BANDSCAN THREAD

JDxtra

Yes, Galaxy back on 94.3. Real identity crisis thing going on at that frequency.

Kenny Powers

Good to hear Tonik back on 107.1, something wired going on with the RDS the car radio tunes to Galaxy on 94.3 when the signal is weak and vice versa. They both must have the same ID. Base 99.5 off sense yesterday.

barryc2010

that can happen if two of them are using the same settings on bbp
& if they have the same tx from the same manufacturer

Infoanon

barryc2010 wrote: »

that can happen if two of them are using the same settings on bbp
& if they have the same tx from the same manufacturer

That is not correct.

Good to hear Tonik back on though it shows the impact a raid can have ie off for 4 months.

Phever have been off the air while Power 92 has not reappeared.

ALL 80s is now relaying All80s , previously RTE Gold had been relayed with the All 80s RDS displayed.

JDxtra

Very good signal on 94.3 wherever they are coming from. Was picking it up well into the mid-lands. Good considering they have coverage into Dublin too, or at least parts of it.

marno21

Still the one station on air in Cork, Klub FM on 87.8

Have to say the station is sounding good, nice imaging, production and audio

Signal is quite poor tho and fades quickly after leaving the city

hfallada

Is tonic down again? I can't get it ATM

Kenny Powers

hfallada wrote: »

Is tonic down again? I can't get it ATM

Blank carrier on 107.1 I also notice one on 92.5

end of the road

Kenny Powers wrote: »

Blank carrier on 107.1 I also notice one on 92.5

92.5 i believe is phoenix fm, the community radio station for blanch, it gets out rather well

Fuzzy Clam

Energy Power 1386 AM back for the first time this year I think.

turbocab

Fuzzy Clam wrote: »

Energy Power 1386 AM back for the first time this year I think.

Yeh great signal and audio quality as well

Rock Solid

I was in Waterford over Easter and was listening to 105.1 OPNTEMPO, they are a pirate in Waterford City and have good coverage of the City and local area, also clear in Tramore, they play a mix of Trance and Funky Disco music, good audio and signal.

JDxtra

Update on what I heard in West Dublin earlier this afternoon:

88.1 : NRG
93.2 : Phever – seems stronger than previously
94.3 : GALAXYFM – very strong, good audio but some dropouts and gaps on air
99.5 : BASE FM – seems relatively weak, has been on and off a lot
107.1 : Unidentified

end of the road

opentempo is a good station, i listen online a bit, 107.1 is probably tonik

barryc2010

enjoying the style of music galaxy fm 943 kildare is playing today
well done lads

Rock Solid

NRG FM Seem to be on 88.1 and 99.1

JDxtra

Rock Solid wrote: »

NRG FM Seem to be on 88.1 and 99.1

That's odd. I could not pick up anything on 99.1 this morning (west Dublin).

mick masterson

JDxtra wrote: »

That's odd. I could not pick up anything on 99.1 this morning (west Dublin).

Local Intermodulation 10.7 + 0.3 MHz ??

end of the road

anyone know does phever 93.2 stream online yet?

Rock Solid

99.2 ? NRG FM

Infoanon

Rock Solid wrote: »

99.2 ? NRG FM

Picking up a weak signal on 99.2 for NRG - an unofficial relay ?

Tonik and Galaxy still having RDS issues - no offence to Tonik but giving that they displayed 'Radio ID' for circa 2 years, I think Galaxy will to change their PI Code !

Declan A Walsh

I did a few scans this evening whilst driving in the Goatstown/Dundrum area of Dublin and this is what I got.

88.1 - NRG - very strong signal

91.6 - Easy Radio (R.D.S of Easy) - varied from low-power to quite a good signal

93.2 - Phever - No R.D.S. - picked it up very briefly - very weak signal - other stations coming in on it.

94.3 - Galaxy: varied from low-power to medium-power: all the way from Kildare - whereabouts?

99.5 - Base FM - very strong signal

107.1 - Tonik - very strong signal

107.8 - Unidentified - When I first heard it , it was playing The Cardigans (indie pop). After that - sort of R&B/Dance music. Low-power signal which can be heard reasonably well when volume is put up a lot.

