87.7 Sheffield

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87.7 Sheffield

Post by pirateaddict » Mon Feb 08, 2021 6:33 pm

Anyone else getting this? . Just mono carrier and very quiet.. No rds as yet!

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Re: 87.7 Sheffield

Post by teckniqs » Mon Feb 08, 2021 7:00 pm

Could be an RSL about to switch on?

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Re: 87.7 Sheffield

Post by mixfm » Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:14 pm

no rsl for sheffield listed, maybe covid fm

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Post by teckniqs » Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:48 pm

"No RSL listed" has been happening a lot on the Ofcom site over the last few years when a new RSL has popped up, so I wouldn't completely rule it out just yet....

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Re: 87.7 Sheffield

Post by pirateaddict » Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:40 pm

Or8.. As mix fm says no rsl listed and as teckniqs said they aren't always listed.. I had a look at the com site and there's one that's due on, at the end of march or beginning of April but that's a long time to leave a tx on i woulda thought.. It is really quiet and i have to turn the volume up fully to be able to hear anything. There's no audio and i don't think it's connected to any electrical source.

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Re: 87.7 Sheffield

Post by pirateaddict » Fri Feb 19, 2021 5:59 pm

It's off now..

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Re: 87.7 Sheffield

Post by mixfm » Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:18 pm

ovs someone testing... no rsl

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Re: 87.7 Sheffield

Post by teckniqs » Sat Feb 20, 2021 5:36 am

mixfm wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:18 pm ovs someone testing... no rsl
Well you "ovs" know something we all don't then to be able to say for sure that it couldn't possibly have been an RSL testing. :tup

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Re: 87.7 Sheffield

Post by pirateaddict » Mon Apr 12, 2021 12:07 pm

Turns out it is Ramadan radio.. Came on yesterday evening..

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Post by teckniqs » Mon Apr 12, 2021 2:05 pm

pirateaddict wrote: Mon Apr 12, 2021 12:07 pm Turns out it is Ramadan radio.. Came on yesterday evening..
Cough-cough,

....Sorry "mixfm", I just had to clear my throat... :lol: :tup

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Re: 87.7 Sheffield

Post by mixfm » Mon Apr 12, 2021 4:36 pm

lol one in birmingham aswell 87.7

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Re: 87.7 Sheffield

Post by Albert H » Tue Apr 13, 2021 3:13 am

Rumour has it that the first Ramadam Radio shutdown has already happened!

It's amazing: OFCOM actually doing their proper job for once - keeping the inflammatory rabble-rousing religious rubbish off the air if they're too extreme (as they mostly are!)
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Re: 87.7 Sheffield

Post by pirateaddict » Tue Jun 15, 2021 10:47 am

This finished after Ramadan, then went off a couple of weeks after. Then came back on two days later and is still on, blank and mono like it was before Ramadan. Very strong signal, does all three bars on my radio :whistle

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Re: 87.7 Sheffield

Post by Ionosphere » Tue Aug 10, 2021 5:47 pm

I’ve got 87.7 blank carrier here as I’m driving near Ikea near Leeds. Also a station playing Bhangra versions of chart music on 87.9. Presenter is talking half in English, half a foreign language, his CD’s keep skipping so must be scratched haha very odd. 87.7 is quite a strong signal and 87.9 is absolutely booming out

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Re: 87.7 Sheffield

Post by pirateaddict » Wed Aug 11, 2021 11:32 am

Or8 Ionosphere.. The 87.9 is radio club Asia and it does boom out i must say. I think it's from leeds. Can receive it on 87.95, but not 87.9 coz of the blank carrier on 87.7..They used to be on 97.8 a few years ago. I think they use Dutch stuff too!

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Re: 87.7 Sheffield

Post by Ionosphere » Wed Aug 11, 2021 7:08 pm

pirateaddict wrote: Wed Aug 11, 2021 11:32 am Or8 Ionosphere.. The 87.9 is radio club Asia and it does boom out i must say. I think it's from leeds. Can receive it on 87.95, but not 87.9 coz of the blank carrier on 87.7..They used to be on 97.8 a few years ago. I think they use Dutch stuff too!
Yeah their signal was really strong and got stronger when I drove towards leeds, their RDS popped up when I was closer to leeds too so their TX site must be in the leeds area. 87.7 carrier wasn't on this evening when I was in the area though :tup

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