Well done! That sounds like it’s being helped by aircraft scatter.
I had something fade up this morning (just before 9) on 95.5 Schofields Rd Tallawong playing Sister Sledge we are family. Maybe a first catch of 2TM
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2BS Sofala strong into Bywong this morning on 90.1, so they’ve obviously fixed it. Nothing on 88.1 or 89.3. Also fair 2MG 97.1 with Supernetwork crap.
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Really strong tropo continuing from the NW.
Triple G Gunnedah 97.5:
Now FM Moree 98.3:
Also got Sky on 95.9, as well as both Armidale and Tamworth ABC stations. 103.9 seemed to be ABC Local - maybe from Moolarben Coal Mine?
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Down in Sydney on my road trip to VIC
Had good tropo in the car on the way down with the CW Slopes ABCs heard in a few spots like Swansea and at Cowan. 102.3 and 105.5 were the strongest.
Heard ABC News Canberra a few times between Gosford and Sydney.
And NW Slopes ABCs were heard a few times too, right near home and at Doyalson and Wahroonga, 96.7 waa the strongest.
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Another day with lots of catches today. Upper Namoi services were the strongest I’ve ever seen since I put my current setup up, with Triple G, Now FM and Sky Racing coming in. The ABC services on 99.1 and 100.7 even managed to come in over the top of local stations.
Central Western Slopes (Mount Cenn Cruaich) were also particularly strong, coming on top of local services on 107.1 and 107.9.
Armidale and Tamworth also in – usually rare catches at my location. Rarest of all was probably ABC Local on 103.9 (Moolarben Coal Mine seems to be the only match for this?)
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Amazing!
And wow!
I was going to say whilst I was out driving early this evening I was amazed at the coverage of stations I was hearing from Eden up to Coffs & quite reasonable reception of the Central Western Slopes ABC’ers. The standout for me was the strength of the ABC Upper Namoi services with ABC Classic sounding as though it was a local station in high parts of the city.
My surprise catch was 98.7 Kandos Community Radio over ABC Classic Manning River over on the Sydney coast.
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Wow- what a catch as that’s very low powered. Any sign of the Rebel on 107.5 from out that way, or was that frequency swamped by Orange? That 103.9 barely gets to Gulgong in normal conditions.
Harry High Pressure is finally moving on tomorrow, taking its -8C mornings and tropo with it. Strong westerlies with a frontal stream are predicted before Harry moves in again at the end of the week. This has been an astoundingly strong high pressure system for June. Climate change may be good for tropo as we get more and more strong blocking highs like this.
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As the darkest day of winter arrives, it was time once again to do some more AM DXing while out of town. Not a whole lot more than what I normally get but with a lot stronger signals.
531 3GG, Gippsland VIC - good to strong
576 ABC RN, Sydney NSW - good
585 2WEB, Wilcania NSW - good
612 ABC Brisbane - good
693 3AW, Melbourne VIC - weak, CCI with UNID station
702 ABC Sydney - good
711 ABC Western Queensland - fair
738 ABC North Coast, Grafton NSW - good
747 ABC Darling Downs, Toowoomba QLD - good
765 5CS, Port Lincoln SA - weak
792 ABC Radio National Brisbane - fair
801 SEN Gosford - good (in null of 5RM)
810 ABC South East NSW, Bega NSW - fair
819 ABC New England, Glen Innes NSW - good
828 ABC Gippsland, Sale VIC - weak to fair
846 ABC Radio National Canberra - strong
855 3CR, Melbourne VIC - fair
864 Triple M Darling Downs - fair, CCI from UNID station
873 2GB, Sydney NSW - good
882 Unknown, were playing same stream as 2GB
900 2LT, Lithgow NSW - strong
