Ararat not Stawell, but yes, you’re right otherwise.
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I’m sure the good people of Shepparton would appreciate Star 92.1’s coming as an alternative to the SCA duopoly in town they were stuck with for years (3NE was unreceiveable into Shepp on 1566, while Edge FM fought it out with ABC Swan Hill on the 102.1 frequency).
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Noted not on your log list is 90.3 Faith FM from Sale.
It was listed as ‘off air’ in June 2022 & certainly still appears to be the case.
Not on Faith FM’s radio station list either, but still listed there in the ACMA register of licenced stations.
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Yes, Sale was off air.
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Remember the good old Sun-FM days when I was living In Seymour back In the early 2000’s It was a fantastic station back then live & local so sad that Southern Cross got their grubby little hands on It.
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Just had very brief hit 89.1 in the car here in Melbourne, keep an eye out for more out of season Es.
Edit, Brisbane in now in Melbourne
weak Bridge FM too
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If these stations in either city overrides any of the local stations in either city expect a lot of listener complaints like what happened back in 2016.
Is 90.7 in Melbourne just dead air ATM?
Also had Geelong.
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Great catch! Just tried to see if I could get any Es here at Southbank as I have an elevated east facing apartment with good NE and SE aspect, but couldn’t get anything from QLD. But still getting a lot of good signals. Here is a log
88.1 3MFM Leongatha - fair with RDS
88.3 3SCB Moorabbin - very good with RDS
88.6 3PVR Lower Plenty - fair to good
88.9 3WYN Werribee - fair to good
89.1 3MFM Phillip Island - fair with RDS
89.3 HPON Geelong - very weak
89.5 3PNN Bendigo - weak
89.9 3TSC Melbourne - local with RDS
90.3 3JJJ Bendigo - weak
90.7 3SYN Melbourne - local (broadcasting blank carrier at the moment, again!)
90.9 7JJJ Nth Tas - weak to fair
91.1 3CRR Bendigo - weak
91.3 HPON Leongatha - weak
91.5 3PTV Melbourne - local with RDS
91.7 7NT Nth Tas - weak to fair
91.9 HPON Latrobe - weak
92.3 3ZZZ Melbourne - good
92.5 7PNN Nth Tas - weak to fair
92.7 3ABC Bendigo - weak
93.1 3SBS Melbourne - local with RDS
93.3 7ABC Nth Tas - weak to fair
93.5 3RPH Warragul - fair with RDS
93.9 3BAY Geelong - good with RDS
94.1 3WBC Camberwell - very good with RDS
94.3 3SEA Warragul - good with RDS
94.5 3UGE Kinglake - fair to good, doesn’t seem to have RDS
94.7 3PLS Geelong - good with RDS
94.9 3JOY Melbourne City - local, RDS not currently active
95.1 3PNN Gippsland - good
95.3 3SRR Shepparton - weak (heard AFL call)
95.5 3CAT Geelong - good with RDS
95.7 3GDR Waverley - good
96.1 3LO Yarra Ranges - fair but can’t receive RDS (running loop message with AFL on).
96.3 3GRR Geelong - good with RDS
96.5 3INR Heidelberg - good with RDS
96.7 3JJJ Gippsland - good
96.9 3SUN Shepparton - weak
97.1 3MDR Mt Dandenong- good
97.7 3SER Cranbourne - good with RDS
97.9 3RIM Melton - fair
98.7 3RPP Mornington - good with RDS
99.1 3VYV Yarra Glen - good with RDS
99.5 3TFM Traralgon - fair (heard local Gippsland VFL call).
99.7 ?? - fair, heard foreign language content
100.3 3MEL Melbourne - local with RDS
100.7 3GLR Gippsland - good
101.1 3TTT Melbourne- local with RDS
101.5 3ABC Gippsland - good
101.9 3FOX Melbourne - local with RDS
102.3 3RBA Ballarat - weak
102.7 3RRR Melbourne - local with RDS
103.1 3BBR Drouin - fair to good with RDS
103.5 3MBS Melbourne - local with RDS
103.9 3GCB Traralgon - fair to good
104.3 3GLD Melbourne - local with RDS
105.1 3MMM Melbourne - local with RDS
105.5 3ABC Ballarat - weak
105.9 3ABC Melbourne - local with RDS
106.3 8SAT Healesville - fair to good, doesn’t seem to have RDS?
106.7 3PBS Melbourne - local with RDS
107.1 3JJJ Ballarat - weak
107.5 3JJJ Melbourne - local with RDS
107.9 3CRR Ballarat - weak
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Was just about to post this. 90.7FM is not down as such, but is just broadcasting silence.
I have let them know. Going by their track record it probably won’t get fixed till Monday.
That’s not to diss them, they do great work they’re just clearly having some difficulties and are volunteer/student run
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Yes, it was fine yesterday so has only happened in the last 24 hours.
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Just had 2ARM on 92.1 for about 15 seconds, matched to their webstream.
