Hi
Yes the DX286 allows for all RDS info to be displayed. Only 98.1 Triple J has RDS, its RDS displayed is ‘EDEN FM’ PI CA87 COUNTRY
Gove FM is automated 24/7 playing album ‘deep cuts’ for the most part. Heard Eton Rifles by The Clash preceded by a track I didn’t recognise from the White Stripes (I have most of their albums!)
Yolngu Radio on 88.9 has live presentation, they play a lot of field recordings of aboriginal ceremonies, makes for fascinating listening
They did have some live shows last time I looked, however obviously not many given the remoteness of Nhulunbuy.
(As a sidenote, when I first tried to get my Alexa to play 2EAR Moruya…it played Gove FM (8EAR) instead!’ )
Cairns Airport quick scan.
87.6 Religious
89.1 - ABC
90.6 - pulsing noise
93.9 JJJ
94.7 classical
95.5 ABC
96.3 ABC
97.1 pop music
98.7 BBM - RDS
99.5 MMM - RDS
101.1 ABC
102.7 STAR - RDS
103.5 HIT - RDS
104.3 TAB
105.1 ABC
105.9 CLASSIC
106.7 ABC
107.5 pop music
So just a few with RDS
97.1 and 107.5 should both be Triple J.
No sign of Black Star on 92.9 (Yarrabah) or 96.7 (Atherton)? Both of those put a decent signal into Cairns in 2019. Then again, in the Airport reception would be limited.
89.1 is Cairns FM, a community station btw
It was just a quick scan from the outside smoking area between the arrivals and departure buildings. Smokers were a bit perplexed haha I didn’t hear anything on the extended AM band
For the AM / MW stations, today I moved my KiwiSDR to a new location. While the overall reception hasn’t changed, the signal strength on the stations has improved. The gaps are daytime receivable stations.
531 - 3GG Warragul (good)
540 - 4QL Longreach (good)
558 - 6WA Wagin (weak)
576 - 2RN Sydney (strong)
585 - 2WEB Bourke (weak)
603 - 4CH Charleville (good) / CCI with 2RN Nowra
612 - 4QR Brisbane (weak)
630 - 2PB Sydney (good) / CCI with 4QN Townsville
648 - 2NU Tamworth (fair)
666 - 2CN Canberra (good) / CCI with 4CC Biloela
684 - 2KP Kempsey (fair)
693 - 3AW Melbourne (good) / CCI with 5SY Streaky Bay
702 - 2BL Sydney (strong)
711 - 4QW St George (good)
720 - 2ML Murwillumbah (fair) / CCI with 2RN, 3MT and 4AT
738 - 2NR Grafton (strong)
747 - 4QS Toowoomba (good) / CCI with 6SE Esperance
756 - 3RN Wangaratta (good) / CCI with 2TR Taree
765 - 5CC Port Lincoln (fair)
783 - 8AL Alice Springs (fair) / CCI with 6VA Albany
810 - 2BA Bega (good)
819 - 2GL Glen Innes (fair)
828 - 3GI Sale (strong)
837 - 4RK Rockhampton (weak)
846 - 2RN Canberra (good)
855 - 4QB Pialba (weak)
864 - 4GR Toowoomba (weak)
873 - 2GB Sydney (good)
882 - 4BC Brisbane (weak)
900 - 2LT Lithgow (good)
909 - China National Radio 6 (very weak)
918 - 4VL Charleville (fair)
927 - 3UZ Melbourne (strong)
936 - 7ZR Hobart (strong)
954 - 2UE Sydney (good)
972 - 2MU Murwillumbah (fair)
981 - 2MW Muswellbrook (fair)
990 - 3RN Albury/Wodonga (fair)
1008 - HPON Canberra / CCI with Launceston and Geralton (all weak)
1017 - 2KY Sydney (good) / CCI with Bunbury and Wyndham HPONs
1026 - 3PB Melbourne (strong) - Audible during daytime
1035 - 2EA Wollongong (good)
1044 - 5CS Port Pirie (good)
1053 - 2CA Canberra (strong)
1071 - 3EL Carisbrook (good) - Audible during daytime
1080 - 2MO Gunnedah (good) / CCI with 6XI Perth
1089 - 3WM Horsham (strong) / CCI with 2EL Orange
1098 - 4LG Longreach (good)
1107 - 2EA Sydney (fair)
1116 - 3AK Melbourne (strong)
1125 - 1RPH Canberra (good)
1134 - 3CS Colac (strong)
1143 - 2HD Newcastle (good) / CCI with 3CS Colac
1152 - 2WG Wagga Wagga (strong)
1161 - 5PA Naracoorte (good) / CCI with 7FG Fingal and 4FG Maryborough
1170 - 2CH Sydney (good)
1179 - 3RPH Melbourne (strong)
1188 - 2NZ Inverell (fair)
1197 - 5RPH Adelaide (fair)
1206 - 2CC Canberra (weak)
1215 - 6NM Northam (very weak, lightning crashes)
1224 - 3EA Melbourne (fair) / CCI with 2RPH Sydney
1233 - 2NC Newcastle (good)
1242 - 3GV Sale (good)
1251 - 2DU Dubbo (good)
1260 - 3SR Shepparton (strong)
1269 - 2SM Sydney (good)
