Solar powered versions to be continued

The UK Government has confirmed the move from analogue radio (AM/FM) to DAB by 2015 for all UK national stations - effectively signalling the beginning of the switch off of analogue transmissions in the UK. This means for instance that within six years all BBC radio stations would only be available on DAB.

The Tango Group does not believe this is a sensible approach for many reasons. It agrees that DAB is a fantastic technology and has a place now and in the future of radio but not at the cost of the loss of analogue radio.

Imagine for a minute, the amount of analogue radio sets that would simply be sent to landfill, or if you wanted to take a radio on holiday overseas - your DAB†radio would not work.

The Tango Group will continue to provide analogue radios powered by wind up and solar power for the foreseeable future, as it strongly believes there will always be a need for analogue radio - worldwide.

Take your car. Chances are that you do not have DAB radio in your car, multiply that by some 30m cars in the UK alone, and you can see the huge amount of waste that would be accumulated over the next six years in the panic to keep listening to favourite programmes. !

However there is a solution, available now. PURE has developed the Highway radio. A compact DAB radio that transmits DAB signals and programmes to your exiting analogue car radio. Not only that, unclip it, plug in speakers or earphones and you have a DAB radio for home or personal listening.

The Highway comes complete with full car mounting kit, that is easily installed without any tools by anyone that can switch a radio on !

More information: www.shop.tangogroup.net