{"id":35621,"date":"2019-01-19T08:14:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T12:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=35621"},"modified":"2019-01-19T08:14:52","modified_gmt":"2019-01-19T12:14:52","slug":"a-new-portable-drm-dab-receiver-by-starwaves-gmbh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/a-new-portable-drm-dab-receiver-by-starwaves-gmbh\/","title":{"rendered":"A new portable DRM\/DAB receiver by Starwaves GmbH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DRM-DAB-Digital-Radio-Receiver-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35622\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DRM-DAB-Digital-Radio-Receiver-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"869\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DRM-DAB-Digital-Radio-Receiver-2.jpg 869w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DRM-DAB-Digital-Radio-Receiver-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DRM-DAB-Digital-Radio-Receiver-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DRM-DAB-Digital-Radio-Receiver-2-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 869px) 100vw, 869px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0Mangosman, who notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There is a new digital receiver available. It can receive DRM in all bands from low, medium, high and band 1 &amp; 2 VHF, as well as DAB+ and analog AM and FM.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DRM-DAB-Digital-Radio-Receiver-Display.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35623\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DRM-DAB-Digital-Radio-Receiver-Display.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DRM-DAB-Digital-Radio-Receiver-Display.jpg 414w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DRM-DAB-Digital-Radio-Receiver-Display-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It cannot receive HD radio because Xpedia charge licensing fees on every receiver and the market is restricted to USA and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alibaba.com\/product-detail\/DRM-DAB-Digital-Radio-Receiver_11547499.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.alibaba.com\/product-detail\/DRM-DAB-Digital-Radio-Receiver_11547499.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DRM-DAB-Digital-Radio-Receiver.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-35624\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DRM-DAB-Digital-Radio-Receiver-1024x966.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DRM-DAB-Digital-Radio-Receiver-1024x966.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DRM-DAB-Digital-Radio-Receiver-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DRM-DAB-Digital-Radio-Receiver-768x725.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DRM-DAB-Digital-Radio-Receiver-624x589.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for the tip!\u00a0 It appears this receiver is a product of\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starwaves.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">STARWAVES GmbH<\/a>, Germany\/Switzerland, although I assume it&#8217;s manufactured in China based on the bulk order costs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-19-at-7.04.36-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-35625\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-19-at-7.04.36-AM-1024x313.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-19-at-7.04.36-AM-1024x313.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-19-at-7.04.36-AM-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-19-at-7.04.36-AM-768x235.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-19-at-7.04.36-AM-624x191.jpg 624w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-19-at-7.04.36-AM.jpg 1164w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve reached out to the manufacturer for more details as there are few specifics and no specifications on the Alibaba page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-19-at-7.09.08-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35626\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-19-at-7.09.08-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"745\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-19-at-7.09.08-AM.png 745w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-19-at-7.09.08-AM-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-19-at-7.09.08-AM-624x266.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are also no details about this radio <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starwaves.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on the Starwaves website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If\/when we receive more information about this radio, we&#8217;ll share it here on the <em>SWLing Post<\/em>. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><em>Do you enjoy the SWLing Post?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Please consider supporting us via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=7466002&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fswling.com%2Fblog%2F&amp;utm_medium=widget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u%3D7466002%26redirect_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fswling.com%252Fblog%252F%26utm_medium%3Dwidget&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1534765144986000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEe7C7aRTKqwuFkU5YIo8XEqPqthw\"><span class=\"il\">Patreon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0or our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=TGGFP2XVZDPP2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd%3D_s-xclick%26hosted_button_id%3DTGGFP2XVZDPP2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1534765144986000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH45maBgVLGpqLmQQvviVKBNMEGUw\"><span class=\"il\">Coffee<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Fund<\/span><\/a>! <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Your support makes articles like this one possible. 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It cannot receive HD radio because Xpedia charge licensing fees on every receiver and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1114,54,836,3,3196,43,158],"tags":[2478,980,4083,73,7539,34,7548,7549],"class_list":["post-35621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-modes","category-drm","category-new-products","category-news","category-portable-radio","category-shortwave-radio","category-software-defined-radio","tag-dab","tag-digital-radio-mondiale","tag-drm","tag-drm-receiver","tag-mangosman","tag-shortwave","tag-starwaves","tag-starwaves-gmbh"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9gx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53232,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/jerome-would-like-to-know-more-about-the-starwaves-truckbox-drm-converter\/","url_meta":{"origin":35621,"position":0},"title":"Jerome would like to know more about the Starwaves Truckbox DRM converter","author":"Thomas","date":"July 5, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Jerome van der Linden, who writes: Hello Thomas, Back in January 2019 you featured in SWLing an item about a portable DRM\/DAB receiver produced by Starwaves GmbH. 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