Yep, i’m in the Albion Park area. 
I never listen to KIX, so the reception difference took me by surprise as well! It’s possible that KIX are broadcasting at a reduced power. I don’t know how far out KIX on 105.3 goes, but I know up at Bowral, the 101.1 Nowra signal can be received quite well.
That makes sense with the Sydney reception, Albion park area is not good for Sydney fm.
Also on the car radio in Albion park I have had Eagle fm, there is one spot where there is a gap in the escarpment where the signal can be received ok on a car radio.
RE Kix they definitely are below strength. I can receive permanent VOX at my location in NW Sydney, but unless I have strong tropo from the south I am unable to receive Kix. The last time with tropo Vox had full RDS, KIX was just above the noise floor.
My hunch is Kix would probably be around 200W ERP considering 2PNN on 93.3 is 500W, and broadcasts from the same tower at Brokers Nose based on your reception in this video.
I am at Bermagui.
This is what I can get.
87.6 KIX strong
88.0 Religion strong
89.7 News Radio Bega (medium strength)
93.7 Edge FM (medium strength)
94.5 2EC strong
96.1 XL FM weak
97.7 Snow FM weak
99.3 ABC Classic medium
100.5 ABC News Radio medium to strong (Batesman)
100.9 ABC Radio National medium
101.9 FM ABC Classic medium
102.5 FM Power FM Strong
103.5 ABC Local Radio medium to strong (Batemans)
103.9 Power FM Eden? weak to medium
104.3 Power FM Bateman Medium
104.7 2sea weak/medium
105.1 ABC RN medium
105.5 FM 2EC Eden weak to medium
106.9 FM Sky Radio weak
107.1 FM Sky radio ? Eden weak to medium
107.5 FM 2EAR FM weak
Any sign of 88.9 around town? I am assuming you left out 100.1 JJJ. I am also surprised you can’t get anything from Knights Hill.
@Laoma if at Bermagui, where’s the local Bega commercials & any others co located? The TX site is between Bermagui & Bega. Bizarre if can’t be received.
94.5 and 102.5 listed and noted as Strong from what I can see.
Yeah 94.5 / 102.5 FM are the local frequencies for this area.
I am using a Tecsun and could not get Braidwood FM. I will try in the car in the next couple of days. Yes I missed 100.1. Thanks @dxnerd. I am sure in my car I might be able to get something. I checked the car and I could get 97.3 ABC Illawarra not as easy on the Tecsun. There is a very big hill/mountain that might be blocking it.
Thanks, I was reading it in haste and didn’t distinguish the locals as not mentioned unlike the translators to the north and south.
Moree NSW 2400 (Daytime)
AM
549 2CR Orange (Fringe)
585 2WEB Bourke (Fair to Good)
612 4QR Brisbane (Deep Fringe)
648 2NU Manilla (Fair)
657 2BY Byrock (Fringe)
711 4QW St George (Fair to Good)
747 4QS Darling Downs (Fringe)
819 2GL Glen Innes (Fringe)
864 4GR Toowoomba (Fringe)
963 4WK Warwick (Deep Fringe)
1071 4SB Kingaroy (Deep Fringe)
1080 2MO Gunnedah (Fringe)
1134 2AD Armidale (Deep Fringe)
1188 2NZ Inverell (Fair)
1242 4AK Oakey (Deep Fringe)
1287 2TM Tamworth (Deep Fringe)
1476 4ZR Roma (Deep Fringe)
1530 2VM Moree (Local-Strong)
1611 Hot Country Goondiwindi (Fringe)
FM Will Follow
As Promised Moree 2400
FM
87.6 Vision Narrowcast (Fair)
88.0 (Blank Carrier) Strong
91.3 2MAX Narrabri (Fair to good)
95.9 Sky Sports Gunnedah (Weak)
96.7 Classic FM (Strong)
97.5 2GGG Gunnedah (Weak)
98.3 2NOW Moree (Strong)
99.1 ABC Local (Strong)
99.9 JJJ (Strong)
100.7 ABC RN (Strong)
101.5 ABC News (Fair to strong)
102.1 SBS Moree (Off Air)
102.9 2GEM Warialda (Weak fo fair)
103.7 Sky Sports Moree (Strong)
Cheeky Melbourne bump for September 2023
Stations that are generally always received with a vertical dipole…
87.6 - LPON #
87.8 - LPON (Kiss FM)
88.0 - LPON #
88.1 - 3MFM *
88.3 - Southern FM
88.6 - 3PVR
88.7 - VAR Bendigo *
88.9 - WYN FM
89.1 - 3MFM *
89.3 - Kix Country Geelong
89.5 - ABC Victoria *
89.9 - The Light
90.3 - 3JJJ Bendigo
90.7 - SYN FM
91.1 - ABC Victoria
91.5 - Smooth FM
91.9 - Hit Bendigo
92.3 - 3ZZZ
92.7 - ABC Classic Victoria
93.1 - SBS Radio
93.5 - 3RPH / MMM Bendigo #
93.7 - Hit 96.9 *
93.9 - Bay FM Geelong
94.1 - 3WBC
94.3 - MMM Gippsland
94.5 - UGFM / 3JJJ #
94.7 - The Pulse Geelong
94.9 - 3JOY
95.1 - ABC Victoria
95.3 - MMM Shepparton
95.5 - K-Rock Geelong
95.7 - 3GDR
96.1 - ABC Classic Shepparton *
96.3 - 96three FM Geelong
96.5 - 3INR
96.7 - 3JJJ Latrobe Valley
96.9 - Hit 96.9 Shepparton *
