We have a Pure DAB radio alarm, which is only OK.
However we have a problem:-
The laptop WiFi sigal interferes badly - squelches the audio.
The aerial is just a single fine wire, about one metre long.
Would an extra aerial help, and what would I get?
Ta 8o)
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Assuming there's no aerial socket I'd just try clipping various lengths of wire onto the end and see what happens. RF is unpredictable at close range and strange bodges work sometimes. IIRC iify improved his reception with a metal bracket...
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Thanks.
Did it, and it worked.
I thought this would work before I posted, but I didn't want a wire snaking across the bedroom wall. I was looking for an alternative.
Anyway, wih a little ingenuity, I've concealed the wire, and all is well.
Ta!
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...IIRC iify improved his reception with a metal bracket...
I think it was plugging the DAB into the external TV aerial using a splitter.
But the point about unpredictable signal behaviour is a good one.
The wire DAB aerial in the main bedroom of the caravan worked well in the same position for a couple of years, until it stopped working.
Repositioning solved that.
I have DAB sets in the caravan and at Iffy Towers, all have required aerial tinkering, so my non-technical conclusion is: DAB signals are rubbish.
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>>DAB signals are rubbish<<
+1 especialidad out in the sticks!
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The instructions which came with our kitchen 'hifi' advised positioning the DAB wire aerial horizontally. But in that orientation the tuner couldn't even find the BBC stations. Put the wire vertical and it finds them, although you get some break up.
Might try one of these - good reviews on Amazon. Anyone got one?
www.amazon.co.uk/Philex-27741-Indoor-DAB-Aerial/dp/B001GXQUHM
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>> The instructions which came with our kitchen 'hifi' advised positioning the DAB wire aerial horizontally.
>> But in that orientation the tuner couldn't even find the BBC stations. Put the wire
>> vertical and it finds them, although you get some break up.
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Sheesh, what stupid advice; unlike FM, pretty much all DAB broadcasts are vertically polarised, so a horizontal wire will pick up diddly (usual caveat about RF being weird stuff, particularly indoors)
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>> I have DAB sets in the caravan and at Iffy Towers, all have required aerial
>> tinkering, so my non-technical conclusion is: DAB signals are rubbish.
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Ignoring the DAB vs. DAB+ vs. DVB-T2 lite geeky arguments I do wish they'd 'just' turn the power up, indoor coverage is flaky most places it seems, I'm sure (IMHO) that poor coverage is holding back take-up more than low bitrates.
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