Saturday 20 June 2020

Radio National of Kampuchea FM 105.7MHz received in Penang, Malaysia?

As we know that FM 105.7MHz received in Penang is either RTM Kedah FM from Gunung Raya (Langkawi) or simply weak signal of Lite FM from Gunung Ulu Kali (Penang), but someone receives an unknown language radio station on FM 105.7MHz in Penang.

It is not Thai language, but to me it sounds like Khmer or Burmese language. Here is the footage:


I checked the radio stations list via Asiawaves.net, no any Myanmar radio stations air on FM 105.7MHz, but I suspected FM 105.7MHz that Senn Lens caught in Penang is Radio National of Kamphuchea from Phnom Penh, Cambodia.



Radio National of Kamphuchea also broadcasts on AM 918kHz for South East Asia region except Bangkok, Thailand.

In addition, according to DXer, FM 105.7MHz is not Khmer language, but it is Russian language. He verified with his Kazakh friend who speaks Russian, his Kazakh friend identified the footage language is Russian, however a DXer claimed that the footage of FM 105.7MHz Russian language radio accent is very Asian, so it could be Russian service of Radio National of Kampuchea, to target Russian expats in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Seriously I may not know there are foreign languages services of Radio National of Kampuchea, other than Khmer which is Cambodia national language. Maybe Russian program on FM 105.7MHz Phnom Penh is minority language which relayed from shortwave broadcast.

Radio National of Kampuchea FM 105.7MHz also broadcasts in English and French as minority languages services, but Russian is still unknown yet.

Another possibility is FM 105.7MHz Russian language radio in Penang could be multi hop Sporadic E propagation from Siberian region of Russia.

Besides that, someone also suspects that the signal of FM 105.7MHz was rebroadcasted by somebody who are expats from online radio station because it is impossible to receive FM radio station from Cambodia in Malaysia, thus it is low power transmission by using FM short range device (PLL).

If FM 105.7MHz signal footage is confirmed that it is Radio National of Kampuchea from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, it is very amazing, and impressive. Therefore, the radio reception is Sporadic E.

==Radio National of Kampuchea in Penang, Malaysia==
- Frequency: FM 105.7MHz
- Power: 20kW
- Transmission site: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Receiving site: Bayan Baru, Penang, Malaysia
- Distance: 862km

Dear reader, what language that do you think on the footage of FM 105.7MHz?

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