918 4VL, Charleville QLD - strong
927 RSN Melbourne - weak
936 ABC Radio Hobart - strong
945 SEN ??? - good
954 2UE, Sydney NSW - good
981 2NM, Muswellbrook NSW - fair with CCI
1026 ABC News Radio Melbourne - weak
1035 SBS Radio Wollongong - strong
1044 5CS, Port Pirie SA - weak
1053 2CA Canberra - good
1071 Gold Central Victoria, Bendigo VIC - good (audible during the day currently)
1080 2MO, Gunnedah NSW - good
1098 4LG, Longreach QLD - good
1107 SBS Radio Sydney - good
1116 SEN Melbourne - fair
1125 1RPH, Canberra ACT - good
1134 3CS, Colac VIC - fair, some CCI
1143 2HD, Newcastle NSW - good
1152 Triple M Riverina, Wagga Wagga NSW - good
1161 ABC South East SA, Naracoorte SA - weak, strong CCI
1170 SEN Sydney - strong
1179 Vision Australia Radio Melbourne - fair
1188 2NZ, Inverell NSW - strong
1197 Vision Australia Radio Adelaide - good
1206 2CC, Canberra ACT - weak to good
1233 ABC Newcastle - good
1242 4AK, Toowoomba QLD - fair
1251 2DU, Dubbo NSW - good
1260 RSN Sport, Shepparton VIC - fair
1269 2SM, Sydney NSW - strong
1278 Magic, Melbourne VIC - fair
1314 RSN Sport, Ballarat VIC - good
1323 Cruise, Adelaide SA - weak to good (audible during the day)
1341 3GL, Geelong VIC - fair, strong CCI with Sky Sports Radio
1350 2LF, Young NSW - good
1377 3MP, Melbourne VIC - fair to good
1395 5AA, Adelaide SA - fair to good
1404 2PK, Parkes NSW - fair
1413 SBS Radio - good
1422 3XY, Melbourne VIC - strong (audible during the day)
1431 ABC News Radio, Wollongong NSW - fair
1440 SBS Radio Canberra - fair
1485 ABC Eyre Peninsula, Port Lincoln SA - fair
1494 2AY, Albury NSW - good
1503 3KND, Melbourne VIC - good
1512 ABC RN Newcastle - good
1521 2QN, Deniliquin NSW - weak
1530 2VM, Moree NSW - good
1548 ABC Capricornia, Emerald QLD - weak
1566 3NE, Wangaratta VIC - good (going away soon?)
I didn’t hear 2TM on 1287, which makes me wonder if they have turned off their AM transmitter now, thus completing the process of converting to FM.
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Great log!
945 would be Bendigo
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882 is 4BC Brisbane, 945 would be RSN Bendigo and 2TM went off on the 16th.
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One wonders what else from out that way could have been received had not so many local channels blocked NW FM DX opportunities. 
107.5 in the city region of Sydney early evening appeared to have been 2EAR from my monitoring. Not sure what I was receiving on 107.5 that frequency in middle of day; Moruya or possibly Orange, sounded like community radio music programming.
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GNFM was around for probably around at least 10 minutes and was fading in and out throughout.
Yep, it was pretty weak, but I could make out that it matched the sports broadcast on 97.3 ABC Illawarra.
107.5 was Orange at my location. Confirmed by matching the web stream.
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I managed to get to Boambee Headland briefly this morning. Just some enhancement to around Taree and Forster plus also very weak 102.7 Mt Canobolas noted.
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1287 was switched off last Monday June 16th
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Interesting that 2EAR was dominant for you in the east. 2EAR is semi permanent into parts of Coogee, particularly the reserve at the top of Hendy Avenue. I reckon on a good day you’d get Braidwood FM there also. Pity that 2EAR has a clear channel but not 2BRW.
Orange usually dominated Batemans Bay at Oatley on 104.3, 105.9 and 107.5 unless there was really strong tropo to the South Coast.
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Yes, I find it easier to get 2EAR than 2EEE or 2EC. Have stopped for lunch at Kiama, heard 2EAR just a few kms north of town on the Princes Hwy, but didn’t hear 2EEE or 2EC.
