Appropriate given that we’re entering the soggy season for the South Wet Land Division.
Next to no chance of getting it over east, particularly with 2AY in the way and on roughly the same bearing from here. 756 hasn’t been logged in Cooma with a long wire yet; it too has to overcome a station from Legends, Wine and High Country in the form of 3RN Wangaratta.
And 756 6TZ is only 2kw… 558 6WA is the only WA station I’ve logged in NSW, and it’s a litte further east and has 50,000 watts in its arsenal to help it across the Nullarbor.
Along with 6WA I can often hear 6NA Narrogin and sometimes 6VA Albany. 6RN Wagin can also be heard on 1296 mixing with Brisbane. I used to hear 1512 Morawa.
Surprisingly we logged 6PR and 6IX very clearly from Cairns:
Sounds like 2ST may have their new transmitter up and running. Flat conditions tropo wise, weak mono, but well above the noise floor. Previously below the noise floor.
Also stronger on the car too.
I know B105 has a higher antenna height than the other commercials / Community stations, but this doesn’t explain why the others are better towards the Gold Coast v Sunshine Coast.
Is there a clearer path to north then south from the 10 tower?
I cannot work it out either.
B105 should be the strongest commercial fm north and south.
When I was at Coffs Harbour KIIS 97.3 was the best of the Brisbane fm stations received. B105 and Triple M weren’t receivable at all. The Brisbane national fm stations which have the highest ERP could not be received either on the car radio which also doesn’t make sense.
Sydney is very simple, the 150KW DA commercial fm stations with the highest antenna height travel the furthest in all directions.
The only slightly odd exception is Smooth and Nova at Gore Hill, lower then Artarmon in elevation and antenna height but in some places gets out much better.
Unlike Sydney where the main commercial FM antennas at both sites are 4 sided panel antennas so radiate roughly the same in each direction, I’m pretty sure the Brisbane FM antennas for the commercial stations are side-mount arrays, with the SCA antenna at the TXA T-Site being on the North Easterly tower leg I think, & the Nova antennas on the BAI tower being on the South Easterly tower leg, therefore the tower (behind the antennas), will both inhibit & enhance the radiation pattern in certain different directions.
I can actually go one better, I’ve looked up my photos from when I was last up in Brisbane, BAI Site, antennas from the top are UHF (no longer used), VHF Channel 12, old VHF Ch.2 (no longer used), Nationals FM, Nova FM & the triangular shaped antennas lower down the tower are the original Nationals ABC Classic FM antennas.