In message , Sebastian Lisken 
 writes
>Oops, I was Gillivering(*) quite inadvertently - somehow I had wandered
>into this thread how old it is. Never mind. :-)
>
>(*) The label should be retired, it seems, now that John has fortunately
>abandoned his habit. I don't want to take it up ...
>
Hmm, still 113 unread posts to go and it's 1:44 a. m. - I'm _not_ going 
to finish tonight! I'm resolutely leaving the expiry turned on, so posts 
disappear from here 3 days after I get them whether I've read them or 
not - but there are times, such as now, when I'll be dealing with 
three-day-old posts only ...

On the DAB: the original (and still main) DAB band in the UK is roughly 
the lower part of what was Band III, or "VHF hi" - about 200 MHz up a 
bit. Most DAB sets sold in this country cover this band, which is also 
used in other countries; some include other bands as well (one of the 
microwave bands known as "L band" for example; this _is_ allocated to 
DAB here, but I'm not sure if there are any broadcasts on it).

Also, there is a new variant - much better, as they always are - called 
(depending on whom you read) DAB II, DAB+, or AAC, coming out, and some 
countries are actually starting with it. (The original DAB standard used 
mp2 compression, which is older and less efficient than the mp3 we know 
from our players and downloads; AAC is better.) Of course, most original 
DAB sets - and in fact most of those still being sold - aren't 
compatible with the new standard.

for more details, dip into uk.tech.broadcast's archives - but only if 
you have a strong will to live, as that will sap you ... (not with the 
technical details, but the political arguments over which is better, why 
we shouldn't have gone the way we have, ...)
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL(+++)IS-P--Ch+(p)Ar+T[?]H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for thoughts on PCs. **

I've got the cheque!

We shall never - never! - allow foreigners to run our economy. They might cure
it. (George Mikes, "How to be Decadent" [1977].)