be tuned to FM for a period with sound on (ie doesn't help if muted or low volume)

By: Gary Whittle

Gary Whittle — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 18:04:13 +0000

I have used a 10 Element TV Aerial for several years now for DAB radio and receive good to excellent signal strength from several multiplexes that equate to around 76 stations. Recently however the quality and signal strength suddenly depreciated from three of the multiplexes, (D1 and two local) I did all the usual “first-step” checks by checking indoor cable and connections leading to the aerial wall socket. Strangely, I discovered that by isolating the earth braiding using PVC tape, (it should be connected for safety’s sake I guess?) inside the socket the signal resumed to normal. I can only assume something must have occurred between the socket and the roof aerial.

By: Maurice Whorley

Maurice Whorley — Thu, 23 May 2019 17:02:47 +0000

I turned the wires vertical instead of horizontal, this seems to have worked

By: Marko1966

Marko1966 — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 08:45:25 +0000

In reply to Granger.

Wow, I have thought for years that the old tech although incapable of much I.T. was better than the absolute rubbish we are being dished up. E.g. The old analogue might not have “pure sound” but at least you could hear it.

I live near the M25 north.

Here I get breakdown of BBC1/2 on my 4K Sony TV. My Sony DAB radio is currently hissing away on FM and impossible to tune into any DAB station! FFS!

This country is truly worse than ever when it comes to customers satisfaction. We are being served up cheap rubbish and no one in power cares!

What can we do? My Merc when I drive south loses DAB regularly, my phone signal dies.

Well folks this is a First World dilemma, kids are dying in Africa and the Chinese have invaded the Moon so I guess I will need to get over myself.

Still can’t believe how bad modern tech is becoming. Sold dross, especially with DAB. ;–)

By: David Bennett

David Bennett — Sun, 13 Jan 2019 15:08:58 +0000

We have adequate signal strength but find the audio music quality very bad – speech being very muffled as well.
Classic FM station announcers seem to need training in proper clear diction and to stop gabbling away at top speed.

By: Granger

Granger — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 16:20:19 +0000

‘use an internet radio instead”….. helpful….. I think the issue is, DAB is just rubbish. I live in London suburbs, near to 2 tube stations (so not out in the sticks) …. Mobile phone reception= Awful, DAB = impossible. I’d probably do better in the Highlands. Just fed up with stuff not working in UK.

By: Bring back proper Radio 3

Bring back proper Radio 3 — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 07:55:36 +0000

The best way to improve your enjoyment of radio is to throw away your BBC spec DAB1 receiver.
The signal quality and reception gaps make mobile DAB1 radios a joke. Passing buses and trucks and even people make fixed DAB1 radios an irritation and when you get a signal the designed audio quality is little better than an old analogue landline phone.
The BBC specification for the DAB1 signal came when processors were expensive but Auntie always knows knew best so it continued resulting in audio quality lower than even MP3 then endlessly compressed (just like Freeview) to squeeze in more channels. The UK has been seriously conned DAB1 is disgraceful rubbish.
BBC bureaucrats can never be wrong of course so instead of ditching DAB1 for a higher quailty audio standard they endlessly talk up their rubbish DAB1
Very few internet stations post high quality audio output and when they do streamed stuff needs to be cached so no way can you call that “radio”. You would be better with dedicated downloads.
Radio on Freeview is your best offer in the UK and it could easily be much higher audio quality but BBC management is so big and overpaid cash is needed from licence fee payers owned but sold out of house endless TV repeats and ADVERTS that take up the bandwidth and radio is squeezed once again.

By: bestradios

bestradios — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 08:41:26 +0000

In reply to Giselle LOWE. This is probably because Absolute 80s and Absolute Classic Rock use different DAB multiplexes. Absolute 80s uses 11A whereas Absolute Classic Rock uses 11B.