bravedaveyboy wrote: ↑Sat Aug 21, 2021 12:12 am
Just been up on the roof of my building in Bermondsey SE1 with my trusty Roberts Vintage receiver and here are my pirate bandscan results. RDS noted where picked up. Signal strength in brackets is out of 5, where 5 is the best, just my rough estimate based on quality of signal. I've also noted where a station was received in stereo. I have also noted where I have found no station in a space on the dial I may have expected to find one. For completist sake I have included licensed stations I received in [] brackets.
87.5 Live FM UK; RDS: "LIVEFMUK" (2)
87.8 4Tune FM (4)
88.0 nothing
88.2 nothing
88.4 Vision Radio UK; RDS: "VISION" (4)
88.6 nothing
88.8 [BBC Radio 2 - Crystal Palace]
89.1 [BBC Radio 2 - Wrotham]
89.4 City Lock Radio; RDS: "CityLock"; stereo (5)
89.6 [Westside Radio - Rutherford Tower]
89.8 Station FM; overmodulated and knocking its neighbours on 89.6 and 90.0, as noted by urbanocturnal (5)
90.0 Hot Digital Radio (3)
90.2 House FM; stereo (2)
90.4 Whoa FM; RDS: "Whoa FM"; stereo (4)
90.6 nothing
90.8 Lightning Radio (3)
91.0 [BBC Radio 3 - Crystal Palace]
91.3 [BBC Radio 3 - Wrotham]
91.5 Mega Radio (2)
91.8 [Hayes FM - St Anselms Church]
92.0 [NuSound Radio - Forest Gate (Durning Hall)]
92.2 [Nomad Radio - Hammersmith]
92.4/5 nothing
92.7 FATE FM UK (1)
93.0 Slam Radio (2)
93.2 [BBC Radio 4 - Crystal Palace]
93.5 [BBC Radio 4 - Wrotham]
93.8 Vibes FM; Scrolling RDS: "Vibesfm" (3)
94.0 [Revive FM - Forest Gate (Mosque)]
94.2 unidentified station; religious gospel speech programme (1)
94.4/5 nothing
94.6/7 nothing
94.9 [BBC Radio London - Crystal Palace]
95.1 nothing
95.3 [BBC Essex - Benfleet]
95.5 On Top Radio; RDS "OnTop FM" (3)
95.8 [Capital FM - Croydon]
96.1 S-Dance Live; RDS: "S-Dance" (5)
96.3 [Heart (Essex) - Benfleet]
96.5 [Maritime Radio - Woolwich (Shrewsbury House)]
96.7 [BBC Radio Kent - Wrotham]
96.9 [Capital XTRA - Crystal Palace]
97.1 London Soul Radio (3)
97.3 [LBC - Croydon]
97.5 nothing
97.7 nothing
97.8 [Croydon FM - Croydon (not yet on air)]
97.9 nothing
98.1 Slamming Beats (2)
98.3 silent carrier (3)
98.5 [BBC Radio 1 - Crystal Palace]
98.8 [BBC Radio 1 - Wrotham]
99.1 nothing
99.3 Digital Soul Radio; RDS: "DGTLsoul" (3)
99.5 Venture FM; RDS: "VENTURE" (5)
99.8 3 Supreme FM; RDS: "SUPREME" (3)
100.0 [KISS - Croydon]
100.2 nothing
100.4 nothing
100.6 [Classic FM - Crystal Palace]
100.9 [Classic FM - Wrotham]
101.2 Unique Radio; stereo (2)
101.4 [Flex FM - Wandsworth]
101.6 [kmfm - Wrotham]
101.8 nothing
102.0 Conscious Radio; RDS: CONCIOUS [sic] (5)
102.2 [Smooth Radio - Croydon]
102.4 nothing
102.6 [BBC Essex - Bakers Wood]
102.8 Radyo Umut; RDS: "RDYOUMUT" (2)
103.1 [Heart (Kent) - Bluebell Hill]
103.3 [London Greek Radio - Highgate (Cholmeley Lodge)]
103.6 [The Beat London - Stonebridge]
103.8 nothing
104.0 Spice Radio; RDS: "SPiCE" [sic] (2)
104.2 Kral FM (1)
104.4 [Resonance FM - Guys Hospital Tower]
104.6/7 nothing
104.9 [Radio X - Crystal Palace]
105.1/2 nothing
105.4 [Magic Radio - Croydon]
105.6 Playback UK; RDS: "PLAYBACK"; stereo (5)
105.8 [Greatest Hits Radio - Crystal Palace]
106.0 nothing
106.2 [Heart (London) - Croydon]
106.4 nothing
106.6 nothing
106.8 [Rinse FM - Peregrine House]
107.1 [Capital XTRA - Alexandra Palace]
107.3 [Reprezent Radio - Honor Oak (Greystead Road)]
107.5 [Time 107.5 - Romford (Mercury House)]
107.8 [Radio Jackie - Tolworth Tower]
108.0 nothing
From this my strongest pirate stations, with absolutely top notch signals here in Bermondsey SE1, are:
89.4 City Lock Radio
89.8 Station FM (strong signal but grossly overmodulated and therefore distorted on my receiver)
96.1 S-Dance Live
99.5 Venture FM
102.0 Conscious Radio
105.6 Playback UK
