I don't know much about digital radio but I'm a keen listener to BBC Radio 7 which is "Digital-only" and until now I've listened via Freeview channel 708, either through television or by connecting the Freeview box sound to the hi-fi with the TV off.

I'd like to get a portable DAB radio - I might even try other channels and catch Radio 6 Music and Asian network before they disappear. I understand DAB reception is patchy nationally and a lot of people aren't all that happy with it where they live. I know there are reception information websites but I doubt the information is very localised because the Freeview one told me I wouldn't get Freeview here but when I tried it, I could.

I'd like to know from your experience what the DAB radio reception is like in Corfe Mullen and whether you use a DAB portable quite happily or hi-fi with a special ariel and whether it depends where you live in the village.