Any ideas about who is broadcasting on 107.8 and from where?

zg3409

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Any ideas about who is broadcasting on 107.8 and from where?

Ballyfermot College of Further Education 28th April to the 2nd May 2014

http://www.bai.ie/?page_id=2326

It also seems the drive in/underground Cinema was/is licenced.

Infoanon

87.6 now displaying RDS "NLR"

end of the road

Infoanon wrote: »

87.6 now displaying RDS "NLR"

here they are, reggae and dub is the music policy, good luck to them, something different for dublin
facebook. https://www.facebook.com/pages/NLR-Dublin/798202026874399
stream. http://Www.myradiostream.com/876

Greenman

Fuzzy Clam wrote: »

Energy Power 1386 AM back for the first time this year I think.

Good to hear someone listening on the AM.

JDxtra

"Dance 91" has appeared on 91.6 playing commercial dance and pop. Audio and signal pretty good.

Infoanon

JDxtra wrote: »

"Dance 91" has appeared on 91.6 playing commercial dance and pop. Audio and signal pretty good.

Doubt if Easy will be too happy - they have been on 91.6 for a while now

Rock Solid

Music on 101.4 Tallaght area.

davebrowntec

i see on the galaxy Facebook page they are now only doing weekend live shows,during the week relaying classix.ie
tuned in there this morning great to hear all them classix on the radio but you will only pick up galaxy in the kildare area they broadcast on 94.3

easyradio

Infoanon wrote: »

Doubt if Easy will be too happy - they have been on 91.6 for a while now

we have sold lock stock and barel to the people behind dance 91.6 easyradio only on line now

john 1000

davebrowntec wrote: »

i see on the galaxy Facebook page they are now only doing weekend live shows,during the week relaying classix.ie
tuned in there this morning great to hear all them classix on the radio but you will only pick up galaxy in the kildare area they broadcast on 94.3

I drive from portlaoise to dublin every morning can pic them up in portlaoise and to the M50 they are puching out some power

barryc2010

wow that is some distance for a pirate station must be over 50 miles
of coverage

JDxtra

Has been a blank carrier last day or two though. What is the Galaxy Facebook page address?

Antenna

Dublin online station 8radio due to return on FM NEXT weekend with a temporary licence on a tri-city (Dublin Cork Limerick) basis:

"8Radio.com will broadcast on FM in Dublin, Limerick and Cork for 7 weekends (Saturdays and Sundays) from May 24th to July 6th and again for 8 weekends from September 6th to October 27th 2014."

Dublin 94.3FM
Cork 106.7FM
Limerick 105.5FM


And other temporary stations outside Dublin:
Limerick City Community Radio Limited Limerick City 99.9MHz Saturday and Sundays from the 1st March to the 8th June 2014 - this one is time-sharing the existing Limerick college station (Wired FM) frequency 99.9 - Wired are on air weekdays whilst the temporary station is weekends

and this drive-in movies near Drogheda: (anyone know what frequency will be which was 'TBA' ?)
Battle of the Boyne Site in Co. Louth, Frequency TBA, 30th May to 2nd June 2014

Rock Solid

NRG FM to start breakfast funky show with hot jocks to rival 98FM !

Fresh Pots

Rock Solid wrote: »

NRG FM to start breakfast funky show with hot jocks to rival 98FM !

Why 98?!

davebrowntec

galaxy kildare its on dare Facebook page they will be moving back for a few weeks to 92.2fm
on wed 21st of may
to make way for a temporary licence station on 94.3

Declan A Walsh

In the interests of research, I did a bandscan for pirates around teatime driving on Taylor's Lane and Grange Road, Rathfarnham, in the direction of Ballinteer.

This is what I got:
FM:
87.6 - Barely audible low-power station playing reggae - NLR I presume, from West Dublin
88.1 - NRG FM - very good reception - high-powered
91.6 - Dance 91 - medium to good power (if my memory has not failed me)
94.3 - Galaxy - between low and medium power ( if that makes sense!)
99.5 - Base FM - very good reception - high-powered
107.1 - Tonik FM - Silent - Seemed to be a good signal, but I can't be sure as it was already preset ... so not a proper scan.

