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There actually are tourist hot spots in Glasgow. City of Culture once. Host to the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

I've been playing with DAB for a while now.

I bought a Pure Highway dab for my 2008 GTR and had some good results at the start. The unit is heave in AA batteries, when using the 12v adapter I got some mild engine interference. It came with an Ariel which was stuck on to the windscreen (it wont get a signal without the ariel. I found the controls of the Pure Highway awkward particularly trying to change the volume. When I changed my bike in March to a 2011 model I list the windscreen ariel.

I bought a PPM001 ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/GMYLE-PPM001-Portable-Radio-Player/dp/B00842ECAA ) which is a great wee DAB radio, has its own built in rechargeable batteries via a micro USB connection. It gets a signal intermittently on the GTR connected via my Autocom Aux lead. These portable DAB radios seem to use the headphones and your body as the areal. No external radio connection. I also tried extending the Aux lead and putting the radio in my inner jacket pocket.

I went back to the Pure Highway and bought an external magmount ariel for it. ( http://www.pure.com/products/accessory.asp?Product=VL-61112 ) still a very intermittent signal, with less signal the closer I get into Glasgow.

I see that Garmin are now producing a Sat Nav with DAB TV and radio build in, may take a while to hit the Zumo though.