Where can you get Heart 106.2? - Radio

adam92 · 14-05-2007, 16:35

How far can you get Heart 106.2 outside London???

PFMprod · 14-05-2007, 16:45

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Originally Posted by adam92

How far can you get Heart 106.2 outside London???

Why would you want to?

Matt00011 · 14-05-2007, 16:51

In South West Wales via Sky.

pyphon · 14-05-2007, 17:05

in the north east via virgin

The_First_Tiger · 14-05-2007, 17:12

Is this the start of the 'How far does station X travel?' season?

vinnielo · 14-05-2007, 17:18

On Freeview in Hertfordshire.

richie wild · 14-05-2007, 17:27

on FM in Chinnor (near Princes Risborough) and almost the entire journey through Thame, into Oxford - on a good tranny, top deck of the bus.

Toxteth O'Grady · 14-05-2007, 19:50

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Originally Posted by adam92

How far can you get Heart 106.2 outside London???

Roughly the same as the 3rd map on this page

Toxteth O'Grady · 14-05-2007, 19:51

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Originally Posted by richie wild

on FM in Chinnor (near Princes Risborough) and almost the entire journey through Thame, into Oxford - on a good tranny, top deck of the bus.

You were on a tranny!!!???

14-05-2007, 19:58

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Originally Posted by The_First_Tiger

Is this the start of the 'How far does station X travel?' season?

Actually I must confess I rather enjoy such threads

Heart 106.2 used to be a regular catch in Burton -on- Trent (thats well over 100 miles north of London) on a hi-fi upstairs and available pretty much all the time to anyone with a roof aerial.

Century 106 (ironically now Heart) put paid to that, but it still goes a fair way up the M1.

Rakim · 14-05-2007, 20:09

You can hear Heart 106.2 near Cambridge, although there are probs at times, when travelling on the M11, with adjacent channel interference from Kiss on 106.4 (Mendlesham).

Of course also on Sky Digital 0124, Virgin Media, Freeview and online, at http://www.heart1062.co.uk/heart1062

THE MIXER · 14-05-2007, 20:59

You can pick it up clearly more often than not in Ely on 106.2 fm

gavin harris · 14-05-2007, 22:10

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Originally Posted by Toxteth O'Grady

Roughly the same as the 3rd map on this page

It goes much further than that - certainly down to past Basingstoke.

And I've picked it up on the Isle of Wight a few times too!

Mark C · 15-05-2007, 02:33

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Originally Posted by gavin harris

It goes much further than that - certainly down to past Basingstoke.

And I've picked it up on the Isle of Wight a few times too!

More difficult now Original 106.0 is on air from Chillerton.

I've picked up Heart 106.2 very well in Stow-On-The-Wolds, Gloucestershire. The 100.7 version from Sutton C comes in there too of course.

JERRY HIPKISS · 15-05-2007, 07:19

Any kind of lift and 106.2 is one of the usual suspects here in Cheltenham...and it's Wold, not Wolds, you furriner! Us Glawstershire people get picky about that!

adam92 · 15-05-2007, 07:24

A few years ago maybe in 2003 i could pick nearley every single radio station including Heart crystal clear, virgin etc... this was on top of a steep hill with 2 houses on the top!

adam92 · 15-05-2007, 07:26

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Originally Posted by adam92

A few years ago maybe in 2003 i could pick nearley every single radio station including Heart crystal clear, virgin etc... this was on top of a steep hill with 2 houses on the top!

That was in Weymouth!

adam92 · 15-05-2007, 07:27

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Originally Posted by swells

Actually I must confess I rather enjoy such threads

Heart 106.2 used to be a regular catch in Burton -on- Trent (thats well over 100 miles north of London) on a hi-fi upstairs and available pretty much all the time to anyone with a roof aerial.

Century 106 (ironically now Heart) put paid to that, but it still goes a fair way up the M1.

Have you tried putting it on 1062.5?

80sfan · 15-05-2007, 13:47

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Originally Posted by Mark C

More difficult now Original 106.0 is on air from Chillerton.

Do you think? I still find Heart (sadly) stronger than Original coming down the M3 and all the way to Festival Place car park in the town centre!

I find the Solent stations come in best around the A30 turn when the London signals start fading

80sfan · 15-05-2007, 13:52

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Originally Posted by swells

Century 106 (ironically now Heart) put paid to that, but it still goes a fair way up the M1.

And down the M1 too... it's not uncommon to pick up 106 around Luton way!

I've listened to Heart 106.2 as far out as Ashford in Kent too, just before French radio drowns it out (106.2 is also France Bleu Nord from Calais)

adam92 · 15-05-2007, 14:56

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Originally Posted by 80sfan

And down the M1 too... it's not uncommon to pick up 106 around Luton way!

