Airstream Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 The radio in our Fiat x250 is ok on FM but very poor on medium/long wave, so question is can you get good reception on your set? if yes can you advise make etc Our van does now have an external aerial but no better than before fitting Regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartO Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 I'm not sure there is much being transmitted on AM these days - but having said that Radio 4 certainly is on long wave and we've not been able to get it in N France for some years. Our broadcast aerial (the original Hymer fit, 2006 MH) is a small dipole on the windscreen and maybe that's the problem; the MH manufacturer perhaps gave up on receiving AM some time ago and didn't fit a suitable aerial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archiesgrandad Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Here in SW. France I can receive radio 4 long wave in the car anytime I get a couple of hundred feet up a hill, but not in the house because we are on the south side of high ground, and in my sailing days we could receive it well south of Spain. AGD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel64 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Check Fiat web site a common problem will get a few suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spospe Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 We got Radio 4 on Long Wave as far south in France as St Remy (almost on the Med coast). The van was an Autosleeper Duetto on a MK7 Transit and sadly our current van on a Peugeot Boxer does not have Long Wave (got two Medium Wave bands instead, which are useless for listening to the UK). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campervanista Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Greetings to all! Recently in central France I had the idea of adding a length of scrap wire to the external aerial of my Peugeot based MH while parked at an Aire. Reception improved greatly. Worth a try for all Radio 4 addicts! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith T Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 we travel extensively in France, and fortunately the motorhome radio has FM and AM. We find generally we can get R4 LW quite a good sound and signal to about half way down France, We also have a small portable radio which is now very old, but can again get R4 LW to roughly half way down, but it does depend what external interference you get \s to how listenable it is. In fact we are considering changing the motorhome in the near future, and one of my concerns is that it will be very unlikely that and AM radio would be fitted....shame, and as internet signal is very varied, it may not be possible to pick up BBC UK news much longer. Time was, when SW Radio provided BBC World service, but that d=sadly now seems to have disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archiesgrandad Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 I was hoping that one of the techy types would say that what we all need for our vans,( and my house) and where we might get one, because the signal is there. AGD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebishbus Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 There are some car radio aerial amplifiers available on e-bay , they fit between the aerial and the radio. Beware though the cheaper tubular ones are only power supplies for aerial amplfiers. The ones that you need are mostly square shaped and the add says they give about 25 dbs gain. Brian B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxli Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 We get Radio 4 on LW in most of northern Europe. The old radio in our Ford Transit was OK on LW but the new Alpine Dab136 unit is very good. Just have to be ready for any power line pylons, as the interference noise is briefly very annoying!!! https://www.caraudiocentre.co.uk/product_m-alpine-cde-136bt_p-27582.htm# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airstream Posted July 10, 2016 Author Share Posted July 10, 2016 Thanks for the info to date I need AM for Radio TT whilst in the Isle of Man as all the practice and races are broadcast on AM I can get good reception on my small handheld radio but its very selective on where it will work and US on the move, but my Fiat (Blaupunkt) set in the van will not get any AM stations Hence my revised question who has a car radio that gets Radio TT AM in the isle of Man ? Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aandncaravan Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Have a look at the Kenwood KDC 100UR which lists amongst it's features : Non-volatile preset memory for 24 stations (18 x FM, 3 x MW, 3 x LW) The non volatile memory means it can handle total power shutdown yet doesn't need reprogramming of the stations. Holds them in the set even if all the batteries are isolated for weeks in storage. Seems to sell for about £50 so likely to have a very good Tuner chip, unlike some of the budgets? Has a CD, MP3, Android support, USB charging feature (1 amp phone charge), removable facia. It's a 2016 model so should be easy to find? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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