In Reply to: Instead of how many tuners? How many of you have a good antenna? posted by Timbo in Oz on February 24, 2016 at 01:58:10:
In the state capitals and other cities there are lots of FM stations, doing pop and talk-back, lots of LOUD ads, and using lots of compression etc etc.Then there's the national public broadcaster's - ABC Classic FM - which uses the audio layer of MPEG2 to distribute its signal via satellite to transmitters all over. They use minimal compression and do a lot of live acoustic broadcasts and have powerful main transmitters, like the BBC once was. (And JJJ their yoof network for all the aging rockers, which helps sustain Aussie popular music, I am told.)
But we also have a community radio network, so there are at least two good sounding stations.
In Canberra - which is hilly and has multiple urban centres in valleys, most of the stations are on one big telecom's tower on top of Black Mountain, and radiate 360. This lets most of them reach down into most places, then there are two more sites with TV and FM repeaters aimed down into specific spots IE not doing the full 360. We are right beside one of thembut it hasn't got an ABC Classic FM repeater.
I'm only interested in two, the local community one has its
supplementary transmitter on a mountain right near us. So mine is aimed at the big tower for ABC Classic FM. The other station comes in fine AYMVWExpect!
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
Edits: 02/25/16
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