radio reception abroad

[falky]

can you receive uk radio stations in the med

[Buenchico]

Basically, no.

VHF/FM signals only carry a very short distance. (You usually can't pick up stations in Kent just across the channel in France. You'd certainly have no chance of receiving anything in the Med).

You might be able to get some sort of a signal on medium wave but reception would be very poor. There are several European stations using each frequency; you can generally only hear the nearest one. For example, if you tune to 693kHz in this country, you'll hear BBC 5 Live. But there's an Italian station and a Spanish one on the same frequency. If you were in the Med, you'd hear one of them. (By turning your radio to the right position,you might be able to get a good enough signal to make out the sports results but you wouldn't find it easy or enjoyable listening).

You might be able to pick up a signal from BBC Radio 4 on 198 KHz long wave, by turning your radio to the correct position but it would be subject to interference and fading.

Otherwise (apart from the internet), you're just left with BBC World Service on short wave.

Chris

[john91]

All I can add as Chris is 100% again, is that you will need a reasonable SW radio to get the BBC World Service, I normally take my Sony ( oldish but very good ) to Menorca, but this year I took a cheapo �5.99 set, couldn't pick up a single English station on any of the SW bands, morning, noon or night.

[vehelpfulguy]

You can listen to loads of UK radio stations via the internet.

For example, here is the site for the BBC radio stations

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/

[NORMANTHEDOG]

you can receive any uk radio station in the med,if you have sky television,we have sky in our apartment in cyprus and allways listen to uk and london radio stations.

[heathfield]

While in the army in Cyprus, we'd listen to the British Forces Broadcasting Service. When that shut down each evening, you could hear Radio Luxembourg very clearly, which broadcast on the same medium wave frequency. But nothing from the UK, despite many searches with a very sensitive World Band receiver.

[dzug]

Radio 4 on long wave tends to peter out once you get to the Massif Central.

[Lieveling]

Surprised to receive a signal from Droitwich 198 LW on small Roberts portable at 2359 in Pafos, Cyprus featuring Frank Gardner in 'The World Tonight', last night 19 September 2015. Perhaps this was a limited window of opportunity as found previously in Faro, Portugal when the signal would usefully drift in when no WiFi signal was possible.