During Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2022 festival, I went to Lojing Highlands before going back to Teluk Intan, it took 5 hours and 30 minutes to reach there from my home in Balakong, including traffic congestion.
I monitored Fly FM 87.9MHz signal propagation in Lojing Highlands, Kelantan.
Back to November 2021, I traveled to Gua Musang and Cameron Highlands. At the same time, I also dropped by Lojing Highlands for a while to perform distant radio signal monitoring (DXing). Unfortunately, I could not get out from the car to do FM DX at Masjid Keputeraan Lojing in 15 November 2021 due to heavy rain, hence I could only film in the car, but I didn't manage to record Fly FM 87.9MHz signal propagation video during that time. When I drove from Lojing to Gua Musang, I tuned to Fly FM 87.9MHz when I was driving on a slope, it was playing Pompeii by Bastille, but I didn't record the video due to traffic safety reason and copyright issue.
In January 2022, a week before Chinese New Year, I made a plan to revisit Lojing Highlands for Hari Raya Aidilfitri holiday, the plan included monitoring Fly FM 87.9MHz signal propagation. Now, I materialize my plan finally.
I revisited Lojing Highlands, Kelantan on 1st May 2022 (a day before "sudden" and "shocking" Hari Raya Aidilfitri which it was made 1 day earlier, also known as Hurry Raya). When I arrived at Lojing mosque (Masjid Keputeraan Lojing) where is not far from Cameron Highlands border, Fly FM 87.9MHz from Gunung Kledang signal was still clear actually.
Fly FM 87.9MHz is Ipoh frequency actually, transmitted from Gunung Kledang, it mainly covers Central and South Perak, it also covers part of Cameron Highlands in Pahang state.
However, Fly FM 87.9MHz is still available in part of Lojing Highlands, Kelantan clearly. The signal still shows STEREO indicator when I was tuning in Masjid Keputeraan Lojing, and it was still loud and clear.
Signal goes weaker and faded when tuning from Lojing to Pos Brooke on a downhill slope along Cameron Highlands-Gua Musang road. Initially I also planned to check Fly FM 87.9MHz signal in Pos Brooke, but no signal was heard there actually.
==Compare with the competitor and other English radio stations==
Meanwhile Hitz FM 92.7MHz and Lite FM 101.5MHz are weaker in Lojing Highlands, then Mix FM 94.3MHz is unavailable in Lojing Highlands due to Radio Thailand Yala FM 94.25MHz.
The government owned English radio station, Traxx FM can be heard in Lojing Highlands, Kelantan via 98.5MHz from Bukit Bakar (Machang, Kelantan).
Compare with its competitor Hitz FM 92.7MHz, in terms of signal propagation strength, Fly FM 87.9MHz is the most powerful Ipoh based English radio station in Lojing Highlands, Kelantan.
Among all radio stations owned by Media Prima Audio, Fly FM 87.9MHz is the clearest in Lojing Highlands, following by Hot FM 104.5MHz, 8FM 87.6MHz and Molek FM 105.1MHz.
==Signal reception quality of Media Prima Audio radio stations in Lojing Highlands, Kelantan (from best to worst)==
1. Fly FM 87.9MHz from Gunung Kledang (clearest)
2. Hot FM 104.5MHz from Gunung Kledang (moderate to weak)
3. 8FM 87.6MHz from Gunung Kledang (moderate to weak)
4. Molek FM 105.1MHz from Peringat (co-channel interference with Asyik FM 105.1MHz from Gunung Brinchang)
==Fly FM DXing in Lojing Highlands, Kelantan==
* Frequency: FM 87.9MHz
* Power: 2kW
* Transmission site: Gunung Kledang, Ipoh, Perak
* Receiving site: Masjid Keputeraan Lojing, Lojing Highlands, 18300 Gua Musang, Kelantan
* Distance: 46km
* Radio receiver: TECSUN PL-380 (VIDEO) & Samsung Galaxy V Plus (AUDIO)
Alongside Lojing Highlands, here are another two videos of receiving Fly FM on 95.8MHz from Gunung Ulu Kali which I filmed in Gua Musang town and Kuala Betis on 14th and 15th November 2021.
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