On 26 June, 09:52, tony sayer <t...@bancom.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <h211f9$ea...@news.albasani.net>, Steve Terry
> <gFOUR...@tesco.net> scribeth thus
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> >"Chas Gill" <Chas.G...@gollum.btinternet.com> wrote in message
> >news:HNqdnXEDre-MR97XnZ2dnUVZ8sednZ2d@bt.com...
> >> "Bill Wright" <insertmybusinessn...@f2s.com> wrote in message
> >>news:dMKdnVt8W82-X97XnZ2dnUVZ8h2dnZ2d@pipex.net...
> >>> "Andy Dee" <no...@honest.gov> wrote in message
> >>>news:SYL0m.4944$4r7.3624@newsfe24.ams2...
> >>>> DAB sounds worse than FM wrote:
> >>>>> There's a 10 Downing St petition to stop FM/AM being switched off:
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> >>>>>http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/AM-FM-Radio/
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> >>>>> Please sign. Thanks.
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> >>>> <mad>
> >>>> So why do we need the American spelling "Analog" in this petition?
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> >>>> PLEASE why can't we remain British and use ENGLISH in this country....
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> >>> I'm afraid the Times spells it 'analog'.
> >>> Bill
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> >> Personally I don't give a f**k how it's spelled (spelt?) - the whole point
> >> is that I have a serious investment in FM radio in my life and I don't
> >> want to have to scrap it at someone else's whim.
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> >I'm sure milions of people are in your boat
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> >But i look around and now almost none of my radio listening is using
> >FM or AM.
> >In the kitchen i listen to my DAB portable, in the living room via DVB-T
> >freeview box, or on Astra 2, mostly so i can get BBC Radio 7
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> >and on my laptop i mostly listen to US Talk radio on internet radio.
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> >If i could get BBC Radio 7 on Band 2 FM
> >I would have a use for FM
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> >Steve Terry
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> From most all of the comments I've heard from local shops and the few
> people I've spoken to .. the main driver for DAB receiver purchase is to
> receive Radio 5 Live better, where the medium wave reception is not that
> good!..
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> Round here its fine .. well as far as MW goes, in the car...
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> Tony Sayer

The importance of maintaining Radio 4 in stereo cannot be
underestimated. If one listens on a decent stereo FM tuner to the
drama, be it the Afternoon Play or weekend ones it is incredible to
hear how the two channels are used so expertly for voice and
background sound. It makes the difference between watching b+w TV and
watching colour. DAB radio sets are principally mono (to match most of
the output). All tonality and depth has been scrubbed away from voices
and music to leave them sounding 'surgically clean' when you have a
signal. Even 30 miles from London, I find that in some rooms and on
some days if I happen to be listening to DAB I have to change to FM
because of the gurgling 'hot water bottle' noise that replaces what is
being broadcast. Then again, the BBC itself have had a number of
recent times when they have been broadcasting DAB and every 4th or 5th
word has been lost due to some error before the signal reaches the
transmitter. FM must not be left as a third rate junk yard. We need it
for our main national broadcasters. Incidentally, concerning the
petition it is a major error that it was composed by someone unable to
spell analogue correctly. I would willingly sign any FM/AM petition
written in English. Presenting American spelling is something of a
disaster and shoots us in the foot.
Please rectify it at once.