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Declan A Walsh · 09-03-2014 12:58pm

MelbourneDub wrote: »

105.7 - No.1FM (can't tell how strong it is)
Asian v/o's as far as I can tell.
Heard around Liffey Valley area

Also 87.6 - reggae music (quite weak)

99.5FM 'Base' audio sounding better. (strong)

This is what I picked up around the southside of Dublin the last few days:
88.1 - NRG FM
91.6 - Easy
93.2 - some dance station - barely audible, very weak
99.5 - Base FM

MelbourneDub · 09-03-2014 1:01pm

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

93.2 - some dance station - barely audible, very weak

RDS showing PHEAVER or similar
Strong in Liffey valley area

NRG - no RDS, no audio this morning

Declan A Walsh · 09-03-2014 5:43pm

Around 1:30pm today, I picked up another station while driving in the Leopardstown area. It had no R.D.S., playing dance music, and a good strong signal and was at 94.3 FM. Any ideas?

Rock Solid · 10-03-2014 12:36am

LASER FM 101.5 have been testing over the weekend, also relaying Flaix Fm from Ibiza at night, ITT FM Tallaght 99.1 tx went off Friday after being left on three weeks after last tx date ! Easy on 91.6 audio low, NRG FM blank carrier today no stereo or rds, 107.1 weak carrier no rds, report from Citywest area.l

end of the road · 10-03-2014 2:01am

i don't believe theirs a flaix fm in ibiza, one in catalonia and one in barcelona i believe, open to correction though, think their webstream is taken from their fm feed, it sounds mighty fine if you ask me

Infoanon · 10-03-2014 7:23pm

94.3 is Slam FM

NRG came back with audio mid afternoon yesterday,

The Reggae music station on 87.6 was on the air Friday/Saturday/Sunday - audio is poor

Still no sign of Energy 1386AM

end of the road · 10-03-2014 9:28pm

Infoanon wrote: »

94.3 is Slam FM

is this a relay of slam fm from the netherlands?

Infoanon · 10-03-2014 9:42pm

end of the road wrote: »

is this a relay of slam fm from the netherlands?

I didn't hear any IDs but it could be - signal is good

marno21 · 12-03-2014 12:48am

First enchancements of 2014 in the south west for anyone reading the thread.

BBC Radio 1 on 97.7 made a nice change from RedFM on the way home today

Rock Solid · 12-03-2014 5:25pm

Tonik have a nice more powerfull carrier on today, must be a better site, they have been testing a low signal last few weeks

Antenna · 13-03-2014 9:14pm

A church transmitter I discovered recently on my travels:

Doon in east Co. Limerick on 105.1

there's also one in nearby Kilteely on 106.5
In that general area I also got a weak unidentified church on 108.0 - which I think is from over the border in Co. Tipp

Rock Solid · 14-03-2014 4:18pm

They are probally using cheap Chinese low power Transmitters, the church in Tramore 105.1 uses one and a diapole on the side of the church, due to the height of the church the signal is great, its better than TCR Tramore Community Radio 92.3 who are just down the road and dont seem to have a great site, its rather difficult to hear them in Tramore.

Antenna · 15-03-2014 5:51pm

Anyone know the frequency of this in Dun Laoghaire and how far from the grounds would it be receiveable? :

http://www.underground-cinema.com/drive-in-movies

Infoanon · 15-03-2014 7:21pm

Power FM has appeared on 92.1 in Dublin - good signal, possibly the station that was testing on 94.3 with rds Testing1

Infoanon · 19-03-2014 9:43am

No stations on air this morning.....Phever/NRG/Base/Tonic all missing

JDxtra · 19-03-2014 10:18am

ComReg were over due a cull, and the airwaves were getting very active of late.

JDxtra · 19-03-2014 10:33am

Base posted this message on the FB page yesterday...

"Just to let all you guys know we are of air due to technical difficulties. Our engineer has given us a time frame of 7 days it is a very delicate situation we shall be back bigger louder and harder. In the meantime you can catch us live on the tunein app at basefm Dublin or live on internet radio at basefm. Cheers for your patience."

JDxtra · 19-03-2014 10:46am

The lads at BaseFM could use this as an opportunity to correct the name of the station:

Base:
the bottom part of an object, on which it rests, or the lowest part of something.
e.g. A crystal glass with a heavy base

Bass:
the set of low musical sounds on a radio, music system, etc.
e.g. Turn down the bass.

barryc2010 · 19-03-2014 2:38pm

off air in dublin 19/03/14

87.6 a low power ragge station
88.1 nrg medium power
91.6 easy high power
932 off off
995. base fm medium power
107.1 tonik medium power

out side dublin
92.2 galaxy92 high power

end of the road · 19-03-2014 3:58pm

so can we confirm that comreg were definitely out? hope nobody was actually hit

Infoanon · 19-03-2014 10:10pm

barryc2010 wrote: »

off air in dublin 19/03/14

87.6 a low power ragge station
88.1 nrg medium power
91.6 easy high power
932 off off
995. base fm medium power
107.1 tonik medium power e

out side dublin
92.2 galaxy92 high power

Galaxy and the station testing on 92.1 were both on air today.

regarding the comments on power,NRG would be considered high power for a pirate station while Easy is more low power, based on power levels in the City Centre and South West Dublin

end of the road · 19-03-2014 10:36pm

did phever 93.2 have any ids or anything while on air? anyone pick it up and know what it was playing, i can't get it online, same question for 92.1 power?

