BANDSCAN THREAD

I’m getting a blank carrier since last night on 107.1 FM in Dublin, I wonder is it Retronow coming back on, Definitely coming from the mountains but it’s weaker than RetroNow’s last tx

Some of the new breed of pirates have sophisticated equipment that is producing a broadcast signal powerful enough to be picked up in the Dublin Port Tunnel. Alongside legitimate stations such as RTE, Newstalk, 98FM, FM104, Q102, Spin 1038 and Sunshine, pirate stations RetroNow and Kiss could be picked up in the lowest depths of the 4.5km…

The reason those two stations (Retro-Now and Kiss) are being received relates to their frequencies being close (0.3 MHz away) from stations that are being intentionally relayed in the tunnel.

The stations that are being intentionally relayed on the tunnel's 'leaky-feeder' are each going through channel pass filters before being amplified, but some of the signal of a close station 0.3 MHz away obviously is managing to get through the filters for Sunshine and Q102.

Some might have thought that stations intentionally being relayed on the tunnel's 'leaky-feeder' cable are being demodulated and remodulated -but that is to be avoided, if you are relaying a FM station on the SAME frequency you want the relayed signal to be as identical as possible to the incoming signal (modulation, carrier frequency, minimal delay) otherwise you will have far more noticeable interference effects around when you enter/exit the tunnel and there is some mixture of both direct and relayed (tunnel) signals for the station.

is it true a number of stations have been raided this morning across dublin? if so comreg have acted on the artical in the irish times at the weekend following compliant from 4fm CEO. iv been told even station that were of air and only weekend stations were raided

(Correction - Sunday Times / Nova)
(NOT - Irish Times / 4FM)

JDxtra wrote: »

It was Nova that complained and the article was in the Sunday Times.

Which full time stations are off today?

yes your correct my bad.
i got told at least 4 stations hit. only one name was given to me at the time was Retro been one station

Anglers wrote: »

is it true a number of stations have been raided this morning across dublin? if so comreg have acted on the artical in the irish times at the weekend following compliant from 4fm CEO. iv been told even station that were of air and only weekend stations were raided

(Correction - Sunday Times / Nova)
(NOT - Irish Times / 4FM)

1025kiss hot and the blank on 107.1 still on just been listening

Phever ran a super charity event Solas Festival for Pieta House over the weekend. That sure would be a cruel turn if they were taken off air immediately after.

castle2012 wrote: »

They may be just keeping quiet after the reports in the media over the weekend.i would say raids are iminanent .As Comreg would want to be seen to reacting !

Phever have already had a number of brushes with Comreg already probably don’t want another.

Cen Fahd go bhuil me aig eisteach le Comorans gaeilge air 94.3 FM?

Not the first time RnaG has been relayed on 94.3 for tests....

Then again RTE used to relay pirates back in the 80s. ...

Mullaghteelin wrote: »

102.5fm must be one of the strongest Dublin pirates I've ever seen in Balbriggan, its stronger here than the RTEs from three Rock.
BBC Radio 2 from Camlough on 88.7 has been suffering co-channel from the Dublin pirate on 88.8.
BBC is comfortably stronger so the pirate is a nuisance source of noise.
Balbriggan is in a blackspot towards Dublin, so 88.8 could be clashing with Radio 2 well to the north of here.

Same out my way thyve a huge signal and the sound is much better than anything else pirate wise. The most pro pirate Dublin has had in years hopefully some djs on it soon

I’m hearing reports that HOT FM got raided this afternoon, A Comreg Van was seen in Saggart village around 3.30, Twenty minutes later HOT off the air, this is third party information, Can anyone confirm?

ComReg vans can be all over on other business, so may not be related.

JDxtra wrote: »

ComReg vans can be all over on other business, so may not be related.

You would think they have "comreg raiding party" stickers on the side if the vans reading some posts,

Phever back on 94.3 tonight.