Array? How many bays is it for a supposed 1 watt service?
Hawk Gold has a similar pattern being below the Ridge line near the pub. Signal rolls off very quickly to the west once you go over the hill just a few hundred meters for the site and no signal at all in the Blue Mountains
Noise FM has the same problem coming down from the heights, gets bumped in the shadow of the hill. Had a listen to it when I was up there the other week.
It was 1 bay and looked like a omnidirectional circular dipole antenna.
Hawkesbury Gold site is at the Grass Karts site. As you are aware It does not have the LOS to the west that Hawkesbury Radio has from Burralow Rd. It cannot serve Bilpin and Mt Tomah to the west that Hawkesbury Radio can from their better site. I believe the other aspirant broadcasts from another site lower down the escarpment.
I did notice the signal getting bumped going down the hill. The 50w directional Hawkesbury Radio suffers too as you are in the shadows.
If any of the other community stations get the licence will they move to Hawkesbury Radioâs site or continue to use their existing site which have poor coverage to the west?
It clashes with Noise fm at Stanhope Gardens too. Anywhere with LOS to Kurrajong Heights I get Noise Fm, with no LOS the frequency is a mess with Noise and The Beat cutting over the top of each other.
Hereâs some web addresses for Noise FM
Re Beat FM:
I now find:
There is or was a station called River FM in the Hawksbury region.
Is that still operating?
http://www.riverfm.com.au/
I wonder of Voice of Islam 87.6 via Razorback Mt has finished from this site & now replaced with The Beat Radio via Razorback?
Or if either of Wayne Willmingtonâs licences for 87.6 at Werombi or The Oaks used for Camden coverage. Perhaps someone could check it out?
87.6 is The Beat Radio Camden so assuming it is coming from Razorback and other smaller sites around the MacArthur. VOI would have finished up in that area.
VOI network in Sydney is mainly CBD / Lakemba now.
Noise FMs playlist is on Onlineradiobox; looks like itâs 100% Australian music. Lots of forgotten tunes being played.
Found The Beat in Penrith now at onlineradiobox
Looking through the playlists, a ton of great songs that could fill the âgreat songs heard on radioâ thread!
FAB FM holds a licence to provide an âopen narrowcasting serviceâ. Under law, open narrowcasting services must be limited in some way, such as targeting special interest groups, or by providing programmes of limited appeal.
An ACMA investigation found FAB FM was broadcasting some content to a special interest group, being tourists visiting the Port Douglas region, however the proportion of material targeted at this group was low. The majority of content was targeted at a wide audience, being residents of the Douglas Shire.
Of the broadcasts reviewed by the ACMA, less than 10 per cent of automated programming provided tourist information. Of its four live-hosted programs, no more than 17 per cent of time was devoted to tourism information.
ACMA Chair Nerida OâLoughlin said radio broadcasters must ensure they operate within the terms of their licences or licensing arrangements.
âAfter a thorough investigation, we found that FAB FM is not providing open narrowcasting in accordance with its licence,â Ms OâLoughlin said.
âLicensees must comply with their licence conditions at all times. There are serious consequences for not doing so, including criminal proceedings and suspension or cancellation of the licence.â
The ACMA has accepted a court enforceable undertaking made by FAB FM to take actions to comply with its licence conditions and be monitored by the ACMA for the next two years.
If the licensee breaches the enforceable undertaking, the ACMA may seek an order from the Federal Court to direct the licensee to comply or to pay an amount of money or compensation. If the licensee continues to broadcast programming that is not limited as required under the law the ACMA may suspend or cancel their licence.
The ACMA investigated FAB FM following a complaint and found FAB FM was not providing a narrowcasting service within the definition under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 and breached licence conditions under the Radiocommunications Act 1992 .
âACMA Chair Nerida OâLoughlin said radio BROADCASTERS must ensureâ⌠Well⌠Even she doesnât get the madness of her own rules!
Seems pretty obvious â donât broadcast a broad-interest commercial or community radio station on a narrowcast licence
We now know what Paul Makin is doing these days.
1476 was the Penrith translator for 2KA Katoomba, it went when 2KA converted to 96.1 ONE FM, but 1476 was never part of the Sydney LAP, & had nothing to do with the Sydney AM/FM conversions, it was part of the later regional conversions under the Katoomba LAP.
And how come the 1386 Frequency in Sydney is Unuseable?
Looks like 1386 is now an HPON in Penrith
How Come 1386 belongs in Penrith? Itâs like 1341 staying in Geelong.
Because 2KA was a Penrith licence.
Because 3GL was a Geelong licence.
apparently â2KAâ (HPON) moved from 1476 to 1386 to allow an improvement in signal
And they responded by⌠shutting down