Yes, good stable signal in my part of the Guernsey (west coast). Signal strength varies from 35-50% but signal Quality is strong at 85-95%. Pretty stable on my litte Roberts "Robi" iPod attachment too, which I link up for DAB on car radio.
Nice to have 5Live in decent quality and 6Music available properly for the first time! I know it's all on $ky and on our crappy Freeview Light service, but they aren't much use in the car or garden.
Looking at getting a Pure Highway now
One off topic question though...Are 4Extra and Asian Network in stereo on UK DAB, (as they are on $ky/Internet)? They are only Mono on DAB from Jersey...especially annoying on 4Extra.
One off topic question though...Are 4Extra and Asian Network in stereo on UK DAB, (as they are on $ky/Internet)? They are only Mono on DAB from Jersey...especially annoying on 4Extra.
No, they are mono in the UK too.
Actually I think the Jersey DAB is an extension of the UK multiplex, rather than a separate one, so everything should be exactly the same.
Presumably they will extend to Guernsey too in time.......
I can get (not including DAB stuff): BBC Oxford, WM, Leics, 3CR, C&W all within my local area. BBC Leics is the one that gets me though considering I am in Oxfordshire!
I live in East Harling, Norfolk, and I can receive the following on my Triax FM3:
104.6 - BBC Radio Suffolk, Great Barton
95.1 - BBC Radio Norfolk, Stoke Holy Cross
104.4 - BBC Radio Norfolk, Great Massingham
103.9 - BBC Radio Suffolk, Manningtree
96.0 - BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, Madingley
95.6 - BBC Radio Norfolk, West Runton
95.7 - BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, Peterborough
94.9 - BBC Radio Lincolnshire, Belmont
95.5 - BBC Radio Suffolk, Normanston (Lowestoft)
104.2 - BBC Radio Kent, Swingate
104.2 - BBC Radio Northampton, Northampton
103.7 - BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, Lark Stoke
In order of signal strength when pointed at
Some stations are only available when pointed at, e.g. 103.7 MHz, which is BBC C&W when the Triax FM3 is pointed in a westerly direction, is France Inter from Bouvigny-Boyeffles (Béthune) when pointed in a continental direction.
I have yet to try BBC London 94.9 but that would definitely come in if I am able to get LBC, Capital, Absolute, XFM, Smooth etc, some from Croydon and others from Crystal Palace, on a daily basis.
My horizontal Triax FM3 is a very good antenna for pulling in difficult stations. The furthest transmitter is Steinkimmen, NW Germany at 511 km, from which I receive 105.7 Antenne Niedersachsen, 102.3 Radio FFN and 91.1 NDR 1 Niedersachsen.
Only chance of getting it is when they put the Leicester multiplex on Waltham on DAB but it looks like the signal will be beamed away like every other station!!!! Very annoying
On FM I can get:
BBC Radio Leeds on 92.4, 95.3 and 102.7
BBC Radio Lincolnshire on 94.9
BBC Tees on 95
BBC Radio Humberside on 95.9
BBC Radio York on 103.7 and 104.3
BBC Radio Sheffield on 104.1.
In parts of Dewsbury and Huddersfield it is also possible to get Radio Manchester on 95.1 and Radio Lancashire on 95.5
Here near Bristol in flat conditions I can clearly hear these stations;
FM
BBC R Bristol 94.9
BBC Somerset Sound 95.5
BBC R Wiltshire 104.3
BBC R Wales 95.9 and 103.9
BBC Cymru 96.8
AM
BBC R Bristol 1548
BBC R Gloucester 1413
BBC R Wiltshire 1332
BBC R Wales 882
94.6 BBC R Berkshire
94.9 BBC London
95.2 BBC R Oxford
95.5 BBC Somerset
96.1 BBC R Solent
98.0 BBC Three Counties
103.5 BBC Wiltshire
103.7 BBC Coventry & Warwickshire (beaming N/NW)
104.1 BBC R Berkshire
104.4 BBC R Berkshire
104.5 BBC Sussex
104.6 BBC Surrey
104.8 BBC Sussex (weak)
Others which are too weak to listen properly improve in lift conditions e.g.
94.8 BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
95.1 BBC R Norfolk
95.3 BBC Essex
95.3 BBC Sussex
95.6 BBC WM
96.0 BBC R Cambridgeshire
96.0 BBC R Shropshire
96.8 BBC R Cymru
103.4 BBC R Devon
103.5 BBC Essex
103.6 BBC Northampton
103.8 BBBC Three Counties
103.8 BBC Nottingham (weak)
103.9 BBC R Wales
103.9 BBC R Suffolk
104.3 BBC Cymru
104.5 BBC R Derby (weak)
104.5 BBC Three Counties
104.5 BBC Derby (weak)
104.9 BBC R Leicester
That's all so far. I haven't had a chance to check during a big lift to the north yet...
