RTM Muzik FM can launch at least 1 frequency on FM band in Kuala Lumpur Tower to cover Klang Valley, alongside online streaming.

RTM relaunched Muzik FM on 13th February 2024 in conjunction with World Radio Day after 6 years hiatus.

Muzik FM is only available via online streaming at www.muzikfm.rtm.gov.my or www.muzikfmrtm.com

It is impossible of Muzik FM relaunches on Nasional FM's frequencies, then Nasional FM merges with Radio Klasik and becomes Klasik Nasional because both existing radio stations (Radio Klasik and Nasional FM) are still important to RTM. 

Radio Klasik has many listeners actually, especially the middle age to the seniors, meanwhile Nasional FM acts a RTM's flagship Malay language national radio station to serve the country by delivering country messages like Australia's ABC Radio National or Japan's NHK Radio 1.

It is very difficult to get a new FM frequencies nowadays due to spectrum band is fully occupied. This will cause Muzik FM cannot broadcast on FM radio transmission nationwide with new frequencies like before.

In my opinion, Muzik FM can relaunch via FM frequency transmission by setting up at least a transmitter in Kuala Lumpur Tower for Klang Valley because I may realize KL Tower may have 1 empty frequency, but lower transmitter power.

FM 107.3MHz is the only empty frequency where Muzik FM can operate in Kuala Lumpur Tower. While other RTM radio stations in Kuala Lumpur Tower operated at 1kW transmitter power per station, but I only suggest Muzik FM to operate only 300W transmitter power in Kuala Lumpur Tower due to 200kHz frequency separation with RTM Pahang FM 107.5MHz Gunung Ulu Kali transmitter which only covers West Pahang. It is already sufficient of Muzik FM 107.3MHz covering Kuala Lumpur and surrounding Klang Valley areas at 300W transmitter power from KL Tower. Interference to Pahang FM 107.5MHz coverage in West Pahang including Genting Highlands can be happened if transmitter power is set at 1kW.

It is impossible of Muzik FM to launch on new frequency in Gunung Ulu Kali for Greater Klang Valley because Gunung Ulu Kali has no vacant frequencies.

Regarding the interference to Pahang FM 107.5MHz Gunung Ulu Kali coverage in Klang Valley due to Muzik FM 107.3MHz KL Tower transmitter, as both are operated by RTM, so I strongly believe that RTM can manage the frequency interference between both parties. In addition, it is impossible of Muzik FM 107.3MHz Kuala Lumpur Tower transmitter can overspill to West Pahang and cause interference to Pahang FM 107.5MHz coverage there.

==Proposal of launching Muzik FM new frequency for Klang Valley only==

* Frequency: FM 107.3MHz

* Power: 0.3kW

* Transmitter site: Kuala Lumpur Tower

* Coverage: Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, Ampang, Kajang, Puchong, Shah Alam, Subang Jaya, Seri Kembangan, Putrajaya, Bangi, Klang, Cyberjaya, Gombak, Selayang, Puncak Alam, and Sungai Buloh

==RF analysis==

107.0MHz: Suria FM Gunung Telapak Buruk

107.3MHz: Muzik FM Kuala Lumpur Tower

<300kHz, OK>

107.3MHz: Muzik FM Kuala Lumpur Tower

107.5MHz: Pahang FM Gunung Ulu Kali (West Pahang only)

<200kHz, OK>

 

==Simulated coverage map of Muzik FM 107.3MHz Kuala Lumpur Tower at 300W (Green= 54dBuV/m STEREO coverage)==

Based on the coverage map of Muzik FM 107.3MHz Kuala Lumpur Tower transmitter by following above, the coverage is sufficient in Klang Valley at 300W transmitter power, preliminary check no interference to Pahang FM 107.5MHz coverage in West Pahang.

I will express my suggestion to RTM over this proposal, hope MCMC can award the frequency to RTM for Muzik FM.

RTM state radio stations tuned in Hulu Langat, Selangor

In Hulu Langat, Selangor, the radio listeners can tune about 3-4 RTM state radio stations such as Selangor FM 100.9MHz, Pahang FM 107.5MHz, Negeri FM 92.6MHz and KL FM 97.2MHz, meanwhile Melaka FM 102.3MHz from Gunung Ledang is the most difficult RTM state radio station tuned there.

