Brian CivilEng wrote: » Where in Dublin are you picking it up? My radio has been silent here in D5 since RTÉ switched off.
Max Power 2010 wrote: » I picked up something Spanish on 99.5 around Bray on the M50 earlier, didn't get a name or RDS though.
Declan A Walsh wrote: » Are you sure that wasn't some pirate relaying a Spanish station? That frequency seems to be very popular for stations in or near Dublin!
Antenna wrote: » Heard this opening this afternoon (often happens significantly in May). Lots of stations fading in and out across the FM band but it was difficult for RDS station names to decode (at least on my car radio) with other signals in the background on the same frequency and 0.1 apart. Regular local stations were suffering interference in hilly rural areas where their signal strength is low. On 108.0 for a few minutes around 3:30PM I had a station with "S. AMARA" RDS display. Looking this up it is Radio Super Amara', from San Sebastián in the northeast of Spain. Also this afternoon I happened to switch to MW on car radio and notice the Spirit 549kHz was just a silent carrier. It's audio did return sometime after 3PM BTW last Thursday night around 11PM I had an unusual FM reception on car radio - RUV 2 (Iceland ) on 87.7. (Sp-E usually happened during daylight) there for a few minutes and faded away..
Antenna wrote: » BTW last Wednesday (correction) night around 11PM I had an unusual FM reception on car radio - RUV 2 (Iceland ) on 87.7. there for a few minutes and faded away.. (Sp-E usually happens during daylight)
gammygils wrote: » Came across some Dutch Radio Stations and a Polish Station last night on FM on my car radio in Ballybritt Galway between 8 and 9pm Sublime Radio npo Radio 2 bnnvara (all Dutch) RMF FM (Polish) This is most unusual. What or who would be responsible for this?
Apogee wrote: » There was a Radio Caroline on 107MHz today in Cork. Pirate?
marno21 wrote: » https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporadic_E_propagation This is the cause of the Spanish/German/Polish/long distance reception. It's often quite transient lasting only seconds/minutes with wide swings in reception quality. It also quickly drops off above 100MHz. In the 80s and 90s, RTE 1 TV from Maghera in Clare was on Ch B (53.75MHz), which meant in the summer it often took on severe interference from Spanish TV channels, which led to it being moved to VHF Band III (Ch E - 183MHz) in the late 90s There's a second type of long distance propagation, 'tropospheric ducting', (galtee boy references excellent predictive maps above) that causes more reliable, lengthy enhancement over shorter distances. In the summer, in parts of Cork Harbour, there are more UK stations receivable than local stations from the Cork area. This type of propogation is commonly seen in coastal parts of Ireland in the summer with reliable reception of FM, UHF TV (Freeview) and even mobile phone signals from Wales, Cornwall, and parts of NW France. In and around Cork, BBC signals from North Hessary Tor in Devon (88.1, 90.3, 92.5, 97.7 & 100.0) and Haverfordwest in SW Wales (89.3, 91.5, 93.7, 98.9 and especially 104.9) are receivable quite regularly in the summer and during periods of high pressure. 104.9 is the clearest of those and is clear on a regular occasion.
galtee boy wrote: » It's not just Cork Harbour, I live in North Co.Cork, near Limerick/Tipperary border and the BBC stations from North Hessary Tor come in very clear in high pressure weather and can often hang around for days . Don't get the signals from Wales very often though, could be that the Galtee mountains are in the way.
marno21 wrote: » Strong opening from Cork to the south of France atm. Gazelle 98.0 form Marseille and NRJ 96.6 from Toulon booming in
Dipole Keith wrote: » A few stations missing from the FM band for awhile now Storm Northeast on 104.2 Club FM 107.1 Ice Radio 93.2 Any information on them?
Robdx wrote: » Only 2 pirate stations operating Around the Clock Hot fm Galaxy Anymore ??
Sunnyboy11 wrote: » Both are rubbish anyway!
