Thanks for this piece of info. Good that the annoying scrolling PS turned off. Thank you Highland FM & all.
Incidentally the PS was: HFM_1071 and now HFM1071_ (as above).
The rest of the RDS details appear to be unchanged.
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95.7 Golden Days Radio (Melbourne) have changed their PTY from Oldies Music to None (PTY 0) 
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That must be a new one? Didnât know they had RDS. Didnât seem to be there when I was in Melbourne in March.
Meanwhile, 2PSR Port Stephens have changed their PS again.. to PSFM (was previously just a " ). Second time this year theyâve changed it.
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Yes, new within the past few weeks.
Thank you. Is that PSFM____ ? Or something different?
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Likewise didnât know they had RDS.
That PTY seems really prevalent in Melbourne for some reason, even a lot of the commercial stations have it. Maybe some Tech down there doesnât like setting genres?
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Went for a drive to the Upper Hunter today.
Discovered that two of the âUnited Collieries East Mineâ transmissions have RDS, though Iâm guessing unintentionally, must be capturing/re-broadcasting the full signal not just the audio? (if itâs possible to do it like that). And as the injection level is very low and has the same info as the main TXs.
RDS Worksheet now updated with the above.
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Yes, FM rebroadcast receivers do this. Itâs pretty common. Tunnel repeater systems do it, for example.
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100.9 Connect FM have added Program Name Information to their RDS RT.
Eg. âWednesday Night Zombie Fever with Steph, Kat and Rachelâ
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They should be taken off air due to that party foul.
(I am waiting for a transmitter failure on Skid RowâŚ)
FBis PI was 2945 in the past as well.
Iâd notice it around Mt Pleasant (Billyâs Lookout), south of Kiama where the car radio will initially display either 2EC or FBI 94.5 before updating to the correct PS, also with 105.9. But the signal of both stations isnât strong enough anywhere to cause any unintentional switching.
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Except in tropoâŚI can get both 2EC and fBi with RDS around Bungendore even with a bit of enhancement.
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Bout Time that issue with Star was really annoying
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Not sure when it was added, but CW Slopes also seems to have the 23F5 regional PI. Nothing on Illawarra though.
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Sorry Iâm confused by the post. The image shows PI of 22F5 for 106.3MHz.
And capturing 106.3 RDS moments ago I can see PI of 22F5.
Does the PI of 22F5 sometimes change to 23F5?
Looking now; 90.9 Illawarra still has PI of 22F5.
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Itâs the regional PI (Iâm not sure if thatâs the right term) - the small number above the 22F5.
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Got it. Thanks, sorry I missed noticing the small PI number above the main number. Itâs the first time I have noticed this & first ever time I have seen this ever implemented (I presume) in Australia.
| Second (PI Code) Character Coverage Codes |
|---|
| 0 - Local (Local program transmitted via a single transmitter only during the whole transmitting time.) |
| 1 - International (The same program is also transmitted in other countries.) |
| 2 - National (The same program is transmitted throughout the country.) |
| 3 - Supra-regional (The same program is transmitted throughout a large part of the country.) |
| 4 to F - Regional (The program is available only in one location or region over one or more frequencies, and there exists no definition of its frontiers.) |
I wonder if the PI switches to 23F5 during news or some news broadcasts? Something to watchout for.
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