Hmm, and I thought our DAB+ system was bad at times <smile>. I'm very sorry to hear that you seem to have a lack of choice when it comes to tuners etc.
I'm outside the DAB+ receiving area of Melbourne in theory and I can still receive DAB+ on all my sets here though the Yamaha Tuner I wrote about last week handles DAB+ signals better than any other DAB+ capable device I have here and I have around a dozen of those. Someone told me that Sony made a very "Hot" HD tuner and perhaps this is the one you refer to in your message below? If they're still available then they're worth grabbing, not so much for the HD content but they're very good for DXing work. On 25/07/2013, at 11:55 AM, Gary Schindler <[email protected]> wrote: > Steve, usually the CBS and Clear channel stations have good CD quality audio > on HD 1 and 2 here in Pittsburgh. On KDKA HD 3 you get the CBs Radio Sports > programming which doesn't sound any better than FM programming. I would guess > that WCCO probably has the same setup. > > There is another local broadcast company called Steel City Media that > broadcast on all 4 hd channels in Stereo. all of them sound like hd quality > but the fourth channel is much weaker on both stations, so if we have windy > days you have a lot of drop outs. > > > I concur with you, A M HD isn't good at all. during the day KDKA A M was > decent, but at night, the signal wasn't strong enough to hold it locked in. > WTAE was weak enough that it is impossible to listen to it in the day time > too. > > Since the a m uses the ajacent channels you can forget night time DX > listening. > > I think you have a Coby from what you are describing, and I was tempted to > buy one but never did. Try looking for a Sony HD-100 tuner. that should have > a 75 ohm F connector that you want. I guess you will have to find it on EBay. > > I have a couple of Radiosoppy tabletop hd radios that you take the whip > antenna off the back of the radio and there is the F connector for a rooftop > antenna. they don't make the sets any more, so EBay might be the place to > find them too. > > any more you have to get hd tuners incorporated in to stereo receivers like > Pioneer, Demon or something like that. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Jacobson" <[email protected]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 12:00 PM > Subject: Re: A Favour > > >> Dane, >> >> I do have an inexpensive HD Tuner and a couple of HD radios and could >> provide an example. However, I am not sure what such a >> sample will tell you. HD Radio in the United States is so variable in its >> quality. For example, on FM, the HD programming can be >> divided into multiple programs and the bandwidth that is allocated to each >> program can vary. One of the Christian stations here >> in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, has four HD channels. One of our public >> stations has three HD channels but one is the BBC and >> they allocate very little bandwidth to it so it sounds a little like a lower >> bit-rate MP3. Some radio stations seem pretty good >> about not compressing the HD program while others seem to feed pretty much >> the same signal to the HD program as to the main analog >> program so the difference is just less noise. . From what I have read, DAB >> is clearly a superior system, but it uses an >> additional frequency band that broadcasters here did not want to risk. >> >> In my opinion, HD on AM radio here is not very good. A good HD signal on AM >> sounds very nice, almost as good as an analog FM >> signal, but the AM signal has to be so good that the analog signal would >> sound pretty good if it was not restricted in bandwidth >> because of the HD signal. I bought a Carver tuner that was capable of >> receiving AM Stereo back in the 1980's here, and the sound >> quality was pretty good. HD AM radio sounds better, but it takes so little >> to disrupt it that it doesn't seem all that practicle. >> >> Another frustration of mine is that I can't find a good HD Tuner any more. I >> bought one from Amazon that listed for $99 but is >> now sold for $35 and it isn't bad, but it has a permanently connected wire >> antenna for FM with no obvious place to connect a >> ground. My system is in a basement and I have an outdoor FM antenna, but >> there is no simple way to connect a 75-ohm coxial cable >> to it. The HD table radios I have all have coxial cable connections so I >> never thought to check if the tuner had a 75-ohm >> connection. The wire antenna would be adequate above ground level. I have >> some electronic knowledge so I've experimented with >> making a connection to the 75-ohm cable available in the basement, but the >> connection is not very efficient. I saw a Sony tuner >> available used but it was at three or four times the original price, and >> there were some bad reviews associated with the seller. >> >> >> Finally, here in the Twin Cities in Minnesota, apparently HD is not a part >> of many of our stations' backup transmitters. A number >> of our bigger stations are on a couple of tall transmission towers, and when >> they do maintenance on the towers, the analog signal >> is transmitted from a backup site but no HD. This has been a somewhat >> common occurrence this summer for some reason. >> >> Even with all this, I like HD because the sound can be good, and it opens up >> the potential for additional programming on our FM >> bands. >> >> After reading all of this, let me know what sort of samples you might like >> or if you would simply like a good and a poor example. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Steve Jacobson >> >> >> On Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:48:52 +1000, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> >>> Hi! >> >>> Does anyone out there have a HD Tuner? I'm looking for some samples of HD >>> radio so if someone could provide then I'd be most >> appreciative. >> >>> I can return the favour perhaps by providing some samples of DAB+. >> >> >>> ********** >> >>> Dane Trethowan >>> Skype: grtdane12 >>> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >>> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >>> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >>> Mobile: +61400494862 >>> Fax +61397437954 >> >> >> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [email protected] ********** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [email protected]
