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BBC 6 Music - Odd Noise on DAB
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It sounds like a burst of static, only for a split second and sometimes only for a few minutes at a time, but it's apparent more often than not.
If you've ever downloaded a corrupt MP3 and played it back, it's that sound you hear. The odd thing is that I can only notice it on 6 Music, not on the other BBC National stations. It's only started recently and I'm getting it nationally, also in areas I know there's a good solid signal.
I can hear this in the car on a factory fit DAB. Has anyone else noticed this?
If you've ever downloaded a corrupt MP3 and played it back, it's that sound you hear. The odd thing is that I can only notice it on 6 Music, not on the other BBC National stations. It's only started recently and I'm getting it nationally, also in areas I know there's a good solid signal.
I can hear this in the car on a factory fit DAB. Has anyone else noticed this?
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More seriously, there might be a local source of interference. Switch off your mobile phone, tune a portable radio to a clear MW/LW channel, set the volume high and leave it on the passenger seat. If you hear interference that coincides with the DAB problem then it may give you a clue.
What's odd here is that I can hear the audio fine, the "static" sound is in amongst the music/speech programming. It does not prevent me from hearing what's being broadcast, it is more of an irritant, an audio artefact.
Again, this is only apparent, so I've noticed, on BBC 6Music. I've even had to listed to Radio1 for some time to prove it's unique to one station.
DAB+ switches much more cleanly.
Do you get still get the problem when the car is stationary with the engine off?
I'll keep listening and try and get an example I can reproduce.
I'm getting the same, only when listening to 6music - none of the other bbc stations doing it.
Hard to describe, like fm interference but bloomin' annoying.
The BBC had similar issues on their webstreams a few years ago.
Me too. I thought I was going mad when I first heard it. I've got two DAB receivers both connected to an outdoor antenna and I'm just a few miles from Belmont.
There were a couple of short dropouts yesterday around 4.30pm, but it was like a streaming problem where the content continued after the pause. If it was interference, the content would've been "missing" instead.
That made me think it was a encoder issue.
I had similar, also with R4, I just assumed they were working on the transmitter. Seems to come in bursts
They sound like some bloke down the caf did them at lunchtime as a favour.
Not impressed.
Ash
What is it with British radio jingles nowadays?
Even the ones on Italian Coastguard Radio are better than ours.
Better! Give me 'Sailing By' any time.
I'm going to report this to the BBC but I need a little help describing the problem.
I would say the sound is like a split second burst of static or high pressure steam but over the top of the regular audio with the regular audio still there in the background.
Anyone second that?
I've listened faithfully to DAB for over a year now, I switched stations for a while until I settled on 6Music a few months back.
I don't remember ever having an issue until the switch to 6. I've got two DABs: a dedicated TEAC hi-fi in the livingroom and Sony XDR-S16DBP portable in the kitchen.
The interference doesn't seem to have a connection: it is intermittent and shared by both radios. But it drives me blimmin' mad, in fact it's happening at the moment.
A friend of mine suggested it could be a man-in-van with some sort of signal/tracker blocker (that stops employers finding out when you're using your company vehicle out-of-hours) but I am two floors up!
There are jammers for tracking devices but I would not expect them to be on Band III. A van would only appear briefly as it went past. Never mind, OFCOM will find him because they monitor for GPS jammers.
Suppose the only thing I can do is try listening to 6Music for extended periods when I'm at mum's though she's a few miles away.
I'm in a city centre location and my signal is apparently very good.
You could try turning things off around the home i.e. off at the power socket. If you know anyone with a battery powered portable then have a walk around the area and see if the interference gets stronger anywhere.
I wouldn't call it bulbing mud, that's a sound I'm more likely to hear on a weaker signal.