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Andrew wrote:
On 22/06/2017 14:47, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
Internet and DAB both take an age to get going. The big advantage of the
simple AM/FM transistor radio is that it runs a long time on batteries.

as the advert SHOULD say.... if you love radio don't buy a DAB .......

Another black and white type.

I have DAB in the car. In general, *reception* is far superior to AM
or FM in the SE of England.

Until you go south of Horsham when it it is bubbly mud, as it is in many
places away from big towns and a bit hilly.

FM just works.

You jest, I assume?

Drove from SW London to Billingshurst to look at a car. Listened to R4 DAB
the whole way - rock solid.

Brought the car, and on collecting it listened to R4 FM on the way back.
Continual fluffing for the first half of the journey. Pretty useless.

But as with all such things, you do need a decent aerial. My DAB one is -
the FM one on the 'new' car I've no idea. Except that the sound system is
a very expensive factory option.

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