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Is there still a 'Cumberland Gap' on the M6? |
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Is there still a 'Cumberland Gap' on the M6?
There used to be a section of the M6 in Cumbria, one of the few on any motorway, where it was near impossible to get any BBC FM radio, or indeed anything much on the FM band.
Was the gap ever plugged? Does it still exist on DAB? |
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There used to be a section of the M6 in Cumbria, one of the few on any motorway, where it was near impossible to get any BBC FM radio, or indeed anything much on the FM band.
Was the gap ever plugged? Does it still exist on DAB? |
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Still there on FM, plugged for BBC National DAB now I think
Not for long but it's a pain |
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Still there on FM, plugged for BBC National DAB now I think
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It's still there and 6 music disappears on dab too.
Not for long but it's a pain |
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I can usually just about keep hold of BBC Cumbria through that section. For some reason, it seems more stable than the BBC network FM stations. It's not perfect, but it is listenable.
There's a similar gap north of the Scottish border on the M74 where there's very little to listen to on FM, after leaving the Sandale coverage area but before you come into range of Black Hill and the Central Belt stations. |
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Thanks for the replies.
Are there any other remaining gaps on the motorway network apart from these two? |
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Thanks for the replies.
Are there any other remaining gaps on the motorway network apart from these two? It depends how good your radio is ! |
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It depends how good your radio is !
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Well, yes. If you're talking about reception with a hifi tuner and a rooftop aerial then we have close to 100% landmass coverage. But I'm talking about an ordinary car radio.
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So am I, and there are huge variations in performance with car radios, factory fitted generally being the best, but ( according to reports in here) even that's no guarantee
Also, one winter a load of water got into the screw thread on the aerial mount, and the reception was never the same again, no matter how much I tried to dry it out. |
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