Re: Pocket DAB reception

In article <KBW9g.11487$M16.1215@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
R K Pelligo <richardkpelligo@yarwho?.net> wrote:
John Porcella wrote:

~
~ "Scott" <spiced.porkandham@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message:

~ ~ Leaving aside all issues of sound quality (as I would mainly be
~ ~ listening to news and speech programmes) could folks comment on how
~ ~ well a pocket radio would be expected to work on the move in
~ ~ England, particularly on trains. I find FM a bit of a struggle
~ ~ with constant retuning and variable reception.


~
~ Usually fine, though tunnels are a pest.
~

Understatement of the week that one! I travelled from King's Cross to
Green Park the other day and couldn't receive a thing ;-(

I think he was referring to tunnels on mail line trains, not tube lines.
Interestingly, the BBC, many years ago, did some experiments with "leaky
feeders" in the Dartford Tunnel so that FM radio could continue to be
picked up on car radios in the tunnel. I believe that the Tyne Tunnel
Authority fitted a similar system. It could be done on the underground -
but at what cost?

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