'Tant pis' indeed....
 

In article ,
Keith G wrote:
You may be interested to know that the FM signal on my car radio
disappears (mostly, not *always*) when I pull off the main drag down
the bottom of the road from here!!??

Years ago before the fill in R4 transmitter at CP, Wrotham used to totally
disappear when crossing Wandsworth Common on Trinity Road in the car and
inching forward in a traffic jam. To the point where you couldn't hear
what was being said. Move a few feet and it came back. And the then DG,
John Birt, lived just off this road. But no external TV or radio aerial on
his house. Not far from that on the other side of the common I'd got an 8
element FM yagi to try and minimise FM multipath.

Either he didn't listen to BBC radio, or he had a line feed. ;-)

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Dave Plowman London SW
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'Tant pis' indeed....
 

In article , Dave Plowman (News)
writes
In article ,
Keith G wrote:
You may be interested to know that the FM signal on my car radio
disappears (mostly, not *always*) when I pull off the main drag down
the bottom of the road from here!!??

Years ago before the fill in R4 transmitter at CP, Wrotham used to totally
disappear when crossing Wandsworth Common on Trinity Road in the car and
inching forward in a traffic jam. To the point where you couldn't hear
what was being said. Move a few feet and it came back. And the then DG,
John Birt, lived just off this road. But no external TV or radio aerial on
his house. Not far from that on the other side of the common I'd got an 8
element FM yagi to try and minimise FM multipath.

Either he didn't listen to BBC radio, or he had a line feed. ;-)

Beings it was a well funded state broadcaster, then I'd reckon very
possibly;).

And some support staff......


--
Tony Sayer

'Tant pis' indeed....
 

In article , Keith G
writes

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Keith G wrote:
You may be interested to know that the FM signal on my car radio
disappears (mostly, not *always*) when I pull off the main drag down
the bottom of the road from here!!??

Years ago before the fill in R4 transmitter at CP, Wrotham used to totally
disappear when crossing Wandsworth Common on Trinity Road in the car and
inching forward in a traffic jam. To the point where you couldn't hear
what was being said. Move a few feet and it came back. And the then DG,
John Birt, lived just off this road. But no external TV or radio aerial on
his house. Not far from that on the other side of the common I'd got an 8
element FM yagi to try and minimise FM multipath.

Either he didn't listen to BBC radio, or he had a line feed. ;-)



Probably got a dish on the roof (microwave)??

Call me daft but I actually think my car's choosy - it's almost like R2 will
get through but Classic FM won't? Is that a possible 'transmitter
thing'...??





What's the car and what's the receiver, and you are tuned to the correct
TX?....
--
Tony Sayer

'Tant pis' indeed....
 

"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , Keith G
writes



Call me daft but I actually think my car's choosy - it's almost like R2
will
get through but Classic FM won't? Is that a possible 'transmitter
thing'...??





What's the car


Citroen Xantia


and what's the receiver,


No idea! (Whatever they fit?)


and you are tuned to the correct
TX?....


Ooh gawd, if I thought there were going to be *questions* I'da kept quiet!!
;-)