Two
questions spring to mind
1.
How long is a piece of string
2.
Where do you live. (if you are in Manchester etc forget it
!)
Radio waves travel in straight lines and over a certain distance the
curvature of the earth gets in the way, not to mention manmade objects and
hills/mountains.
The
critical factors are
1.
The height of the transmitter
2.
the height of the receiving aerial
3.
the distance a to b and wether anything is blocking it
4.
the strength of the received signal
5.
is there anything else on that frequency that may swamp
it.
Dont
forget that radio bandwidth is a precious commodity and they tend to reuse
the
same frequencies once they get outside the designed reception area plus a
small safety margin. That is why freak weather in the summer causes so much
co-channel interference due to signals travelling much further than they
should. Its also why I get loads of continental staions in the summer
months
but tend to loose my designated UK transmitters.
GRRR
!!!!!
Working from home today and listening to Classic
Gold
on SKY Digital and they just ran an advert saying
"Dont buy an ordinary radio....buy a DIGITAL
one"
"
You dont know what you are missing"
YES
I DO........... BASTARDS !!!!!!!!!
Keith
www.diyha.co.uk
www.kat5.tv
That all very well, but I want to listen to new
radio stations, like the ones in London :) not the ones I've already
got.
If
is stick a really big DAB ariel on the roof, will I be able to pick up
the London Muxs?