Perhaps intended, but PI code of ABC NewsRadio still with PI Code of 206C according to your pics.
Whilst I know thatās possible, Iāve noted time delays between FM & DAB+ (the later delayed) broadcasts which wouldnāt be ideal re automatic switching. Iām not sure of the technical reasons for that.
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I was gonna pop on here to say that 91.7 had rolling text with weather/programming and 95.7/98.5 had news headlines on News Radio. Well done! Canāt wait to see how it all ties together when itās done
Without going to too much effort, how many sites are we looking at? Iām guessing in this part of the world, weāll see at least Lismore, GC, Brisbane obviously, Southern Downs. Sunshine Coast maybe? I recall hearing Mt Mowbullan doesnāt have the facilities for RDS
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Though I did have to laugh this morning, obviously the ABC News RDS just takes headlines from the news website, and this was one of the first things I saw on it
Felt a little odd my radio asking that kind of question of me 
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RDS has been switched on for ABC NewsRadio and Radio National from Mt Moombil.
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Awesome news. And a great DX target from here in Brisbane
And Middle Brother RN as well! With a stack of AFs (98.3, 99.5, 99.7, 102.5, 104.1) ā¦ 99.7 probably shouldnāt be there though.
PNN 94.7 too weak to tell if it has it.. 95.5 Local and 98.7 Classic donāt appear to have it yet.. 96.3 JJJ blocked by Coast FM here.
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Any word on Goulburn? JJJ already had it in any case.
For @Parex11 , Iāll be travelling home via:
- Warrnambool
- Colac
- Latrobe Valley
- Bairnsdale
- Orbost
- Cann River
- Bombala
- Brown Mountain
- Cooma (95.3)
And you want to listen to JJJ all the way without tuning your radio?
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Iād rather be stuck in a six hour traffic jam on the Monash than be subjected to the caterwauling on the Jays. But I digress.
(And sites like Orbost and Cann donāt have the Jays at any rateā¦)
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Thanks for doing the roll-out of RDS across the ABCās regional transmitters ā it should make automated DXing with the TEF much better once the RDS data is added to FMList. How are you planning to do the ABC Local stations? (in terms of PS, PI and REG) āABC GCā was an easy fit in the 8-character PS limit, but I assume some of the local stationsā names will be harder to abbreviate.
Also, if you have time to answer, DXing from Sydney, Iām curious if you if know if any of these transmitters will support RDS:
- Mount Penang (Gosford)
- Garlands Hill (Portland)
- Mount Gray (Goulburn)
- Gan Gan Hill (Port Stephens)
- Mount Canobolas (Central Tablelands / Orange)
- Soma Mountain (Tamworth)
- Brown Mountain (Bega/Cooma)
- Mount Cenn Cruaich (Central Western Slopes)
- Little Duval Mountain (Armidale)
- Mount Dowe (Upper Namoi)
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98.5 RN Portland VIC now has RDS.
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ABC LR or ABCLocal both could be options for ABC Local Radio PS
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I doubt it will happen, but Iād love to see the Local Radio callsign/frequency in the RDS PS eg. ABC 92.5 at Gosford or ABC 2BA on 103.5 Batemans Bay.
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To be honest, nobody except us nerds care about the legacy callsigns. Iām guessing itās a fair while since 2BA/2CP/2NC etc were used on air. I think 2BL disappeared sometime in the 90s? Some older folk (along with us nerds) still use 2BL and 3LO in casual conversation.
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just want to also say thank you @Parex11 for all
your work so far getting RDS rolled out, doing all this as a side project is outstanding so absolutely take as much time as you need. this will be appreciated by so many people, including those outside of this forum, since functions like AF are very useful in fringe coverage areas
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Iāll admit I went to a spreadsheet and tried to see if I could fit decent names in the char limit. I found this fun. It really shouldnāt be.
Boredness follows
| Sydney | ABC SYD |
| Broken Hill | ABCBrHil |
| Central Coast | ABCGosfd |
| Central West | ABC CWst |
| Coffs Coast | ABCCoffs |
| Illawarra | ABCIllaw |
| Mid North Coast | ABC MNC |
| New England North West | ABCNEngl |
| Newcastle | ABCNewcl |
| North Coast | ABC NCst |
| Riverina | ABCRivra |
| South East NSW | ABC SE |
| Upper Hunter | ABCHuntr |
| Western Plains | ABCWPlns |
| Canberra | ABC CBR |
| Darwin | ABC Drwn |
| Alice Springs | ABCAlice |
| Katherine | ABCKath |
| Melbourne | ABC MEL |
| Ballarat | ABCBalrt |
| Central Victoria | ABC CVic |
| Gippsland | ABCGipps |
| Goulburn Murray | ABCGoulb |
| Mildura-Swan Hill | ABCMilSH |
| Shepparton | ABCShepp |
| South West Victoria | ABCSWVic |
| Wimmera | ABCWimmr |
| Adelaide | ABC ADEL |
| Eyre Peninsula | ABC Eyre |
| North and West | ABC N+W |
| Riverland | ABCRvrld |
| South East | ABC SESA |
| Hobart | ABCHobrt |
| Northern Tasmania | ABC NTas |
| Brisbane | ABC Bris |
| Capricornia | ABCCapri |
| Far North | ABC FNQ |
| Gold Coast | ABC GC |
| North Queensland | ABC NQld |
| North West Queensland | ABCNWQld |
| Southern Queensland | ABS SQld |
| Sunshine Coast | ABC SC |
| Tropical North | ABC TNQ |
| Western Queensland | ABCWestQ |
| Wide Bay | ABCWideB |
| Perth | ABCPerth |
| Esperance | ABC Espr |
| Goldfields | ABCGflds |
| Great Southern | ABCGrSth |
| Kimberley | ABCKimbr |
| Midwest & Wheatbelt | ABCWheat |
| Pilbara | ABC Pilb |
| South West | ABS SthW |
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Thanks for the confirmation, Parex11 :). Apologies if my question was a bit too long.
Itāll be interesting to see if you set up AF/REG between different ABC Local regions (e.g. AF from Illawarra to South East NSW) or if theyāll be treated as separate networks.
Looks like RDS is live in Orange now. My spotty RDS reception of RN on 104.3 in Sydney:
Some more RT:
Itās showing up as music on the M/S indicator ā though that might just be from my weak signal.
Back when RFBurns posted on Mediaspy, he mentioned that there were issues with having RDS on mono transmissions ā you havenāt encountered any problems so far with that?
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