listening to radio2 in the Republic of Ireland

chicky

Please could someone help me. I love to listen to radio 2 all day. We go to Ireland regularly and are currently renovating a cottage, so to be able to listen to R2 would be fab. Is there anyway apart from using a dongle? If I listened to it on my mobile phone would that be really expensive re roaming charges?
Thank you in advance:):)

aerostar

Dependent where you are in Ireland (you do not say North or South)it may be possible to use a normal VHF radio receiver.

Transmitters here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/transmitters/radio/

Alternative buy a cheap FREESAT setup and listen on that.

googler

If you have a landline and Internet connection at the property, you can hook up a sound system to a pc, use a WiFi device like an iPod Touch, or IPad, to access R2 via BBC iPlayer.

Andy_L

Can you get it on digital TV?

ballyblack

to access R2 via BBC iPlayer.

I think there is a restriction on accessing IPlayer outside the UK for TV

But the BBC radio is available on a PC not a mobile

At the moment, we don't have the capacity to serve overseas customers with either live or listen again radio content on mobiles. However you can listen to BBC radio outside the UK from a desktop computer - go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio.


Where exactly are going. The border counties Louth, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal can pick it up from Northern Ireland on ordinary FM 90.1 radio




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googler

If you're on the East coast of the Isle, you may be able to just point an aerial toward Liverpool or Wales, and pick it up from one of the mainland transmitters ...

Three out of five Welsh transmitters are on the coast, which bodes well ....

chicky

Hi All thanks for all your help. We go to Co Mayo which is north west. Dont think you can get r2 on satelite(well its not on my aunts sky anyway) so im thinking of getting a prepaid dongle BUT does anyone know what kind of useage listening to the radio for say 4hrs a day for 2 weeks would be?????

interstellaflyer

Why not just buy a cheap DAB Radio?

chicky

will that get me radio 2?

chicky

interstellaflyer wrote: »

Why not just buy a cheap DAB Radio?

will that get me radio2?:eek:

ballyblack

No:(
not anywhere away from the Northern border!



Can I receive stations from outside Ireland on my DAB receiver?
No. Unlike satellite radio or Internet radio, DAB digital radio is land based and only operates within its transmission range. UK services, including the BBC will not be available on DAB digital radio set here in Ireland as there is no capacity or regulatory framework to facilitate them and vice versa for Irish stations in the UK
Can I take my DAB digital radio abroad and still listen to the same stations?
No. DAB digital radio is a terrestrial technology using land-based transmitters. You can only listen to stations when you are within their transmission range. Some English language radio stations are available via satellite radio. For more information visit https://www.astra.lu.



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