ABC Northern Tasmania is a local radio station based in Launceston, its main target coverage is the northern part of Tasmania state, however a Melbourne based radio DXer, named VKS2WL managed to tune ABC Northern Tasmania in Greater Melbourne, VIC on various FM frequencies, however these radio reception were tropospheric propagation.
1. FM 91.7MHz - Launceston (TX: Mount Barrow)
Receiving distance: Approximately 450-470km
2. FM 91.3MHz - Lileah (TX: Willis Hill)
Distance: Approximately 367km
3. FM 106.3MHz - Rosebery (TX: Mount Read)
Distance: Approximately 470km
4. FM 88.5MHz - King Island (TX: Gentle Annie)
Distance: Approximately 258km. Weak signal with adjacent channel interference from 3SCB Southern FM 88.3MHz.
Most of the videos were recorded in Westmeadows, an suburb town of Melbourne, VIC. Among all 4 frequencies, FM 91.3MHz from Lileah was the clearest, following by FM 91.7MHz from Launceston, but FM 106.3MHz from Rosebery was the weakest frequency in Melbourne.
In Melbourne City, ABC Radio is locally available by following stations below:
* Radio National AM 621kHz
* ABC Melbourne AM 774kHz
* News Radio AM 1026kHz
* Classic FM 105.9MHz
* Triple J FM 107.5MHz
During nighttime transmission after sunset, ABC Hobart AM 936kHz from Tasmania can be received in Melbourne.
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