That’s the power of MS for you 
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It was. Thanks to our discussion, one online message resulted in one phone call and off within three hours.
Lucky little boy saved from ‘scary visit’ from ACMA staff.
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I’d have just assumed it was another case of poor AM site maintenance.
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Hi - just letting you guys know that I’ve rejoined mediaspy.
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Very glad to have you on here!
Welcome back.
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Details of an AM band scan I did on Wednesday Midday to 1pm at Boambee Headland, Sawtell NSW.
531 FM93.5/Radio 531 Kempsey
549 ABC Central West Cumnock
576 RN Sydney
585 2WEB Bourke
603 RN Nowra
612 ABC Radio Brisbane Qld
639 2HC Coffs Harbour
684 ABC Mid North Coast Kempsey
702 ABC Radio Sydney
720 RN Armidale
738 ABC North Coast Grafton
747 ABC Southern Queensland Toowoomba
756 ABC Mid North Coast Taree
765 2EC Bega (very weak)
774 ABC Radio Melbourne Vic
792 RN Brisbane Qld
810 ABC South East Bega
819 ABC New England North West Glen Innes
846 RN Canberra ACT
864 Triple M Toowoomba Qld
882 Macquarie Sports Radio Brisbane Qld
900 2LM Lismore
936 ABC News Brisbane Qld
963 4WK Warwick Qld
972 Radio 97 Murwillumbah
981 2NM Muswellbrook
1008 4TAB Brisbane Qld
1026 4MK Mackay Qld (very weak)
1080 2MO Gunnedah
1107 SBS Radio Sydney
1116 4BC Brisbane Qld
1134 2AD Armidale
1143 2HD Newcastle
1188 2NZ Inverell
1206 2GF Grafton
1233 ABC Newcastle
1242 4AK Oakey
1269 2SM Sydney (very weak)
1287 2TM Tamworth
1296 4RPH Brisbane Qld
1314 Sky Sports Radio Wollongong (very weak)
1341 Sky Sports Radio Newcastle
1404 2PK Parkes
1413 Rete Italia Newcastle
1449 2MG Mudgee
1503 2BS Bathurst
1512 RN Newcastle
1530 2VM Moree
1548 ABC Central Qld Emerald Qld (very weak)
1557 2RE Taree
1593 Sky Sports Radio Murwillumbah
Equipment:
Tecsun PL-390
C-LOOP-HDXXLTAM AM Loop
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Great post.
Melbourne and Mackay in the middle of the day!
That’s quite remarkable.
1413 isn’t Rete Italia Newcastle, it’s SBS Newcastle.
Newcastle doesn’t have a Rete Italia, the closest is Rete Italia Central Coast on 801
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I didn’t have an ACMA list with me handy while I was doing the DXing so I was going off an assumption. Thanks for the correction.
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=Quick Radio Report=
AM stations I received in the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne from 4:00 - 4:36 PM on 05/08/18
Weather Conditions: Very Windy
1377 Classic Rock Radio Melbourne | Strength: 3924 | Distance: 41KM
531 3GG Warragul | Strength: 2502 | Distance: 102KM (Fair)
621 ABC Radio National Melbourne | Strength: 7625 | Distance: 12KM
693 3AW Melbourne | Strength: 6025 | Distance: 29KM
756 ABC Radio National Wangaratta | Strength: 2405 | Distance: 200KM (Weak)
774 ABC Melbourne | Strength: 8025 | Distance: 12KM
855 3CR Melbourne | Strength: 2265 | Distance: 30KM
927 RSN Racing | Strength: 6325 | Distance: 20KM
1026 ABC News Radio | Strength: 6726 | Distance: 21KM
1071 Gold Central Victoria| Strength: 2712 | Distance: 118KM (Weak)
1116 SEN Melbourne | Strength: 6125 | Distance: 20KM
1179 Vision Australia Radio | Strength: 5225 | Distance: 20KM
1224 SBS Radio 2 | Strength: 8125 | Distance: 6KM
1278 Macquarie Sports Radio | Strength: 5925 | Distance: 20KM
1314 RSN Racing & Sport Ballarat | Strength: 2504 | Distance: 100KM (weak but legible)
1341 3CW Chinese Radio Geelong | Strength: 4925 | Distance: 68KM
1422 3XY Radio Hellas Melbourne | Strength: 6425| Distance: 22KM
1503 3KND Kool ‘n’ Deadly Melbourne | Strength: 4419 | Distance: 20KM
1593 Niche Radio Network Melbourne | Strength: 5925 | Distance: 11KM
1611 3UCB Vision Radio Melbourne | Strength: 4825 | Distance: 18KM
1620 3GB Radio Two Melbourne | Strength: 1200 | Distance: 18KM? (Extremely Poor)
1638 2ME Radio Melbourne | Strength: 3418 | Distance: 17KM
1701 VMV503 Islamic Voice Radio | Strength: 5800 | Distance: 5KM (Fair)
558 7BU 558 Burnie | Strength: 2911 | Distance: 373KM (Fair)
Extra Details: Considering 1701 VMV503 Islamic Voice Radio is only 5KM away I was hoping for better quality.
