Dab Radio

[loverboy]

I am in the process of buying a reasonably cheap portable radio for the kitchen. As they are quite cheap now I thought I may as well look into DAB Radios. Has anybody any experience of these regarding the strength of reception ? i.e. is the aerial that comes with the radio good enough or will I have to have a better aerial installed on the roof of the house ?

Thanks in advance for any kind answers.

[cas49]

We have two digital radios and although we had to wiggle the aerials around a bit we have not had to put any extra aerials on the roof or anything.Must say they are brilliant .

[gucciman]

it depends on which area you live in, and if you go onto the digital radio website and enter your post code they will tell you exactly which stations your area recieves. i can get about 29 stations on my dab, the book says if i put an external ariel up i could double that number, cant be bothered though!

got to say the sound from a dab is excellent

[loverboy]

Thanks both for your answers. I too cant be bothered with an external aerial so it looks like I'm going to have to have a fiddle with the aerial to get a reception. I have been on the digital website and it did give me a list of stations I can receive. I just wanted to know whether these listed stations would give a good enough reception with the built in aerial provided with the radio.

[Pinotage]

With DAB you either get a good signal or you don't get a signal that is listenable to.

Go for it- you won't regret it. After I boought a portable DAB I then went out and repleced the bookshelf hi-fi I had, and listen to DAB stations for music almost exclusivley. Fewer irritating adverts and chatter, more great music.

[loverboy]

Cheers Pinotage I think I will go for it.