Here are my videos of receiving RTM state radio stations in Hulu Langat, Selangor which released in August 2020 and today.

1. Selangor FM 100.9MHz (Gunung Ulu Kali)

2. Pahang FM 107.5MHz (Gunung Ulu Kali)

3. KL FM 97.2MHz (Kuala Lumpur Tower)

4. Negeri FM 92.6MHz (Gunung Telapak Buruk) & 107.7MHz* (Gunung Ledang)

5. Melaka FM 102.3MHz** (Gunung Ledang)

*Signal is only receivable weakly in Pangsun. 

**Only receivable in Batu 20.

FM radio DXing in Hulu Langat by tuning Gunung Ledang radio stations signal as the farewell of Radio DX #KitaSelangor

Today is my last day of radio DXing in Selangor state, Hulu Langat is my final location of Radio DX #KitaSelangor. I set a farewell of this radio DXing series today.

Actually there is nothing special of radio DXing in Hulu Langat by tuning on FM radio frequency, but Gunung Ledang is the furthest transmitter tuned there. On 2nd August 2020, I was used to perform radio DXing in Hulu Langat and I recorded several videos of tuning radio stations from Gunung Ledang in Pangsun such as Raaga FM 99.7MHz and Ai FM 100.4MHz.

 

Chinese New Year is just ended today, I begin to roll out radio DXing convoy again. Today on 25th February 2024, I expand my radio DXing content in Hulu Langat by receiving more Gunung Ledang radio signal.

 

In Hulu Langat, the listeners usually tune their favorite radio stations from Gunung Ulu Kali, some of them are from Bukit Sungai Besi and Kuala Lumpur Tower, meanwhile Gunung Telapak Buruk radio stations are weak there. 

 

By conducting overall radio signal monitoring in Hulu Langat on Gunung Ledang frequencies, most of the areas have no signal. Gunung Ledang radio stations have no signal in Batu 14, Batu 18 and Dusun Tua, but Pangsun and Batu 20 are the best locations to DX Gunung Ledang radio signal in Hulu Langat.

 

Here are my videos of tuning Gunung Ledang transmitted radio stations in Hulu Langat, including videos from August 2020. Receiving location is in Kampung Pangsun near a mosque, meanwhile Melaka FM 102.3MHz is tuned in Batu 20 near Kampung Lubuk Manggis while heading from Pangsun to Batu 18. The receiving distance is 124km.

 

1. IKIM FM 89.5MHz

 

2. Best FM 94.8MHz

 

3. Traxx FM 97.4MHz

 

4. Raaga FM 99.7MHz (2020 video)

 

5. Ai FM 100.4MHz (2020 video)

 

6. Melaka FM 102.3MHz

 

7. Melody FM 107.3MHz

 

8. Negeri FM 107.7MHz

Kool 101 diterima di Kelantan pada frekuensi Pulau Pinang FM 90.2MHz dari Bukit Penara? Biar betul!

Sudahlah 2 tahun 3 bulan stesen radio Kool 101 (dahulunya dikenali sebagai Buletin FM) menamatkan siarannya di Kota Bharu dan Kuala Terengganu, manakala frekuensinya diambil alih oleh Molek FM. Frekuensi Kool 101 FM 88.6MHz di Kota Bharu kini ialah Hot FM, manakala FM 105.1MHz ditukar kepada Molek FM.

Setelah penutupan siaran Kool 101 (Buletin FM) di Kota Bharu dan Kuala Terengganu, pendengar Kool 101 hanya boleh mendengar siaran ini dengan melalui platform applikasi Audio+, strim Kool 101 di YouTube atau MYTV CH716.

Terdapat beberapa video isyarat radio dari Gunung Jerai diterima di Kelantan saya pernah tonton di YouTube, ini menyebabkan saya berminat untuk tahu sama ada siaran Kool 101 boleh didengari di Kelantan pada frekuensi FM 90.2MHz dari Bukit Penara atau tidak.

