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Reception Advice
This section has been designed to help you improve reception of The Severn in weak signal areas.

The Severn Shrewsbury broadcasts live across Shrewsbury and Central Shropshire on 106.5 FM. The Shrewsbury transmitter is located at the Shelton Water Tower in Shrewsbury.

The Severn Oswestry broadcasts live across Oswestry and North Shropshire on 107.1 FM. The Oswestry transmitter is located at Sellatyn, near Oswestry.

If you are any distance away from our transmitter reception can be improved using the following methods:

Improving Reception on your Hi-Fi
Most Hi-Fi units bought these days are packed with a basic wire or T-shaped ribbon antenna. If you have this style of aerial try moving it around the room to improve reception.

Your Hi-Fi may also have an external aerial socket on the back of the unit, this will allow you to plug in an outdoor antenna in the same way as your TV antenna goes into the back of your digibox/tv.

Any outdoor aerial will reduce interference and improve the signal strength vastly. There are various types of antenna available and your best to speak to a verified antenna installer when choosing the correct one to use.

Improving Reception on your Portable Radio
Portable radio's are mostly always supplied with telescopic aerial, to get the best reception always make sure that its fully extended and try adjusting its position by tilting and swiveling the aerial around until you get the best signal.

You can also try moving the radio around the room as FM radio reception varies greatly over short distances, even a few feet or centimetres can make a great difference.

Positioning your radio by a window can also improve reception of 106.5 The Severn. If this does not work try switching your radio to mono.

Improving Reception on Personal Stereos
Personal stereos and radios built into mobile phones often use the headphone lead as an aerial, to get the best reception make sure this is unwound fully.

Improving Reception in your Car
When listening to The Severn your car, you are probably constantly moving in and out of weak and strong signal area's due to the landscape and buildings blocking our signal. Most car radio's will automatically switch to mono and filter out high frequencies when the signal is weak in order to eliminate background hiss.

If your car radio has an AF or TP function we recommend you turn this off when listening to The Severn at a distance from our transmitter. This can cause your radio to look for a better signal when the current one becomes too weak.