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Tuning radio stations

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  • #32
    Capt'n Midnight
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    BBC don't broadcast here so YMMV.

    If you have cable TV then you may find that they are broadcasting down the cable.

    Internet radio , like tune-in is worth looking at too


  • #33
    [Deleted User]
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    Unfortunately tune in radio app for the phone and bluetooth speaker are probably the cheapest option if the OP already has a smart phone, that is of course if he's looking for the cheaper/cheapest option.

    Or the small Loop I linked to previously, should pull the signals in stronger. Beyond this it's external magnetic loop antenna and radio that can take an external antenna input.


  • #34
    [Deleted User]
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    I listened to BBC R Wales on the Roberts R600 and compared to my Tecsun PL-660, no Comparison, the PL-660 was hardly audiable but clear as a bell on the old roberts R600 !

    So modern radios can fail miserable in lw/mw reception. The PL-660 is great on Shortwave though.


  • #35
    Booms
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    As Capt'n Midnight says above - If you have cable (TV/digital TV or Internet) you should probably have the BBC radio stations available on it in glorious fm.

    Alternatively if you have satellite TV, the UK radio stations you mentioned are all available. Depending on what you are using to receive it, they may need to be tuned in.


  • #36
    [Deleted User]
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    TV isn't very portable though.

    Internet is probably the best option for that and at least the BBC stream in decent quality although their highest bitrate streams are geoblocked to the U.K !!!

    Nothing like having a dedicated radio for the job though.


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  • #37
    [Deleted User]
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    I have a Roberts R100 and I love it but sometimes I have black spots around the house and if I take the radio outside it's a pain with no signal, I could tether to my mobile though that would be a pain and suck the battery out of the phone.


  • #38
    [Deleted User]
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    Now that I think about it the BBC World Service do transmit in DRM which you can pick up with an SDR Reciever and Dream decoder software, it's a bit tricky to set up though but digital shortwave is amazing and hopefully we'll see a few DRM capable radios appear this year.

    The world service schedule on Digital Shortwave is

    3955 kHz 7-8 am

    17790 kHz 8-9am


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