Infoanon · 19-03-2014 10:39pm

end of the road wrote: »

did phever 93.2 have any ids or anything while on air? anyone pick it up and know what it was playing, i can't get it online, same question for 92.1 power?

Played Dance music, RDS Phever, but never heard any on air idents,

92.1 is the same station that has been testing on 94.3, back to back music, no idents

Declan A Walsh · 19-03-2014 11:15pm

Infoanon wrote: »

Played Dance music, RDS Phever, but never heard any on air idents,

92.1 is the same station that has been testing on 94.3, back to back music, no idents

Around Dublin 16 tonight, 92.1 displayed an RDS of Power 92 with a very good reception. Up until that station appeared recently, it was possible to hear Kildare's Galaxy 922 (RDS display) on 92.2 around the Dundrum area - what kind of power did they have??

easyradio · 20-03-2014 12:35am

regarding the comments on power,NRG would be considered high power for a pirate station while Easy is more low power, based on power levels in the City Centre and South West Dublin[/QUOTE] u mean low power as not haveing a killowatt and not a very good site well yeh then we are low power but i think we are on alot of power
down the west of dublin not going to say what power we are on but it is high acording to the vu meter on tx

barryc2010 · 20-03-2014 1:25pm

well i just know that the kildare dance station have a very high mountain site and a working off a half a kilo watt i did pick them up in parts of dublin city center 2 weeks ago but they seem to be off since mid after noon yesterday

StaticNoise · 20-03-2014 1:45pm

The heavies are in the SW Dublin area it would appear. Expecting another hit or two today, methinks.

barryc2010 · 20-03-2014 2:30pm

it appears to be a pirate free band at the moment.
See who returns first.

end of the road · 20-03-2014 4:15pm

comreg seem to be very active this year, cut their budget by 50 % or more please, thanks, anyone know does galaxy 92 stream online anymore, they did for a while but now i can't find them and the link i have doesn't work

barryc2010 · 20-03-2014 4:52pm

http://www.liveonlineradio.net/ireland/galaxy-fm-kildare.htm

try that not sure if its sill on or not
i think they yous it for only there link not 100%

JDxtra · 20-03-2014 4:59pm

barryc2010 wrote: »

http://www.liveonlineradio.net/ireland/galaxy-fm-kildare.htm

try that not sure if its sill on or not
i think they yous it for only there link not 100%

That just links to Galaxie FM France.

barryc2010 · 20-03-2014 5:23pm

http://galaxy92.listen2myradio.com

end of the road · 20-03-2014 5:25pm

barryc2010 wrote: »

http://galaxy92.listen2myradio.com

thanks

davebrowntec · 20-03-2014 8:03pm

I see the guys at basefm were told to take their aerials down from there site by comreg.
I just don't believe that they don't do things like that.
They just go and raid the site they don't tell you to take aerials down.
Anyone know who is behind the 93.2 dance station.
Noticed there last week, when I was out doing a bit of a ban scan.
Good and strong around the clondalkin the area.
Wouldn't think it was coming from a site though,
Noticed new dance station a few days ago appeared on 92.1 not a bad signal audio a bit low, wouldn't be great quality.
Noticed that dance station in the ballyfermot area.
Got stronger as you went near the city centre but was getting a lot of bleed over from the kildare dance station on 92.2 they must be running big power or a very good set up very strong signal from them .
NRG have never came back with a very strong signal since the last site they were on. There sound quality was really good at that time too.
And got a nice jingle package too.
Aswell as the dance station in Kildare.
Called galaxy 92.

Infoanon · 20-03-2014 8:16pm

davebrowntec wrote: »

I see the guys at basefm were told to take their aerials down from there site by comreg.
I just don't believe that they don't do things like that.
They just go and raid the site they don't tell you to take aerials down.

Comreg have in the past dropped in 'for a chat' and not seized any equipment.
More likely in the situation above they spoke to the site owner, pointed out the potential fines and the site owner then instructed Base to remove the aerials.

Infoanon · 20-03-2014 8:18pm

barryc2010 wrote: »

it appears to be a pirate free band at the moment.
See who returns first.

