Radio Data System (RDS)

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Good to know! I never even knew there was such a thing!

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5920

It works in with the vehicle tuner’s ‘Regional’ switch setting.

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5921

Highland FM also have it, but I assume it’s useless on Highland FM since they only have one transmitter/programme:

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5922

Thanks. Yes useless for them. I didn’t think there was a separate flag for this in the RDS specification/data other than the receiver looking at the PI code digits. I will have to now stick my head in the RDS specs books. :slightly_smiling_face:

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5923

For your RDS spreadsheet, it’s also been on SW Slopes for at least a month:

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5924

Rise 96.5 Brisbane have changed their PTY to Varied.

They’ve also added Song Title & Artist info to the RT field & recently changed their RT messages.

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5925

Can’t even remember what it was before. Pop?

5926

It was ‘Culture’.

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5927

New PS for 2SER:

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Also, no RDS for FBi at the moment.

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5928

There’s no extra flag for this - it’s a display thing in the webserver based on the data in the database.

It seems like the data from FMList must have both of those PI codes listed - 23F5 as main and 22F5 as regional. When a station is transmitting the PI that matches to the regional PI in the dataset, it gets displayed as shown there in the screenshot, with the “main” PI shown above just for indication.

It is a bit confusing - but the only thing being transmitted in the RDS is the larger value. I wonder if it does actually regionally switch or it’s just been listed in FMList like that for some reason :thinking:

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5929

The RDS for 94.5 FBi has resumed.

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5930

Triple M Brisbane cycling once every 3 seconds on RT Today. Can’t even read it lol

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5931

Have updated RDS worksheet with missing or updated info for ABCs at Armidale, Bonalbo (under Lismore) and Tenterfield.

Have updated Breeze 4BRZ for Gloucester (PS now breeze was previously breeze97)

No new RDSs at Glen Innes, Inverell or Armidale though

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5932

Thanks for this.

Did you happen to capture the RDS from the ABC outlets for Gloucester?

5933

I did… oops, didn’t realise they were incomplete too, I’ve now updated those.

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5934

Heading west now, Tamworth 92.9 song info not working atm.

Been like this all morning alternating with #1 for music

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5935

Went up to Porcupine Lookout in Gunnedah this afternoon.

Came across some new mining RDS (from Tarrawonga Mine)

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Have added these two to the RDS worksheet under Gunnedah.

Also this one for Local Radio 2NWR on 100.5 which I can’t find listed in the ACMA PDF lists? Any idea where this is from?

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My ‘guess’ is that this is an off-air rebroadcast of 99.1 from an unlicenced (or unlisted) TX from the same mine site as above, but this is just a guess. Similar signal levels.

Was there a 2NWR signal on 101.1 from the same site? I suspect they are using 100.5MHz instead.

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5937

Not that I could tell. Only heard Triple J Armidale on 101.1.

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5938

Cool. Tarrawonga Mine is licenced with 2NWR on 101.1, perhaps they suffered interference from Triple j on 101.1 & decided to use 100.5 instead.

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