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468.8875 Analog at Lithgow
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 9:22 pm
by citabria
Hi Guys,
I can get this channel at my home QTH here in Sydney - does anyone else in the area get it as well? It covers a huge area...
Cheers,
Matt
Re: 468.8875 Analog at Lithgow
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 10:12 pm
by Mike Alpha
Yep. I get it at my place too. It's simulcast on one of the 78MHz freqs as well.
Mike
Re: 468.8875 Analog at Lithgow
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 12:32 pm
by Mike Alpha
Same transmissions on 79.4375MHz which booms in full strength at my location.
ACMA has 79.4375MHz listed at Mt Edith, but I have a sneaking suspicion it is actually at Kurrajong Heights which ACMA has 78.4375 (not active) listed there. Out by 1MHz!
Mike
Re: 468.8875 Analog at Lithgow
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 11:46 am
by kevnerd486
Mike Alpha wrote:I have a sneaking suspicion it is actually at Kurrajong Heights which ACMA has 78.4375 (not active) listed there. Out by 1MHz!
Mike
Hi Mike,
I don't think its a Kurrajong Heights, I am only a few KM line of site from there and i get nothing here on 79.4375.
Regards
Kev
Re: 468.8875 Analog at Lithgow
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 4:33 pm
by citabria
Mt Edith would make sense - VHF low band travels the distance quite well and the signal is shooting over the top of Kev's metaphorical head. (Sorry Kev)
Cheers,
Matt
Re: 468.8875 Analog at Lithgow
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 8:50 pm
by Mike Alpha
That's interesting Kev, Matt. I assumed wrong. I mean, it's full strength at my place!.
There must be a geographical corridor channeling the signal from Mt. Edith to the South Western suburbs.
I'm also receiving that channel on 78.500Mhz (Mt. Lambie?) and 78.200Mhz (Hassans Walls?) with a very weak signal.
Mike
Re: 468.8875 Analog at Lithgow
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 11:32 am
by kevnerd486
citabria wrote:the signal is shooting over the top of Kev's metaphorical head. (Sorry Kev)
Cheers,
Matt
A lot of stuff shoots over my real head as well Matt
At my location the start of the Blue Mountains shades me from a lot of RF west of me. All I hear on the UHF freq mentioned is a faint P25 encrypted signal. I've never had success receiving anything from Lithgow at home.
Regards
Kev
Re: 468.8875 Analog at Lithgow
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 5:50 pm
by cartman
I cant hear it at Liverpool. Must be just line of sight issue plus i have some apartment blocks in that direction that are rather large (like 15 stories)
Re: 468.8875 Analog at Lithgow
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:11 pm
by col05_au
Mike Alpha wrote:That's interesting Kev, Matt. I assumed wrong. I mean, it's full strength at my place!.
There must be a geographical corridor channeling the signal from Mt. Edith to the South Western suburbs.
I'm also receiving that channel on 78.500Mhz (Mt. Lambie?) and 78.200Mhz (Hassans Walls?) with a very weak signal.
Mike
At work we looked at a link from Horsley Park to Mt Edith several years ago. Yes there is a LOS path.
Re: 468.8875 Analog at Lithgow
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 11:20 am
by nicho1s
468.8875 - is this on P25 or NFM
Is there any other VHF Low rebroadcasts going on within the sydney area?