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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: XmasScotty on September 08, 2019, 2017 UTC

Title: Swiss To Shut Down FM
Post by: XmasScotty on September 08, 2019, 2017 UTC
https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/switzerland-confirms-fm-switch-off-date (https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/switzerland-confirms-fm-switch-off-date)

Title: Re: Swiss To Shut Down FM
Post by: Pigmeat on September 08, 2019, 2313 UTC
No need to worry, I'm a first class yodeler. I picked it up from old Jimmy Rodgers 78's.

How much do they pay, tax free? I'll also need food, housing, and a top of the line Mercedes to tool around in. I'm top drawer talent, I don't come cheap.
Title: Re: Swiss To Shut Down FM
Post by: ThaDood on September 09, 2019, 0042 UTC
Huh... It doesn't say what will be in place of broadcasting, unless I've missed something. Hmmmmmmm... Something for FM pirates to look forwards too?
Title: Re: Swiss To Shut Down FM
Post by: skeezix on September 09, 2019, 0102 UTC
I read it a few times to understand...

FM VHF is going away and they will be forced to DAB+. One can guess that DAB+ over there is in a different band.

Its not a well written article, which is commonplace today in the media.

So it appears that pirates will have a nice place to hang out, unofficially.

Title: Re: Swiss To Shut Down FM
Post by: redhat on September 09, 2019, 1722 UTC
DAB over there runs in the ~175 MHz range, what we used to call VHF high or band III.

+-RH
Title: Re: Swiss To Shut Down FM
Post by: KaySeeks on September 10, 2019, 2240 UTC
Quote from: skeezix on September 09, 2019, 0102 UTC
One can guess that DAB+ over there is in a different band.

Its not a well written article, which is commonplace today in the media.

I guess a prerequisite is that you would have to know that DAB+ and FM are different ...somehow. (A different frequency, mode, etc.) However, given that this is Radioworld, which is aimed at those in the radio business, I suppose that it's not too much of a stretch to expect that.
Title: Re: Swiss To Shut Down FM
Post by: Fansome on September 11, 2019, 0244 UTC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS15kF-58-Q

Pigmeat in concert with Nanci Griffith.

Quote from: Pigmeat on September 08, 2019, 2313 UTC
No need to worry, I'm a first class yodeler. I picked it up from old Jimmy Rodgers 78's.

How much do they pay, tax free? I'll also need food, housing, and a top of the line Mercedes to tool around in. I'm top drawer talent, I don't come cheap.
Title: Re: Swiss To Shut Down FM
Post by: Pigmeat on September 11, 2019, 1237 UTC
Al your jealousy of me borders on the obsessive. Please get help, if not for yourself, for your flock of kids.
Title: Re: Swiss To Shut Down FM
Post by: sat_dxer on September 11, 2019, 1413 UTC
given that Radioworld, is a mouthpiece for the radio business, it crows about NAB lobbyists paying $62.8 Million for a new building to be "closer to Capitol Hill and also closer to (federal) agencies"!
Title: Re: Swiss To Shut Down FM
Post by: Josh on September 11, 2019, 1427 UTC
You'll love pigmeats rider.
Title: Re: Swiss To Shut Down FM
Post by: Pigmeat on September 12, 2019, 0344 UTC
Quote from: Josh on September 11, 2019, 1427 UTC
You'll love pigmeats rider.

My only rider in Europe is Salma Hayek. She's married to an old French bazillionaire who can't get it up with a crane.