OT. DAB radio Newhaven Lewes Seaford. Loss of reception

[The Oldman]

Is it just me but cannot get National BBC radio services on my DAB radios. Signal comes from the Newhaven transmitter but there are no reported DAB faults on the BBC engineering page. BBC Sussex and commercial radio which come from the Beddingham transmitter are fine. So, anyone else having problems?

 

[Stevie Boy]

think yourself lucky, cant get bugger all channels where i am at any time

 

[The Hon Sec]

Also nothing when passing through Horam but OK up on the ridge.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The Bracknell household is currently exiled in Lewes town centre, thanks to Network Rail. The place we are staying in lost BBC DAB at about 9.00am this morning. I assumed it was just the set on the kitchen table, rather than a network issue, but it's still not working. FM is fine, though.

 

[Mileoakman]

Weird one this. The BBC Engineering site says that TV from Newhaven has been off for parts of the day but also says that the DAB radio is working with no reported problems.

 

[upthealbion1970]

No worries with dab for me in newhaven

 

[The Oldman]

Still no BBC Radio 1, 2 ,3 4. 5, here on DAB . Same for others?

 

[Scampi]

Still no BBC Radio 1, 2 ,3 4. 5, here on DAB . Same for others?

Not getting any bbc near St Leonard's church in Denton. Seem to have exactly the same problem as you. Have retuned the radio twice but get nothing.

 

[borowha]

Same for me in Seaford

 

[El Turi]

Same in Peacehaven. At least BBC Sussex is working so I can listen to the game on Saturday.

 

[SI 4 BHA]

DAB radio is the biggest con going. Reception poor or non existent in many parts of the country. Got a new car last year with digital radio, great I thought, Planet Rock wherever I go. Not a chance! No signal from Carden Avenue up A 23 until well past Crawley, broken reception around Brighton, bloody useless. Don't bother with digital car radio unless you live in or around London. Complained to WV that my reception was poor and asked if they could fit some sort of booster, but they said the problem is that the UK went for the cheapest digital option and that there were no problems with digital radio in Germany so WV don't have any plans for to upgrade the receiver in their cars! No idea if its true or not, but I can well believe it.

 

[mikeyjh]

DAB radio is the biggest con going. Reception poor or non existent in many parts of the country. Got a new car last year with digital radio, great I thought, Planet Rock wherever I go. Not a chance! No signal from Carden Avenue up A 23 until well past Crawley, broken reception around Brighton, bloody useless. Don't bother with digital car radio unless you live in or around London. Complained to WV that my reception was poor and asked if they could fit some sort of booster, but they said the problem is that the UK went for the cheapest digital option and that there were no problems with digital radio in Germany so WV don't have any plans for to upgrade the receiver in their cars! No idea if its true or not, but I can well believe it.

I can't speak on the technical side, but we regularly travel from Shoreham to West Wales, we lose coverage for about 3 seconds the other side of Arundel, other than that we have perfect reception all of the way. So it kind of suggests it's problem with your car rather than the UK......

 

[SI 4 BHA]

I can't speak on the technical side, but we regularly travel from Shoreham to West Wales, we lose coverage for about 3 seconds the other side of Arundel, other than that we have perfect reception all of the way. So it kind of suggests it's problem with your car rather than the UK......

Thanks for that, interesting to hear. Car is due for its first service shortly so I'll get them to look at it properly.

 

[kalinx]

Me neither, Im in Newhaven and cant get any of those channels. Thought it was my radio at first - very odd!

 

[borowha]

Now back up and running