6iX Perth

dxer2_2000 · April 10, 2019, 2:19am

was nice to receive 6IX a couple of times here from NSW during March on 1080AM but I can stream 6IX via my Marantz NA-8005 HiFi streamer.

crankymedia · April 10, 2019, 5:28am

Gary will see to that. 96 will pull 94.5 much closer to the pack.

Bergoine · October 31, 2019, 4:35am

I wish ARN owned 6IX. It would complement 4KQ and Cruise. I know they can’t because they own half of Nova Perth. Perhaps Nova Ent could buy the other half of Nova 937 and ARN buy the other half 97.3 Brisbane to make up for it. 96FM and 6IX as one group would be pretty powerful against SCA.

littlegezzybear · October 31, 2019, 4:45am

50% of the profits of Nova 937 would more than 100% of the profits of 6iX, I think. Which is probably why ARN haven’t done anything about it.

Brianc68 · October 31, 2019, 5:00am

Yes but don’t forget they’re losing 50% of the profits on 97.3 which I would think might be more than 50% of Nova 93.7, or at least equivalent.

Personally (selfishly) I wish NE would buy out ARN on 97.3. I reckon they’d improve 97.3

I wouldn’t want to lose 4KQ though

TV-Expert · November 1, 2019, 2:47am

6iX are doing a “Sizzling 70s” weekend this weekend, starting from 9am AWST tomorrow (Saturday 2nd November). Unsure if this also applies to 2CA though (usually it does though).

On another note, I’ve noticed that 6iX’s 105.7 translators feeds its signal off its DAB+ service, in which there’s a half-second delay between DAB+ & FM. The 1080AM signal is well ahead of both DAB+ & FM, time wise.

Laoma · November 1, 2019, 2:50am

How does 6IX sound quality on DAB? Not as good as 2CH? I think its only 48k?

Also I know 105.7 FM is to the north of Perth and the south on the same freq. Does it interfere with each other?

TV-Expert · November 1, 2019, 3:08am

Correct, it’s only 48k.

I don’t think so.

Radiohead · November 1, 2019, 4:13am

That’s being a bit cheap using a 48k DAB feed.

Even when I was there in 2007 before DAB started, they used to have a proper stereo feed.

I can only think the ongoing cost of keeping that was more expensive than using DAB.

crankymedia · November 1, 2019, 5:23am

Kev and Janet are the kings and queens of cost control.

Mechsta · November 1, 2019, 7:49am

Either they use highly directional antennas or it’s a synchronous transmission, like they use in Wellington NZ.

In 2018, the Wanneroo translator was fed by the DAB+ signal. Beforehand, it was done by a dedicated landline.

webguy · November 1, 2019, 8:11am

When they were located in the Fairfax building they had a 850mHz STL link to each of the translators. It probably became easier and cheaper to switch to DAB+ than setup new links when they moved to Osborne Park.

There’s quiet a gap close to the center of Perth where there’s no reception from either translator, so they wouldn’t interfere with each other much.

dxnerd · November 1, 2019, 11:35am

Appropriate, since anything in the 70s (Fahrenheit) would be sizzling for denizens of Perth at the moment.

TV-Expert · February 26, 2020, 6:43am

6iX’s Wanneroo FM translator has been knocked out after it was hit by lightning during thunderstorms that went through Perth yesterday (Tuesday 25th February).

crankymedia · February 27, 2020, 8:09am

You have a photo of it intact from driving by I recall?

This is why you can’t hear us on 105.7FM in the Northern Suburbs.

Remarkably ill informed comments on the Facebook link, most are way off the mark.

TV-Expert · February 27, 2020, 8:18am

No, that was a photo of the DAB+ infill for Perth’s Northern Beaches in Mindarie.

Here’s a Street View image of the transmitter, taken last September.

dxnerd · February 28, 2020, 1:44am

@crankymedia not executing a Socratic question- one for the archives. Of course Socrates didn’t know the answer to most of the questions he posed

crankymedia · February 29, 2020, 8:43am

Thanks, I couldn’t remember and was on a mobile device, more difficult to search.

Very funny @dxnerd, I honestly didn’t know that one.

crankymedia · March 19, 2020, 2:29am

The coverage on 621 would be better within its licence area than 1080 could ever hope for in Perth.

Listeners don’t like flicking even if the outer areas on FM, the AM is too weak beyond the FM coverage, they should’ve gone for 10kW like PR.

PS. can someone put this in the 6IX thread? Just realised it’s more them than Croc

TV-Expert · April 29, 2020, 1:38am

Part of the reason for it is due to the fact that ground conductivity in Perth is poor for AM propagation, due to the sandy soil draining moisture. This is why they, along with the other AM stations, are pushing for a FM conversion.

If 6iX are to convert to FM in the future, I could see Capital/Grant selling it to Nova Ent, who would then relaunch it as Smooth.