FIXRADIO Tunes Request Thread (And DAB Radio Recommendations Thread)

[martin mcguinness]

Can your mate do a special price for your forum buddies?

will text him and find out

 

[Dan]

God loves a trier @littlespark

I've noticed that every time somebody votes one way on the poll, another votes soon after and it levels out again to exactly 50/50.

Whilst they're quite low figures, plumbers seem to have DAB radios more than both tilers and sparks. Yet this spakry forum is definitely the techiest out of the three. So I don't know how that works. Perhaps that shows that DAB isn't always the future? Not sure. Maybe I'm looking into it too much

FIXRADIO Tunes Request Thread (And Rugged DAB Radio Recommendations) | Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board | Plumbers Forums

Find FIXRADIO Tunes Request Thread (And Rugged DAB Radio Recommendations) Advice and Help. How-to FIXRADIO Tunes Request Thread (And Rugged DAB Radio Recommendations) in the Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board advice boards on Plumbers Talk | Plumbing Advice | Plumbing Forum - Professional and DIY...

www.plumbersforums.net

FIXRADIO - Tunes Request Thread & DAB Radio Recommendations Thread | Tilers Forums

Find FIXRADIO - Tunes Request Thread & DAB Radio Recommendations Thread Advice and Help. How-to FIXRADIO - Tunes Request Thread & DAB Radio Recommendations Thread in the Canada Tile Advice advice boards on Tiling Advice | TilersForums.com. FIXRADIO - Tunes Request Thread & DAB Radio...

www.tilersforums.com

We will have to wait a few months until the figures have increased a fair bit. People don't come to our forums for DAB radio advice I guess. Still, will see eventually I'm sure.

 

[telectrix]

think the reason plumbers have more radios is that they sit on their arses, counting their ill-gotton gains, and contemplating their navels a lot, whereas us sparks prefer to get on with the job.

 

[Lou]

View attachment 51911

FIXRADIO - Tunes Request Thread - The ElectriciansForums.net official unofficial tunes request and shout-out thread.

This isn't something we've organised with FIXRADIO officially. So it's the unofficial official tunes request thread.

If you really really want a tune on, use the usual channels. Fingers crossed this'll be a thing one day but it might also disappear amongst the tiling threads and never be seen again.

FIXRADIO is the station for the tradesperson! - It's available online and via a DAB radio. If you're buying a new van, it needs to have a DAB radio in it, or send it back. It's not a new van at all.

If you're buying a new radio, and it's not a DAB, send it back. It's a 'wireless' and not a real radio

We're working on a play button directly for the forums, so as you're browsing the forum you can whack it on in the background. Nice and easy. But if you're getting adhesive all over your phone and and your phone case is rubbish, then you need a DAB radio to do the job for you instead.

Here are some we found for you, feel free to reply with links to where you got yours from and where you have found the best price on them etc, don't keep it all to yourself now (links will open in a new window to compare them):-

• No particular make Amazon Rugged DAB Radio - £80 - Good reviews
• Makita Rugged DAB Radio - £130 (credit also available) - Highest review score available
• DeWalt Compact Rugged DAB Radio - £142 - Top reviews again
• Milwaukee Rugged DAB Radio - £150 - 5 Stars Again
• DeWalt 6 Speakers Proper Bopping Can-give-your-boss-the-sack Tunes Rugged DAB Radio - £180!!! - Reviews for the shop, but not the product - Wonder why.

The following radio is DAB, but you can't drive a vehicle over it. So it's the boring bog-standard DAB radio, unlike the ones built for site-work like the above ones. But it's DAB. So you can get FIXRADIO. And that's all that matters, right? We're not scaffolders or roof tilers climbing around with them (usually?), so why do we need a super rugged radio that charges your phone and drill batteries anyway?

• Bush DAB Radio - Say no more - £20 - will probably just about live out the 12 months warranty - It does however have 411 reviews and nearly a full 5 stars (can't work out if it's 4 and 3/4's or 4 and 4 5ths or what. It's nearly a full 5 stars though.

Just for a laugh. Here's a DeWalt (they seem to do more radios than RicherSounds have available!) that's over £200! Whaaaaat?