I used to be able to get Radio York MW at my old parents house in Washington Tyne and Wear, as well as BBC Newcastle MW/FM and BBC Tees FM. I don't know about their new house over Durham way but I'm living further north in KIllingworth and can only get BBC Newcastle and BBC Tees, though signal obviously isn't as good for BBC Tees. I'm sure I remember picking up Radio Scotland somewhere at some point.
I used to be able to get Radio York MW at my old parents house in Washington Tyne and Wear, as well as BBC Newcastle MW/FM and BBC Tees FM. I don't know about their new house over Durham way but I'm living further north in KIllingworth and can only get BBC Newcastle and BBC Tees, though signal obviously isn't as good for BBC Tees. I'm sure I remember picking up Radio Scotland somewhere at some point.
I've managed to pull in BBC Radio Scotland with RDS in the past, in the car when up on the Pennines in Northumberland / County Durham border area. Think it was roughly between Hexham and Weardale.
Almost 9 years since I was last up in that part of the world, so unfortunately I can't be more specific!
Although that isn't BBC local radio but BBC regional radio, I receive BBC Radio Cymru from Wenvoe under flat conditions when my Triax FM3 is pointing in a westerly direction.
Although that isn't BBC local radio but BBC regional radio, I receive BBC Radio Cymru from Wenvoe under flat conditions when my Triax FM3 is pointing in a westerly direction.
Where are you though? If eg you lived in Crewe that wouldn't be particularly note worthy!
90.4 - BBC 3 Counties
92.1 - BBC 3 Counties
94.7 - BBC 3 Counties
94.9 - BBC London
95.2 - BBC Oxford
95.5 - BBC 3 Counties
96.0 - BBC Cambs
96.7 - BBC Kent
98.0 - BBC 3 Counties
103.5 - BBC Essex
103.8 - BBC 3 Counties
104.1 - BBC Berkshire
104.6 - BBC Surrey
DAB - BBC 3 Counties, BBC London, BBC Essex, BBC Cambs (sometimes), BBC Surrey (sometimes)
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Yes, good stable signal in my part of the Guernsey (west coast). Signal strength varies from 35-50% but signal Quality is strong at 85-95%. Pretty stable on my litte Roberts "Robi" iPod attachment too, which I link up for DAB on car radio.
Nice to have 5Live in decent quality and 6Music available properly for the first time! I know it's all on $ky and on our crappy Freeview Light service, but they aren't much use in the car or garden.
Looking at getting a Pure Highway now
One off topic question though...Are 4Extra and Asian Network in stereo on UK DAB, (as they are on $ky/Internet)? They are only Mono on DAB from Jersey...especially annoying on 4Extra.
No, they are mono in the UK too.
Actually I think the Jersey DAB is an extension of the UK multiplex, rather than a separate one, so everything should be exactly the same.
Presumably they will extend to Guernsey too in time.......
BBC Coventry and Warwickshire 94.8
BBC Derby 104.5, 95.3, (1116 AM with the same radio)
BBC Leicester 104.9
BBC Lincolnshire 94.9 (1368 AM with the same radio, but weak with interference from Gold on 1359 AM)
BBC Northampton 103.6, 104.2 (weak on 104.2)
BBC Nottingham 103.8, 95.5
BBC Sheffield 104.1, 94.7 (94.7 weaker, with interference from BBC C&W on 94.8)
BBC Shropshire 96.0 (weak, with interference from Capital on 96.2)
BBC WM 95.6
I can also get the following BBC local stations on AM with the same radio
BBC 3CR 630
BBC Hereford and Worcester 738 (weak)
BBC Stoke 1503 (weak)
BBC Wales 882
104.6 - BBC Radio Suffolk, Great Barton
95.1 - BBC Radio Norfolk, Stoke Holy Cross
104.4 - BBC Radio Norfolk, Great Massingham
103.9 - BBC Radio Suffolk, Manningtree
96.0 - BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, Madingley
95.6 - BBC Radio Norfolk, West Runton
95.7 - BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, Peterborough
94.9 - BBC Radio Lincolnshire, Belmont
95.5 - BBC Radio Suffolk, Normanston (Lowestoft)
104.2 - BBC Radio Kent, Swingate
104.2 - BBC Radio Northampton, Northampton
103.7 - BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, Lark Stoke
In order of signal strength when pointed at
Some stations are only available when pointed at, e.g. 103.7 MHz, which is BBC C&W when the Triax FM3 is pointed in a westerly direction, is France Inter from Bouvigny-Boyeffles (Béthune) when pointed in a continental direction.
