Free Radio Forum: Re: Hastings rock dab launch

Dave just received this communication in response to your post. .
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dm has posted the January location. The current site agl is higher (not antenna height, which is low). Currently outside reception in the town centre is adequate, but not strong enough for indoor reception in many locations, in the town centre. From the lifeboat station to west St Leonards it is totally intermittent. Anything lower than 50 metres above sea level. The west side of has improved. I have heard that it can be heard at glyne cap. No reports of reception in Bexhill. On launch day 2/5/26 one of HRR jingles stated covering 'hastings and bexhill' and later a voice said 'we know that there is also 'dead areas' The company that got the ssdab licence, 3 of the 4 original directors have resigned.

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This is the predicted coverage.
Reception of anything in Hastings is difficult at the best of times.

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Yeh, reception not that good according too this report..

At present the Hastings ssdab is not delivering the true potential. In places 3/4-1 mile to (max 3 miles if you are on higher ground is ridiculous, for 63db. The quality when you can get reception is very good. At present this report is from a very good portable radio. The initial coverage from their application suggested extremely more than is what currently happening. For the band 3 frequency, height is important. Anyone can find the location (the data is available). It runs parallel to the A21 towards Silverhill, but in a dip, and the antenna height is approximately equal to pavement height on the A21. Only the higher locations to the north or east can get home reception within line of sight (at distance - the west and the town centre are rubbish). To summerise if you can the 63db signal, the quality is very good, but the current tx/antenna location is USELESS and I hope it is only a stopgap to fulfil Ofcom timescales. There is no way they can advertise that Hastings has multiple extra radio channels on ssdab as it stands.

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.its only on hastings local DAB
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