Norway becomes first country to switch off FM radio

Does that mean my wonderful magnum dynalab 108T SE won’t work?!?! Listened to it for several hours today and didn’t miss a digital anything. (I acknowledge though that I’m riding the tail of a fading format, but I sure do like it, and am blessed with three or four stations that make it worth my effort).


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Hounddog said:
Does that mean my wonderful magnum dynalab 108T SE won’t work?!?!

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Unfortunately yes. Eventually, all FM radio stations will be transmitting digitally. But here in the USA this is not likely to happen for a few more years.
 
Yep. My question was rhetorical. I suspect you’re right, which is one reason why I got a DAC built into the 108t, so that it didn’t become a total brick, and I could continue to enjoy the gorgeous tube output stage.


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I don't see this happening here in the US any time soon. There are just too many cars with AM/FM radios, orders of magnitude more than there are people in Norway itself.
 
Smax, I agree with you. Too many cars and homes with standard radio's. Maybe in 30 to 50 years if they start putting HD radios's in every car sold now. I listen to a lot of FM for music and sports talk while in the car. I was initially impressed with Satellite Radio when it first came out but now, many stations play MP-3 and it sounds like crap for the most part. So why not just stick with FM even if its MP-3.
 
Mechnutt said:
Smax, I agree with you. Too many cars and homes with standard radio's. Maybe in 30 to 50 years if they start putting HD radios's in every car sold now. I listen to a lot of FM for music and sports talk while in the car. I was initially impressed with Satellite Radio when it first came out but now, many stations play MP-3 and it sounds like crap for the most part. So why not just stick with FM even if its MP-3.
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I had a Model year 2012 vehicle that had HD radio in it. I had to pay extra for it. I understand that at the time the HD was just a module that is added to the regular audio receiver.

Here is a list of car manufacturers that are currently building cars with HD receivers.

https://hdradio.com/get-a-radio/new-car
 
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