Kawan saya menghantar video penerimaan siaran Kool 101 di Kelantan pada frekuensi FM 90.2MHz hari  ini, saya berasa terkejut kerana sebelum ini saya meramalkan bahawa isyarat Bukit Penara tidak dapat diterima di Kelantan.

Berdasarkan pada video berikut atas, siaran Kool 101 FM 90.2MHz dari Bukit Penara diterima di Ketereh, Kelantan yang berhampiri dengan Kota Bharu, isyaratnya sangat lemah, tetapi pemancaran troposfera. Dengan membuat perbandingan kandungan antara FM 90.2MHz dan strim Kool 101 di applikasi Audio+ , kedua-duanya mempunyai kandungan sama.

 

Pada pandangan saya, selain dari kawasan Kota Bharu (Ketereh, Kubang Kerian, Kota Lama, Kalok dll), siaran Kool 101 FM 90.2MHz tidak mungkin boleh didengari di kawasan lain negeri Kelantan seperti Pasir Mas, Rantau Panjang, Jeli, Ayer Lanas, Kuala Krai, Machang, Pasir Puteh, Bachok dan Tanah Merah. Kemungkinan frekuensi FM 90.2MHz ialah siaran R-Radio Network FM 90.25MHz dari Sungai Golok, Thailand jika mendengar di Pasir Mas, Rantau Panjang dan Ayer Lanas. 

==Penerimaan siaran Kool 101 di Kelantan==

- Frekuensi: FM 90.2MHz

- Kuasa pemancar: 1kW

- Tempat pemancar: Bukit Penara, Penang

- Tempat penerima: Ketereh, Kelantan

- Jarak: 229km

Kool 101 can be tuned in small part of Kelantan via FM 90.2MHz from Penang's Bukit Penara?

It is 2 years and 3 months anniversary of Kool 101 (formerly known as Buletin FM) closing its transmission in Kota Bharu and Kuala Terengganu while the frequencies were taken over by Molek FM.

Listeners who tune to Kool 101 in Kota Bharu and Kuala Terengganu have to listen on either:

1. Audio+ app

2. Kool 101 YouTube LIVE streaming

3. MYTV CH716

I refer several radio DXing videos on YouTube which some people received radio signal from Gunung Jerai in part of Kelantan such as Ketereh, Kota Bharu and Kubang Kerian. Therefore, it makes me interested to know whether Kool 101 can be tuned in these Kelantan areas via frequency FM 90.2MHz from Bukit Penara or not. Then, I drop my request to my radio hobbyists in Kelantan to film video of receiving Kool 101 FM 90.2MHz in Kota Bharu areas.

Initially I predicted that it is impossible to tune Kool 101 via Penang frequency FM 90.2MHz in Kota Bharu (overspill signal from Bukit Penara) because of R-Radio Network FM 90.25MHz from Sungai Golok, Thailand, but surprisingly my friend sends me a video of tuning Kool 101 FM 90.2MHz in Kelantan today.

Kool 101 FM 90.2MHz is the first Bukit Penara transmitted radio station, received in Kelantan. According to my friend, he receives Kool 101 FM 90.2MHz in Ketereh where is just 23km from Kota Bharu, the state capital of Kelantan.

The signal is weak in Ketereh, Kelantan. By comparing between FM 90.2MHz content and Kool 101 online streaming on Audio+ app, both are matched. 

Previously, no any records of tuning Kool 101 FM 90.2MHz in Kelantan after its Kota Bharu frequency 88.6MHz became Hot FM. 

The radio reception of Kool 101 FM 90.2MHz from Bukit Penara in Kelantan is tropospheric propagation. By conducting the signal availability of Kool 101 FM 90.2MHz in Kelantan, I believe it is receivable in some Kota Bharu areas, meanwhile the frequency will become R-Radio Network FM 90.25MHz from Sungai Golok if I tune in Pasir Mas, Ayer Lanas and Rantau Panjang.

It is impossible of Kool 101 FM 90.2MHz can be heard in Jeli, Tanah Merah, Kuala Krai, Bachok, Tumpat and Pasir Puteh.

