Was informed there is a tropo - Mates in Darwin are picking up far north QLD on the CB, FM and 27mhz.
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Located in Dalyellup. Coastal, not the highest part of town. Although hight doesn’t seam to be a big factor.
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Have heard this phenomenon. This old article is one of the few I can find on the interweb about west coast ducting. http://internal.physics.uwa.edu.au/~agm/tropo.html
Must get a uhf rig set up!
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That’s Tony Mann’s page-he’s pretty much the only hard core DX enthusiast in WA. And yes, he’s received Indonesian tropo on both FM and UHF TV!
IIRC, motorised vehicles are totally banned on Rottnest, probably due to the quokka population. It would still be worth taking a Tecsun PL-390 out there during intense tropo.
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Anyone know what power 3GG is running? It pretty much covers the whole state these days.
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Licensed for 5kW DA. Search legislation.gov.au for the Warragul LAP to see the theoretical output. Contact the station itself for details on what is really going out.
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3GG can also be heard into Northern Tasmania during the day. After 7BU vacates the 558AM frequency after it converts to FM, 3GG would have a clearer signal into that part of the world.
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7BU is moving? Crap. It’s the strongest Tassie signal I can pick up here in Melbourne.
7AD and 7BU are converting to FM
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3GG must have a sharp null to the NE to protect 2PM Kempsey because it’s a tough catch in Sydney at night. Once you get further south e.g. Cooma, 3GG can be heard quite well.
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I went Oran Park yesterday. I forgot how far south it was! I was surprised how good SWR was given the restricted power southward. Dab was reasonable, better than parks of Kellyville. I wonder if it is Mt Badgelly coming in.
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What’s at that site?
I’ve never heard of it.
There’s meant to be an infill DAB site there. I’m assuming the site is near Badgally Road. TV_Expert probably knows the exact location.
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The DAB+ infill at Badgally Hill is located next to St Gregorys College approx 4km NW of Campbelltown. At its base height, Badgally Hill is located approx 195m ASL & its tower can be seen across much of Campbelltown & Narellan areas.
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Some enhancement from just across the border tonight with ZZZ being heard on 100.9 (instead of the usual ABC Wide Bay RN). ABC Mt Nardi stations also stronger than usual.
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2XL 918khz was off air this morning - received National radio Nelson 918khz as well as Southern Star on both 900 & 909khz
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Had some great MWDX from WA this morning
1080 6IX Perth - https://youtu.be/stUIljfdQy0
1152 Manjimup
1269 Brusselton
1512 Morawa
648 Esperence
747 Esperence
783 Albany
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A bit of tropo around this morning at my location in Stanhope Gardens.
It has allowed me to receive the Newcastle commercial fm’s in stereo.
By the way Hit 106.9 was playing Thunderstruck by AC/DC, as mentioned in the carn’t believe they are playing that thread.
2BS in at moderate strength and Eagle Fm from Goulburn also in stereo, this is through the hifi connected to outdoor fm Omni antenna.
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They’re great catches!
Also noticing a bit of tropo here, the most noticeable being Rhema FM Taree dominating KIIS in some parts of Newcastle on the car radio.
Whilst in my suburb, KIIS dominates, but Rhema interferes in parts, and I’m not getting any RDS at all from KIIS. This is not helped by the fact that KIIS appears to be broadcasting from the weaker Gore Hill site of late.
Up at Braye Park lookout, also received 2WAY Port Macquarie, but 93.5 was Eagle FM Goulburn. 92.7 SKY Port Macquarie also present.
100.7 and 102.3 was strong enough to be detected via seek tuning, with song info on RDS. Though 102.3’s info was stuck on a Yungblud song. 100.7’s was working fine though.
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correction - 648khz = Kalgoorlie not Esperance. I also thought 1512khz was supposed to have converted to FM. What happened there?
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I find KIIS 106.5 the weakest of the high power Sydney stations down here. Needs a good tropo lift to hear over Cooma 106.5 (still stuck on VAST ch800 music after 3 years & counting…)
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