Brighton Mackem
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You can get Planet Rock on DAB. 

My existing radio keeps losing the station although it is set for 104.5 for the match commentaries. It only has a thin wire aerial from the radio itself should I buy an aerial or a DAB radio? What is the advantage of spending the money on a DAB radio.
As you don't own a DAB radio or even listen to radio can I suggest you watch the Caravan Channel ? Monday at 8pm , Wednesday at 5pm , Friday 5.30pm , Saturday 10am , Sunday 4pm. Sky channel 212 or Freesat channel 401.Wow coming from you
You can get Planet Rock on DAB.![]()
As you don't own a DAB radio or even listen to radio can I suggest you watch the Caravan Channel ? Monday at 8pm , Wednesday at 5pm , Friday 5.30pm , Saturday 10am , Sunday 4pm. Sky channel 212 or Freesat channel 401.![]()
After reading the comments on here I dont think I could justify the spend on a DAB radio as I only ever listen to a radio station for the football, Radio Sussex then when on my lap top, Smooth or Classic fm through my old Sky system for music and Claasic fm or Bright in the car. It seems like I shall have to grin snd bare the lost reception for the football.
Pure make the best ones.
One note of caution, if u use it as I do, which is to listen to it while in the stadium, then the is a slight delay on the dab signal which is very disconcerting!
Dab is great but the signal can be worse than fm at times
I would rate my old Roberts better than my Pure for reception strength.
I have owned several DAB radios and I am seriously underwhelmed, although the one in the car is quite useful. I have had three or four and all just stopped working after a relatively short space of time. The sound quality is an improvement on FM, but not as good as it could be. With Internet radio I think DAB is a technical dead end.
Fed up with this I replaced the last one with a Logitech Squeezebox. This is Internet based and is more robust, but Logitech seem to have their own servers and some days it just doesn't work. There is also a significant time lag maybe 30-60 seconds, which may or may not annoy you. This one has been handed down to the dog, when he needs to be distracted from loud noises outside.
The best solution I have found is tunein pro running on a tablet or phone. Pro costs a couple of quid and gives you a sleep timer and a radio alarm. So at bed time I stick my Nexus 7 on the wireless charger and then use some old PC speakers with a sub woofer, for a bit of a sound boost.
S'funny because I gave away my Roberts DAB as the reception on both DAB and FM was awful. Got a Pure and excellent reception on both. Wonder if it depends on the area you live in? Our DAB signal is from Brighton (Whitehawk) and Beddingham (R Sussex.) Presume Eastbourne gets signal from Heathfield?
Good old Eaglesdestroyseagulls - he knows two facts about radios in Sussex, and they're both wrong.