97.1 - 3MDR
97.7 - Casey Radio
97.9 - 979fm Melton
98.1 - 3ECB
98.3 - 3OCR / RPP FM #*
98.5 - Apple FM Bacchus Marsh
98.7 - RPP FM
98.9 - North West FM
99.1 - Yarra Valley FM
99.3 - Sunbury Radio
99.5 - TRFM Gippsland *
99.9 - Voice FM Ballarat *
100.3 - Nova FM
100.7 - Highlands FM Woodend / ABC #
101.1 - KIIS FM
101.5 - ABC Classic Victoria
101.9 - Fox FM
102.3 - 3BA *
102.5 - Edge FM Deniliquin *
102.7 - 3RRR
103.1 - Power FM Ballarat *
103.5 - 3MBS
103.9 - Life FM Gippsland *
104.3 - Gold FM
105.1 - MMM
105.5 - ABC Classic Ballarat *
105.9 - ABC Classic
106.3 - Flow FM
106.7 - 3PBS
107.1 - 3JJJ Ballarat *
107.5 - 3JJJ
107.9 - ABC Ballarat *
# Multiple stations received
* Always present but varying signal strength
Your UNID 98.3 could be OKR FM Kilmore. They are also on 97.1 in Wallan but this would be well behind 3MDR in most of Melbourne. I’m sure the 97.1 translator cops a tonne of interference despite some terrain blockage between the Dandenong Ranges and Wallan.
There’s also 98.3 in Colac (3OCR) and that 3EL (Gold 1071) relay in Bendigo, but Kilmore is possibly the most likely. All of these stations stream so it’s a matter of getting the parallel.
That’s a good point, and I have often used the website’s stream to confirm it’s the correct station. Kilmore is closer but it’s not that station, it is 3OCR, so not a bad effort for low power from that distance.
RPP FM relay stream on 98.3 used to be the strongest not that long ago, but now I’m not even 100% sure it’s still there, maybe someone closer to Frankston can confirm.
And on the subject of 3MDR, they’ve been having some serious transmitter issues lately. With the lack of funds for community radio these days, it’s understandable that it’s not something they could fix overnight. Basically when it has an “episode” the audio will briefly overdeviate to as far as 97.5 or so.
Oof, that’s bad. 3MDR is quite a good station with professional presenters so this is a tad surprising. There’s often no correlation between the quality of presentation and quality of broadcast engineering, though.
I was tuned in on a Monday evening and it was rather entertaining and politically incorrect. The stuff you wouldn’t hear on commercial radio, or even most community radio stations these days.
In general even when the transmitter isn’t freaking out, it’s just way too loud, which might not be as audible on a radio with “very wide” receive, but it’s there. They’re not the only ones though, a few stations around town could do with backing off of the audio levels. Unless they have remote access, I’d say someone will need to physically visit the transmitter site and make adjustments. I’ve included a link to a recording from just now, so you hear what I’m hearing.
FM stations generally receivable at my location without any elevation, electronic or atmospheric enhancement.
87.6 The Fox Coffs Harbour
88.0 Vision FM Boambee
89.5 2GF Grafton
90.7 ABC NewsRadio Grafton/Kempsey
91.5 Triple J Grafton Kempsey
92.3 ABC Coffs Coast Grafton/Kempsey
93.3 2BBB Dorrigo
94.5 ABC Northern Rivers Richmond/Tweed
94.7 ABC NewsRadio Manning River
95.3 ABC Classic Richmond/Tweed
95.5 ABC Mid North Coast Manning River
96.1 Triple J Richmond/Tweed
96.3 Triple J Manning River
96.9 Radio National Richmond/Tweed
97.1 Radio National Manning River
97.9 ABC Classic Grafton/Kempsey
98.5 ABC NewsRadio Richmond/Tweed
98.7 ABC Classic Manning River
99.5 Radio National Grafton/Kempsey
100.5 2HC Woolgoolga
100.7 Triple M Port Macquarie
102.3 Hit 102.3 Port Macquarie
104.1 CHY FM Coffs Harbour
104.7 FM 104.7 Grafton
105.1 Hit 102.3 Kempsey
105.5 Hit 105.5 Coffs Harbour
105.9 2NVR Nambucca Heads
106.3 Triple M Coffs Harbour
106.7 Triple M Kempsey
107.1 Sky Sports Radio Coffs Harbour
107.3 2BBB Bellingen
107.5 2DD Boambee
107.9 2AIR Coffs Harbour
Great list!
What is 87.6 The Fox like? Dance stuff?
I recall from a trek last year it was something like a Classical or Eclectic mix or oldies, IIRC? It wasn’t IDing much.
Definitely was a narrowcast format.
Page 39 of this newspaper indicates a recent site change for The FOX
BTW is 107.5 2DD Boambee an illegal transmission?
Nothing found on ACMA RRF.
I found it has a streaming appearance here:
Pretty sure 2DD is a pirate. The ACMA surely wouldn’t allocate 107.5 when 107.1, 107.3 and 107.9 are all in use in the area.