I have yet to try BBC London 94.9 but that would definitely come in if I am able to get LBC, Capital, Absolute, XFM, Smooth etc, some from Croydon and others from Crystal Palace, on a daily basis.
My horizontal Triax FM3 is a very good antenna for pulling in difficult stations. The furthest transmitter is Steinkimmen, NW Germany at 511 km, from which I receive 105.7 Antenne Niedersachsen, 102.3 Radio FFN and 91.1 NDR 1 Niedersachsen.
No signal in Rutland ironically!!!
And no chance of a relay for Rutland, as I seem to remember that being asked on a phone in last year, as the BBC now won't build any new FM relays
BBC London 94.9
BBC Norfolk 95.1 sometimes
BBC Essex 95.3 , 103.5
BBC Suffolk 103.9
BBC South 104.5
BBC Kent 96.7 , 104.2
And On freeview also in the clear
BBC Kent , Dover
BBC , Cambridge + Norfolk From Sudbury
BBC Radio Leeds on 92.4, 95.3 and 102.7
BBC Radio Lincolnshire on 94.9
BBC Tees on 95
BBC Radio Humberside on 95.9
BBC Radio York on 103.7 and 104.3
BBC Radio Sheffield on 104.1.
In parts of Dewsbury and Huddersfield it is also possible to get Radio Manchester on 95.1 and Radio Lancashire on 95.5
Wilts 103.5
Berks 104.1
Surrey 104.6 sometimes
Sussex 104.8
FM
BBC R Bristol 94.9
BBC Somerset Sound 95.5
BBC R Wiltshire 104.3
BBC R Wales 95.9 and 103.9
BBC Cymru 96.8
AM
BBC R Bristol 1548
BBC R Gloucester 1413
BBC R Wiltshire 1332
BBC R Wales 882
And Radio Derby obviously!
94.9 BBC London
95.2 BBC R Oxford
95.5 BBC Somerset
96.1 BBC R Solent
98.0 BBC Three Counties
103.5 BBC Wiltshire
103.7 BBC Coventry & Warwickshire (beaming N/NW)
104.1 BBC R Berkshire
104.4 BBC R Berkshire
104.5 BBC Sussex
104.6 BBC Surrey
104.8 BBC Sussex (weak)
Others which are too weak to listen properly improve in lift conditions e.g.
94.8 BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
95.1 BBC R Norfolk
95.3 BBC Essex
95.3 BBC Sussex
95.6 BBC WM
96.0 BBC R Cambridgeshire
96.0 BBC R Shropshire
96.8 BBC R Cymru
103.4 BBC R Devon
103.5 BBC Essex
103.6 BBC Northampton
103.8 BBBC Three Counties
103.8 BBC Nottingham (weak)
103.9 BBC R Wales
103.9 BBC R Suffolk
104.3 BBC Cymru
104.5 BBC R Derby (weak)
104.5 BBC Three Counties
104.5 BBC Derby (weak)
104.9 BBC R Leicester
That's all so far. I haven't had a chance to check during a big lift to the north yet...
Almost 9 years since I was last up in that part of the world, so unfortunately I can't be more specific!
BBC Somerset (95.5FM & DAB)
BBC Radio Devon (801 AM)
BBC Radio Gloucestershire (1431 AM)
....not counting BBC Radio Wales & BBC Radio Cymru
Where are you though? If eg you lived in Crewe that wouldn't be particularly note worthy!
BBC Essex - 103.5 & 95.3 FM/765, 729, 1530 AM
BBC London - 94.9 FM/Freeview
BBC Kent - 96.7 & 104.2 FM/774 AM
BBC Cambridge - 1026 AM
10 miles west of Derby I can add Stoke and Shropshire to those. Coventry is on the sensitive car radio too.
92.1 - BBC 3 Counties
94.7 - BBC 3 Counties
94.9 - BBC London
95.2 - BBC Oxford
95.5 - BBC 3 Counties
96.0 - BBC Cambs
96.7 - BBC Kent
98.0 - BBC 3 Counties
103.5 - BBC Essex
103.8 - BBC 3 Counties
104.1 - BBC Berkshire
104.6 - BBC Surrey
DAB - BBC 3 Counties, BBC London, BBC Essex, BBC Cambs (sometimes), BBC Surrey (sometimes)