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Radio 4 - External aerial

  • 15-04-2008 5:29pm
    #1
    bambooman2
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭


    [FONT=&quot]Hi, does anybody know about using an external FM aerial to receive Radio 4 in the Dublin area? Typically how high do you need to go to receive a signal? Is there any source of information or a knowledgeable supplier out there? Was listening on NTL but signal is terrible now. I know this kind of thing was common in the past. Any info gratefully received. Don't want to do the internet thing as I listen on my Hi-Fi tuner.[/FONT]


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  • #2
    Antenna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,332 ✭✭✭Antenna


    A Free-to-Air satellite receiver is probably a better option, especially for high quailty reception through a Hi-Fi system and also there would be no 'Sporadic-E' interference from very distant FM stations during the summer etc.

    But if you had it properly before from NTL, and you are still are a customer of them, did you complain to them about deterioration of this service?


  • #3
    DublinWriter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,559 ✭✭✭DublinWriter


    An aerial could be feasible in Dublin.

    I've got a top of the range Pioneer headunit in my car and I can pick up R4 on 104.6 FM anywhere North of Ashbourne. Sometimes when I'm driving around the M50 I can just about pick it up.

    It also depends on the quality of the circuit in your tuner.


  • #4
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    I am surprised that you are not receiving BBC Radio 4 (at full strength) from NTL in the Dublin area!

    I live in South Dublin (Bray-Shankill) and I am plugged into the NTL FM socket (basic package) & I am receiving all the BBCs loud & clear.

    Admittedly BBC RADIO 4 is in a strange place on NTL 96.35 FM, as opposed to 94.9 FM (I Think) from a roof Aerial.

    I do actually have a roof Aerial (with an FM booster) which I installed in the 1980s, but it was always reliant on atmospherics, in other words, if it was a clear night with no clouds in the sky then all the BBCs from Wales & Ulster would be full strength, then the next day the signal might be awful . . . . but then we got 'Cable Link' (NTL) & the FM signal has been 'Full Power' ever since!

    As a matter of interest, what are the other FM BBCs Like on the NTL socket?


  • #5
    Radio Mad.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 133 ✭✭Radio Mad.


    bambooman2 wrote: »
    [FONT=&quot]Hi, does anybody know about using an external FM aerial to receive Radio 4 in the Dublin area? Typically how high do you need to go to receive a signal? Is there any source of information or a knowledgeable supplier out there? Was listening on NTL but signal is terrible now. I know this kind of thing was common in the past. Any info gratefully received. Don't want to do the internet thing as I listen on my Hi-Fi tuner.[/FONT]

    Why not connect a computer or internet radio to the auxiliary socket on your hi-fi? This is what I do and the audio quality is excellent. By the way, I live in Dublin and receive perfect FM radio reception of all BBC stations, including Radio 4, through NTL.


  • #6
    bush Baby
    Registered Users Posts: 138 ✭✭bush Baby


    I used to be able to receive BBC Radio 4 on 104.6 FM near mid Co Louth. Now I can't because some bunch of illiterate retards called i105 have taken up on 105.00 and now I can't get Radio 4 at all.

    Anyone got a flame thrower?


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  • #7
    DublinWriter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,559 ✭✭✭DublinWriter


    bush Baby wrote: »
    I used to be able to receive BBC Radio 4 on 104.6 FM near mid Co Louth. Now I can't because some bunch of illiterate retards called i105 have taken up on 105.00 and now I can't get Radio 4 at all.

    Anyone got a flame thrower?
    Same problem here.


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