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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: Fansome on June 22, 2014, 0039 UTC

Title: Single-Chip Receivers Open the Way for Conversion to DAB+, DRM
Post by: Fansome on June 22, 2014, 0039 UTC

http://www.radioworld.com/article/single-chip-receivers-open-the-way-for-conversion-to-dab-drm/270749

Title: Re: Single-Chip Receivers Open the Way for Conversion to DAB+, DRM
Post by: redhat on June 22, 2014, 0100 UTC

I guess I'm just getting cynical in my old age, but the more I hear about any form of digital broadcasting, the more I cringe.  I think analog broadcasting is going to be with us for a very long time yet.  I hope.

+-RH

Title: Re: Single-Chip Receivers Open the Way for Conversion to DAB+, DRM
Post by: jFarley on June 22, 2014, 0104 UTC

Quote from: redhat on June 22, 2014, 0100 UTC

I guess I'm just getting cynical in my old age, but the more I hear about any form of digital broadcasting, the more I cringe.  I think analog broadcasting is going to be with us for a very long time yet.  I hope.

+-RH

If it makes you feel better, it also comes in an 8 pin SIP DIP with knobs.

(http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s387/jFarley44/RadioChip_zps029af1de.jpg) (http://s1049.photobucket.com/user/jFarley44/media/RadioChip_zps029af1de.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Single-Chip Receivers Open the Way for Conversion to DAB+, DRM
Post by: redhat on June 22, 2014, 0125 UTC

I detect a new acronym, KOC, knobs on chip ;D

+-RH

Title: Re: Single-Chip Receivers Open the Way for Conversion to DAB+, DRM
Post by: Fansome on June 22, 2014, 0345 UTC

Now that's some really advanced technology.

Title: Re: Single-Chip Receivers Open the Way for Conversion to DAB+, DRM
Post by: Tom S on June 22, 2014, 1746 UTC

Of course you need tweezers and a magnifying glass to change frequency.

Title: Re: Single-Chip Receivers Open the Way for Conversion to DAB+, DRM
Post by: ka1iic on June 23, 2014, 1345 UTC

Quote from: Tom S on June 22, 2014, 1746 UTC

Of course you need tweezers and a magnifying glass to change frequency.

<heh> Sometimes I need a magnifying glass when I use my FT 817ND  ;) So for the chip knobs I would need a microscope... but wait, chips are out mode'd  already because of surface mount parts...  guess I'll need to buy a mass-spec?  Wonder if they have them on Ebay?

And who said this hobby was easy? 

Well I've got to get back to the bench...  there are small parts crying out to me...  "Do it, you know you want to"  ::)

Title: Re: Single-Chip Receivers Open the Way for Conversion to DAB+, DRM
Post by: BoomboxDX on June 24, 2014, 0652 UTC

There is a new Eton radio with AM FM SW LW and DAB, perhaps it's using one of the chips mentioned in the article. The problem is, who's really going to buy such radios?

Younger people are getting their radio programming via smartphones and online streams, and over the air radio is eventually going to fade away.

I don't see radio completely disappearing for a couple decades (at least here in the U.S., where the government is loathe to declare FM and AM dead, like governments have in other countries) -- if only due to population growth and immigration.