London Pirates Bandscan, Reading in Berkshire 26/10/2024

[teckniqs]

87.5 Live FM - 7dB
87.8 Kurizma - 7dB
89.6 Westside - 23dB (not pirate but just goes to show how well this so-called "7 watts" gets out)
90.8 Lightning - 24dB (RDS: Lightnin)
91.6 Mega - 17dB
93.8 Vibes FM - 19dB
99.8 Surpreme - 16dB (Just silent though so might not be them)
101.4 Flex - 24dB (no longer pirate but used to be, so added to this tiny list anyway to fill it out a bit)
107.3 Albumheads - 22dB (more info on this pirate required please)

[famefm]

I don't see how 89.6 can only be 7 watts? And 107.3? Last time I was down reprezent was easily heard in Windsor and there's a station also on 107.3 in Wallingford only about 23 miles away are you sure it's not that one ?

[teckniqs]

No I completely agree and even made a thread about this, I don't see how 89.6 can only be just seven watts either but that's what the data shows. viewtopic.php?t=3676

....And no it was definitely NOT the station in Wallingford because I checked this straight away first and their Listen Live stream was completely different and after I'd checked it to see it wasn't them I went back on to the Remote Tuner to see the RDS now clearly on the display showing "ALBUMHDS" viewtopic.php?t=3684

You can check out this tuner yourself here and have a scan, 107.3 is still on air as I speak: https://dxtuner.iankelly.co.uk/
(The FM reception on this receiver is extremely good to be fair, so this Album Heads Radio could be anywhere, but I did hear them mention Camberley, Surrey in regards to introducing a record they were playing saying something like "and now for something closer to home from Camberley")

[famefm]

I will be back in the area on Monday and I will be coming from the M1 down to the M25 and M4 to Windsor so definitely check it out and on the other subject I will look for station 89.8 to see if it's still on or not and as for 107.3 can't seeing it lasting I will let you know on Monday

[teckniqs]

I can confirm 99.8 was indeed them as there's audio now.

[teckniqs]

....There was a bit of a "lift on" last night, either that or they might've made some slight improvements to the Reading Tuner's FM reception.
Last night I could receive many more stations and some signal readings have increased.

UPDATE: 18/01/2025 (Approx 3.00AM)

87.5 Live FM - 12dB
87.8 Kurizma - 12dB
87.9 Wk-End - 13dB
89.6 Westside - 26dB (still not a pirate but made it to the list again)
90.2 UNIDENTIFIED - 12dB
90.8 Lightning - 31dB
91.6 Mega - 22dB
93.8 Vibes FM - 25dB
94.0 UNIDENTIFIED - 15dB
95.5 OnTop - 34dB (Horizontal Antenna)
97.1 TSOL - 33dB (Silent Carrier)
99.8 Surpreme - 19dB
100.4 Switch - 20dB
101.2 Unique - 15dB
101.4 Flex - 24dB (Still exactly the same strength as before)
1024 Wax - 20dB
105.1 Harmony - 42dB (Suddenly popped up back to back Pop Music with Breakaway Broadcast jingles inbetween)
106.5 Wk-End - 14dB (Horizontal Beam Antenna only, as another station on same freq is stronger on Vertical Dipole)
107.3 Albumheads - 25dB (Slightly stronger)

[Kenton]

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