==Kool 101 radio reception in Kelantan==

- Frequency: FM 90.2MHz

- Power: 1kW

- Transmitter site: Bukit Penara, Penang

- Receiving site: Ketereh, Kelantan

- Distance: 229km

Penerimaan siaran radio IKIM FM di Daerah Hulu Perak pada frekuensi FM 102.7MHz dari Gunung Kledang (IKIM FM radio reception in Hulu Perak District on 102.7MHz from Gunung Kledang)

Pada 4hb Jun 2023, saya berkonvoi ke Hulu Perak untuk memantau isyarat radio. Di daerah Hulu Perak, saya merakam video isyarat radio IKIM FM 102.7MHz yang dipancar dari Gunung Kledang.

On 4th June 2023, I convoy to Hulu Perak for radio DXing. In Hulu Perak district, I recorded the radio signal videos of IKIM FM by tuning FM 102.7MHz from Gunung Kledang.

Terdapat video isyarat siaran IKIM FM 102.7MHz di Hulu Perak dengan kawasan bawah berikut:

Here are the videos of receiving IKIM FM 102.7MHz in Hulu Perak district by following locations below:

1. Lenggong (57km)

2. Lawin (83km)

3. Gerik (95km)

Antara tiga kawasan di Hulu Perak, Lenggong ialah kawasan yang paling jelas untuk menerima siaran IKIM FM 102.7MHz dari Gunung Kledang, manakala isyarat sangat lemah di Lawin dan Gerik. Di Lawin, IKIM FM 102.7MHz diganggu oleh Perak FM 102.9MHz. Untuk makluman, siaran IKIM FM tidak dapat diterima di Klian Intan pada frekuensi sama ada 89.0MHz atau 102.7MHz, tetapi di Pengkalan Hulu, IKIM FM 89.0MHz dari Gunung Jerai mempunyai gangguan frekuensi sama dengan siaran Radio Parlimen Thailand FM 89.0MHz yang dipancar dari wilayah Yala.

Among 3 locations in Hulu Perak District, Lenggong is the clearest town to receive IKIM FM 102.7MHz from Gunung Kledang, meanwhile the signal is weak in Lawin and Gerik. In Lawin, IKIM FM 102.7MHz has interference with Perak FM 102.9MHz. For your information, IKIM FM is not available in Klian Intan on either 102.7MHz or 89.0MHz, but in Pengkalan Hulu, IKIM FM has co-channel interference with Thailand Parliament Radio Station FM 89.0MHz from Yala by tuning the frequency FM 89.0MHz from Gunung Jerai.

Unlike Mediacorp and SPH (Singapore Press Holdings) radio stations, So Drama! Entertainment (formerly known as SAFRA Radio) radio stations 88.3 Jia FM and Power 98FM are not transmitted from Bukit Batok, instead their own Defense Technology Tower B. Why?

Singapore is a small country in ASEAN region, it has 19 local radio stations, operated by Mediacorp, Singapore Press Holdings and So Drama! Entertainment (SAFRA Radio), most of the radio stations transmitters are located in Bukit Batok, except So Drama! Entertainment radio stations, 88.3 Jia FM and Power 98FM.

 

 

Honestly 88.3 Jia FM and Power 98FM were used to locate their transmitters in Bukit Batok transmission tower for a moment, I spotted this information via So Drama! Entertainment open tender to supply, test and commissioning the solid state FM radio transmitter for its radio stations in Bukit Batok 5 years ago. I concluded that 88.3 Jia FM and Power 98FM were transmitted from Bukit Batok during that time after reading the tender information.

 

However, my friend from Singapore has recently tested the signal of 88.3 Jia FM and Power 98FM near Bukit Batok, their field strength reading are not high as Mediacorp and SPH radio stations, meanwhile the signal strength of 88.3 Jia FM and Power 98FM are very high near Defense Tower areas.

The transmitter tower of 883 Jia and Power 98FM is located at the top of the building at Defense Technology Tower B. Transmitter power is 12kW for each station, meanwhile when both were transmitted in Bukit Batok, the transmitter power was only 5kW.