The rating systems of all the above websites and / or product pages are all unique to their websites so there's no way at all to compare them by the reviews. I love that about review systems. Really helpful.

Weird how they all have 5 star reviews too. You'd never push a 2 star would you lol

Anyway, tag @FIXRADIO in your post and say a song name. And if they fancy it, they might play it one day. - We'll see if we can get them on board with this thread in time to come.

Have a lovely day.

p.s. no dissing the station and / or music in general in this thread. Instead, make an email with your moaning in it, and address it to yourself to see if you get a reply.

This one has gone down to £20 Bush DAB Radio

 

[Dan]

This one has gone down to £20 Bush DAB Radio

Stick it on my Xmas list ????

 

[littlespark]

Plumbers have more radios cos they nick them from other trades.
Joiners have more radios cos they get a free one when they buy the latest power tools in a box kit
Tilers have more radios cos they get better acoustics in a newly tiled bathroom.

We, the sparks don’t really need radios as we all have wonderful singing voices

Or is that voices in our heads....

 

[rapparee]

DAB radio has been a failure in Ireland.

Due to the lack of uptake the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland are considering scrapping it.

 

[Dan]

Wow I thought it was the standard all over the globe now! Is it just the BBC pushing it here that's got it through then. Or at least mostly though. As Tel said, a lot of stations wont stay tuned in as you drive around in a vehicle.

I thought it was like the phone 4G then onto 5G situation, where it's a bit of a given it'll move onto the next one. Clearly not then!

 

[rapparee]

Wow I thought it was the standard all over the globe now! Is it just the BBC pushing it here that's got it through then. Or at least mostly though. As Tel said, a lot of stations wont stay tuned in as you drive around in a vehicle.

I thought it was like the phone 4G then onto 5G situation, where it's a bit of a given it'll move onto the next one. Clearly not then!

That's the thing.

People who are old school listen to FM.

If you're hip and trendy you'll stream it on 4g.

DAB is stuck in no man's land.

Here is an article about it if you're interested.

Tuning out: digital radio fails to make waves

In face of stiff competition , it’s not clear what the future holds for DAB in Ireland

www.irishtimes.com

 

[Dan]

That's the thing.

People who are old school listen to FM.

If you're hip and trendy you'll stream it on 4g.

DAB is stuck in no man's land.

Here is an article about it if you're interested.

Tuning out: digital radio fails to make waves

In face of stiff competition , it’s not clear what the future holds for DAB in Ireland

www.irishtimes.com

Wow. So I read this on that page....

Rhodes says the best example can be found in Norway, where state broadcaster NRK last year became the first in the world to complete a full switch from analogue to digital radio broadcasting. Where the analogue setup required about 1,200 transmission sites for each of the country’s four national radio networks, the digital equivalent uses just a single network and 800 transmitters to provide the same service and coverage. The payback on that investment should be significant in the long term.

So that means the signal IS actually stronger. It's just clearly a case in the UK that there aren't enough transmitters knocking about. And clearly in Ireland, hardly any.

That article was from Feb 18. So is it still available for some stations for the time being then?

 

[martin mcguinness]

Can your mate do a special price for your forum buddies?

He can do for about £100 but I have found on Ebay cheaper and including postage so about £10 cheaper in total

eBay

I would recommend

 

[Dan]

He can do for about £100 but I have found on Ebay cheaper and including postage so about £10 cheaper in total

eBay

I would recommend

Good find matey.

 

[Deleted account]

Stick it on my Xmas list ????

Nooooooo

ITS ONLY SEPTEMBER

 

[rapparee]

Wow. So I read this on that page....


So that means the signal IS actually stronger. It's just clearly a case in the UK that there aren't enough transmitters knocking about. And clearly in Ireland, hardly any.

That article was from Feb 18. So is it still available for some stations for the time being then?

It's still available, but commercial stations won't embrace it, they don't want to open up the airspace to competition.

DAB is easier for niche radio stations to operate on.

 

[Moley]

I would be lost without DAB radio in the van. Got to get my fix of Planet Rock. Radios are not allowed on sites