Portable Radio - Europe?

[AnnPaul]

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When we are in Spain/Portugal we miss listening to Radio 4 (The Archers etc) Can anybody suggest a good portable radio we can buy?

 

Paul and Ann

 

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[Guest JudgeMental]

I believe you will need a Satellite system or internet to get radio 4 in Europe....... World service shortwave broadcasting finished last year *-)

[Randonneur]

We can get Radio 4 on our car radio and on our previous motorhome radio but we cannot get it with the radio in our new van. We are in South West France. I think it has something to do with the aerial. We are able to get Radio 4 as far down as Bordeaux but can't remember if we got it in Spain, sorry.

[Andy_C]

You can get R4 on 198 Long Wave in quite a bit of Europe, in fact we managed to receive it occasionally even as far south as Essouira in Morocco!

 

I don't have a recommendation for a good portable radio, but make sure you get one with an external aerial, you can improve LW reception by extending the aerial with a long piece of wire attached to it with a crocodile clip.

 

However for reliable reception you will need a satellite system, it needn't be a Sky box, most of the BBC radio output is broadcast Free to Air on Astra 2A South Beam.

 

Andy_C

 

 

[Peter Highe]

Hi

 

You might also like to consider listening on the internet (if you have access of course) - You can also listen when you want. I think it is called time shifting but that seems abit Dr Who to me!

 

Peter