I've listened to Heart 106.2 as far out as Ashford in Kent too, just before French radio drowns it out (106.2 is also France Bleu Nord from Calais)

If you go down the A2 just pased Faverham you loose heart, again the french station gets much stronger.

15-05-2007, 16:20

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Originally Posted by 80sfan

I've listened to Heart 106.2 as far out as Ashford in Kent too, just before French radio drowns it out (106.2 is also France Bleu Nord from Calais)

Yes, that's the real issue in 'how far'- co channel stations.

Very few stations nowadays have a clear channel to go as far as the signal would 'naturally'

105.1 Galaxy Emley Moor was one of the last, getting pretty much into the northern suburbs of Birmingham before you lost it on the car radio.

Powerplay · 16-05-2007, 08:18

I can hear Heart on 106.25 in Bournemouth at the side of Original 106, but only on my tuner at home with my Triax aerial. Its there all the time but not really listenable unless there are tropo conditions running towards London. BBC London 94.9 comes through all the time down here and sometimes Capital. On high ground around here I can hear the London FM stations in the car, but not in the town.

broonale · 16-05-2007, 08:27

Well I may or may not have put this one in the atmospherics thread but I have once had this here in Newcastle but 106.2 is usually occupied by Real Radio Yorks. On another London freq. I did manage Virgin 105.8 a few years ago. But that was during a large tropo opening into Europe, so doesn't really count.

jwhittred · 18-05-2007, 13:35

I can get in Cambridgeshire on DAB. Arqiva are doing test transmissions from Madingley for DMD on 10C, both Heart 106.2 and 100.7 are on the MUX.

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pyphon Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Teesside Services: D CAB V+, 20MB B/BAND / DVB TV / DAB: Pure Digital DRX-702ES / ntl: fm Posts: 2,530	in the north east via virgin

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The_First_Tiger Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Loughborough Services: NTL, Yaesu FT-100 Posts: 766	Is this the start of the 'How far does station X travel?' season?

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vinnielo Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South East England Services: FTA: 28.2, 19.2, 13, London DTT, TV->PC capture, 2Mb fibre. London/S&C DAB Posts: 3,887	On Freeview in Hertfordshire.

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richie wild Forum Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: wirral Services: rai/mediaset, la7, AB3, TNT SAT, ABSat, Ant 1, sky, freeview, TiVo, dab Posts: 6,094	on FM in Chinnor (near Princes Risborough) and almost the entire journey through Thame, into Oxford - on a good tranny, top deck of the bus.

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Rakim Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 761	You can hear Heart 106.2 near Cambridge, although there are probs at times, when travelling on the M11, with adjacent channel interference from Kiss on 106.4 (Mendlesham). Of course also on Sky Digital 0124, Virgin Media, Freeview and online, at http://www.heart1062.co.uk/heart1062

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THE MIXER Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Coventry Bus Station Posts: 1,338	You can pick it up clearly more often than not in Ely on 106.2 fm

15-05-2007, 07:19	#15
JERRY HIPKISS Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cheltenham, Glos. Posts: 187	Any kind of lift and 106.2 is one of the usual suspects here in Cheltenham...and it's Wold, not Wolds, you furriner! Us Glawstershire people get picky about that!

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adam92 Forum Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Surrey Services: Sky, Freeview, DAB Posts: 24	A few years ago maybe in 2003 i could pick nearley every single radio station including Heart crystal clear, virgin etc... this was on top of a steep hill with 2 houses on the top!

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Powerplay Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 20 miles N.W. of London, UK Services: Broadband, Sony ST-SB920 Tuner, MW loop, Digital TV Posts: 2,381	I can hear Heart on 106.25 in Bournemouth at the side of Original 106, but only on my tuner at home with my Triax aerial. Its there all the time but not really listenable unless there are tropo conditions running towards London. BBC London 94.9 comes through all the time down here and sometimes Capital. On high ground around here I can hear the London FM stations in the car, but not in the town.

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broonale Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: 54.98N 1.6W Services: VM XLTV, LBB, M phone, 3 cont, WinXP & Vista & the #12 bus home. Posts: 4,015	Well I may or may not have put this one in the atmospherics thread but I have once had this here in Newcastle but 106.2 is usually occupied by Real Radio Yorks. On another London freq. I did manage Virgin 105.8 a few years ago. But that was during a large tropo opening into Europe, so doesn't really count.

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jwhittred Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: East Anglia Services: Sky Digital, Freeview, BT Broadband, The Bug & in car DAB Posts: 289	I can get in Cambridgeshire on DAB. Arqiva are doing test transmissions from Madingley for DMD on 10C, both Heart 106.2 and 100.7 are on the MUX.