It was better than I thought it would be, and I’m with Vodafone which doesn’t have as extensive coverage as Telstra and Optus. The dropouts were only for a few seconds and the TuneIn app picked up the stream again.
I commute to the snow, where I work part-time in winter, and I tried the streaming for the drive there. I had one 10 second drop out between Canberra and Cooma on the Monaro Highway (between Michelago and Bredbo). There were two dropouts between Cooma and Jindabyne (one 10-20 second just past Cooma Airport and one for around one minute to 90 seconds between Berridale and Varneys Range). There are also a couple of short dropouts once you get into Kosciuszko National Park.
And with some tropo, you might get some overlap! As in that case, I can hear both in the car around my neck of the woods at the same time (with them cutting in/out over the top of each other frequently). And some Triple J as well.
I find it works ok on local AM stations, but not as good as a petrol car when the signal is a bit weaker, but hey I was so happy it had AM none the less, can quite happily drive around Toowoomba and listen to 4GR in my new EV
Yeah it worked better then I was expecting been a full EV
My other half test drove a BYD Dolphin yesterday and noted it also has AM aswell
When it comes to the future of radio I think we just have to look to CADA.
Long gone are the days of stand-alone big-time radio stations, but a brand with a radio station as just one medium among many, targeted at a particular audience, seems to do well.
I’d support K &J getting a demotion to CADA (from KIIS). CADA has some of the most low brow tripe I’ve ever heard I’m afraid to say, so they’d fit right in.
I remember K Sera as ‘Cyclone Sarah’ from the One FM/9inety6ix.1 days. Showing my age (and preferences) a bit there.
