On 27/02/2018 13:44, Chris Hogg wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 08:25:19 +0000, Mark Carver
> <
invalid...@gmx.net> wrote:
>
>> On 26/02/2018 20:03, Chris Hogg wrote:
>>
>>> Yebbut I wanted to know about DAB and why it's suddenly disappeared
>>> :-). According to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/receptionsearch there
>>> should be four suitable DAB transmitters for my location: St. Just,
>>> St. Erth, Gulval and Redruth. I presume the first three are relays,
>>> but I don't seem to be getting any of them.
>>
>> Classic FM is on the D1 national mux, not the BBC one. The transmitters
>> you list carry the BBC mux, only Gulval and Redruth carry the D1 mux.
>>
>> Are you getting other D1 stations, such as LBC, Absolute Radio, and Talk
>> Sport ?
>
> When C-FM first disappeared, three days ago, I went through the
> stations, twiddling the tuning knob looking for C-FM, and a lot of the
> ones that came up had a question mark against them, including C-FM. I
> don't remember what they all were, but I assume they were available at
> one time but now are not.
>
> A complete re-tune, following Woody's instructions, gives me the
> following: BBC Asian Network; BBC Radio Cornwall; BBC Radio 1 Extra;
> BBC Radio 1; BBC Radio 2; BBC Radio 3; BBC Radio 4 Extra; BBC Radio 4;
> Parliament; BBC Radio 5 Live; BBC Radio 6 Music; BBC World Service;
> Capital UK; Gold; Heart Cornwall; Pirate 70s; Pirate FM.
>
> So no, I'm not getting LBC, Absolute Radio, and Talk Sport. Whether I
> ever did, I don't know.
You are not getting the D1 mux, just the BBC national mux, and the local
Cornish one
http://www.wohnort.org/DAB/ukloc.html#Cornwall
So it's not a Classic FM problem per se, for some reason you've lost the
D1 mux, (perhaps the D1 Tx at Redruth has died)