DAB signal problem only on 1 station

[Lancashire Lad]

I mainly listen to radio x, but the signal is terrible. Constantly dropping out saying no signal. I can be parked up and it will drop out after playing fine. I’ve tried rebooting and retune but nothing seems to work. No other channels have this issue and my last Leon or merc never had the problems in the same areas. Any suggestions?

 

[DEAN0]

Odd thought but are these drop outs at the same time you are using the heated rear window ?

 

[H Rafiq]

Or recent dashcam installation?

 

[Lancashire Lad]

Not had the heated rear on and not got a dashcam. Like I said it is only that single station. It’s just frustrating the crap out of me.

 

[Lancashire Lad]

Bit of an update, it seems to be all D1 national channels.

 

[DaveS]

It is not unknown for one of the DAB transmitters to be faulty. D1 is often transmitted from different sites from the BBC services.

 

[Mr Pig]

Try retuning the stations. Don't know why but seems to help.

 

[Lancashire Lad]

Tried it multiple times makes no difference. Today seemed worse than normal and I can’t see fog causing that.

 

[DaveS]

Which town are you in/near?

 

[Lancashire Lad]

Which town are you in/near?

Preston and drive to Bolton everyday .

 

[DaveS]

That would be served by Winter Hill for all the national services. BBC and D1 have the same power and using the same antennas so coverage should be similar. I do not see any problems reported for the site. It is a major site, so you would expect them to notice if something was not right unlike the smaller sites.

That leaves you with interference which is not so likely if it is the same everywhere (unless the interference is generated by something in the car) or the radio really is faulty. If you have a portable radio, try with that in and around the car. Try it with the cars radio on and off.

 

[Lancashire Lad]

Is it possible that the antenna in the boot is faulty or would that cause issues with bbc as well?

 

[DaveS]

It is not impossible though not the most likely issue. One more thought, are Kiss and Magic similarly affected? They are both on D1 but use the older DAB whereas Radio X uses DAB+ like most other stations on D1.

 

[Lancashire Lad]

I went on the page that shows all the d1 stations to pick from the list and you can see the signal go on all of the at once.

 

[DaveS]

OK, I am running out of ideas. I would try with a portable radio in and around the car.