I visited Carlisle during the week. I found there was no BBC national
DAB reception, which seems odd as I see it is broadcast from Sandale,
not that far away.
BBC Radio Cumbria is available at 64 kbps. INo. BBC Radios Jersey and Guernsey are the other two in DAB+ at present
believe this is DAB+. Is this the only BBC station to broadcast on
DAB+?
I then tried FM and found Radio 4 and Radio Scotland both available.Yep, Radio Scotland is directional to the north only, though quite
However, Radio Scotland seemed to be distorted. I see both are
broadcast at high power (250kW) from Sandale. At first I thought
Radio Scotland must be beamed north, but Carlisle is north of Sandale.
Do they try to keep Radio Scotland out of
England :-)
I visited Carlisle during the week. I found there was no BBC national
DAB reception, which seems odd as I see it is broadcast from Sandale,
not that far away.
On 21/05/2022 09:54, Scott wrote:
I visited Carlisle during the week. I found there was no BBC national
DAB reception, which seems odd as I see it is broadcast from Sandale,
not that far away.
That's very odd. I can't explain why you couldn't get any BBC national
DAB reception, was this moving about on the car radio, or a portable
radio where you were staying ?
BBC Radio Cumbria is available at 64 kbps. INo. BBC Radios Jersey and Guernsey are the other two in DAB+ at present
believe this is DAB+. Is this the only BBC station to broadcast on
DAB+?
I then tried FM and found Radio 4 and Radio Scotland both available.Yep, Radio Scotland is directional to the north only, though quite
However, Radio Scotland seemed to be distorted. I see both are
broadcast at high power (250kW) from Sandale. At first I thought
Radio Scotland must be beamed north, but Carlisle is north of Sandale.
frankly I've found it's just as 'receivable' south of Sandale, as the
other services
Do they try to keep Radio Scotland out of
England :-)
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On 21/05/2022 09:54, Scott wrote:
I visited Carlisle during the week. I found there was no BBC national
DAB reception, which seems odd as I see it is broadcast from Sandale,
not that far away.
Shurely some mistake?
And which way was the window facing ? Towards or away fromThat's very odd. I can't explain why you couldn't get any BBC nationalIt was in the ibis hotel with the radio in the window ledge.
DAB reception, was this moving about on the car radio, or a portable
radio where you were staying ?
I have looked but I could not find a map specifically for Radio
Scotland. However, looking at the FM map, Carlisle is north of
Sandale so why is it outside the beam? I am confused (again!).
Problem 2 was that Radio Scotland on FM was distorted when Radio 4 was
not, coming from the same transmitter. I understand the Radio
Scotland signal is beamed north, but the map shows that Carlisle is
north of Sandale so I don't see how Carlisle can be outside the beam.
On 23/05/2022 21:45, Scott wrote:
And which way was the window facing ? Towards or away fromThat's very odd. I can't explain why you couldn't get any BBC nationalIt was in the ibis hotel with the radio in the window ledge.
DAB reception, was this moving about on the car radio, or a portable
radio where you were staying ?
Sandale/Caldbeck ?
How high up were you, etc etc ?
Metal film windows ?
I have looked but I could not find a map specifically for Radio
Scotland. However, looking at the FM map, Carlisle is north of
Sandale so why is it outside the beam? I am confused (again!).
See above !
On Tue, 24 May 2022 08:11:17 +0100, Mark Carver
<mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On 23/05/2022 21:45, Scott wrote:
And which way was the window facing ? Towards or away fromThat's very odd. I can't explain why you couldn't get any BBC national >>>> DAB reception, was this moving about on the car radio, or a portableIt was in the ibis hotel with the radio in the window ledge.
radio where you were staying ?
Sandale/Caldbeck ?
How high up were you, etc etc ?
Metal film windows ?
I don't know but I accept reception conditions were difficult. I
think it is only the second time I have ever been able to find BBC
National on a scan.
On Tue, 24 May 2022 08:11:17 +0100, Mark Carver
<mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On 23/05/2022 21:45, Scott wrote:
And which way was the window facing ? Towards or away fromThat's very odd. I can't explain why you couldn't get any BBC national >>> DAB reception, was this moving about on the car radio, or a portableIt was in the ibis hotel with the radio in the window ledge.
radio where you were staying ?
Sandale/Caldbeck ?
How high up were you, etc etc ?
Metal film windows ?
I don't know but I accept reception conditions were difficult. I
think it is only the second time I have ever been able to find BBC
National on a scan.
I have looked but I could not find a map specifically for Radio
Scotland. However, looking at the FM map, Carlisle is north of
Sandale so why is it outside the beam? I am confused (again!).
See above !
No, problem 1 was the lack of DAB.
Problem 2 was that Radio Scotland on FM was distorted when Radio 4 was
not, coming from the same transmitter. I understand the Radio
Scotland signal is beamed north, but the map shows that Carlisle is
north of Sandale so I don't see how Carlisle can be outside the beam..
Not the same transmitter. Same site, though. Could be a fault at Radio Scotland? Probably nothing to do with the transmitter Or, because you
were ouside the main beam of the service, you were getting multpath reception.
It was in the ibis hotel with the radio in the window ledge.
On 23/05/2022 21:45, Scott wrote:
LOL. I stupidly looked up the hotel to see photos of it, and didn't
It was in the ibis hotel with the radio in the window ledge.
realise I was still logged into my Acor account on the PC, so I keep
getting nagged now by them to complete my booking for a stay there !
On 25/05/2022 15:13, Mark Carver wrote:
On 23/05/2022 21:45, Scott wrote:
LOL. I stupidly looked up the hotel to see photos of it, and didn't
It was in the ibis hotel with the radio in the window ledge.
realise I was still logged into my Acor account on the PC, so I keep
getting nagged now by them to complete my booking for a stay there !
What i can't understand is why it5 is that after you've bought something
you start getting adverts for it! I'm not likely to get another fucker
am I?
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