 

So Drama! Entertainment (formerly known as SAFRA Radio) is the smallest radio broadcaster in Singapore. In my opinion, its radio stations 883Jia and Power 98 located the transmitter system at Defense Technology Tower B can save more transmission cost than using Bukit Batok tower where Bukit Batok's telecommunications tower is belonged to SingTel (Singapore's largest telecommunications company because So Drama! Entertainment office is located at Defense Technology Tower B, formerly known as Singapore Telecom). In addition, So Drama! Entertainment broadcast engineers can maintain the transmitter system of 883Jia and Power 98FM at their company tower without relying on SingTel broadcast transmission services.

 

By creating the chronology of 883Jia and Power 98's transmitter site history, they were launched in 1994/95 and transmitted from Defense Technology Tower B, then they moved to Bukit Batok temporarily, and shifted back to Defense Technology Tower B again.

I personally suspect that 883Jia and Power 98FM moved to Bukit Batok temporarily because the radio transmitter tower at Defense Technology Tower B had problems, but they moved back to Defense Technology Tower B after repairing the transmission tower.

Mediacorp and SPH radio stations' transmission services are provided and maintained by Singtel in Bukit Batok.

Photo of Singapore Defense Technology Tower B (source: shutterstock.com)

Radio stations in Pengkalan Kubor & Tumpat, Kelantan, Malaysia based on FM frequency band scan by Senn Lens.

 

Tumpat is the northernmost district in Kelantan, meanwhile Pengkalan Kubor is the northernmost area of Kelantan under Tumpat district. 

Here is a list of radio stations where are available in Pengkalan Kubor of Tumpat District, Kelantan, Malaysia, based on FM radio frequency band scan by Senn Lens.

- 88.1MHz: Gegar (Bukit Panau)

- 88.6MHz: Hot FM (Peringat)

- 88.75MHz: Khon Tak Bai Radio (Tak Bai, Thailand)

- 89.0MHz: Parliament Radio Station (Yala, Thailand)

- 89.8MHz: IKIM FM (Bukit Panau)

- 90.6MHz: Manis FM (Tunjung)

- 92.0MHz: Radio Thailand Yala Channel 1

- 92.8MHz: Hitz FM (Bukit Panau)

- 93.8MHz: Sinar FM (Bukit Panau)

- 94.0MHz: True Love Kolok Radio ทรูเลิฟ โก-ลก เรดิโอ (Sungai Golok, Thailand)

- 94.25MHz: Radio Thailand Yala Channel 2

- 94.6MHz: Mix FM (Bukit Panau)

- 94.75MHz: Voice of Navy 15 (Narathiwat, Thailand)

- 95.0MHz: Radio Thailand Yala Channel 3 (Pattani Malay)

- 95.5MHz: RTM Radio Klasik (Bukit Bakar)

- 96.0MHz: KCS Radio (Narathiwat, Thailand)

- 96.2MHz: RTM Terengganu FM (Bukit Bintang, Besut)

- 96.5MHz: RTM Nasional FM (Bukit Bakar)

- 96.75MHz: Siang Phan Fa เสียงผ่านฟ้านราธิวาส (Narathiwat, Thailand)

- 97.0MHz: RTM Traxx FM (Bukit Bintang, Besut)

- 97.3MHz: RTM Kelantan FM (Bukit Bakar)

- 97.8MHz: RTM Ai FM (Bukit Bintang, Besut)

- 98.25MHz: Radio Thailand Narathiwat

- 98.5MHz: RTM Traxx FM (Bukit Bakar)

- 99.1MHz: Sathani Witthayu 912 สถานีวิทยุ 912 (Narathiwat, Thailand)

- 99.8MHz: Melody FM (Bukit Panau)

- 100.9MHz: RTM Minnal FM (Bukit Bakar)

- 101.1MHz: RTM Radio Klasik (Wakaf Che Yeh)

- 101.9MHz: RTM Nasional FM (Wakaf Che Yeh)

- 102.3MHz: MY FM (Bukit Panau)

- 102.5MHz: MCOT Yala (Thailand)

- 102.9MHz: RTM Kelantan FM (Wakaf Che Yeh)

- 103.3MHz: Era FM (Bukit Panau)

