famefm wrote: ↑Sun Nov 07, 2021 12:38 am I think it's highly unlikely that select would be able to get as far as reading and the web version is on going with programming and I think when select fm goes live it will be all be the same as the stream online

I can't see why not. I can receive other London community stations, Westside on 89.6 and Flex FM 101.4, as well as a few London pirates.

Westside is a lot further west and there isn't a bbc radio 2 transmitter on 89.6 nearby unlike radio 4 on 94.4 in highwycombe and the same with flex who are also further west than select. I am not saying for sure I know select can be heard in Reading I would be amazed if I can be

famefm wrote: ↑Sun Nov 07, 2021 11:44 am Westside is a lot further west and there isn't a bbc radio 2 transmitter on 89.6 nearby unlike radio 4 on 94.4 in highwycombe and the same with flex who are also further west than select. I am not saying for sure I know select can be heard in Reading I would be amazed if I can be

Just heard a full ID from Select on 94.4! It's only possible using the Co-Channel Canceller feature in the latest versions of the SDR Sharp software used with a SDR. Without the canceller, only Radio 4 High Wycombe can be heard. The test transmission is not in parallel to the webstream.

I see i forgot to think you had a special setup with high quality equipment i used to live in Reading in the 1980s and I picked up crystal Palace pirates in those days but only on high ground and a decent beam on my roof some of Reading is high where abouts in Reading are you tuneing in?

Also the fm at the moment is only the test signal and not actually launched yet I am sure when it officially launches it will be the same service as the online version on now

famefm wrote: ↑Sun Nov 07, 2021 10:44 pm I see i forgot to think you had a special setup with high quality equipment i used to live in Reading in the 1980s and I picked up crystal Palace pirates in those days but only on high ground and a decent beam on my roof some of Reading is high where abouts in Reading are you tuneing in?

I'm in Tilehurst, on a hill. Just a half wave dipole on the chimney with an Airspy Mini SDR hooked up to the computer. 4tune, Vision, Mega, Slam, Divine (when they are on) and Unique are regular pirates on this set up.

I see Tilehurst that's where I was in the 1980s near the meadway and very high near the water tower

Can you do a band scan from Tilehurst or is what you put down the total number of stations already?

Was getting this crystal in Dagenham Sunday night , no drop out anywhere on reception

Booming in here, but I'm less than a mile away from the rig!

Kool FM getting murdered tonight by Select. Fortunately still coming though crystal 0.5 Mhz up on 94.65fm

Nice picture how about reception reports say about 30 miles away we have had someone from reading but he has special equipment so how about normal radios i am gutted I came back to my old area just days before but I will not be back for about 2 months my daughter lives in Langley I have asked her to tune in her radio I waiting to hear back from her

teckniqs wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:44 pm

In the past I could have asked our friend in bracknell for a reception report but he has dissowned fm and said he hasn't even got his tuner now

You can’t get Select in Berkshire whatsoever, pure BBC, however, as soon as you start crossing over the Berkshire/Surrey border, it starts chopping in!

Thanks for that I lived in Windsor great park and I thought it might be possible but have you not read the post from the guy in Reading who has picked it up from a hill and specialist equipment

famefm wrote: ↑Thu Nov 11, 2021 1:50 pm

teckniqs wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:44 pm

In the past I could have asked our friend in bracknell for a reception report but he has dissowned fm and said he hasn't even got his tuner now

Wow, words fail me.

cocksock wrote: ↑Thu Nov 11, 2021 4:59 pm You can’t get Select in Berkshire whatsoever, pure BBC, however, as soon as you start crossing over the Berkshire/Surrey border, it starts chopping in!

i reckon he would've on his tuner but it certainly wasn't the average set up.

Yes no doubt you’d be able to get it with some high end kit, separating the 2 signals plus they’d be coming from opposing directions so it would be easy to move or rotate the receive aerial to mask one out.

It does get strong very quickly though as you progress into Surrey.

Thank you I am out of the area till Christmas does it get out similar to the flex 101.4 signal I used to easily pick that up in Windsor great park