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--- bbc-radio-rbs-tests-2024 [2024/10/22 19:04] – 2m0iig
+++ bbc-radio-rbs-tests-2024 [2024/10/23 21:28] (current) – 2m0iig
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 ====== BBC Radio RBS Tests 2024 ======
-In the early hours of **Wednesday 23rd October** the BBC will run their yearly of their ReBroadcast Standby system for 2024.
+In the early hours of **Wednesday 23rd October** the BBC ran their yearly of their ReBroadcast Standby system on their FM radio network for 2024.
-The line feed to all of the FM network transmitters except Wrotham will be cut at times between 0200 and 0400 and test signals and tones will be played instead. These tones will travel from transmitter to transmitter across the country, with each main transmitter picking up a signal from a nearby neighbour and rebroadcasting it outward for other main transmitters (including their onward relays) to hear.
+The line feed to all of the FM network transmitters except Wrotham was cut at times between 0130 & 0500 and test signals and tones were played instead, followed by normal station output. These tones travelled from transmitter to transmitter across the country, with each main transmitter picking up a signal from a nearby neighbour and rebroadcasting it outward for other main transmitters (including their onward relays) to hear.
-On this page we'll feature some audio clips of these tests from various locations across the country courtesy of OARC members, as well as tracking the quality of the received signal as it moves up through the chain.
+On this page we'll feature some audio clips of these tests from various locations across the country courtesy of OARC members, as well as tracking the quality of the received signal as it moved up through the chain.
 Here's what to expect:
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 ==== Notes for scanning/recording ====
-**Easy mode:** pick a single frequency, listen in WFM mode, record audio between 02:00 and 04:00, or leave it going all night and check it in the morning.
+Obviously this info was given pre-event, but we'll leave it here in case it's useful.
+**Easy mode:** pick a single frequency, listen in WFM mode, record audio between 01:30 and 03:15, or leave it going all night and check it in the morning.
 If you want to get a bit more technical and monitor more frequencies you'll want to record a baseband of a section of the FM Broadcast band. Remember, if you're planning to record a full chunk of baseband do remember that an FM signal is 200 kHz wide, so it will extend 100kHz past the dial frequency in each direction.
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 Map of receiver locations (and maybe TX locations) here.
+  * Mark 2M0IIG - IO85Gw (Black Hill Transmitter)
+  * Dan G5DSG -
+  * Tom M0LTE -
 ===== Quality Analysis (Post-event) =====