1278 - 3EE Melbourne (strong)
1287 - Newstalk ZB New Zealand (weak)
1296 - 6RN Wagin (good)
1314 - 3BT Ballarat (fair) / strong CCI with HPON Wollongong
1323 - 5DN Adelaide (good) / CCI with HPON Canberra
1341 - 3GL Geelong (fair)
1350 - 2LF Young (good)
1368 - Overseas UNID (weak) - carrier present
1386 - Overseas UNID (weak) - carrier present
1395 - 5AA Adelaide (weak)
1404 - 2PK Parkes (good)
1413 - 2EA Newcastle (good) / CCI with HPON Shepparton
1431 - 2RN Wollongong (fair)
1440 - 1EA Canberra (good)
1485 - 5LN Port Lincoln (fair)
1494 - 2AY Albury (fair)
1503 - 3KND Melbourne (good)
1512 - 2RN Newcastle (strong)
1521 - 2QN Deniliquin (good)
1530 - 2VM Moree (fair)
1539 - HPON Adelaide / CCI with HPON Sydney
1548 - 4QD Emerald (good)
1566 - 4GM Gympie (very weak)
1575 - HPON Wollongong (weak)
1584 - 2WA Wilcania (weak) / CCI with 4CC
1593 - HPON Melbourne (fair)
1602 - UNID Country Music / Melbourne and Murwillumbah (fair)
Tonight seems to be a perfect occasion for temperature inversion based tropo to occur… here’s my log from both of my web servers.
88.3 - ABC RN Hopetoun (weak) [V]
88.7 - 3BPH Bendigo (fair) [H]
89.3 - ABC NewsRadio Horsham (fair) [V]
89.5 - ABC NewsRadio Bendigo (fair) [H]
89.9 - 5RM Golden Heights (fair) [V]
90.1 - 3MP Pirate Mildura (fair) [V]
90.3 - Triple J Bendigo (good) [H]
91.1 - ABC Central Victoria (good, partial RDS) [H]
91.7 - ABC NewsRadio Mt Dundas (fair) [H]
91.9 - Hit 919 Bendigo (weak) [V]
92.5 - ABC RN Mt Dundas (weak) [H]
92.7 - ABC Classic Bendigo (fair / CCI with Fresh927 Adelaide) [H]
92.9 - 3WM Nhill (very weak) [V]
93.3 - ABC Classic Mt Dundas (fair) [H]
93.5 - Triple M Bendigo (good) [H]
94.1 - ABC South West Victoria (fair) [H]
94.3 - 5MU Mt Barker (fair) [H]
94.5 - Mixx FM Nhill (weak) [V]
95.3 - Flow FM Speed (fair, CCI from Triple M Shepparton) [V]
95.7 - ABC RN Nhill (good) [V]
96.1 - ABC Classic Shepparton (weak) [V]
96.5 - Flow FM Pinnaroo (good) [V]
96.5 - Hill FM Broken Hill (weak) [H]
97.1 - MAGIC 931 Golden Heights (good) [H]
97.3 - ABC Classic Griffith (fair) [H]
97.7 - ABC Shepparton (fair, CCI with Flow FM Coonalpyn)
98.1 - ABC NewsRadio Griffith (weak) [H]
98.7 - Power FM Murray Bridge (weak) [V]
99.1 - Smart FM Swan Hill (weak) [V]
100.5 - Sky Sports Radio Broken Hill (good) [H]
100.7 - Riverland Life FM Berri (fair) [V]
102.1 - Triple J Broken Hill (fair, CCI with ABC Swan Hill)
102.3 - 3BA Ballarat (good, no RDS) [V]
102.9 - ABC RN Broken Hill (good) [H]
103.1 - Power FM Ballarat (fair) [V]
103.3 - ABC RN Mt Gambier (fair) [V]
103.5 - 3MBR Murrayville (weak) [V]
104.1 - ABC Classic Wodonga (weak, CCI with Classic Mt Gambier)
104.5 - Connect FM Keith (fair) [H]
104.9 - Hit Wodonga (very weak) [H]
105.5 - ABC Classic Ballarat (good, CCI with Triple J Adelaide) [V]
105.7 - ABC NewsRadio Mt Gambier (fair) [V]
105.7 - Triple M Wodonga (weak) [H]
106.5 - ABC Goulburn Murray (fair) [H]
106.9 - Sky Sports Radio Swan Hill (fair) [V]
107.1 - Triple J Ballarat (good) [V]
107.7 - Mixx FM Swan Hill (good) [V]
107.9 - ABC Ballarat (good) [V]
107.9 - Life FM Adelaide (fair) [H]
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Got down to 3 degrease In Ouyen this morning but It lead to a very active DXing session this morning’s catches:
89.3: 3PNN Horsham
90.3: 3JJJ Bendigo
91.1: 3ABCRR Bendigo
91.5: 5RM Renmark
91.7: 3PNN Western Victoria
92.7: 3ABCFM Bendigo
92.9: 3WM Nhill
93.1: 5RIV (Magic FM Renmark)
93.9: 5PNN Renmark
95.7: 3ABCRN Nhill
101,3: 3WWM (MIXX-FM Horsham)
101.9: 5JJJ Renmark
102.1: 3MIL Murray Valley
103.7: 3ABCFM Murray Valley
105.1: 5ABCFM Renmark
105.3: 3JJJ Murray Valley
105.5: 3ABCFM Ballarat
106.5: 8SAT Birchip
106.9: 3SEN Swan Hill (Open Narrowcasting)
107.1: 3JJJ Ballarat
107.5: 3MBR Lameroo
107.7: 3SHI (MIXX-FM Swan Hill)
107.9: ABCRR Ballarat
The cooler mornings are often the best for tropo (in winter) as they indicate a robust low level inversion.
