On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:37:50 +0100, Ian Smith
<news0807REMOVECAPS@orrery.e4ward.com> wrote:

>jasee wrote:
>> Alan wrote:
>>> In message <7afjm6F1vb133U1@mid.individual.net>, DAB sounds worse than
>>> FM <dab.is@fooked.com> wrote
>>>> There's a 10 Downing St petition to stop FM/AM being switched off:
>>>>
>>>> http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/AM-FM-Radio/
>>>
>>> Why would anyone want to sign something that may prevent us getting
>>> hundreds of radio stations on DAB?
>>
>> Why would it do that?
>> How many more rubbish radio stations (at lower quality than FM) do you want
>> anyway?
>>
>>
>
>I have a good tuner and the sound on DAB is fine. Better by far than
>the hissy FM I used to get, even with a very good external FM
>aerial. I gave my FM tuner away.

So you have a good DAB tuner. Well goody for you!

I have:
an FM tuner in the lounge
an FM radio in the kitchen
an FM radio in the dining room
an FM radio in the study
an FM radio in bedroom 1
an FM radio in bedroom 2
an FM radio in bedroom 3
an FM radio in the garage/workshop
an FM radio in the car
an FM radio in my mobile phone ##

that's 10 reasons why I don't want national channels taken off FM.

## can the power consumption of DAB receivers *ever* be reduced
sufficiently to be incorporated in a mobile phone?