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I think you also got the Gold Coast as well as the Sunshine Coast. Also nice reception of Armidale. Not sure if you would had gotten Tamworth or Mt Dowe knowing Geelong and Gippsland Stations being on those frequencies.
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Kept a record of one of the Brisbane stations received. Here’s that reception.
SYN back on air.
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I wonder when 1566 3NE switches off their AM broadcasts will this open up potential night time skip of VL2NI into Coastal NSW and SE QLD?
I know it is pretty remote considering how low powered their AM service is.
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You still have 1566 ABC in Gympie you might hear at night
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I am assuming it is much lower power than 3NE which booms into Sydney at night so maybe a chance
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Now in Warrnambool.
Todays DX log is from Lavers Hill
88.5 7NT King Island - weak to fair
88.9 3HFM Hamilton - fair with partial RDS
89.1 3MFM Phillip Island - weak
89.3 7LAA Launceston - weak
89.5 3LO Apollo Bay - fair
89.7 3JJJ Warrnambool - good
89.9 3TSC Melbourne - weak
90.1 7EXX Launceston - weak
90.3 3JJJ Bendigo - weak
90.5 HPON Camperdown - fair (Vision relay)
90.7 3SYN Melbourne - weak
90.9 7JJJ Nth Tasmania - fair
91.1 3CRR Bendigo- weak
91.3 3PNN Warrnambool - good
91.5 3PTV Melbourne - weak
91.7 3PNN West VIC - fair to good
91.9 3BDG Bendigo - weak
92.1 3ABC Warrnambool - good
92.3 3ZZZ Melbourne - weak
92.5 3ABCRN West VIC - fair to good
92.7 3ABC Bendigo - weak
92.9 3HA Portland - weak to fair with RDS
93.1 3SBS Melbourne - weak to fair
93.3 3ABC West VIC - fair to good
93.5 3BBO Bendigo - weak
93.7 3HFM Portland - weak to fair, didn’t see any RDS at all on the way in, I’ll check again tomorrow.
93.9 3BAY Geelong - fair
94.1 3SWR West VIC - fair to good
94.3 3PNN Ballarat - fair
94.5 3YB Warrnambool - strong with RDS
94.7 3PLS Geelong - fair
94.9 3JJJ West VIC - fair to good
95.1 3PNN Gippsland - weak
95.3 3YFM Warrnambool - strong with RDS
95.5 3CAT Geelong - weak
95.7 3ABCRN Nhill - weak
95.9 3CCS Apollo Bay - fair to good with RDS (Note 2)
96.3 3GGR Geelong - fair
96.7 3JJJ Gippsland - weak
96.9 3SWR Portland - weak to fair
97.7 3PNN Portland - weak to fair
98.3 3OCR Colac - good but only partial RDS (Note 3)
98.5 3ABCRN Portland - weak to fair
98.9 ?? - weak, maybe 7AD Devonport?
99.7 ?? - weak, speech content, sounded like an ABC, maybe 7ABCRR Currie TAS
99.9 3BBB Ballarat - fair
100.3 3MEL Melbourne - weak
100.5 ?? - they were playing some good tunes when I tuned in on a few different occasions, the only station on the list it could be is 7ABCRR Devonport
100.7 3GLR Gippsland - weak
100.9 HPON Warrnambool - weak (Vision relay)
101.1 3TTT Melbourne - weak
101.5 3ABC Gippsland - weak
101.7 3ABCRN Warrnambool - good
101.9 3FOX Melbourne - weak
102.3 3RBA Ballarat - fair to good with RDS
102.5 5JJJ Mt Gambier - weak
102.7 3RRR Melbourne - weak
103.1 3BBA Ballarat - fair to good with RDS
103.3 5ABCRN Mt Gambier - weak
103.5 3MBS Melbourne - weak
103.9 3BGR Ballarat - fair
104.1 5ABCRN Mt Gambier - weak
104.3 3GLD Melbourne - weak
104.7 3PNN Colac - good
105.1 3MMM Melbourne - weak
105.5 3ABC Ballarat - strong
105.7 5PNN Mt Gambier - weak
105.9 3ABC Melbourne - weak to fair
106.3 3CCS Colac - strong with RDS
106.7 3PBS Melbourne - weak
107.1 3JJJ Ballarat - strong
107.5 3JJJ Melbourne - weak to fair
107.9 3CRR Ballarat - strong
Note 1 - 88.7 - 3OCR relay at Apollo Bay not on air at all. Lorne was on, but no audio
Note 2 - 95.9 - 3CCS - was off air until I got until Lavers Hill. I was worried that they’d switched that off permanently too like they did with Lorne years ago. Phew.
Note 3 - 98.3 - RDS input level must be low, even with 30db signal strength struggled to get RDS
Last note - still had Gippsland ABCs out to Port Campbell near the Twelve Apostles and Melbourne stations until about 30 kms east of Warrnambool.
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