davidsrsb
pfm Member
Another ten years of analog
https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/03/analogue_commercial_radio_licences_extended_10_years/
https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/03/analogue_commercial_radio_licences_extended_10_years/
some form of streaming being the final winner
Probably the Droitwich Long Wave transmitter will outlive them all - if they can find the valves.
Here in Sweden there is an ancient LW transmitter thats so old it doesn't even use valves. Some kind of rotating device with lot's of comutators to modulate the signal. Just morse code, of course, who on earth would want speech transmitted over radio?
4/5G at 700 MHz is meant to be the answer to rural coverage, essential for the TETRA public safety switch offThat might be an option in urban areas, I don't it'll work in the more rural areas. As I move around in the North East of Scotland I can't always get 4G. As for the more remote Highlands unless you are on a trunk road you could struggle to get any mobile reception. FM can reach areas not reached by DAB. I remember as a child when at our house we could get BBC on the old Band 1 frequency but the ITV could not get into the valley on the Band 3 frequency now used by DAB.
Probably the Droitwich Long Wave transmitter will outlive them all - if they can find the valves.
I can see DAB going first, some form of streaming being the final winner
Here in Sweden there is an ancient LW transmitter thats so old it doesn't even use valves. Some kind of rotating device with lot's of comutators to modulate the signal. Just morse code, of course, who on earth would want speech transmitted over radio?