Group: acadia.chat


Subject: DAB
From: Gary Jackson
Date: 9/26/2007 9:49:47 PM
Mick the Merciless wrote: > Be warned, what *they* don't tell you is that digital *eats* > batteries. The same radio (like mine) last forever (almost) on a set > of Duracells if used on FM, but on digital......well you'd better be > getting free samples from the company. Thanks Mick. Maybe I'll get a mains one -- Gary Jackson My Generation 60s radio - www.sixtiesradio.co.uk Dark Side Of The Moon - www.classicrockradio.co.uk

Subject: DAB
From: Gary Jackson
Date: 9/26/2007 9:51:56 PM
Gary Jackson wrote: > Mick the Merciless wrote: > >> Be warned, what *they* don't tell you is that digital *eats* >> batteries. The same radio (like mine) last forever (almost) on a set >> of Duracells if used on FM, but on digital......well you'd better be >> getting free samples from the company. > > Thanks Mick. Maybe I'll get a mains one Just checked. Everything's "may receive" -- Gary Jackson My Generation 60s radio - www.sixtiesradio.co.uk Dark Side Of The Moon - www.classicrockradio.co.uk

Subject: DAB
From: Alex Cunningham
Date: 9/26/2007 6:03:26 PM
>> Gary Jackson wrote: >> Just checked. Everything's "may receive" >"Mick the Merciless" <mtm@rest.erg> wrote: > Hmm. Not promising is it. Not sure what the answer there is, except buy > one and try it. > > They pretty much *all* plug in to the mains, for the very raeson that I > stated, I just didn't know where you intended to be using it. If you have > a 13 amp socket handy then yes, plug the bugger in and add hugely to > global warming. <lol> Yep! Gotta watch that carbon footprint. ;-) -- Cheers! Alex.C There are twelve million sheep in Ontario. Problem is nine million of them think they are people.