I must admit I didn’t mind it when it came out; ‘Too Bad’ and ‘Never Again’ are probably their best tracks. Nickelback definitely got worse and worse as time went on, however they aren’t unique in this respect. Good Charlotte and Matchbox 20/Rob Thomas are in the same category.
Most of the hate for Nickelback derives from the meme sphere; really they are no worse than your average ‘corporate rock’ band. However tracks like ‘Photograph’ definitely belong in the ‘turd’ category.
Tropo might be starting to build already aligning with the DXinfocentre forecast heading into some hot weather.
Tonight, I had Eden Power, 2SEA and 2EC with partial RDS. In the other direction, heard Triple J Coffs.
Didn’t hear anything from NZ though.
Edit: A bit of inland action tonight too, 96.7 Classic Mt Dowe, 97.9 Real FM Kandos, also 102.3 Classic Canberra good enough for RDS reception.
Adelaide/SA in Sydney right now:
Also got without RDS:
Oh great, just as I’m at Bingo some e-Skip happens so I cannot just go get the Sony or try to get the TEF working as they are a 15 minutes drive away and I would not have any time to DX because the second half of Bingo is about to start.
I think the best of the opening is long gone, or for now at least.
I only caught some weak scrappy 90.7 5KIX, which is just barely there in/out amongst the noise floor.
Bingo is probably more exciting than the Es skip at the moment.
Yes, I couldn’t get anything here either.. just the usual Canberra stuff on those ADL/SA frequencies.
I largely won’t be at the dials until the Christmas/NY break but it seems the Es has been scrappy after that brief auroral flurry in late November.
Half an hour or so ago I was getting something very weak that sounded like pop/rock music (almost Triple M ish?) on 97.5. Didn’t sound like Classic FM or otherwise.
A long shot, but maybe Sapphire FM Merimbula if the Es was still open?
Seems to be the most likely considering the current conditions.
I’m listening again now on the TEF and there’s definitely some stirring going on. Frequencies going up and down all over the band at a low level. Keep an eye on it as there may be another opening.
2GGG Gunnedah (Mt Dowe) or HIT 97.5 Dalby QLD
Decent Tasmanian tropo right now, getting Chilli FM, city park and way fm in stereo and Launceston ABCs at strong levels as well as King Island and Lileah, now also getting weak chilli 99.7
Central Queensland ABCs were into Brisbane last night. Still there stronger this morning with commercials now as well.
Getting tropo far and wide this morning on the TEF. Bendigo (all ABCs, Vision Australia, Hit and Triple M) Horsham (ABC News Radio and Mixx FM), Ballarat and Mount Dundas ABCs and Broken Hill (ABCs and Sky Sports Radio) are all about. 96.5 was a three-way battle between Hill FM (Broken Hill), Flow FM (Pinnaroo) and Triple H. The tropo seems to favour Broken Hill as I’m getting nearly all of the FMs from there minus 102.1 Triple J (ABC Swan Hill) and 107.7 2DRY (Mixx Swan Hill).
No RDS so far.
Sounds like Eskip here, something community sounding on 90.7
On the Mildura Server, Gold Coast and Mt Nardi ABCs.
89.7 is a mix of Beaudesert and Tenderfield.
That makes sense with Mildura into Brisbane as above too.
This is a pretty decent opening so far. Strong enough on peaks that I’m losing Sunshine Coast and Mt Nardi stations to Bendigo and Mt Gambier, respectively.
Lost RN Gold Coast to Victor Harbour 
