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[cheekbones3]

As much as I love digital radio, I think it's an extreme negative that it immediately becomes unlistenable if the signal is poor, whereas on analogue I can listen (in poor but functional quality admittedly) to stations from France, Norway, the Netherlands and numerous others. This is something I am not looking forward to losing, and I hope that the technology improves greatly before we move on...

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[softlyspoken.livejournal.com]

that's true ... I've got a pocket DAB radio that loses the signal if you actually *do* decide to carry it in your pocket.

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

Hmm, maybe I'll wait a while before I consider getting one of those...

[meran12345.livejournal.com]

have you tried using from your computer? often stations will internet brodcast...and a lot of them have downloadable podcasts.

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

Aye it's handy, but I don't usually leave my computer on when I'm not online. I'm much more of a traditional radio listener, I love to curl up in bed listening to some crackly music from some random place on the continent. Also, analogue radio is useful to detect if there are any thunderstorms around too :o)

[andrewducker]

The advantage of digital is that signal degradation is more easily coped with.

But as with all things digital - either there _is_ enough signal to receive, or there isn't. And if there isn't you get dropouts where you can't hear anything at all.

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

Aye, give me fuzzy analogue any day!