InfoD-Cafe: In praise of 'steam radio'

[Jane Teather]

Another UK-centric, cricket-focused posting, I’m afraid!

When watching international matches at Lord’s and the Oval, I have TMS 
on my radio. My DAB radio gives me much better reception than my old 
long-wave one (and uninterrupted transmision), but it is annoying that 
the commentary is so far behind the action. At home, I have cricket on 
Sky with the sound turned down, and TMS on the radio. If I use long-wave 
radio, the commentary is sometimes about 5 seconds (as I count it, 
anyway) in advance of the picture on TV; the time difference seems to vary.

If this is progress, it all seems a bit wrong to me.

Regards
Jane

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David Farbey wrote:
> What I'd like to know (and I apologise for still being UK-centric, and 
> for perhaps drifting a little off-topic) is why the broadcast I 
> receive on my super-duper ultra-sleek new DAB radio is a couple of 
> seconds behind the broadcast I receive on my clapped-out old FM 
> transistor radio?
>
> I once read a very complicated technical explanation about how DAB 
> signals work and why, therefore, they aren't in sync with analogue FM 
> broadcasts, but if we are all going completely digital shouldn't all 
> broadcasts be equally accurate? If I want to set my 
> watch/clock/microwave/whatever by the time signal before "The World at 
> One" on BBC Radio 4, shouldn't I get the DAB signal and the FM signal 
> at exactly the same moment?
>
> David
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