Single-Chip Receivers Open the Way for Conversion to DAB+, DRM

[Fansome]

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

[redhat]

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

[jFarley]

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.

[redhat]

I detect a new acronym, KOC, knobs on chip

+-RH

[Fansome]

Now that's some really advanced technology.

[Tom S]

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

[ka1iic]

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" 

[BoomboxDX]

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.