- 104.0MHz: Attar Radio (Narathiwat, Thailand)

- 104.3MHz: Lite FM (Bukit Panau)

- 104.7MHz: RTM Traxx FM (Wakaf Che Yeh)

- 105.1MHz: Molek FM (Peringat)

- 105.7MHz: RTM Ai FM (Wakaf Che Yeh)

- 106.1MHz: Suria FM (Telipot)

- 106.5MHz: Radio Thailand Sungai Golok

- 106.7MHz: RTM Minnal FM (Wakaf Che Yeh)

- 107.1MHz: RTM Kelantan FM (Bukit Bintang)

- 107.4MHz: Fly FM (Peringat)

 

* Green denotes local radio stations

* Yellow denotes Malaysia's distant radio stations

* Red denotes Thailand radio stations

Video was filmed at Wat Kampung Mentua Silkaloy in Pengkalan Kubor of Tumpat district, Kelantan, Malaysia by Senn Lens.

In addition, Thailand's MCOT Pattani FM 91.0MHz can be tuned weakly at Chabang Empat in Tumpat, Kelantan.

(FM DXing) RTM Mutiara FM 93.9MHz (Gunung Jerai), KL FM 97.2MHz and Kedah FM 88.5MHz (Bukit Sungai Kechil) received in Sitiawan, Perak

During Chinese New Year holiday and in conjunction with World Radio Day, my family and I went to Sitiawan to purchase confectionery and enjoy the food there.

 

I came back to Tua Pek Kung temple again after 2 years hiatus.

On 12th February 2024, a day before World Radio Day, at Tua Pek Kung Chinese temple in Sitiawan, Perak, I managed to tune Mutiara FM 93.9MHz, KL FM 97.2MHz and Kedah FM 88.5MHz, the signal of both radio stations are very weak actually.

At Sitiawan's Tua Pek Kung temple near the sea, Mutiara FM 93.9MHz Gunung Jerai has co-channel interference with Bernama Radio FM 93.9MHz from Kuala Lumpur Tower occasionally, even it has interference with Radio DSB FM 93.8MHz from Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia rarely during tropospheric propagation, meanwhile Kedah FM 88.5MHz from Bukit Sungai Kechil has co-channel interference with RTM Nasional FM 88.5MHz from Kuala Lumpur Tower.

KL FM 97.2MHz from Kuala Lumpur Tower has interference with Sinar FM 97.1MHz from Gunung Jerai.

Here are few videos of receiving Mutiara FM 93.9MHz, KL FM 97.2MHz and Kedah FM 88.5MHz in Sitiawan which recorded on 12th February 2024, but I include a video of DXing Mutiara FM 93.9MHz which I filmed at same place 4 years ago.

1. Mutiara FM 93.9MHz Gunung Jerai (182km)

2. Kedah FM 88.5MHz Bukit Sungai Kechil (113km)

 

3. KL FM 97.2MHz Kuala Lumpur Tower (162km)

(FM DXing) Kool 101 FM 101.3MHz masih boleh didengari di Slim River, Behrang dan Tanjung Malim, Perak dengan isyarat lemah yang dipancar dari Bukit Sungai Besi.

 

Tahukah anda? Siaran radio Kool 101 masih boleh didengari di Perak Selatan seperti Slim River, Behrang dan Tanjung Malim dengan isyarat lemah pada frekuensi FM 101.3MHz yang dipancar dari Bukit Sungai Besi.

 

FM 101.3MHz dahulunya ialah siaran UFM 101.3 (Ultra FM) sejak tahun 2013, dan Ultra FM dibeli boleh Media Prima serta dijenamakan sebagai Kool FM. Pada Ogos 2021, Kool FM ditukar namanya kepada Buletin FM sehingga Jun 2023 sebelum dijenamakan sebagai Kool 101 pada Julai 2023.