DXed at Hill 60 Port Kembla, I heard Middle Brother ABCs on 97.1 and 98.7, but that’s about the only log of notice. Conditions not as good as yesterday, no Mt Dowe ABCs not even on the elevated sections of F6 south of Waterfall.
I did hear a bit of the CW Slopes ABCs on the F6 but they are probably semi permanent there anyway.
And no 2BRW at Hill 60 either, all Skid Row there.
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Interesting- I could hear 2BRW from there quite OK, but that was in February. The warm westerly today is probably to blame.
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Log time. Ulladulla NSW approx 4pm today, near the lighthouse
88.9 2BRW Braidwood - OK with RDS
89.7 2PNN Bega - fair
90.9 2PNN Wollongong - very strong
91.7 2ST Nowra - strong with RDS
92.1 2MFM Sydney - weak
92.3 2UUU Berry - good with RDS
92.7 2BAB St George’s Basin - good
92.9 2ABC Sydney - fair
93.3 2RPH Wollongong - fair
93.5 2SNO Goulburn - weak
93.7 2LND Sydney - weak
94.1 2LIV Wollongong - strong with RDS
94.5 2EC Bega and 2FBI Sydney dependent on position - both weak to fair
94.9 2WSK Nowra - strong with RDS
95.3 2PTV Sydney - weak to fair
95.7 2ABC Wollongong- very strong with RDS
96.3 HPON Batemans Bay - weak
96.5 2UUL Wollongong - strong with RDS
96.9 2SYD Sydney - weak to fair
97.3 2ILA Wollongong - very strong
97.7 2SBS Sydney - weak to fair
97.9 2RN Goulburn - weak
98.1 2WIN Wollongong - strong with RDS
98.5 2OOO Sydney - weak
98.9 2JJJ Wollongong - very strong with RDS
99.3 2ABC Bega - weak to fair
99.7 2UUU Ulladulla - local with RDS
100.1 2JJJ Bega - weak to fair
100.3 suspect 2CN Braidwood - very weak
100.5 2PNN Batemans Bay - strong
100.9 2RN Bega - weak to fair
101.1 HPON Nowra - strong no RDS
101.5 2JJJ Canberra - weak
101.7 2UUS Sydney - fair no RDS
101.9 2ABC Batemans Bay - strong
102.3 2ABC Canberra - weak
102.5 2EEE Bega or 2MBS Sydney dependent on position - both weak to fair
102.9 2ST Bowral - fair just good enough for partial RDS
103.2 2CBA Sydney - weak to fair
103.5 2BA Bega - strong
103.7 HPON Nowra - good with RDS
103.9 2PNN Canberra - weak
104.1 2DAY Sydney - weak to fair
104.3 2EEE Batemans Bay - good with RDS
104.5 2UUU Nowra - good with RDS
104.7:2ROC Canberra - very weak
104.9 2MMM Sydney - weak to fair
105.1 2RN Batemans Bay - strong
105.3 HPON Wollongong - weak
105.5 2SBS Canberra- weak
105.7 2JJJ Sydney - weak to fair
105.9 2EC Batemans Bay - good with RDS
106.3 1MIX Canberra - very weak
106.5 2WFM Sydney - weak to fair
106.7 2ST Ulladulla - local with RDS
106.9 2VOX Wollongong- OK with RDS
107.1 2WKT Bowral - weak
107.3 2SER Sydney - weak
107.5 2EAR Batemans Bay - OK with RDS
107.7 2GBN Goulburn - very weak
An oddity - I had SKY Sports Bathurst about 10 kms north of Ulladulla on the car Radio, not heard since. Also had 94.3 SKY Sports Goulburn near Nowra.
My motel room for the night would have made for a good DX spot, except for the hash! Even on the balcony! View from my balcony below - Radiohead radiomobile (white sedan) in the car park below,
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No sign of XL or Snow FM? Surprising as I had both in the Batemans Bay shopping centre car park on Saturday (surrounded by buildings).I think I’ve even heard 94.7 Jindy from Ulladulla.