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On the way back from Swindon this afternoon i put Brunel on.

I had a strong, clear signal right upto the Cotswold Wildlife Park just before Burford.

Alot better than i first thought.

 The baboons will be relieved then.

cotswold wildlife park is ace.

i was listening to cricket otherwise i'd have tried it but i discovered that i can get brunelfm clearly on my dab radio upstairs, but the shitty radio in the kitchen struggles to get a good signal on it. not bad for 20 miles east of swindon, where would you be if you travelled 20 miles west?

Indeed Reg.

I'm quite chuffed about this because i used to lose Radio Swindon just after Lechlade, so Brunel is better  :D

Chipping Sodbury roughly.

 I reckon Oldbury on the Hill......an interesting area for a walk, as there is a magic spot, where you can view The Downs to the SE, and the Severn Valley and the Forest of Dean and Black Mountains beyond to the west.

Just down from Tetbury i believe?

 I think you may be getting confusd with Shipton Moyne.

Um.. no i'm not.

Tetbury is straight up the A433 from Oldbury.

I can get Brunel on my waterproof radio in my shower if i scrub my sack with Matey bubble bath whilst whistling Amarillo.

Weirdo :mrgreen:

 I see when you say just down, you're not really stating due south, but inferring SW......Oldbury is well off the 433, turning right in Didmarton.

 I'm not sure I want to know what you get up to in the shower Ralphy.

Radios tend to work better outside in the car than inside in a house ... Mines still crackly and shit with a good modern radio in Highworth

Driving through Highworth through takeaway street i had a perfect signal.

Because they use the frame of the car as part of the aerial ..

I've done the test driving South of Swindon. The signal starts to fade at Ogbourne Downs Golf Club and then goes completely as you pass through Oxbourne St Andrew. My radio then picks the station up again as you go up the hill into Marlborough before it starts to cut in and out as you head back down the hill into the town centre.

I think it will improve before too long

did the tarot cards tell you?

yes!

must be bollocks then

How? As I keep saying, any power increase will be subject to Ofcom approval and considering there are plenty of neighbouring stations on close frequencies, I can't see it happening.

Ofcom won't let them turn up the power if they bowl up and say "Hey, we've got the rights to Swindon commentary, can we pump the power up?"

Bath FM and Star North Somerset will end up having problems ...

Wait and see, next week

Signal clear in Lechlade - on an old radio.  Drove to Bath and lost the signal 2 miles after Leigh Delamare.  got it back slightly on the hills north of Bath but lost again in the centre of Bath.  Very scratcht around Frome and Bradford on Avon but clear halfway up the Chippenham ring road(just after the A4 roundabout)

I think the signal will improve.

But it can't, it's like Chris K has been saying all along.

If Brunel up their signal strength then they'll be infringing on their 'sister' stations in nearby counties that broadcast on the same frequency.

Just have to see won't we.

will they be fixing it so it works in my house too?

No.

and my work (5 minutes from the County Ground)

Yeah, yeah. Look, if you know something, just say. Either way, whatever they do, they'll never have the transmission area of the BBC. I simply can't see their signal reaching as far as Salisbury and the south coast, or up into the far north of Gloucestershire. Or even over to me in Bristol.

In fact, Bushey, if their 107.7FM signal reaches my radio without modification in Bristol I will personally eat my hat and post the video on YouTube.

I'm confident to say that because IT WON'T HAPPEN.

does anyone else get the impression chris bs32 is a little miffed about brunel radio covering stfc? :wink:

Ha ... I'm just annoyed I can't listen any more. No radio. No internet - I have a Mac. Nobody can quite seem to come up with an explanation as to what I'm supposed to do no.

Watch Ceefax, old skool?

basically your fucked mate!
 sit on a hill matchdays maybe?

Yep ...



At the cost for a new pc and the World sub, I might as well go to the games.

You're starting to sound like fatbury, have you eaten his soul?

i'm guessing here but.maybe a frequency change is on the cards for brunel fm?
if other stations have their current one, and they are looking to expand coverage it looks the only way to me.

With sauces, I hope.

http://www.heinz.co.uk/uploads/photos/detail/tomato_ketchup(1).jpg

On the subject of Brunel, this might be of interest to them...

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/car/coverage/pp_def/annexc/

Could see a double in transmitter power should they apply and Ofcom say yes. It might be enough to just about reach the other side of Swindon, I reckon.

