Bbc R2/3

jm2k

Was passing through Kilcullen in Kildare this evening and happened to do a scan on the radio ...to my suprise I picked up BBC Radio 2 and 3, was there an area of high pressure today or is there some other reason I could pick them up??

Antenna

Yes - there have been favourable atmospheric conditions in recent days for enhanced FM reception. If you could mention the frequencies you heard them on someone will tell you what transmitter you were receiving.

jm2k

Afraid I didnt check the frequencies, but the signal was coming in quite strong on both stations

jmcbride

I'm surprised by the R3 signal, but not so much by the R2 signal - I can pick up listenable BBC R1 and R2 signals in my car radio in South Dublin (Stillorgan to Dun Laoghaire) all year round, and once managed to listen to Wogan quite a way into Wicklow before the signal broke up completely.

DMC

Yes, I can travel down from Cavan to Dublin, almost into the city centre with BBC Radio 2 in the car, the odd bit of fizz and crackle, but hey, its not bad! 90.1 MHz from Divis is where I normally tune in on, but I seldom get Radio 3 on 92.3 MHz, as its close to RnaG somewhere!

jm2k

Suprised to find either of them myself so far south, no sign of R1/R4

DMC

Radio 1, you should've got on 99.7 MHz, but with East Coast FM on 99.9 MHz now, it might be a bit close.

As for Radio 4, its not on the same power as the other 3 stations, only half, and thats at 96.0 MHz. No chance of it that far south.