If only they called themselves Hawkesbury Districts Radio, then we might have had HD Radio, just like in the States (well sorta).
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The current RDS on 89.9 today, running off Hawkesbury GOLDās transmitter, also they are playing very explicit thrash metal.
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WTF! Did their transmitter, program & RDS feed get hijacked?
Someone not happy?
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That station name should generate a few complaints.
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A few complaints & a few laughs too I suspect.
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Also noted that the alternate frequencies are AM ones (1260, 1314).
I didnāt think that would be possible with RDS?
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I thought that was rather odd too.
@TheChase what SDR software is this?
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That is just damn amazing someone would do that. No listener in their right mind would want to tune into that. These stations in the Hawksbury sound like they are just a joke lately.
Must be alot of infighting or something.
I didnt know Hall and Oates had a hit called Kiss My Ass?
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Iām wondering if it should be: āKiss On My Listā?
Kiss on my ass list? 
but in all seriousnessā¦ what is going on with those aspirants.
Oh dear god i just sung that in my headā¦ damn itā¦i will think of it whenever i hear it now
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Iām glad I donāt have a lisp or dyslexia - lol
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Hahahaha. Oh dearā¦ but seriously that looks completely unprofessional and the guy who did it shoukd be fired.
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Yeah thereās more than itās fair shareā¦
ACMA have called for applications for the full time license, letās just hope for the best out of an already shit situationā¦.
More news about it will be dribbled out about it soonā¦
The 89.9 frequency has definitely had its moments
This has been the gist of what has been since 12pm today the sweet sound of the death of a by gone era lolā¦ the bull ant has lost his mind 
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Itās in the history book of 89.9 what has been community radio in the Hawkesbury
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AFAIK itās not, but you can list whatever frequencies you want as AF, doesnāt mean itāll work though, I wonder what the significance of 1260 & 1314 is to them, why pick those frequencies?
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The software is GQRX a SDR program for Mac, as for the Alt frequencies that was a bug in the program, itās meant to display 91.30MHz, 91.90MHz as the Alt frequencies.
The RDS on āFUKUFMā is a bit messed up as well which might be why my SDR program had some issues.
The program type switches between āEasy Listeningā and āWeatherā and the radio text alts between āKiss MY ASS - Hall and Oatesā and āWish It Would Rain - Patesā.
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Im guessing the TX was purchased from NZ or somewhere and already had those set up in by a previous operator?
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Thanks for the feedback on this @TheChase
I think SDR software for Macās might be a bit limited with RDS compared to Windows offerings.
What is the core āGNU Radioā app like for RDS?
Iāve heard about CubicSDR & SDR++ are options for Macās, but not sure how mature their RDS development has become.
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Maybe, itās always been the alt frequencies for GOLDs transmitter.
Iāve only used this rendition of that program but from the about us section of the program:
Also FUKUFM is now playing Hardstyle.
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Is it still set like that today? Wow just Wowā¦ anyone have any idea whose doing it? Is it one of the operators going for the licence or is it someone whose hijacked the transmitter?
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