Hi Jonathan, you wrote:

> Very, very big sigh. Dab, or digital audio broadcasting is a form of
> radio popular in Europe and being introduced to most other parts of
> the world...except North America.

Even bigger sigh! If it only was as simple as that. As much as I know,
in Japan, they plan to digitize Radio and TV together with a system
called DMB-H. And if you think, that DAB is popular in Germany for
instance, your in for a surprise: Hardly anyone here uses it, and last
year the first 30 radio stations started in the digital television
system that's used here. It is called DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting
terestrical). Nobody knows, whether digital radio will mean DVB-T
subcarriers or DAB in a couple of years. But the politicians want to
switch off analog radio in 2010. Want more?

DRM is the name of the radio system, which was created to replace analog
shortwave radio. It can also be used on midiumwave and longwave. Some
German radio stations transmit on MediumWave via DAB. But I've heard,
that in the U. S., they plan to use HD radio on MediumWave too. So the
radio situation may become quite chaotic in the next couple of years.
The Internet could become the best radio standard system.

   <*** Michael Lang ***>


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