Equipment:
Tecsun PL-606
Tecsun Extender Antenna
Tecsun AN-03L Wire Antenna
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And rusting itself into Chittaway Point with every passing month sadly.
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From Eden NSW [1645-1730 EST]:
940 KFIG Fresno (weak)
1150 KEIB Los Angeles (good on peaks with news mentioning “enemy of the people” quote from Kellyanne Conway, then into Alex Jones with his distinct gravelly ranting).
1190 KEX Portland (weak, presumed)
1200 WOAI San Antonio (presumed, fair)
1420 KKEA Hawaii (presumed)
1570 XERF Ciudad Acuna (very strong on peaks with Regional Mexican/ “Ranchera” music).
1580 KBLA Santa Monica (very strong on peaks with usual religious programming in Spanish).
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=Quick Radio Report=
FM stations I received in the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne from 7:00 - 8:00 PM on 06/08/18
Weather Conditions: Fairly Windy
88.3 | Southern FM Brighton | Strength: 2502 | Distance: 27KM
88.0 LBC | Arabic Radio Melbourne | Strength: 2704 | Distance: 4KM
87.6 | Middle Eastern Radio Melbourne | Strength: 2602 | Distance: 0.1KM (Repeater also 3KM away as well)
87.8 | KISS FM Melbourne | Strength: 2200 | Distance: 0.2KM? (Arabian sounding dance music?)
88.6 | Plenty Valley FM | Strength: 2604 | Distance: 20KM
88.9 Wyn FM | Strength: 2700 | Distance: 30KM
89.9 Light FM | Strength: 3711 | Distance: 44KM
90.7 SYN FM | Strength: 3613 | Distance: 44KM
91.5 Smooth FM | Strength: 4225 | Distance: 44KM
90.7 SYN FM | Strength: 3513 | Distance: 44KM
93.5 3BO FM | Strength: 2000 | Distance: 115KM
95.5 K Rock Geelong | Strength: 3110 | Distance: 61KM
98.9 North West FM| Strength: 2507 | Distance: 2KM
97.9 Melton FM | Strength: 3414 | Distance: 21KM
Equipment:
Tecsun PL-606
Tecsun Extender Antenna
Tecsun AN-03L Wire Antenna
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Thanks for the report!
Do you have a listing for 98Mhz and above?
Those signal readings appear to be quite “noisy”…
For instance, where I am 42 db strength (which you have for Smooth 91.5) is usually 35db SNR or higher (or 4235 as you would have written it).
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I’m new to the DX side of Radio (definitely not an expert in Radio) so I’m not really sure about the technical aspects of the Strength at the moment but I haven’t done 98Mhz and above yet since I had to go somewhere quickly. I might do them tomorrow night. I have been using a site called http://fmscan.org to find out most of the frequency distances and to confirm the frequencies.
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Continuing on to 98MHZ - 107MHZ
FM stations I received in the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne from 4:00 - 5:00 PM on 07/08/18
Weather Conditions: Cloudy
98.9 FM | North West FM | Strength: 2311 | Distance: 2KM
99.3 Sunbury FM | Strength: 2515 | Distance: 17KM
100.3 Nova FM | Strength: 4328 | Distance: 44KM
100.7 Highlands FM | Strength: 1706 | Distance: 47KM
101.1 KIIS FM | Strength: 4429 | Distance: 44KM
101.9 FOX FM | Strength: 5237 | Distance: 44KM
102.7 Triple R | Strength: 5238 | Distance: 44KM
103.5 3MBS | Strength: 4732 | Distance: 44KM
104.3 Gold FM | Strength: 5134 | Distance: 44KM
105.1 Triple M | Strength: 5538 | Distance: 44KM
105.9 ABC Classic FM | Strength: 5536 | Distance: 44KM
106.7 PBS FM | Strength: 4322 | Distance: 44KM
107.5 Triple J | Strength: 4827 | Distance: 44KM
Equipment:
Tecsun PL-606
Tecsun Extender Antenna
Tecsun AN-03L Wire Antenna
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Interesting so close but strength is significantly lower than the fill strength commercial stations.
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I can literally see the broadcast site from my backyard, it is on top of the Town Hall…
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I often wonder if these metres are really accurate, even though it maybe low power I’d expect it to be the same strength as the big boys.