In article , Kerry Hoskin
writes
grrrrrrrrrrr bloody grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. After finding out that our main
transmitter (Caradon Hill in sunny Cornwall) has now started broadcasting
DAB, as off mid december, I went out a got a DAB radio today. I did have
some nagging doubts in the back of my mind that I still wouldn't be able to
get a signal in my village (polperro), and surprise, surprise I can't! The
reason, the village is on the coast in a vally, like a large number of
places in Cornwall, we get our TV via a relay on top of the hill over
looking the village, again as a large number of places in Cornwall do, so NO
DAB and NO Freeview!

It's really getting on my tits now I'm fed up of seeing the adverts, paying
the theifing licnese fee and getting sod all. I had to get sky installed
because we can't get freeview, and that was a close thing, a large number of
houses in the village can't get sky because of the topology of the village,
grrrrrrrrrrrr

Has anyone got any ideas as to when local relays are going to be upgraded to
start providing services? I have a feeling our relay site shared between NTL
(and they're skint!) and the BBC

Kerry



O dear!, well FWIW Radio 3 is about the only programme service which is
listenable that is if 192K/bitz MP2 rocks your boat. As to freeview its
going to be a very long time yet before that many relays are thus
equipped. Its not down to ntl or Crown castle its how much the
broadcasters want to pay.

As to Satellite and Sky this service has all the radio you'll be likely
to need and in the case of BBC services they are at higher rates over
the DAB services. Some Sky receivers have digi optical outs to which an
external DAC can work some magic on.


As to Freeview sometimes a much higher gain and channelled aerial system
with amps and extra height may do the trick.

You can also get large multi element DAB aerials that can pull in sigs
in weaker areas but its only radio 3 that's much cop and FM is very bit
as good for that.

Which local relay do you use?.
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Tony Sayer