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Radio reception in France /Holland/Belgium

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Seabright · 07/11/2011 10:51

Hello,
We are going to be spending a year travelling around France, Holland and Belgium by boat, so am working out what to store and what to take. Question of the day is - do UK digital radio's work in Europe?

I realise picking up Radio 4 probably isn't going to happen (sob!) but I love World Service too.

Any ideas?

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DoctorGilbertson · 07/11/2011 21:00

I live in argentina and have a wifi radio and I love it so much.

www.amazon.co.uk/PURE-Flow-Portable-Internet-Radio/dp/B004E9SLOK/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1320699503&sr=8-8

I see that it is full of "not outside the UK" doom and gloom but we just used an adaptor with the plug and it is fine.

it connects to our house wifi

DoctorGilbertson · 07/11/2011 21:00

ah. boat. less likely to have wifi.

frenchfancy · 08/11/2011 08:20

Digital radio has hit france yet that I know of. You would be better off with a good ordinary radio, that way you should be able to get radio 4 on LW as well as all the French stations.

frenchfancy · 08/11/2011 08:20

Sorry hasN'T

complexnumber · 08/11/2011 11:21

Will you be able to stop at an Internet cafe every few days to download a few R4 Podcasts, just to keep you going.
www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts

You can get a heck of a lot of the (well, my) favourites, and if the cafe's internet speed is up to scratch, you could have several hours worth of listening in about 20 mins.

You could een start building up a collection of them now before you go, I must have several days worth of From Our Own Correspondent, and The News Quiz.

Sounds like a fantastic way to spend a year, hae fun.

Seabright · 08/11/2011 18:48

Yes, making a cup of coffee last a while whilst using McDonalds free wifi is part of the plan, but as space will be very limited didn't want to take my digital radio if it wouldn't work

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