Tidak sama dengan stesen radio lain, siaran Kool 101 FM 101.3MHz tidak jelas di Tanjung Malim dan Slim River kerana tempat pemancarnya terletak di Bukit Sungai Besi. Jika Kool 101 FM 101.3MHz dipancar dari Gunung Ulu Kali seperti stesen radio lain, saya percaya bahawa pendengar di kawasan Perak Selatan boleh mengikuti siaran ini dengan lebih jelas. Bukan sahaja di Tanjung Malim dan Slim River, Kool 101 FM 101.3MHz boleh diterima di kawasan negeri Perak yang lebih jauh seperti Tapah, Bidor, Sungkai, Terolak, Teluk Intan, Bagan Datuk, Lekir, Sitiawan, Langkap, Chenderiang, Temoh dan Tanjung Tualang.

Semasa perjalanan dari Teluk Intan ke Kuala Lumpur, saya merakam video isyarat Kool 101 FM 101.3MHz di Slim River dan Tanjung Malim. 

 

Video disertakan di bawah berikut.

 

1. Slim River (90km)

 

2. Tanjung Malim (73km)

 

Pendengar boleh cuba mendengar siaran Kool 101 pada FM 101.3MHz di Slim River dan Tanjung Malim. Sekiranya siaran ini tidak dapat diterima, anda dinasihati untuk memuat turun applikasi Audio+ atau mendengar secara online atau MYTV CH716. 

Harap Media Prima Audio dapat memindahkan tempat pemancar Kool 101 FM 101.3MHz dari Bukit Sungai Besi ke Gunung Ulu Kali supaya lebih banyak kawasan boleh menerima siaran ini.

Radio Muslim Al-Fatih FM 107.3MHz from Medan, Indonesia signal reception in Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia (2022-2024)

 

Here are my radio reception videos of Radio Muslim Al-Fatih FM 107.3MHz (Medan, Indonesia) in Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia which recorded from 2022 to 2024. 

Transmitter power is 500W from Medan, Indonesia, meanwhile the receiving distance is approximately 267-272km. All the radio tuning videos are tropospheric propagation.

==2022==

==2024==

RTM Gunung Brinchang radio stations signal reception in Teluk Intan, Perak.

Here are the 8 RTM radio stations from Gunung Brinchang (Cameron Highlands) received in Teluk Intan, Perak. Each station operates at 100W transmitter power.

1. Radio Klasik FM 89.1MHz

2. Nasional FM 93.1MHz

3. Pahang FM 100.3MHz

Heavy adjacent channel interference with MY FM 100.2MHz from Bukit Larut is detected.

4. Perak FM 94.7MHz

5. Traxx FM 101.1MHz

6. Ai FM 103.5MHz

7. Minnal FM 104.3MHz

8. Asyik FM 105.1MHz

Receiving distance is 69km.

Nastra FM 88.6MHz from Langkat, Indonesia received in Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia via tropospheric propagation

 After having Chinese New Year eve reunion dinner with my family members at yesterday night, I went back to my late grandmother's house. Initally I would like to perform RDS PS text monitoring of IKIM FM 102.7MHz Gunung Kledang transmitter, but unfortunately I could not capture it. Then, I performed radio frequency scan randomly and I received Nastra FM 88.6MHz from Langkat, Indoneia in Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia.

The signal of Nastra FM 88.6MHz was quite clear in Teluk Intan during tropospheric propagation, I was listening to this frequency from 2210 hours to 2300 hours (UTC+8), the signal went weak after 2300 hours. Nastra FM 88.6MHz plays classic Indonesian Dangdut songs, it is based in Pangkalan Susu. Although it targets Langkat Regency in North Sumatra Province, but it overspills to Malaysia territory occasionally during tropospheric propagation.

In my radio DXing history, Nastra FM 88.6MHz from Langkat, Indonesia is the third furthest radio station that I receive in Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia as February 2024 after PSU Radio Pattani FM 107.25MHz and MCOT Satun FM 93.25MHz.

As 10th February 2024, Teluk Intan becomes my second location within Malaysia territory of tuning Nastra FM 88.6MHz after Sungai Ayer Tawar in Sabak Bernam District, Selangor where I tuned on 3rd May 2022.

