Thread: traffic reports on 2010/11 factory radio

I've tried the TA feature on my P38A but I've never heard a traffic report.

Are TAs (ie trafic alerts) broadcast in Australia?

Embarrassingly this was one of our first "warranty" complaints on our SVX. For no reason the radio would go all static and not work properly. (horrible radios put in the SVX's)
Turns out we had pushed the traffic button. As soon as they turned it off the radio was fine.

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TA's (traffic alerts) are broadcast in major capitals (except Tas,), one broadcaster is "SUNA", but to my question, is there any way that the standard radio fitted to my defender MY11 which has TA ability can be "fixed?" so that it will pick up the traffic announcements?

The LW is short for Long Wave. (30 to 300khz) [MW, is Medium Wave (or as we lazily call it, "AM" band, and then SW is Short Wave 3- 30 Mhz, AM is actually the type of radio transmission - but probably not relevant here.]

LW is used for BBC4, and other stations in Europe. Not used commercially in Aus. Also time signals are sent on LW

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It isn't used in Australia, other than for NDB's (Non Direction Beacon) for Aviation - so you may hear an NDB ident in morse code, or the occasional Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS). from your local airport.

I guess with a giant antenna you may be able to pick up an overseas broadcast.

Originally Posted by gt4

TA's (traffic alerts) are broadcast in major capitals (except Tas,), one broadcaster is "SUNA", but to my question, is there any way that the standard radio fitted to my defender MY11 which has TA ability can be "fixed?" so that it will pick up the traffic announcements?

Why not leave it set at Europe? Europe uses the same 9KHz channel spacing as we do. The new radio I fitted into my P38A yesterday is set to Europe.

Yes I can leave the radio set for "europe", but (there is allways a but) i would like to see if there is some way i can utilise the "trafic report" function.

As far as i know (open to corrections coz this is why i am asking)the "traffic updates" or "HD" traffic if you own a TomTom GPS, or "TMC" traffic management channel if you own a "Navman" type GPS send their respective signal via FM radio, which is "encoded".

Now seeing as the Landrover radio has a facility to theroretically pick up this signal/s viz "TA" is there any way it can be done, ie overcome the "encoded signal?

ok, after a bit more searching, i have found on the forums similar issues with the landrover Discovery, long story short, Landrover Au doesnt have an agreement with Suna ($$$ driven) thus traffic reports etc wont happen , which would irritate me if I had spent all that extra money on purchasing a Disco, or Rangie.
thanks for everyones help, appreciated