MARINE-BASED TROPO OVER THE TASMAN SEA ('THE DITCH')
DATE: 9:30 am AEDT 28 January 2011 DISTANCE: 2,413 km (1,499 miles)* ERP:79 kW* FM TRANSMITTER LOCATION: Te Aroha, Hamilton, New Zealand* AERIAL PHOTO URL: http://fmscan.org/ml.php?r=f&t=32501615 LISTENER RECEIVING LOCATION: Brisbane, Australia ANTENNA: NAS 16 Element Combination Antenna for Bands 1-4 AZIMUTH: South RECEIVER: Sony CDX-S2000S car receiver with automatic bandwidth control INTERFERENCE: 100 kHz adjacent channel splatter from 103.5 Mix FM Hervey Bay with a signal strength of 38 dBf PEAK SIGNAL STRENGTH: Below measurable level, less than 19 dBf SOURCE RECORDER: Pioneer DVR 540H S via Line-In SOURCE COMPRESSION: Dolby Digital audio AC-3 MPEG ENCODING: AC3 -> Ogg Vorbis
*Based on exact co-ordinates & transmitter data using FM Scan.org