Re:Listen to HD radio with a $30 RTL SDR dongle
by wkat4242 on Monday November 06, 2023 @05:11PM
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Hmm that doesn't sound like a bad option at all. Here in Europe we're trying to displace FM by DAB+ and it works really crap because the coverage of DAB is worse.
Having fallback to analog would really help to cover the gaps. However the EU seems hell-bent on freeing the 87-108 spectrum so that they can sell it. Just like they did with the analog TV bands. Its 700Mhz band is now one of our cell bands.
Of course the continued ubiquity of FM receivers makes this a bone-headed plan but sadly they have many of those right now, like chat control.
Having fallback to analog would really help to cover the gaps. However the EU seems hell-bent on freeing the 87-108 spectrum so that they can sell it. Just like they did with the analog TV bands. Its 700Mhz band is now one of our cell bands.
Of course the continued ubiquity of FM receivers makes this a bone-headed plan but sadly they have many of those right now, like chat control.