Hello from Norway,
I joined yesterday as I noted a lot of knowledge and interest around Australian narrowcasters. I hope you are able to give some solutions:
My background first, I am a LPAM broadcaster(Northern Star stations) and also longtime AM/FM radio listener, since 2015 on the Arctic SDR, this equipped with a 500 metres beverage antenna and a Kiwi SDR since 2017.
Only yesterday was able to pick up 4RPH Brisbane on 1296 kHz. Have heard quite a number of Australian AM signals now in Northern Norway. Both ABC, commercial and narrowcast.
My theme is today 1620 khz.
Usually we have had Al Kirton’s 4KZ very dominant there, with occasional interference from Sawtalghad Sydney.
4KZ’s relay closed at the end of December 2019, and will be replaced(so we have heard) by a new Vision relay up at Ingham/Taylors Beach.
With 4KZ gone, the channel immediately opened up for other signals and two or three unidentified ones were noted in January, one Italian, and one or two rap and/or dance, Bollywood sounding formats.
As to the Italian, that came in especially well on Arctic SDR January 14th and the ID “Italiana Australia” was noted 1522z. I mistook that for a new outlet of 531 4RTI in Adelaide. This station was also heard on January 2nd and of course the Rete Italia Gold webstream was tested. But not // with that. Checking on the Brisbane Kiwi SDR receiver, I have noted the Italian also there. On January 20th this station was noted again on the Brisbane receiver with this “Italiana Australia”. It went off 2020Z but then a much weaker station came in with the same program-again 1620!
Does any of you have an idea of which operator/station this was, transmitter site, and address for report(email/messenger mail) to engineering and/or company. The reception was quite good almost 15000 kms away and I have a long list of songs to present from a playlist of romantic Italian songs.
Coming to the “rap”/“dance” etc. station/s, there are logs already from January 1st and Jan. 2nd, and one ID was heard several times 1322/1359Z in continuous stream “You are on Net(?)Hit Music radio”. Another listener noted a time check 1400Z as 2am. English(UK)dialect. At least one mp3 recording exists. We know of 3 listeners that heard the mentioned broadcast, This announcement has also been noted on a station in the Melbourne area(Kiwi SDR there)in 2019.
Does any of you have an idea of which operator/station this was, transmitter site, and address for report(email/messenger mail) to engineering and/or company.
As indicated above, there may well be a third station here.
If you are able to give some help here, we’d appreciate that. Brisbane? Sunshine Coast? Gold Coast? Pictures of actual sites? You may also contact me on email svennam at hotmail.com.
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