DAB and Digital Satellite Radio Links

Web site providing news and information relating to digital radio in the UK.

National DAB news, DAB technical parameters, frequency tables, national- regional- and local-multiplexes station and bit rate listings (good site to see what stations will be available), pictures and information about all types of DAB receivers, transmitter information, DAB aerials.

DAB Commercial Station Finder:

This page shows you which local and regional stations you should be able to pick up in your area. Remember that you will also get the DAB national multiplex stations from the BBC and DigitalOne if they have rolled out their network to your area. For a list of national multiplex stations see the DAB Bit Rates table.

Detailed Coverage Map

Transmitter Parameters

Digital Radio websites around the world

godigital.co.il - Website providing digital radio, digital TV and mobile TV information in Israel

digitalradio.co.nz - Digital radio website for New Zealand

Digital Radio Related Newsgroups

BBC Digital Radio Sites

BBC: How to Get Digital Radio:

Briefly explains how to get digital radio via DAB, digital satellite, and digital cable. Cable is reported to be worse audio quality than via satellite. Also note that they say that digital satellite costs £215 for a set-top box and minidish plus £100 for installation. Firstly £215 is expensive and assumes you're not getting Sky and also installation is far from impossible for people with a small amount of DIY experience and that installation actually starts from £50 and is only £25 from Sky at the moment (April 2002).

BBC's Digital Radio Website:

Links to digital radio information specific to the BBC.

BBC Reception Advice Web Page

Links to digital radio via DAB, satellite, cable, Internet. Also, to BBC digital radio services, transmitter info, factsheets

BBC Technology Page

BBC Radio via Satellite

BBC Broadcasting News Page

BBC Digital Radio Q&A

BBC Research & Development Home Page

BBC R&D White Paper: Common Problems in DAB Receivers (269 KB)

BBC Research Papers List

BBC Factsheets

BBC Ogg Vorbis Streams

BBC Research Paper/Article About COFDM

The BBC Charter: Objective of the Corporation

Point (g) says "To develop, extend and improve the Home Services..." which seems to be an opposite requirement to transmitting the BBC multiplex with deliberate wasted capacity.

DAB Eureka 147 Specification

Click on 'ETSI' on the first row for EN 300 401, then register in order to download the specification which is about 2 MB, and not the most interesting read in the world.

Digital Satellite Footprints (Astra 28.2 degrees East)

Place mouse over Astra 2A to see the footprint for Sky's satellite. If you don't subscribe to Sky the signals come from the same satellite.

Radiocommunications Agency: Strategy for the future use of the Radio Spectrum in the UK 2001 Report (270KB)

Blake Aerials

DABBar Front-End Wavefinder Application

Wavefinder Information

Psion Wavefinder Homepage

Wavefinder Chat Rooms

Power supply to fix Wavefinder dropouts:

This power supply helps alleviate dropout problems with the Wavefinder. It might help alleviate the problem with the Wavefinder crashing but the jury is still out. The actual item has the order code JC92A and is a 12V 500mA mains adaptor.

Fast Information Channel (FIC) Decoder:

This decoder is a small application that you can use to view technical parameters from real multiplexes. These technical parameters are contained within the DAB bit stream. You can download FIC data samples from Esslinger DAB Multiplex Configuration Data. Example FIC data files from the BBC and Digital One multiplexes from April 2001 are available at the bottom of that page and also the two commercial multiplexes in London at that time.

DigiGuide Homepage

Digital Radio Modiale (DRM):

New digital radio system in the MW spectrum (to replace AM stations)

mp3DirectCut

Psion Wavefinder Unofficial FAQ

Radio Spectrum Use List

Radio Spectrum Frequency Band's List

RAJAR Radio Listener Numbers

Strategy for the Future Use of the Radio Spectrum in the UK 2001

Review of Radio Spectrum Management 2002 (872 KB)

Use of UK Radio Spectrum List

XM & Digital Satellite Radio

Fax Your MP (free service)

Radiocommunications Agency

Radio Authority

Tuner Reviews

MPEG Audio Page

Radioscape DAB Receiver PC Card

Arbitron Internet Radio Listener Numbers

Another DAB Receiver Pictures Page

Antiference Aerials

PCABX Blind Listening Tests Website

Voice of the Listener & Viewer

European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Technical Review Index

A lot of research papers/articles about different areas of broadcasting.

How DAB Works

Another How DAB Works

DAB Audio Processing, Bit Rates & Audio Quality

View on Audio Processing

Hybrid IBOC-AM Digital Radio System (US)

Economist Article About Digital Radio in the US

Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS)

Contact details

DCMS: Creative, Media & Arts Homepage: TV & Media Homepage

This is the section that is responsible for overseeing the broadcasting industry and these people are the ones that need to be convinced to give additional spectrum for DAB.

Goodmans Press Release

PCRecording.com

MAD Plug-in for Winamp

Wavefinder with Windows XP USB Drivers Solution

In-Car Audio New Technology

DAB sounds worse than FM Planning for the future of digital radio Quality of BBC Internet radio streams to overtake DAB

Links

Digital Radio websites around the world

Digital Radio Related Newsgroups

BBC Digital Radio Sites

DAB sounds worse than FM

Planning for the future of digital radio

Quality of BBC Internet radio streams to overtake DAB