I’ve also seen it in the evenings as I did last night, it often means the following morning is exceptionally strong although can be rather short range.
Quite a case in point, this morning 5RM and the other Riverland FMs were absolutely booming into Mildura, at times stronger than the locals from Yatpool, something I don’t see very often. Even as I type this, both 5RM and Magic are still at RDS strength over on my second webserver out of town.
Also seen was the rare Life FM with the FFFF PI, with nothing changing according to the RDS sheet.
Staying in Sydney at Woolloomooloo for a few nights.
Never had Newcastle this well in Sydney before.
102.9 is predominantly 2ST, but can hear Triple M in parts.
I have a weak 103.7 2NUR as well.
105.3 is still the Wollongong HPON, and can’t null out 2VOX to get Hit despite my northerly aspect.
I have weak Middle Brother ABCs on 97.1 and 98.7 aa well.
And I’m getting 88.7 Radio Northern Beaches quite well here, never used to be the case.
Not a bad morning of DXing from Ouyen:
88.7: 3BPH Bendogo
89.3: 3PNN Horsham
90.3: 3JJJ Bendigo
91.1:: 3ABCRR Bendigo
91.5: 5RM Renmark
91.9: 3BDG (Hit 919 Bendigo)
92.7: 3ABCFM Bendigo
92.9: 3WM Nhill
93.1: 5RIV (Magic FM Renmark)
93.5: 3BBO (Triple M Bendigo)
93.9: 5PNN Renmark
94.5: 3WWM (MIXX-FM Nhill)
94.9: 3JJJ Western Victoria
95.5: 5R-TAB Renmark (Open Narrowcasting)
95.7: 3ABCRN Nhill
97.5: 5ABCFM Adelaide
98.7: 5EZY (Power FM Murray Bridge)
101.9: 5JJJ Renmark
103.7: 3ABCFM Murray Valley
105.3: 3JJJ Murray Valley
105.7: 5PNN Mt Gambier
106.9: 3SEN Swan Hill (Open Narrocasting)
107.1: 3JJJ Bendigo
107.7: 3SHI (MIXX-FM Swan Hill)
107.9: 3ABCRR Ballarat
Went for a drive up to Singleton this morning.
Did a DX scan up at Apex Lookout on the north side of town.
Had some good results, with Coffs Harbour, CW Slopes ABCs, Hit/Triple M Orange at low levels (weak stereo but no RDS) all received. Had Orange ABCs with RDS (was pleased to see 104.3 ABC RN has it’s RDS back). Upper Namoi ABCs except 99.1 (blocked by Gold) also heard - 96.7 and 99.9 with RDS. Also heard a weak Local Radio on 101.9 in a null of Triple J (not sure if Merriwa or Armidale).
Was also pleased to hear all Warkworth mining TXs on air and with stereo separation on Triple J and Power FM. 99.3 Power FM also now on air too. Sadly the same can’t be said for the Bulga ones, still mono and low level audio.
I also noticed the 99.1 Gold relay has a stereo pilot back on, but audio still seemed to be mono output.
92.6 back again on the darwin server, this time managed to get a recording of it. Faded out before the hour sadly, was hoping to get an id then. Also heard it play I don’t wanna miss a thing by Aerosmith
(audio from 92.6)
Edit, can also hear something very very weak on 94.9 and 97.0.
(audio from 97.0, skip to 18 seconds in)
Edit 2, just put a song 97.0 was playing through shazam, identified as Portuguese, which is the language spoken in Timor Leste.
Ironic they played that song! When you’re trying to find out what it was.
Going by single frequency search from Darwin on FMScan.org they are very likely Timor-Leste except for 94.9 which is suggesting a little further distance into actual Indonesia
Darwin DX.
I have heard a few weak stations on the Coolalinga (Darwin) TEF webserver the past few days or so.
These include: 102.1 & 102.9 TEBBA Radio & 103.7 Radio TAB. Does anyone have any idea where these stations might originate?
Looks like 102.9 and 103.7 may be from Katherine? That’s a decent haul if so.
I am more interested in the stuff to the north obviously. Coolalinga is a fair way inland unfortunately, though close to Howard Springs where spectacular results were obtained in a 2001 DXpedition.
