TACO is now dead air in Sydney.
Whatās TACO?
A DAB+ station in Sydney (for technical reasons, I presume) that previously ran a rebroadcast of Triple M, but is currently running 40kbps of absolutely nothing!
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Canāt wait to see how it does in the ratings.
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from memory it was a Wednesday during Blue Heelers - it could have been in the early days of BCM - our resident historian @TelevisionAU might recall
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I think u are right about the Blue Heelers part but the rest i donāt recall.
I do remember 7 Perth went off air one night during 7 News. The ratings didnāt budge apparently. Thatās loyalty.
EDIT: @SydneyCityTV has found it out: General TV History - #2037 by SydneyCityTV
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The power transformer on my Sangean DPR-67 has carked it.
I have another Jaycar one that I am using, but itās one of those ones with the interchangeable pins (to plug into the radio) but itās very sensitive and the unit will switch off if I try and move it much.
Luckily I bought a new Sony radio one not long ago, so I will be using that one mostly from now on.
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Are the 2ue and 2sm networks off air?
Edit yes confirmed by George Moore. He implied it was a telstra issue without saying it. Seems a bit unustable the link. Hope when they fix it, it fixes fun,1sm etc. I cannot really listen to those stations anymore because of the drop outs.
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I couldnāt agree moreā¦ Itās a shame because FUN for me is quite a good listen otherwiseā¦
Iām surprised that 2UE (Lifestyle) is affected tooā¦ Iāve never heard any glitches on that DAB station.
No glitches on 2ue just off air this morning. I think its fixed now. I am not near a radio though.
Yes, I checked this afternoon and 2SM and 2UE Lifestyle are back on DAB.
However, the dreaded glitches are still there for the 2SM group of stations.
Iām glad itās not just me experiencing dropouts on Billās stations.
Iāll be in Brisbane and other parts of SEQ later this week; Iāll see how far north, south, and west DAB+ from Mount Cooties goes.
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I have received Brisbane DAB at ground level at Hope Island.
And in the high rises at Surfers Paradise.
From the DAB joint venture companies annual report 2015/16. Obviously the Sutherland repeater missed the expected date.
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Sutherland?
Thatās interestingā¦ I always thought that area had a pretty good line of sight to the Sydney TXsā¦?
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I think that Kellyville, Parklea, Rouse Hill area needs a repeater. Some pockets around the Georges River can have issues.
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Trip to Harvey Norman today and the shelves looked like they had just been stacked with DAB compatible radios. More than 20 different models with lots of stock; looked like new model range for some brands. A couple of micro-component units I hadnāt seen before as well as the radios.
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My experience with DAB+ in SEQ is that itās very good ānorth-southā. I get continuous and perfect reception in the car from the Caloundra exit in the north to Dreamworld at Coomera in the south. A few dropouts in the bayside suburbs and Iāve heard itās a little pit patchy in Ipswich in the west.
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