Basingstoke DAB are currently in discussion with prospective landlords, and have been visiting a number of sites in the area to see if we can obtain a suitable location to house the Small-Scale DAB antenna and equipment.
We’re working very closely with Rash Mustafa MBE, (former Ofcom engineer and pioneer of Small-Scale DAB – now CTO of digris), to produce the coverage prediction maps for prospective sites and model different antenna and transmitter configurations. This will allow us to ascertain which site is best suited to SS-DAB, and can provide the best signal coverage across Basingstoke, at which point we can then discuss this further with the proespective landlors early in the New Year.
We hope to have secured a viable site and submitted new technical plans to Ofcom by mid-January 2024.