BANDSCAN THREAD

Freedom on 105.2 making it to the Pembrokeshire west coast with careful pointing of the telescopic aerial to get rid of Heart

99.5 is a no no as Radio 1 is so strong there.

C103 a cracking signal on 103.1

All the DAB stations good again today .

C103 have no transmission on 103.1 Oscar - either 103.3 or 103.7 I expect?

In the past day amateurs from as far away as Amsterdam going through the amateur 2 Metre repeater at Mullaghanish on the Cork-Kerry border , output 145.750 NFM, exceptional conditions

was driving up the M50 this afternoon with a rock solid BBC Scotland on 94.3; strong enough to stop the scan and resolve RDS

I sometimes drive a car with DAB as an option on the car radio and the last few times around south Dublin, including this evening, as well as displaying various UK DAB stations (which it used to do before FáilteDAB arrived), it has actually been broadcasting some of them intermittently. Is that something to do with lift conditions?

there’s been some great dx conditions in the last few days. I had TayFm from Dundee blasting into me in Tallaght during the week as well as Greatest Hits Radio (UK version) and despite having line of site to Mt Oriel LMFM were completely replaced by BBC Radio 4

that would make sense because Clyde were coming in too as well as Radio nan Gàidheal all from the same site.

testing this evening with continuous music in Cork on the same frequency as before, 88.7 is college station Juice FM Cork, i think it is its first appearance this college year. It has a 30-day temp licence (a day or 2 every week during college terms) officially starting for this college year tomorrow Thursday

RDS PS = "JUICE FM"

PI = 20C2

RadioText has song titles and a follow us on facebook etc message

Dead carrier transmitting on 99.8, mono with no RDS, in the Cavan area all weekend. Off air by Monday morning.

I would strongly suspect it to be a reincarnated Misty Mountain Radio, possibly doing test transmissions. Mono without RDS, and very similar signal strength to 99.4 in the areas I was driving. They also broadcast a lot of dead air, often for weeks and weeks on end, towards the end of their time on 99.4.

And it probably got more listeners than Spirit Radio.

Most of its income is from donations. As long as a small amount of listeners continue to pay, it'll keep going. It does seem quite ridiculous to those of us from the outside looking at this from our perspective.

True enough Oscar.

I was picking up Caroline on 648, perfectly listenable on a car radio driving from Dublin to Wicklow last night at 18:00 hrs. It reminded me of the first days of broadcasts from The Ross in 1983, when the signal rolled into Dublin once darkenss fell. The transmitter at Orford Ness was making a good trip last night for the 4KW output.

The Jingle Signal is on for 2025.

Christmas FM testing from Bray this morning on 99.5mhz.

Christmas FM : Bray 99.5Mhz

If anyone from ELF (Electronics Logistics Force) is reading……. the Bray transmitter is sounding rough. When listening earlier on the morning commute, it seemed like it was switching between audio processor settings. Sometimes sounding better, but not consistent.

It might be worth getting Chief Engineering Elf, Sparky Wyrin, to have a listen and take a look.

Best of luck for the live launch on Friday and for the 2025 run.