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Canada in Digital Radio Limbo (and so is everyone else)
BobTheFraudStruble wrote:
"Canada in Digital Radio Limbo" "OTTAWA, Ontario — Going nowhe These two words succinctly sum up the state of Canadian digital radio broadcasting, or DRB. Despite years of offering Eureka-147 DAB simulcasts of AM and FM signals in L-band (1452–1492 MHz) in major metro markets, broadcasters have virtually no listeners and no market profile. “L-band DAB is in limbo,” said Canadian broadcast technical consultant Wayne Stacey, who has been involved with Canadian DRB for the past 20 years. “In fact, from a transmission standpoint, the band is dying.” I haven't got time to read the rest, but thought I should say the Canada have never really pushed their DAB radio system. Also having it only on L-Band probably didn't help, as that makes it very expensive to provide any reasonable coverage. I seem to remember reading that coverage was very limited, and there were sod all receivers available in the shops. |
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Canada in Digital Radio Limbo (and so is everyone else)
On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:31:10 +0100
Richard Evans wrote: Also having it only on L-Band probably didn't help, as that makes it very expensive to provide any reasonable coverage. I seem to remember reading that coverage was very limited, and there were sod all receivers available in the shops. Using frequencies in the Ghz range is pretty dumb for an earthbound broadcast system that needs to penetrate hills and buildings. You'd think they'd have figured that out before they started the tests. As for recievers - my Denon picks up L Band but its the only one I know of. B2003 |
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Canada in Digital Radio Limbo (and so is everyone else)
On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:53:30 +0100
tony sayer wrote: As for recievers - my Denon picks up L Band but its the only one I know of. Does it pick up anything at all?.. There were test transmissions here in London for years but they stopped them last year. Last time I checked a few months back there was nothing there. Or no DAB broadcasts anyway. B2003 |
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Canada in Digital Radio Limbo (and so is everyone else)
On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:37:33 -0800
dave wrote: wrote: Using frequencies in the Ghz range is pretty dumb for an earthbound broadcast system that needs to penetrate hills and buildings. You'd think they'd have figured that out before they started the tests. XM has decent coverage on S Band. Its via satellite so there usually won't be half a city between the transmitter and your radio. Does it work indoors? I'll bet it doesn't. B2003 |
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Canada in Digital Radio Limbo (and so is everyone else)
On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:54:30 -0800
dave wrote: XM is a hybrid satellite/terrestrial system. They cover a good deal of Los Angeles with a 10 KW transmitter on Mt. Harvard. It gets indoors surprisingly well. Given that my 100mw wifi system which also operates in S band can barely penetrate 2 walls in my house I find that rather surprising but I'll take your word for it. B2003 |
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Canada in Digital Radio Limbo (and so is everyone else)
On 10/29/10 12:53 PM, tony sayer wrote:
In , d scribeth thus On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:31:10 +0100 Richard wrote: Also having it only on L-Band probably didn't help, as that makes it very expensive to provide any reasonable coverage. I seem to remember reading that coverage was very limited, and there were sod all receivers available in the shops. Using frequencies in the Ghz range is pretty dumb for an earthbound broadcast system that needs to penetrate hills and buildings. You'd think they'd have figured that out before they started the tests. It is a good frequency band for a high capacity type of GSM phone system but hardly appropriate for low cost Broadcasting;!... They thought at one time that it would be good to replace analog low-power community radio and perhaps local radio. National and some regional radio could use Band III. gr, hwh |
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