Funny (coincidental) you should mention that. I’m monitoring that frequency now.
I can hear at least two low level audio feeds (one is country) on that frequency accompanied with hum.
I hear that exact same problem on their internet stream, which I didn’t expect, although audio at lower level compared to what I can hear with the SDR.
A shame they still haven’t got the crosstalk / induction problems resolved. Our group has had discussions about this previously.
Just identified one station, it is indeed Koori Radio at extremely low level. UPDATED: And confirmed with ID monitoring the other low level feed; is indeed 4AAA Murri Country. Therefore it appears the crosstalk issues Koori are experiencing are with their cabling/wiring/equipment in studio…
Not sure if this is the correct thread for this, but just after 6:00pm this evening I heard Ava Max’s “Christmas Without You” on Hope 103.2. Yesterday, they played “Snap” by Rosa Linn and “Hall of Fame” by The Script/will.i.am among other hits.
Guys, if you ever find issues with Koori on FM (or any of the other community stations at Artarmon for that matter), check Koori’s DAB if the problem is with them, if there’s issues on DAB I can’t fix that (unless it’s all the DAB stations & is a DAB transmitter issue), but if their DAB is okay, message me here & I’ll look into it further.
Koori is kinda monitored, (loosely) by TX Australia, not sure how or if Koori monitor their own transmissions, TXA have only been notified once by them that they were off air, people in here are more likely to know Koori’s off air than they are.
I noticed Korri’s audio is favoring the left channel, I haven’t checked the DAB+ feed yet but Ill have a look later.
Was there a technical reason for Koori to feed their transmitter via the DAB+ feed? (I believe you did give a reason before but cant find the post).
Also are Koori on the lookout for any technical people to help them out, as I have a bit more time these days now the Hawkesbury Radio frequency fight has finished and on the lookout to help another station.
Yes, they’re cheap, TXA have given them options, & they’ve had at least 2 other contract techs give them options to feed the FM properly, but don’t go ahead with any of it.
To date TXA has bought them & still owns most of it, everything in their PIE rack at Artarmon.
Years ago they did have a microwave link to their old site, with DAB feed as backup, when they started to move to Artarmon they found the microwave link hadn’t been working for about 3 years, so they’d only been using the DAB feed & just continued with that after moving to Artarmon as it was quick, easy & cheap to do.
You can approach them if you want, don’t know who you’d contact, TXA never hears from them & when we try to contact them it just goes to a dead end, no one ever gets back to us. I doubt they’ll pay you for any tech help, but if you’re willing to volunteer to do it, they might be interested?
On a related note, I can remember picking up Koori via DAB+ in Anna Bay/Boat Harbour (south side of Port Stephens) without any reception on 93.7. The only thing comparable is receiving Snow FM via DAB in Canberra city without the 97.7 signal, though that really doesn’t count since the DAB signal is local.
@TheChase That would be a great pursuit & I’d like to think they’d be grateful for your assistance.
Another station that appears to need assistance is FBi. When there’s a 94.5 FM transmitter reset or some other such interruption to power, their transmitter or RDS encoder appears to loose its programming. I don’t think their technician understands enough about RDS on FM. As you’ve had RDS programming experience you might be able to assist their tech. Probably entails a visit to Gore Hill transmitter site. If interested drop a line to the station.
Their PS & PTY needs restoring. Wouldn’t hurt for the station to have an RT message either (avoid CT).
The radcom database hasn’t been updated as yet with the new Pulse FM permanent licence. I’m guessing sometime in the next few days we will find out what callsign they’ve been given.
89.9 Pulse FM Hawkesbury appears to have either a new (or replacement) transmitter or processor, given some measurements this morning. They’ve also added RDS, see RDS thread.
Does anyone have any news re their current transmission / equipment & licence info?
They now have a very strong Stereo Pilot carrier.
This is the pdf page that I’m currently viewing if this helps.
xx I assume so, I’d have to look further. UPDATED: No. The radiation pattern & max power output is different, but I doubt they transmitted at anything near max licenced levels under their TBCL or at the moment with kind of power that they are licenced for. And as for radiation in specific directions per licence - ?? Someone knows, but it’s not me.
It’s full time, but is only a 6 month licence, wonder if ACMA will be watching this closely & reviewing before renewal next year, maybe if they aren’t up to scratch it’ll be open for another player again.
Most full time community licences run for either 2 or 5 years.
The output pattern for 89.9 has always intrigued me. 750w to the NW and 50w to the SE, the main listening area. The old Hawkesbury Radio when I was there didn’t use the licenced specs but used to transmit about 400w OD on vertical polarisation. They could have gotten away with just 100 or 200w OD. As our Technical Director at the time used to say, “all the power is going out towards the Koalas under the official specs”. 750w going out to virtually no one.
