Heads up gang, a new Melbourne FM webserver is now live in Newport.
A little bit muffled though, just wondering who’s running this new TEF tuner?
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That’ll be mine. It’s not it’s final form. Very much in a testing phase before I move it to a dedicated machine. 
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I’ve updated all the logos on TVCL2 (and will roll out to TVCL1 and 3) after some testing. Generally, I’ve gotten rid of backgrounds, optimised text for being on a dark background and sourced or created SVGs by redrawing logos where practical. Here’s the updated logo set:
I’ve also given each of the Sydney TEF servers a different background now so it’s easier to differentiate between them.
TVCL1:
TVCL2:
TVCL3:
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It seems whoever was switching the Sunshine Coast TEF to Triple J wasn’t satisfied with doing that to just the Sunshine Coast tuner. I logged in to find all three of my servers also set to Triple J and bandwidth set to 311 kHz.
I checked the other Australian TEF servers as well and sure enough, every single Australian TEF server was tuned to Triple J…
I can’t believe I’m even thinking of the notion let alone saying the words “SDR DX Troll” (wouldn’t have even been a thing 5 years ago) but there ya go… some strange beings out there that there must be…
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Plugin updated to allow IPs to be whitelisted instead of having to be logged in. And doesn’t require a server restart when updating the list 
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Great work! Thanks :).
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I may have to use a filter to null out triple J on my server when I get it up and going if the serial J troll is still at it.
If someone’s annoying, just ban them. Calling them out is giving them the attention they crave.
Not so easy, unfortunately. Looks like it’s coming from a 4G/5G mobile connection, so the IP address keeps changing.
I may have a possible solution. Message me if you’re interested to test it.
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There’s a firmware setting which I knew existed for some time but had never quite looked in it, until now. I usually found the Auto BW setting to not be aggressive enough with weak stations, so I fine-tuned it.
The change was drastic with this weak signal, but a good demonstration of the default setting using 56kHz or 64kHz when higher sounds better, even if there’s a little more static.
Curious if others have noticed something similar…
Default (100% sensitivity): Vocaroo | Online voice recorder
Changed (80% sensitivity): Vocaroo | Online voice recorder
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Just to let you guys know, the Australia/NZ/New Caledonia dataset for the transmitter ID feature in webserver is being moved from the current source (a spreadsheet updated by me as and when I get chance) to FMList.
There might be some weird behaviour while the switch is ironed out. You’ll notice the duplicate entries on FM-DX Maps
The data on FMList seems to be kept up to date with the RDS Spreadsheet data as far as I can tell, so I’m hoping that this should be an improvement. This data includes LPON stations and it also means that it’s possible to use the logging features in webserver if anyone wants to.
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I’ve started up my webserver for another test using a 4 element FM Yagi antenna. Also does anyone know how to add station info for non RDS stations and are there any good plugins I should add?
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I’ve noticed something a bit strange with the audio output on the tuner. You’re not alone in this, @tvcl also ran into this problem with the TVCL3 FM TEF tuner.
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Yeah, It’s just something wrong with my TEF’s headphone output. I’ll order a new one eventually and that will fix the issue.
Why not go back through this thread archive.
Here’s a good place to start: AmateurAudioDude (Amateur Audio Dude) · GitHub
and the obvious discord site.
BTW what direction is the yagi pointing?
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Thanks for the response. It’s aimed towards Ballarat right now. Also, it’s not mounted very high up at the moment so it doesn’t get too many stations. I’ll move it to a better spot soon.
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Welcome.
Personally I like;
The scan function, at least 3 banks of memories, RDS Logos & carefully selected non RDS logos, Record button, RDS Logger & bandwidth control. The other Melb webserver is implemented well.
You have a nice pic on your webserver too. I like the local background scenic images as they add a bit of individually to the webservers & make it easy at a glance to know which webserver you’re listening from. The Aussie ones have all been carefully selected to be restful to the eyes too.
Good luck with the future upgrade works.
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This is the last post I’ll make about it but my webserver is now done (other than adding plugins) and permanently online. I’ve installed the dipole antenna and a much higher mast and it receives more stations (still less than the other Melbourne server though). Eventually I want to setup a second webserver with the directional 4 element Yagi and replace the current tef with one which doesnt have strange sounding audio but that probably won’t happen until next year.
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