EASY, Power92,Phever, No.1, and All80s all on air tonight

Infoanon · 20-03-2014 8:20pm

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Around Dublin 16 tonight, 92.1 displayed an RDS of Power 92 with a very good reception. Up until that station appeared recently, it was possible to hear Kildare's Galaxy 922 (RDS display) on 92.2 around the Dundrum area - what kind of power did they have??

Picked them up tonight, signal fades very quickly as you head towards Rathfarnhem - possibly the station that was on over Christmas on 101.5??

Declan A Walsh · 20-03-2014 9:22pm

Infoanon wrote: »

EASY, Power92,Phever, No.1, and All80s all on air tonight

Is No. 1 still on 105.7 - is that from the west of the city? I cannot pick any of the stations out that side on the south side? And what frequency is All80s on?

Fresh Pots · 20-03-2014 11:55pm

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Is No. 1 still on 105.7 - is that from the west of the city? I cannot pick any of the stations out that side on the south side? And what frequency is All80s on?

Seems to be from around Liffey Valley area.

MelbourneDub · 23-03-2014 9:03pm

So did any of the guys loose equipment then?

It's pretty frustrating not having any 'clutter-free' house music to listen too in the car. I specifically miss the tripple dee radio show.

castle2012 · 23-03-2014 9:45pm

Just a suggestion it works well for me, I have a radio aux point in the car , i just plug in my phone and turn on tune in app on my phone , happy days plus NRG is still on line.

StaticNoise · 24-03-2014 4:11am

barryc2010 wrote: »

http://galaxy92.listen2myradio.com

I've total respect to pirates and small broadcasters (I have been there), but I really think that those broadcasting online can up their game more than free solutions like Listen2MyRadio.

It isn't too expensive to get a domain and a fairly decent streaming host. It just looks unprofessional and unreliable.

Sure, I know that they are probably putting their passion into the music, rather than the 'look', but quality stands out.

JDxtra · 24-03-2014 11:16am

StaticNoise wrote: »

I've total respect to pirates and small broadcasters (I have been there), but I really think that those broadcasting online can up their game more than free solutions like Listen2MyRadio.

It isn't too expensive to get a domain and a fairly decent streaming host. It just looks unprofessional and unreliable.

Sure, I know that they are probably putting their passion into the music, rather than the 'look', but quality stands out.

Agree. In comparison, check out this one - www.classix.ie

end of the road · 24-03-2014 2:49pm

StaticNoise wrote: »

It isn't too expensive to get a domain and a fairly decent streaming host. It just looks unprofessional and unreliable.

i agree, in fairness though listen2myradio is fine for just short broadcasts (for example if you have djs on your station that have to link from their home) . for full 24 hour broadcasting though you need a good stream host.

StaticNoise wrote: »

Sure, I know that they are probably putting their passion into the music, rather than the 'look', but quality stands out.

i agree with you but i'd say galaxy are putting their efforts and money on the fm side of things and the stream is just an added extra, they had a website but it seems to be gone now

StaticNoise · 24-03-2014 5:52pm

Exactly. I agree that for the casual use, it is more than fine.

Any group who make the effort to produce radio is good in my books anyway.

barryc2010 · 24-03-2014 10:21pm

i think galaxy kildare just use there stream for there link so properly have no interest in people listening on line,yes i saw there web site going back a few weeks ago but can't seem to find it now,once you went onto there web site there audio feed came on straight away,not to sure if i am right or wrong on this came across a very strong signal today in the kildare area on 94.3 it had much the same signal as the galaxy tx maybe even a bit stronger,got the signal from carlow right into kilcock i was heading for dunshaughlin and still was fairly strong there but defo weaker at the stage rds red test club fm strolling ture signal seem,s to be gone the last hour in dunshaughlin and a very nice liner saying test club fm 94 i wonder who this is,only other pirates i picked up to day on the mover where 93.2 phfever that was near the lucan area but signal was quite weak no sign of nrg 88.1 coming back they may need to find a new frequency as spirit will be coming soon to 881 for north kildare area no base or tonic back yet either

davebrowntec · 24-03-2014 10:24pm

yes got that today also in ratcool it went off air at 630 or so

Infoanon · 25-03-2014 11:06pm

NRG back on 88.1 tonight

zg3409 · 29-03-2014 10:03pm

Antenna wrote: »

Anyone know the frequency of this in Dun Laoghaire and how far from the grounds would it be receiveable? :

http://www.underground-cinema.com/drive-in-movies

107.8 Stereo with no RDS. Very weak signal. I would expect on a decent digital car radio Dun Laoghaire and possibly along the east coast northwards to Howth. Probably not receiveable in west Dublin as it's at sea level with mountains to the west.

There is another film on tonight so I would expect audio until 10:30pm tonight, more tomorrow night, 8:15pm and 10:15pm etc.

JDxtra · 29-03-2014 10:32pm

Galaxy 92 back on also. Was a carrier with RDS earlier.

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