Yes, local content that I’ve heard out of Bunbury and Geraldton sound fine. Possibly indicates the bottleneck is in the satellite feed. Networked programming is easily identified by its audio quality even on my local 621am Spirit.
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That’s a new one for me. How’s the access road?
It’s just north of Little Forest where 106.7 2ST/t transmits from. Was there any overload from it? 99.7 2UUU/t also used to tx from there but are now down at the Ulladulla water tower; coverage has suffered as a result.
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It’s a bit of a mixed bag, to be honest. The first 2-3kms of Porters Creek Road (which starts from the Highway) is of a reasonable standard, but it gradually deteriorates for the remainder of the 10kms. Parts of the road are unsealed. I actually took the photo above just a few hundred metres away from the Pointer Gap Lookout carpark and that’s not even the worst of the road.
If you do decide to drive up to Pointer Gap Lookout one day, take a lot of precaution. I can’t stress that enough. The road itself is only just wide enough for one car for most of it’s length and there are a few blind corners near the summit, so be prepared to pull over to the side if you have to. I nearly had a head-on with a d***head Ute driver which was speeding around a corner and didn’t leave enough room for me to stop/pass them. Very few people drive along the road though (that ute was the only car I passed), so you should be fine.
Also, the road is signposted as 80 km/h, but there’s absolutely no way you could travel that fast along most of it’s length. I was doing just over 10 km/h over some of the unsealed sections! The road is doable in a 2WD drive (my poor 2002 Nissan Pulsar was really put through it’s paces earlier today, lol), just as long as you drive to the conditions and take your time driving up there.
To be honest, I actually didn’t check to see what the reception of 106.7 2ST was like while I was up there, which is something that I regret not doing. I wish I had of done a proper FM DX while I was at the lookout. That said, I actually recorded the signal strength of 2GO and Move FM on my phone, so I might share/upload those files at some point.
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I’ve been on similar roads before and yes, the “weekend warriors” in their 4WDs/utes think they own the road and bugger anyone else. It’s probably popular with the Ulladulla yoof who want a bit of alone time with their significant other, too 
The top of Pigeon House Mountain would be interesting too, though you’d be limited to a portable such as the Tecsun PL-390.
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Bunbury is still on AM so you can’t tell the difference between local and network feeds.
Port Hedland has moved to FM so you’ll definitely be able the hear the change in quality between local and network feeds.
Geraldton is most noticeable. They have nice local processing then it changes to the horrible audio once they’re on satellite.
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reception last night of Fiji on 558khz - https://youtu.be/sxIuNAa9s1E
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more MWDX last night
1575 Thailand - https://youtu.be/7RsSPhyCpV8
1377 Japan or Korea - https://youtu.be/VCGx1CCTxpY
747 6SE - https://youtu.be/aF4qKHYf_9g
558 R.Sport -https://youtu.be/9kfMCKLLeoA
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It’s Taiwanese accent, sounds like Mandarin.
funny, it didn’t sound like Mandarin to me. Maybe it Cantonese
I was awake in the early hours this morning and had 558 Radio Sport (American accented talk) along with ABC Local Radio and 4GY. The ABC Local Radio tx was //eastern states, i.e. not on WA time. The signal faded before the weather so I couldn’t tell if WA towns were mentioned.
I did pick up a 3LO spur a couple of years ago on 558. Can anyone in Melbourne hear anything on 558 during the day?
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Perhaps ABC Local Radio WA takes an eastern states live program during the early hours?
I think you’re right- if you have a look at this schedule for ABC Great Southern, the ‘Overnights’ program finishes at 0300 WST (0600 AEDT). I would have thought they’d delay programming for WA listeners.
I was tuning in at 0300 AEDT/0000 WST. The ‘Overnights’ program starts as early as 2300 WST.
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It does. That way listeners in WA can join call-ins for competitions and general talk.
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Noted Mix 106.3, Hit 104.7 & Triple J 101.5 all went off the air this morning before I went off to work. Heard weak Newsradio 106.3 Coonie via AS & briefly, a weak station playing Jazz music on 104.7 (aimed northward direction) popped up. Nothing was heard on 101.5.
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Not sure who this would be- did you aim south to rule out 2SEA Eden? The other likely target would be 2BOB Taree but tropo conditions are probably too poor for that.
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I didn’t have time & it was still dark outside. Given 2SEA is likely V pol, I would hear it off direction on my H pol mounted yagi. Reception lasted less than 1min. Tropo was poor so unlikely 2BOB.
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1530 2VM is coming in nice and clear into Melbourne tonight.
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I note the high antennas there, one is presumably to get the NOW FM output to Mt Dowe, do you know what the other high antenna is for, is that for 2VM even though it’s only on the edge of town?
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@hatdj- do you know what 2VM stands for by any chance? The initials of the founder, perhaps?