Vietnam FM radio station FM 94.2MHz signal received in Langkawi, Malaysia?

In Langkawi, we usually can receive radio station from local and Thailand on FM frequency band. However, there is a DXer receiving a radio station signal from Vietnam in Langkawi, Malaysia today.

Here is the video.

 

According to this video, it is Khánh Hòa Radio on FM 94.2MHz from Khanh Son of Khánh Hòa province, Vietnam.

FM 94.2MHz is usually an adjacent radio station to Radio Thailand Yala FM 94.25MHz in Langkawi, but now the frequency becomes Sporadic E-skip radio station from Vietnam. In fact, the propagation is not always happened in Langkawi, instead it is overspill radio signal via Sporadic E-skip propagation.

 

==DX report of Vietnam FM radio in Langkawi==

- Radio Station : Khánh Hòa Radio 

- Frequency : FM 94.2 MHz 

- Power : 2 KW 

- Transmitter Location : Đài Phát sóng Đồng Đế, Nguyễn Quyền, Vĩnh Hải, Thành phố Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa, Socialist Republic of Vietnam 

- Receiver Location : Penempatan Kampung Kok Mukim Padang Matsirat, Langkawi Island, Kedah State, Malaysia 

- Distance : 1229 KM 

- Language : Vietnamese 

- Time : 08:23 UTC / 16:23 GMT +8 Malaysia Time 

- Date : 14 June 2021 

- Receiver : TECSUN PL 310ET 

- Audio Output : Mono Signal

- SINPO: 55555

 

This radio reception is very rare and impressive as it is difficult to catch Vietnam radio stations on FM band, compare to MW and SW.

Footage is filmed by Saiful Izham DXer from Langkawi.