BBC - 60 new DAB transmitters in 2011
Brian Butterworth published on UK Free TV The BBC Trust's Public Purpose Remits require that the BBC will improve DAB coverage, to meet the requirements of the Digital Economy Act and other expectations.
To improve the national coverage by five percentage points will require the provision of 60 new DAB transmitter sites.
It should be noted that there are diminishing returns for these new transmitter sites - a large number of smaller transmitters are required to fill in the coverage gaps.
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Friday, 13 May 2011
J.M. Hunter: BBC National DAB service will improve at some point this year. Your local BBC radio station is dependent on the local commercial multiplex operator, and is not under BBC control.
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Tuesday, 28 June 2011
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Mark5:27 PM
J.M. Hunter: Sunderland Hendon is on the list of BBC national DAB transmitters to be opened before the end of 2011.
BBC Radio Newcastle coverage in Seaham will be subject to a funding agreement for the Tyne & Wear multiplex.
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Monday, 18 July 2011
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David Gordon10:12 AM
We get good reception in Scone, near Perth, of the BBC national and Commercial national multiplexes from Kirkton Mailer transmitter just using the trailing wire aerial on the set. We get no reception for BBC Scotland or the other 11B channels that are also broadcast from Kirkton Mailer. I had thought about changing fully to digital since analogue reception is not good (In the garden I can change channels by moving my body without touching the radio!). I won't change if I can't get Radio Scotland.
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Mark6:47 PM
David
The proposal for the Tayside multiplex is here:
http://stakeholders.ofcom….pdf
However the rollout of the new transmitters is probably 2-3 years away.
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David7:49 PM
Mark
Thanks. It looks we are a speck of poor reception in the midst of a robust indoor reception area. I do find it puzzling that we can get the national multiplexes but not the local one when they all use the same transmitter. But perhaps it's different transmitters or aerials at the same location.
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Friday, 16 September 2011
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Sallie6:50 PM
Why have I lost the BBC channels on my DAB radios both at home & in my car in and around Fleet in Hampshire & Camberley in Surrey. This happened yesterday 15th September. I have not had a problem before.
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Sunday, 30 October 2011
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sharealam2:52 PM
just retune my dab radio which is on top the cubboard picked up 53 radio station,then i decide to put the radio on the window seal to see if i can pick up any extra station,i picked up extra 8 digital radio station,hallam fm,trax fm,bbc radio sheffield and couple of other stations,the transmitter signal more stronger nearer the window,i live in west yorkshire.
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Monday, 31 October 2011
sharealam: This is much as you might expect - the signals are coming from different transmitters and moving the aerial on the receiver to a higher location or to a window (rather than though a wall) will increase the strength of the signals.
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sharealam1:59 PM
briantist from now on i wiil keep my dab radio nearer to a window.
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