"Mark Carver" wrote in message
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As an aside. I've always used my vertical Band II (aka FM band) dipole for
DAB, it works very well, pulling in distant muxes from miles away. I
lashed up a properly cut dipole for DAB (225 MHz), and stuck it nearby. It
was no better (or worse) than the Band II.

In a normal reception area we always use a vertical FM dipole only for
radio, adding it to the system via a 80 to 250MHz filter. There's no problem
with DAB signal strength because the aerial is up on the roof as opposed to
in someone's house (which DAB is designed for) and because the limiting
factor is almost always co-channel signals. If DAB reception is poor (which
normally means the location is officially unserved) we use one of the
European BIII aerial meant for TV. This is because UK DAB aerials cover
channels 5 up and so they are wideband, and have gain of sweet **** all.

Bill