And last but not least - AM:
1386kh - Energy - oldies. The reception was very good. When I got home, I tuned in my kitchen radio to Energy and I was even more impressed - very good reception with no interference, noise, etc.

Infoanon

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

In the interests of research, I did a bandscan for pirates around teatime driving on Taylor's Lane and Grange Road, Rathfarnham, in the direction of Ballinteer.

This is what I got:
FM:
87.6 - Barely audible low-power station playing reggae - NLR I presume, from West Dublin
91.6 - Dance 91 - medium to good power (if my memory has not failed me)
94.3 - Galaxy - between low and medium power ( if that makes sense!)
And last but not least - AM:
1386kh - Energy - oldies. The reception was very good. When I got home, I tuned in my kitchen radio to Energy and I was even more impressed - very good reception with no interference, noise, etc.

Taylors lane etc is a bit of a blackspot for 91.6, Galaxy signal from Kildare varies but in general gets a good signsl into Dublin, NLR signal is stronger saggart side.

Energy sounding good in 1386,
Phever also on 93.2 but signal would not be so strong in Rathfarnham in my experience.

Infoanon

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

In the interests of research, I did a bandscan for pirates around teatime driving on Taylor's Lane and Grange Road, Rathfarnham, in the direction of Ballinteer.

This is what I got:
FM:
87.6 - Barely audible low-power station playing reggae - NLR I presume, from West Dublin
91.6 - Dance 91 - medium to good power (if my memory has not failed me)
94.3 - Galaxy - between low and medium power ( if that makes sense!)
And last but not least - AM:
1386kh - Energy - oldies. The reception was very good. When I got home, I tuned in my kitchen radio to Energy and I was even more impressed - very good reception with no interference, noise, etc.

Taylors lane etc is a bit of a blackspot for 91.6, Galaxy signal from Kildare varies but in general gets a good signsl into Dublin, NLR signal is stronger saggart side.

Energy sounding good in 1386,
Phever also on 93.2 but signal would not be so strong in Rathfarnham in my experience.

hustlergraham

john 1000 wrote: »

I drive from portlaoise to dublin every morning can pic them up in portlaoise and to the M50 they are puching out some power

600 watts as far as I know!

0rt

Anyone know what county Galaxy 94.3 Transmit from or what they push? apparently they were heard in carlow recently

Fresh Pots

0rt wrote: »

Anyone know what county Galaxy 94.3 Transmit from or what they push? apparently they were heard in carlow recently

They say they are kildares dance station so I assume it's there.

Rock Solid

Anybody getting dance music on 101.4 Dublin 24 area ?

davebrowntec

some one told me who know,s the owner there pushing close enough to the 600w,site meant to be very high on a 60ft mast with 4 yagi,s,tuned in there this morning there on 92.2 now due to 8radio coming on air this week

JDxtra

Rock Solid wrote: »

Anybody getting dance music on 101.4 Dublin 24 area ?

Tuned in this morning, heard Alison Limerick "Where Love Lives" playing. Sounded pretty good. Then I realised it was Today FM and Ray was playing it!

barryc2010

i see galaxy fm kildare is up for sale
a list of what they have up for sale on dare Facebook page

1x500 tugicom amp
1x 15 watt exciter
4x aky 3 yagis
2x label high power akg,s
cable power divider
2xcdj-2000 nexus
mixer yamaha 166cx
studio mic rode nt1
2x pc with full bbp processor software and airomate full versions
no price just num 0858634545

marno21

If I'm reading the above correctly and they're firing 500w into 4 yagis it's no wonder their coverage is so good, surely some amount of directionality using yagis tho?

barryc2010

yes say 7kw to 8kw of ERP
i called the num and they are looking 2k for the 500watt amp
and 500 for the 15 exciter to drive the amp all gear is only
few months old he not give any more prices over the phone
if i was really interested he side to meet up love to buy it
all but not have the cash at the mo..