Another AM bandscan. This time at Red Beach, Bribie Island. South facing right across Moreton Bay. Today just after 2pm using the Digitech Tuner and PK loop.
531 Super Radio Mid North Coast Kempsey NSW
549 ABC Central West Cumnock NSW
558 4GY Gympie
585 2WEB Bourke NSW
612 ABC Radio Brisbane Brisbane
693 4KQ Brisbane
720 ABC North Coast Murwillumbah NSW
738 ABC North Coast Grafton NSW
747 ABC Southern Queensland Toowoomba
792 RN Brisbane
819 ABC New England North West Glen Innes NSW
855 ABC Wide Bay Pialba
864 Triple M Toowoomba
882 4BH Brisbane
900 2LM Lismore NSW
936 ABC NewsRadio Brisbane
963 4WK Warwick
972 Radio 97 Murwillumbah NSW
1008 RadioTAB Brisbane
1053 SEN Track Brisbane
1071 4SB Kingaroy
1116 4BC Brisbane
1197 Switch 1197 Brisbane
1242 4AK Oakey
1296 4RPH Brisbane
1440 SBS Radio Canberra ACT
1458 ABC NewsRadio Newcastle NSW
1476 4ZR Roma
1512 RN Newcastle NSW
1530 2VM Moree NSW
1539 SEN Track Sydney NSW
1548 ABC Capricornia Emerald
1557 2RE Taree NSW
1566 ABC Wide Bay Gympie
1593 Sky Sports Radio Murwillumbah NSW
Quite incredible to receive Canberra and Sydney Am in the daytime in Brisbane. Mid Winter residual sky waves at their best!!!
For me 1566 3NE is my longest range Am catch, it is just receivable during the middle of the day in mid winter.
639 2HC Coffs must get out poorly to the north, given the more distant 531 2PM is available via pure groundwave. I have received 2HC quite clearly from Tuross Head during the daytime (Long Jaws was on), so the groundwave coverage is much better to the south.
Another target to try would be 3KND Melbourne on 1503.
Yes, come to think of it I donât think I can receive 531 during the day with the loop down on the South Coast. Might take a trip to the coast soon to see what I can receive in the middle of the day.
Hey folks, my first dxing time this morning. The following being received in Brisbane on a 5way antenna system with 20db amplifier
88.9 beeeze Canungra
89.1 hit89.1
90.9 hit90.9
91.7 abc gc
91.9 sea fm sunny coast
92.3 no idea - playing dance
92.5 mmm gc
92.7 mix fm sunny coast
92.9 no idea but religious
93.1 sounded like the hit log. Weak
93.5 partial rds decode E F - no idea
93.7 rebel Canungra
94.1 94.1gc
94.5 an abc local by the sound-weak
94.9 river 94.9
95.1 have no idea- weak but was playing Biebers holy
95.3 classic fm probs northern nsw
95.5 playing same Bieber track
95.7 news radio go
95.9 rock music - no rds
96.1 triple j relay. Nnsw I think
96.5 brisbane family
96.9 a rn relay maybe
97.1 rock music again no rds decode
97.3 97.3 brisbane
97.7 triple j go
97.9 same rock song as 97.1 but very weak
98.1 4 EB
98.5 news radio from somewhere
98.9 4aaa with annoying ps display
99.1 sounded like hit log
99.4 rebel go
99.7 Redcliffe radio not sure name these days
100.1 sounded like abc local
100.3 bay fm
100.7 hit Toowoomba
101.1 Logan fm
101.7 weak WSFM Sydney - online stream match
102.1 4ZZZ
102.3 very weak possibly mmm Townsville
102.9 hot tomato
103.1 weak - again maybe hit townsville
103.7 4mbs
104.1 2 stations fading over each other. Sounded like lawsy maybe and some 80s mixing
104.5 triple m brisbane with mixing effects of Star 104.5.
104.7 two stations mixing sounded like 80s and new stuff together got a partial decode of Hi so guessing maybe hit Canberra
104.9 weak rock music assume mmm syd
105.1 very weak but made out Ac/dc
105.3 b105
105.5 hit 105.5 Coffs I think
105.7 metro
106.1 classic
106.3 some weird talk show
106.9 nova
107.1 weak pop music
107.3 juice fm gc with some classical fading in
107.7 triple j brisbane with some weird static artefacts fading in sounded like rock music.
92.3 no idea - playing dance â Is usually ABC from Grafton/Kempsey or KIX from Wide Bay
92.9 no idea but religious Toowoomba Christian
93.1 sounded like the hit log. Weak Bundaberg Hit
94.5 an abc local by the sound-weak Mt Nardi Richmond/Tweed
95.1 have no idea- weak but was playing Biebers holy Usually GEM Inverell
95.3 classic fm probs northern nsw Mt Nardi Richmond/Tweed
96.1 triple j relay. Nnsw I think Mt Nardi Richmond/Tweed
96.9 a rn relay maybe Mt Nardi Richmond/Tweed
98.5 news radio from somewhere Wide Bay
99.1 sounded like hit log Usually Mt Dowe ABC
100.1 sounded like abc local Wide Bay
104.1 2 stations fading over each other. Sounded like lawsy maybe and some 80s mixing 2MW relay + JJJ Toowoomba
104.7 two stations mixing sounded like 80s and new stuff together got a partial decode of Hi so guessing maybe hit Canberra Could be Grafton 104.7
104.9 weak rock music assume mmm syd Could be Sunshine FM Sunny coast
Thank you @TV.Cynic - Ive amended my book, for reference these were done at Caxton Street, Paddington/City - on a Denon DN300DH, this is really a fun hobby, canât believe i never tried this!
Going by the Hepburn charts minimal tropo over NSW and SE QLD so would be SpE reception, but I would have thought the distance was to short for SpE reception between Sydney / Central Coast and Brisbane.
Quite unusual for so much SpE at this time of the year, normally late December our peak time.
We in Sydney had the Tasmanian Eâs opening on Tuesday afternoon.
Short Hop E-Skip. I guess it got on top of Triple M over there.
Speaking of which. I wonder if Brisbane Triple J listeners heard a particular Gosford station known as Triple M interfering with their hipster music?
I did notice during my time on the gold coast, that at least South of The Southern Edge of Nth Stradbroke Island, DXing in the Gold Coast region is quite good, I was able to get FM as far south as coffs and as far north as Bundaberg. AM I was able to get 4CA 846 from Cairns and while up in Cairns I was able to reverse that and get 4KQ from Brisbane. Didnât do much during the Day⌠Youâll have no problems with DAB as far south as Tweed Heads. Although it can be a little patchy cruising on the Pacific Motorway between Helensvale and Tweed. I hope this helps you and good luck with your future DXing
4CA Cairns is a hard one to get; it may be directional to minimise interference to Canberra? I never heard a peep out of it in Sydney. 846 Canberra may require protection as a âflagshipâ ABC station, even though it is more likely to interfere with 4CA than the other way around.
Mountain terrain south of Cairns could be part of the reason too. And the antenna height of the Cairns commercial FM stations at Mt Yarrabah is only 10 metres above the ground. Using Triple M Cairns, here is the antenna pattern.
|0°T - 170°T|1 kW|
|170°T - 230°T|4 kW|
|230°T - 260°T|5 kW|
|260°T - 320°T|10 kW|
|320°T - 360°T|1 kW|
The Cairns commercials are also tough to get via Es. Generally the Bellenden Ker ABCs have to be blasting in. Itâs easier to hear stuff like 96.7 Black Star from Atherton.
They would be a little easier to hear in Victoria, away from the Melbourne stations. Remember Cairns is just about as far west as Melbourne is.
