pirateprentice wrote: ↑Fri Apr 25, 2025 9:08 am
Technical note on DAB: it was the first commercial system to use the digital encoding scheme that goes by the wonderful name of Orthogonal Frequency Domain Multiplexing (OFDM) which is now pretty much ubiquitous in TV, mobile phones, WiFi, and even your broadband over copper wires. It allowed a radio station to use a smaller slice of radio bandwidth than trad analogue radio. Or, in reality, to squeeze lots more stations into the same bandwidth. The more stations you pack in, the less data is devoted to each, and the nastier the sound becomes (as with MP3 files).
DAB has a more consistent sound quality than FM - without the background hiss, but FM can still sound better than a DAB channel starved of bits.
DAB was enthusiastically taken up by the BBC which is why it is well established in the UK. But in its first-generation guise, it had problems in poor reception areas. Early DAB users will remember the under-water burbling sound when the signal was poor.
I think that has been largely solved these days with better receivers and antennas spread over an area (like your car window) to avoid 'deep fades'.
But it motivated the development of DAB+ which performs better, and which Luxembourg will enjoy.
Of course its a bit late now to retro-fit DAB+ in the UK now, despite efforts. The pendulum has swung from broadcast to streaming over the mobile phone network.
You can argue the merits of that. But DAB is still a great solution for cars now that it has been made to work well, and should be around for some time to come.
As we've gone off-topic it would be better to continue any further discussion regarding DAB and DAB+ radio here (I've posted on it today)...
2016MY V6S Coupe RWD Auto 380PS Supercharged
Rhodium Silver
Panoramic Glass Roof
Sports Seats (heated) in Jet Leather
Seat Memory Pack 2 (14 x14 way)
Powered Tailgate (open & close)
Reverse Park Camera with Guidance
Front Parking Aid
3 stage machine polish. Very happy with the result given I’m a complete novice. All done in my garage but wheeled out to make sure I hadn’t missed anywhere.
Geetee68 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 26, 2025 4:51 pm
3 stage machine polish. Very happy with the result given I’m a complete novice. All done in my garage but wheeled out to make sure I hadn’t missed anywhere.
That looks incredible. Can you do mine next?
2019 F Type Convertible P380 AWD Indus Silver
2023 Tesla Model Y
Geetee68 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 26, 2025 4:51 pm
3 stage machine polish. Very happy with the result given I’m a complete novice. All done in my garage but wheeled out to make sure I hadn’t missed anywhere.
Reims Edition,MY21, French racing blue, pano roof, 20” Black spoke Wheels, heated this and that, dual climate, Union jag pack.
Previous P250 R Dynamic XE
A 100-mile round trip for work, through North Yorkshire on a perfect May day.
Yesterday she was in for a major service and MOT. She passed it with flying colours and was running sweet today. I'm £933 poorer but worth every penny!
18 months of ownership and I still absolutely adore this car.
2020 P450 R-Dynamic AWD in SVO 'Sanguinello Orange'
iancrav wrote: ↑Sat May 03, 2025 11:58 am
Helmsley?
Where do you have the car serviced around there?
I'm also NY based..
Certainly is, well spotted. Which part are you in?
I took it to Ribblesdale Jaguar Land Rover in Settle on Thursday. I live near Leeds but work around N Yorks so it worked out well. Then I was over Thirsk way yesterday, so some miles covered this week.
Have to say, after a poor experience with another main dealer, Ribblesdale JLR were absolutely spot on. It'll be going back there.
2020 P450 R-Dynamic AWD in SVO 'Sanguinello Orange'
Nice day with The Driving Fanatics at Eastbourne Car Show today despite it being a little cloudy.A few other F-Types in the group to make a nice little trio!
