Anyone know why Pattaya FM103 has gone off the air, and only thing I can see is on their Facebook page, its up for sale. Thats it, no reason, no price. TIA 

I live in a very bad reception area  so don't listen to the radio much   but 103 is

one of the stronger signals    but It does seem to go off air  quite often for varying lengths of time  not sure if it's a transmitter problem or the link from their studio to the transmitter..

Its transmitting at the moment I type this.

33 minutes ago, johng said:

I live in a very bad reception area  so don't listen to the radio much   but 103 is

one of the stronger signals    but It does seem to go off air  quite often for varying lengths of time  not sure if it's a transmitter problem or the link from their studio to the transmitter..

Its transmitting at the moment I type this.

 

Cheers John, Well strange my mate who listens to it a lot said it was all hissing, and thats what I got as well. BUT all Ok now loud and clear!  Still up for sale though, so...........

On a mobile phone listen to Radio Caroline.co.uk

 

 

14 minutes ago, hardblogger said:

was all hissing, and thats what I got as well

You guys still listen to analogue radio?

Nothing about it in FM103 news today but usually have the reason for the outage the following day. I only follow the youtube channel.

 

 

4 hours ago, Digitalbanana said:

You guys still listen to analogue radio?

Radio Five Live sports extra. Test Match Special. 

103 FM was very much on the air between 11:00 and 13:00 today when I was driving around the area.

20 minutes ago, Guderian said:

103 FM was very much on the air between 11:00 and 13:00 today when I was driving around the area.

I think we discovered it's back... Thanks 

Tommy Dee had a stroke a while back.  He's mostly recovered but I'd guess that's why it's up for sale.

6 hours ago, Digitalbanana said:

You guys still listen to analogue radio?

Stirring the pot.....AM reception from terrestrial transmitter sites propergates further than FM does. 🙂

 

6 hours ago, Digitalbanana said:

You guys still listen to analogue radio?

 

I have had some "fun" listening to analogue radio 2 meter amateur band  

with a SDR  dongle,

there's much more in the digital realm  but  as I said  I'm in a bit of a radio black spot  so  haven't really had  much success  I tried DAB radio 100% fail  couldn't even find any info about a service in the Pattaya area only Bangkok frequencies.

35 minutes ago, treetops said:

Tommy Dee had a stroke a while back.  He's mostly recovered but I'd guess that's why it's up for sale.

Oh Sorry to hear that. 

21 minutes ago, carlyai said:

Stirring the pot.....AM reception from terrestrial transmitter sites propergates further than FM does. 🙂

 

Ahh the joys of a tropospheric  lift  I was amazed to receive French national TV TF1 in north London  with just a normal antenna pointed at Chrystal Palace

on a couple of occasions..I think I even had a VHS tape of it  but god knows were that went to,,probably taped over with some Red Hot Dutch output ! 😋 

1 hour ago, johng said:

there's much more in the digital realm  but  as I said  I'm in a bit of a radio black spot 

You are on the internet to access this thread, so can listen to the said radio channel clearly over the internet?

people listen to radio these days ?

3 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

people listen to radio these days ?

Most people besides MAGA clowns stuck inside their own personal echo chambers,

2 minutes ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

Most people besides MAGA clowns stuck inside their own personal echo chambers,

 

thats pretty random... do "MAGA clowns" listen to Thailand radio stations ?

11 minutes ago, Digitalbanana said:

You are on the internet to access this thread, so can listen to the said radio channel clearly over the internet?

Its not about the listening  its about the technicalities involved in receiving them

in the first place.

58 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

thats pretty random... do "MAGA clowns" listen to Thailand radio stations ?

 

I'm sure you are one of those who can answer that question yourself

9 hours ago, johng said:

Its not about the listening  its about the technicalities involved in receiving them

in the first place.

Yes, setting it up is too much messing about. I usually turn on the analog radio in my near 20 year old truck only on Sundays as I drive into town for a weekly shop. Couldn't get either of the English channels last Sunday...103 had a very weak signal, 96FM was being stamped on. 

13 hours ago, johng said:

Its not about the listening  its about the technicalities involved in receiving them

in the first place.

You mean its about the challenge of trying to use 50 year old tech in today's world of internet radio stations? OK, I can see it as a niche hobby I guess for those into that sort of thing.

17 hours ago, hardblogger said:

I think we discovered it's back... Thanks 

 

If you've got a reasonably modern infotainment system in your car then you can always go to the radio station live website on your phone:

 

https://alwayspattaya.com/radiochannel/fabulous-103-fm/

 

and play it on your car's speakers. As 103 FM has a limited range, when I'm driving further away than Nong Nuch or Laem Chabang that's what I usually do. Of course, you can play almost any radio station that way, but I find keeping up with the Pattaya news and the same old music as always is kind of comforting when I'm driving in Isaan or Surat Thani.

1 hour ago, Digitalbanana said:

You mean its about the challenge of trying to use 50 year old tech in today's world of internet radio stations? OK, I can see it as a niche hobby I guess for those into that sort of thing.

 

Yes its the "thrill of the chase"

I don't use 50 year old tech  much easier with a

Software Defined Radio  you can eavesdrop on all sorts of communications

there is much more than just broadcast stations..

 

On 5/26/2025 at 10:10 AM, hardblogger said:

Anyone know why Pattaya FM103 has gone off the air

It's hot and cold.....on air, off air. 

It only has to look like rain and the FM Signal goes down. 

I'd say it needs a lot of money spent on the hardware, it's often reported that a lightning strike took the signal down.

Could do with some surge protection. 

 

On 5/26/2025 at 10:10 AM, hardblogger said:

its up for sale

I'm sure a year or two ago it was reported on 103 all FM licenses in Thailand would not be renewed or something similar 

 

Good luck with the sale 

 

 

 

3 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I'm sure a year or two ago it was reported on 103 all FM licenses in Thailand would not be renewed or something similar 

 

After the last coup  they shut almost all the "local community" radio stations

sighting licencing or rather lack of licenses   so they made "everyone" jump through the hoops to get licensed...not sure if they have a switch off date for FM

87-108 MHZ  yet  or whether there will be a DAB replacement ??

 

Radio I live in Chiang Mai I used to listen to 98.5 all the time it was English and I think some of the people there were probably from England  or listening to the BBC news and now I can’t seem to get any signal there don’t even know what happened to that station in Chiang Mai

On 5/26/2025 at 11:16 AM, VocalNeal said:

On a mobile phone listen to Radio Caroline.co.uk

 

 

Caroline Flashback when there are no presenters, just continuous music, LBC for a bit of Chat & debate, and Classic FM to go to sleep with. Heaven.  PC or phone.

On 5/26/2025 at 11:17 AM, Digitalbanana said:

You guys still listen to analogue radio?

Why not if it is there, easy on the car radio. Or of course, have all your stations in your phone, and Bluetooth it to said radio. Perfect.