A fracas in the 1990s and still no different today. Yes @dxnerd, 98.5 Bailingup another prime example.
No SFN on 100.5, atleast a 15 second delay between the 2. Bridgetown IDing as a Hit Southwest station, Narrogin Hit Wheatbelt.
Also on 100.5, I recall Coast FM Mandurah testing on 100.5. A short lived test as too much ABSW5 interference was reported, in comparison to the eventual 97.3 frequency.
I can also confirm that Triple J Canberra and Goulburn are using the same PI code, as when I tuned to 101.5 south of Goulburn TRIPLE-J displayed initially before changing to triple j. I didnāt check if AF was set up.
I also made a slight correction to Highland FMs RDS above.
Interesting, but good that RDS retained for Triple J Goulburn. Noting however the RDS for Triple J Illawara still off; maybe still be some unresolved problem(s)?
Thanks for the Highlands FM correction. I was wondering about the 2nd line.
I think one of the reasons why community stations choose the dynamic PS is a belief that many of their older listeners still have older tuners or receivers that only have the 8 character displays on their tuners/radios.
My thoughts are more of the not qualified/lack of knowledge techs that set up the RDS for community stations. If youāve ever setup/looked how to setup an RDS encoder, they kinda suggest to the inexperienced that you need to/should run Dynamic PS.
Download Magic RDS 4 & go through the settings to see whatās there & how itās done if you donāt know, https://pira.cz/rds/show.asp?id=magic_rds_4
All RDS encoders are very similar in the settings & how itās done. Some are more basic than others, but still kinda hint you need to use Dynamic PS to get your message across instead of RT.
Pic is of one of the more basic ones Iāve used.
I see what you mean. Thanks for sharing the pic @RFBurns
100% agree.
Another bit of evidence towards this is the fact that, as Iāve just determined this morning, is that Highlands FM have implemented PTYN with Group Code 10A, but no text defined. No RT or PTY either. Interesting that PTYN appears directly after the Dynamic PS box on your screen shot.
And theyāre also outputing Group code 2A, which is used for RT, but looking with RDS Spy this morning, with poor reception, thereās no RT used.
@matt86 and I have been quite busy with SWRās studio renovations, part of which was moving our RDS Encoder from our temporary studio setup back to our main control room to its final home. Weāve also been having some power supply issues with said RDS Encoderā¦
Will have to share some pics once the renoās are done
I must forgetten about this post, as the RDS on 100.3 caught me by surprise when I went down for a drive along the Kings Hwy and back to Canberra today. Good to see though!
Well if you had listened to my show this morning, I warned people of āa slow run on the Kings Highway, adding around 10 minutes to your run into Canberraā
The roadworks are needed as the Kings Highway was cut to ribbons after all the rain in spring. The high volumes of traffic (including trucks) donāt help. The road is woefully inadequate for the amount of traffic it serves these daysā¦should be four lanes all the way to Batemans Bay but it will never happen.
Checking LiveTraffic is required around here unfortunately, as are my traffic reports. Iām currently allowing 45-50 minutes for the trip into Braidwood from Bungendore (usually 35 mins if no roadworks).
RhemaCC RDS issue is because they recently moved studio to a new location & studio build.
Iāve been asked by the Hope 103.2 tech who assists Rhema to help investigate some issues they have including the No RDS, deviation is well over 100kHz too.
I know this topic was raised recently by @Informer re loss of RT on 99.3 Triple J Perth. I can report that RT (Group 2A) has been re-instated.
That said, now 92.9 Triple J Hobart has lost its RT.
I wonder what BAI/ABC are up to across the country?
BAI/ABC also seem to be having a lot of issues with maintaining accurate RDS Clock Time (CT) on many of their RDS outlets in recent times with huge CT slippages. Not sure either why they canāt sync their RDS to an internet time source or turn CT off. Is there a dwindling expertise problem within BAI or some technical issues that are being given low priorities?
Sky Sports Radio RDS has been switched on today throughout the NSW network where equipment is RDS capable using the same PI as my QLD equiped stations.