Doubts raised about Analogue Radio switch-off

A Cambridge newspaper has reported on the concerns raised about the switch-off of analoue radio and the radio scrappage scheme.

The company Cambridge Consultants are quoted as saying:

“DAB is already a 20-year-old technology and a great deal of debate surrounds whether or not it is the right target for 2015 (the final switchover year). The new radio scrappage scheme to hasten the digital switchover may prove to be equally mis-directed,”

Read the full Cambridge News report 'Concern as radio scrappage scheme dismays analysts' at
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Business/Concern-as-radio-scrappage-scheme-dismays-analysts.htm

Not anti-DAB, but anti analogue switch-off
http://blog.cambridgeconsultants.com/consumer-products/not-anti-dab-but-anti-analogue-switch-off/

Cambridge Consultants
http://www.cambridgeconsultants.com/

Practical Wireless editor Rob Mannion G3XFD is one of those who has grave doubts about the rush to digital radio, and was amongst the first to highlight the problems that he believes will ensue.

He has launched a national campaign aimed at maintaining essential traditional analogue broadcast radio for everyday listening and for use in times of national emergencies.

Read Save Analogue Radio campaign
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/april2010/
save_analogue_radio.htm

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