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Flex fm

Post by famefm » Fri May 04, 2018 6:24 pm

Any launch date yet been a year next week they won the 101.4 licence

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Post by cheese ranger » Fri May 04, 2018 6:48 pm

Nothing yet

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Re: Flex fm

Post by zoostorm » Sun May 06, 2018 5:03 pm

There are some pics on the FB page of Carlos in hi-viz at the tx site on their FB page.

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Re: Flex fm

Post by cheese ranger » Mon May 21, 2018 6:29 pm

Flex shared two videos of their new studios in action.





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Re: Flex fm

Post by famefm » Tue May 22, 2018 12:56 am

Still no date yet for fm launch?

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Re: Flex fm

Post by zoostorm » Wed May 23, 2018 6:10 pm

Now that's interesting, one studio which is set up for DJ's, the other a traditional radio station desk, presumably for those doing the mainstream/commercial shows.

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Re: Flex fm

Post by peterogerspirate » Sat May 26, 2018 12:06 am

zoostorm wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 6:10 pm Now that's interesting, one studio which is set up for DJ's, the other a traditional radio station desk, presumably for those doing the mainstream/commercial shows.
Flex fm 2 lol :mrgreen:

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Re: Flex fm

Post by FMVETERAN » Wed May 30, 2018 10:00 pm

Sounds like they are on 101.4 at the moment. Patchy reception in East Herts.

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Re: Flex fm

Post by famefm » Wed May 30, 2018 11:28 pm

Are you sure I don't think it's them

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Re: Flex fm

Post by Twista UK » Thu May 31, 2018 6:54 pm

It's not them, yet.
They are doing 'test shows' so it's looking like it's going to be any time soon.

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Re: Flex fm

Post by famefm » Thu May 31, 2018 8:28 pm

And I doubt very much anyone in Hertfordshire would be able to pick it up when it comes on any how

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Re: Flex fm

Post by Twista UK » Fri Jun 01, 2018 2:49 pm

Watford is in Hertfordshire and I have no doubt it would be heard there, even if the signal isn't too great.

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Re: Flex fm

Post by famefm » Fri Jun 01, 2018 3:48 pm

I thought it was going to be low power for South West London and isn't there a high power classic fm transmitter on 101.5 for the North side of Herts and Cambridgeshire? that would interfere

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Re: Flex fm

Post by FMVETERAN » Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:31 pm

Whatever it was, it went off after midnight. It was in Mono and no rds. The deviation was in spec and sound quality far too superior to be a pirate. Im pretty sure it was a test by Flex. By the way you'll be surprised at what you can hear in Herts, especially when you use a yagi antenna, pointing towards London !

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Re: Flex fm

Post by Twista UK » Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:44 pm

famefm wrote: Fri Jun 01, 2018 3:48 pm I thought it was going to be low power for South West London and isn't there a high power classic fm transmitter on 101.5 for the North side of Herts and Cambridgeshire? that would interfere
No that's in East Anglia and with a good enough tuner like a Sony XDR, it wouldn't matter.

Low power for south west London doesn't just mean it will be strong in SW London and then disappear as soon as you're no longer in that part of London. In order to have enough dB signal strength around the whole of SW London, it's would still be able to be received well out of the area, like any other FM station which serves any certain areas.
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Re: Flex fm

Post by Twista UK » Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:47 pm

FMVETERAN wrote: Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:31 pm By the way you'll be surprised at what you can hear in Herts, especially when you use a yagi antenna, pointing towards London !
Exactly.
And even without a yagi too.

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Re: Flex fm

Post by Pollo_ » Sat Jun 02, 2018 8:28 pm

Got something on 101.4 playing House with a message this is a test every once in a while. Assuming it's Flex, no RDS

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Re: Flex fm

Post by drumandbasshead010 » Sat Jun 02, 2018 8:44 pm

It's likely, surely there's no pirate that would be foolish enough to jump on 101.4 in Flex's target area at this point.

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Re: Flex fm

Post by famefm » Sat Jun 02, 2018 11:34 pm

I was wondering if a pdirate might try 106.8 if rinse doesn't come back soon

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Re: Flex fm

Post by Nick_G » Tue Jun 05, 2018 9:52 pm

Getting 101.4 loud and clear here in north Hampshire this evening. It'll be interesting to see if I can still pick it up in flat conditions.

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