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FM stations with excellent signal which gets out further than its TSA area
derk weasel
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after the thread about FM stations with poor signals i thought i would start a thread to see what stations seem to have a excellent signal.
i can receive the following just south of peterborough with full RDS
96.9 heart BD
103.0 heart CB
106.6 smooth east mids
105.4 leicester sound
102.2 lincs fm
96.7 klfm kings lynn
107.2 + 97.4 rutland radio
107.4 connect fm n'hants
i can receive the following just south of peterborough with full RDS
96.9 heart BD
103.0 heart CB
106.6 smooth east mids
105.4 leicester sound
102.2 lincs fm
96.7 klfm kings lynn
107.2 + 97.4 rutland radio
107.4 connect fm n'hants
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When Viking Radio started in mid 80's on 102.7 I can easily pick it up in Manchester.
In fact, I was on the M62 the other week and picked Viking up on 96.9 just past Milnrow. Not sure if that is normal or just conditions on that particular day?
thats prob normal. i travel to hull often and both viking and kcfm seem to get out very far, i can get then in the car till im nearly at newark
With the new technology we have these days and the constant upgrade of masts, I wouldnt be suprised if most stations out-stretched their TSA
I've driven up the A1 North bound from Bedford up to near Lincoln, and it's surprising how Heart on 96.9 from Sandy Heath gets out, considering its only 900 watts. I find just South of Grantham Viking becomes the dominant signal on 96.9 from High Hunsley! For ex-Chiltern listeners who live around the Fens, they often had a surprise during lift conditions when they turned the radio on to hear news for East Yorkshire.
96.9, give me viking over heart any day
Get one of those itrip FM transmitters, set it to 96.9 and transmit Viking from the internet!
BBC Kent on 96.7 is very good in my part of north London.
Another one is the BBC Radio Cymru 104.3 transmitter which can be easier to pick up in parts of Preston than BBC Radio Lancashire.
And an obvious mention has to go to the 105.4 Leicester Sound world service which is receivable from Milton Keynes to Stoke-on-Trent and would probably available even further away if it wasn't for Magic 105.4 and Real Radio 105.4! I have travelled from Preston to Nottingham before and just left the radio on 105.4 - Century Radio all the way down the M6, a bit of a mix on the A500 and then Leicester Sound on the A50... Travelling on a train from Sheffield to Nottingham the first East Midlands station you get is the most southerly of the main ones - Leicester Sound!
Mind you, on occasion I have got both Dublin's 102.2 Lite FM and East Yorkshire's Galaxy 105.8 in Preston (at pretty much sea level).
during lift conditions i have sometimes just about picked up wave 105 but the quality is very poor
leicester sound is one i can receive very easy with RDS.
galaxy yorkshire especially 105.8 i can get when there is only a little lift
Yes that Hannington mast does get out to places it shouldn't. Radio Berkshire on 104.1, and Heart (2-Ten) on 102.9 can be heard over much of Southern England, including parts of Hertfordshire!
France Info 104.7
France Info 98.0
Radio 2 98.6
Heart Kent
BBC Essex FM MW
BBC Kent
BBC Norfolk 95.1
I've picked it up on the M4, 30 miles from Bristol
105.4 Century FM (Winter Hill, Lancs) can reach the M5 past Birmingham
Here In West Yorks it's sometimes a battle between Real NorthWest 105.4 and Leicester Sound.
BBC Manchester 95.1 (and Sheffield's 104.1 even better) both get round here quite strongly from Holme Moss (and i think they're both directional).
Smooth East Mids from Waltham and Lincs 102.2 somtimes come in quite well here in good south-east facing spots.
Viking and Hallam (both 102.9/103.4) are pretty solid out of the valleys and same with TFM on 96.6 but i think Real on 100.7 is a bit better than TFM (is TFM nulled to the south of Bilsdale, unlike Real on 100.7??)
When i commute to Sunderland you can still get Real 106.2 & Galaxy 105.1 from Emley Moor at the A19/A690 junction (although it is on a hill there).
When i commute into the NorthWest up the M60/M61 you can still just get Galaxy & Real from Emley Moor and you can get the Pulse on 102.5 for a little while once you've got to the bottom of Windy Hill on the M62.
And the Isle of Wight!