DAB Radio

DAB radio features DAB or Digital Audio Broadcasting technology that uses digital radio transmission for broadcasting of audio. DAB radio technology, sometimes known as Eureka 147, facilitates the microwave transmission of various music, news, sports and other radio programs through space or the atmosphere. The DAB standard employs the OFDM or Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing modulation technique.

The Institut fur Rundfunktechnik, a research centre in Munich, Germany, has been developing the DAB technology since 1981. A DAB demonstration was first held in Geneva in 1985. The pioneering DAB transmissions were made in Germany in 1988. The European Union formed a consortium in 1986 that developed the later DAB or Eureka-147. The first trial broadcasts were made in 1990 after selecting the audio codec, modulation and coding schemes for error correction. In 1993, public demonstrations were made in the UK. The UK offers a wide range of DAB radio stations including commercial services and the BBC.

DAB radio provides radio listeners with a wider choice of radio stations. DAB digital radio offers you a list of available stations after tuning into them automatically. This technology produces hardly any hiss or crackle even when the signal is weak.

You can purchase personal DAB radio sets from online sites. DAB clock radio sets are commonly found in homes across the UK.