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What Causes Bad Reception and Signal Failure?

Simon Gosby, the man in charge of FM Transmitters reveals the weird ways in which your signal can fail. Plus the producers of Ocean Stories tell us why it is so important.

Over To You receives more emails and calls about bad reception and signal failure than any other complaint. We find out why it happens and what the BBC World Service is doing about it. Rajan Datar speaks to Simon Gosby who is in charge of engineering for FM Transmitters around the world.

Also, a mini-series from the Compass – Ocean Stories – has you thinking about what the seas mean to you. Producers Maggie Ayre and Alastair Cross explain why they believe this series can make a difference.

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Mon 11 Dec 201706:50GMT
BBC World Service South Asia

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