Can I kindly suggest a shortened nomenclature for your webservers
from:
Cheltenham Melbourne Webserver-1
Cheltenham Melbourne Webserver-2
to something like:
‘Cheltenham1 Melbourne’ or ‘Cheltenham1 Melb Omni’
Cheltenham2 Melbourne
so name of your webservers appear on one line rather than two
for less scrolling on the Australian receiver side window to access webserver of choice? 
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Oops I wondered why I was the only person who had used my webserver since friday, now I will have to figure out how to get it back up
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Hi
Interesting issue.
All I do is download the latest webserver and unzip then copy the contents offm-dx-webserver-main root structure and all within the current location and overwriting all files and foldersin my webserver location, then resart the server and it it updates. All it is doing is adding the files in Plugins etc not deleting the contens.
Anyway works for me
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FYI for all that use my TEF node at tef.nnode.net
I am moving the webserver for this radio to another subdomain, hopefully it will be tuner.nnode.net/fm1 or similar very soon. The reasoning for this is so I can set up some additional TEF nodes without causing issues moving forward. Its so I can separate the AM and FM side eventually with multiple different units.
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This has now been done - please do not use the old URL as this no longer leads anywhere.
Hi, I’ve put up a FM-DX-webserver in Brisbane. I’ve been online for a week or so with rtl-sdr rabbit ears. I’ve now got “GOG” S dipole antenna ($40 on ebay) and today got 20m of RG6 coax from Hammerbarn. It’s improved things a lot, but I really need to put it on the roof. Even getting out the back door made a big difference.
Great to see radio from across the country!
Rabbit ears inside:
S-dipole inside:
S-dipole back stairs…
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Welcome to MediaSpy! Great to see another Australian FM-DX Webserver online.
I find that long cable runs can affect signal strength so I put my server in the roof space to minimise cable length.
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I’ll see how it is on the roof. I’m optimistic it’ll be ok in the medium term. If I get a headless TEF, long term I might stick it up in a box on the roof next to the antenna!
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My cable length is about 6 metres
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To the FM DX Webserver hosts who have experienced problems with a certain individual please visit my latest post in the RDS Thread.
For the moment I have restored the file & copied it, but there may be decisions made in future to move the list & restrict the list to trusted Media Spy users only. 
Thank you for your time.
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It looks like whoever is causing trouble appears to now be crashing my server every couple of hours. Until further notice I’ve disabled the tunnel to it, meaning only I can access it for now.
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They’re doing it to mine too so I’ve just turned it off
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I know there are a lot of DX webservers in Europe, has anyone heard if they are having problems too?
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Doesn’t appear to be, at least when taking a look in the Discord
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What a shame. Very disappointing to hear that the culprit hasn’t given up, sorry to hear that this is happening. I checked the other servers from VIC, NSW and WA, they’re all still working normally.
The S dipole is on my roof now. The signal is ok. A lot cleaner with a lower noise floor at least! I’m not getting the booming signals you get on your omni in Sydney @tvcl. I don’t think it’s the coax (degrading signal), even if I lose 1.5dB you still pull in a lot more. Maybe it’s just further to my neighbouring stations…?
I’m working on the FMList RDS logging. I’ve requested a login there, and I’ll figure out the configuration soon. I’ve added OCE’s logo plugin with a couple of custom local logos for faint/no-RDS stations.
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Most of your local stations seem to be around 70–80 dBf based on your spectrum graph; seems similar to what I get on my omni antenna. And you have a better noise floor than my omni antenna also.
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It’s very disappointing what’s occurring; I won’t indulge the culprit any further. An autoblock of VPN traffic and any offending regular IPs would have to be the solution if you want to maintain access for the 99% of users who don’t want to pi$$ on the statue.
Looks like both the Mildura node and the new Brisbane node are tuned to local JJJ frequencies…
I’d actually go one step further and make the site accessible only with a small donation to the operator, perhaps on a monthly basis (as in, ‘buy me a coffee’). That would weed out any miscreants quite quickly, and also provide an incentive for the node operators and the developer of the site.
The NZ Radio DX League operate a members only SDR, so I’d imagine a small paywall would be easy enough to implement. The access charge would only have to be piecemeal to get the desired effect, I think.
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Yes, likewise with my five Sydney servers. They also like to switch all the servers to mono and set the bandwidth to something to 56 kHz or 311 kHz. Same VPN as before; I will likely just block VPN access going forward. Other TEF node operators are also seeking to go down the same path.
I’ve spent a not inconsequential amount of money setting up the servers and making them available to the public, including ongoing operational costs (electricity, Internet, storage [for the DVB-T recording server], etc.), so it’s indeed frustrating to see this sort of behaviour going on. While it’d be nice to be able get some of that investment back in terms of funds, I’m also conscious that not everyone would be able to afford donations and I wouldn’t want to limit access only to those who can afford to pay.
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Yeah I just noticed my server was left on 56kHz. I’ve turned off that option now. It wasn’t necessary.