 Old skool  for an away game on a Saturday if not attending, was going to watch the reserves...changes in scores being announced on the Tannoy.  Then it would be go and buy some chips and pick up a Football Pink to read a report,  it was probably out by 6:00pm

  Midweek night games away were a particular problem....as there was no media.....of course the Adver rang in a report, so a polite phone call to the Adver office might result in getting the score or told to fuck off.

 The last such occasion, before the changes in media that I recall, was 1983, when we played at Stockport on a Friday night in September...I was in The Wheatsheaf and the landlord's son was on phoning duty...we won 3-1 Mayes 2, Rowland.  (Mayes had just returned to reform the old partnership)  :beers:

I was 2 years old then Reg.

I expect my dad went to that game though.

 A Friday night Div 4 fixture in Stockport, was definitely for the hardcore.  County used to play then in the hope of not competing with  ManUre and City on a Saturday...they got 2244.  

  When we played at Chester later in the year the crowd was 880.....the lowest to watch a Town league game in my time.

We've had a response from Bob Holt to the email we sent early last week re concerns over Brunel FM: I've posted it on the Trust site for anyone who's interested.

http://www.truststfc.co.uk/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=5580&s=5769b581c2b23d71c7be79dfcd105374

 Martyn apologises for not responding earlier and has asked me to reply on his behalf. He is currently focused on providing financial information to assist the Board in securing a potential new investor.    :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Now, Reg. Although I did wonder why our Financial Director wasn't able to do that.

So they are well aware that supporters outside of Swindon won't get any live coverage on the radio.

Fuck the fans, let's make money. Business as usual.

Starnes not allowed to reply in my opinion, probably not in full knowledge of the facts, although he is meant to be the acting chief executive!  As regards researching the financial information to enable the board to secure new investment I have two things to say on that.  One is that I can smell a distinct type of cooking - probably burnt and secondly to send that to Paul D. with regards to a new investor is simply inflammatory.  Two fingers stuck up there by Mr Holt!

What an absolute load of gash, Holt still talks shit doesn't he.....

Also is it just me or do you think he put that bit in about the new investor just to try and bait you fishing for a response Paul?

I'm sure Bob wouldn't stoop to such levels :(  but I don't see that the overall tone of "Let them eat broadband" is going to do much to placate the many fans outside of Swindon who either don't have internet access or don't wish to pay out for the notoriously unreliable STFC World.

Typical Bob Holt unfortunately, I'm sure that Starnes was free to reply but Holt demanded he was allowed to actually do something for the first time in the last 6 months.........and there's nothing he likes better than trying to annoy our fans and the Trust, especially Paul.

Don't the trust have a rough idea of how many fans live out side of Swindon from that "How much money does the football club bring into Swindon survey" which was done a few years back?

I'm worried about the fans which aren't going to get to listen to...



Does this a mean a sort of you suck us off and we'll deposit a salty protein treat in your mouth sort of arrangement with Brunel FM?

IIRC the survey showed 55% of fans came from outside Swindon. It must be said the "commercial synergy" argument is a valid one but would carry considerably more weight if GWR - which is a much bigger station (and therefore more able to to provide such "synergy") and can be heard across a much greater range - had been invited to bid. As they weren't, this argument seems to be rather more of a specious post-facto justification for a decision taken for other reasons which we can only speculate about.

Seems like a pretty fucking one sided balance if you ask me Bob, but thanks anyway!

 :thumbs:

has someone pointed out to him that STFC World is fucking shit and doesnt work?

And expensive.

and can give you the aids if you don't use protection whilst listening to it.

Yep, I can see their point there, but I'm not sure what the point is when, as you say Paul, they didn't ask GWR. Also, surely the benefits of being on a station that goes beyond the boundaries of Wiltshire outweighs any commercial benefits that the limited range Brunel can offer ...?

To be honest, I don't care one jot who covers commentary, as long as you can hear it a fair distance from the town. As things stand, you can't, which is wrong.

I do care who does the commentary a bit. It had always been my dream to be the guest co-commentator with Ed. Now it'll never happen. They've ruined my dreams, and not even Martin Luther King had to suffer that.

You should have Bob Holts job

Hardly - he said "let's make money". Holt and Co have never yet managed to achieve that and show no signs of doing so.

At least on the evidence of the balance sheets produced!!

And they never will because none of them know there ass from there elbow :groan1:

She was too busy telling the local residents that 80% of fans were in favour of a groundshare with Rovers !!  :shock: