expanding north

[cartman]

Listening yesterday from a high spot in Port Macquarie ... heard 4 of the 5 sites on the Kempsey digital vote ...all linked by a common Radio id but yet to hear the Kempsey site on 468.0625Mhz

The tech(s) must have finished the Kempsey vote on monday because the common radio id is no longer seen at Telegraph Point (469.0625Mhz), only individual Kempsey and Port Macquarie area cars. That is the first time I have seen Kempsey cars radio ids coming up for ages.

[cartman]

Hearing most of the November sites in Sydney this morning
At one point I hear both Whiskey and November talking together on 468.7125
Not sure that they could hear each other despite the same NAC
The ducting abruptly stopped at 10.30am this morning

[cartman]

Something happened around 10pm tonight ... Newcastle Vkg lost their North Coast links to both the Manning/Taree area of Channel November and to Channel Oscar. Links are back up now at 10.10pm. Local stations broadcast a few jobs in the interim. I am staying at Port Macquarie this weekend.

Ps spoke too soon. Links down again at 10.15pm. Seem to come good around 10.30pm after several attempts to restore the links

[cartman]

Making the trip from the North Coast into Liverpool (SW Sydney) last night and this morning via a seabreeze inversion

467.8500 Channel N NAC 526 - Tx Mt Richardson, Dungong
468.0875 Channel N NAC 61F - Tx Gloucester
468.1375 Channel O NAC 61F - Tx Mt Cairncross
468.1875 Channel N NAC 526 - Tx New Lambton Heights
468.5125 Channel O NAC 61F - Tx Jolly Nose, Lake Cathie
468.6750 Channel M NAC 526 - Tx Mt Heaton
468.9625 Channel O NAC 61F - Tx Yarras, Mt Seaview
469.4125 Channel N NAC 61F - Tx Forster

[BrisbaneScan]

Listening to a Radio Reference Stream it seems that Wardell, and Alstonville are using Digital

[cartman]

More North-west frequencies had been added on the acma database on 6/2/15, to some others that appeared a few years ago in 2012. Looks like Quebec and Yankee will be getting the full digital treatment in due course

Added 2012 - all 458.6625 input - + individual site inputs
468.1625 Tintin Hull 1965665
468.1625 Tamworth 1953946
468.6875 Armidale 1953947
468.9375 Moree 1953948 (+ 459.4375)
469.2875 Murrurundi 1953949 (+ 459.7875)
469.3625 Ben Lamond 1953950 (+ 459.8625)

Added 6/1/15 - all 458.6625 input
468.1625 Gunnedah 1984305
468.6875 Narrabri 1984306
468.9375 Boggabilla 1984307
469.2875 Tenterfield 1984308
469.3625 Walcha 1984309

Combined frequencies with 458.6625 input
468.1625 Tamworth, Tin Tin Hull, Gunnedah
468.6875 Armidale, Narrabri
468.9375 Moree, Boggabilla
469.2875 Murrurundi, Tenterfield
469.3625 Ben Lamond, Walcha

[cartman]

Another November frequency added in the Port Stephen LAC today (12/2/15)

1984586 468.37500 Input 459.5750 Wallaroo Hill 12km north of Raymond Terrace

[cartman]

techs have been working in the Upper Hunter for over a month

The techs must have finished the Hunter Valley part of "November"
I am seeing RIDS for Hunter Valley Cars eg Muswellbrook, Clarencetown ... coming through off Middle Brother
There will be a settling in period to tweak any dead spots but my gut feeling is that "November" maybe the next cab off the rank to go encrypted, probably no later than the end of 2015

[Garry]

The change over for November was a few weeks ago

[Longreach]

Wont be months, measure it in weeks. Whiskey was 3 weeks between V151 coming alive and the zone change.
cheers
Matt