dab booster

FirstTimer4Me

hiya

not sure where to post this so i'll try here

i have a mikomi dab radio but it has interference on some stations i think it's because we live in a built up are is there a booster of any kind i can buy so it can pick up all the stations?

ta for any help

vivamartin

I am no expert, but my Dab radio has interference when in my kitchen, near the fridge, I move to my bedroom and pic up more station and no interference, also help move and extend the antenae.

FirstTimer4Me

vivamartin wrote: »

I am no expert, but my Dab radio has interference when in my kitchen, near the fridge, I move to my bedroom and pic up more station and no interference, also help move and extend the antenae.

ta for the help i do move it around all the time to try and get a better signal just wonderd if a booster would help

Robin_T_Cox

I'm using one of these:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5349388/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CHome+entertainment+and+sat+nav%7C14419512/c_2/2%7Ccat_14419512%7CTelevision+and+audio+accessories%7C14419521.htm?Price+Cut=1

It works very well, but its assembly was a bit fiddly, and you need to be very careful when screwing the various sections of coax cable together to feed the fine centre wire through the hole in the matching socket, so as to make the appropriate contact.

buglawton

Also try shortening the aerial a bit and setting it at an angle - if there is a signal quality display available on your , use that to help. String aerials are useless by the way.

The BBC (and the car/car radio manufacturers) have really let us down with the false promise of digital radio - my DAB also won't work properly in the kitchen so the good old FM one stays there and the bedroom has the house's only DAB radio in it..

Robin_T_Cox

Also bear in mind that, with the coming changeover to digital TV some of the DAB transmitters (which share the transmitter with digital TV) have been either at reduced strength, or intermittent, or off-air completely at various times over the last year or so, to let the necessary engineering conversion take place. For several months I could only get a decent DAB signal in the bedroom too, but I'm happy to say that since July everything is back to normal, and I get good reception all over the house.

To check your area's coverage, see:
http://www.ukdigitalradio.com/coverage/plannedinterruptions/