* Frequency: FM 88.6MHz

* Power: unknown

* Transmission site: Pangkalan Susu, Langkat Regency, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia

* Receiving site: Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia

* Distance: 308km

* Receiver: TECSUN PL-310ET

* Receiving date/time: 09.02.2024 2208H (UTC+8)

Alongside Nastra FM 88.6MHz, I also received Radio Muslim Al-Fatih FM 107.3MHz from Medan, Indonesia again in Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia after 2 years from my last radio reception of this frequency in Teluk Intan, but I tuned it indoor.

RTM Bukit Larut radio stations signal reception in Teluk Intan, Perak.

Here are the 6 RTM radio stations from Bukit Larut (Taiping) received in Teluk Intan, Perak. Each station operates at 250W transmitter power.

1. Radio Klasik FM 103.3MHz

Co-channel interference with Era FM 103.3MHz from Gunung Ulu Kali.

2. Nasional FM 107.1MHz

3. Perak FM 104.1MHz

Co-channel interference with Best FM 104.1MHz from Gunung Ulu Kali.

4. Traxx FM 105.3MHz

Co-channel interference with Suria FM 105.3MHz from Gunung Ulu Kali.

5. Ai FM 106.1MHz

6. Minnal FM 107.9MHz

Tuning distance is approximately 95-98km.

(VIDEO ONLY) My radio DXing of Perak FM in Hulu Perak district

 

 

1. Klian Intan (102.9MHz Lawin)

 

2. West Gerik: R&R Bintang Hijau Sungai Rui (102.9MHz Lawin)

 

3. East Gerik: Tasik Banding (104.1MHz Bukit Larut)

 

4. East Gerik: Titiwangsa (104.1MHz Bukit Larut)

Perak FM can be tuned on FM 104.1MHz in East Gerik from Tasik Banding to Titiwangsa while driving from Gerik town to Jeli.

Perak FM's Gerik frequency is 96.2MHz, transmitted from Mempelam Sari, the coverage is only limited for Gerik town. From Gerik to Jeli, the listeners cannot listen to this radio station on FM 96.2MHz after driving more than 15km from the town.

In East Gerik, Tasik Banding, Tasik Temenggor, Air Banun and Titiwangsa, Perak FM can be tuned on 104.1MHz from Bukit Larut while 96.2MHz is not receivable anymore. Alongside FM 104.1MHz, actually Perak FM 102.9MHz Lawin frequency is still available, but the signal is weaker than 104.1MHz.

For FM 102.9MHz, after Tasik Banding while heading to east direction, co-channel interference between Perak FM and Kelantan FM can be detected from Air Banun to Titiwangsa, then FM 102.9MHz will become Kelantan completely at RnR Titiwangsa. 

 

When Perak FM and Kelantan FM are interfering each other on 102.9MHz, the listeners can tune to 104.1MHz clearer, but it starts to have interference with Thailand's Attar Radio FM 104.0MHz from Narathiwat after Titiwangsa when heading to Jeli, Kelantan. 

Here are my videos of tuning Perak FM 104.1MHz in East Gerik which I recorded in June 2023.

 

Cannot search the tuning frequencies of Perak FM in Klian Intan and West Gerik? Listeners are adviced to tune to FM 102.9MHz (Lawin frequency)

Back to June 2023, I went to Hulu Perak for radio DXing convoy in Lenggong, Lawin, Gerik, Pengkalan Hulu, Klian Intan and Titiwangsa. 

FM 96.2MHz is the northernmost Perak FM's frequency in Perak state, transmitted from Mempelam Sari for Gerik town, meanwhile no exact coverage of this radio station in Pengkalan Hulu, Klian Intan, and West Gerik, meanwhile Tasik Banding, Tasik Temenggor and Titiwangsa areas can receive partially via FM 104.1MHz from Bukit Larut.

I was already aware of Pengkalan Hulu is the only Perak town where cannot receive Perak FM via frequency transmission, regardless any frequencies such as 96.2MHz Gerik, 102.9MHz Lawin, 94.2MHz Lenggong and 104.1MHz Bukit Larut. So, RTM has to set a transmitter, either in Bukit Palong or Pengkalan Hulu to cover that Perak's northernmost town.

In Klian Intan and West Gerik, Perak FM has no clear frequency, even FM 96.2MHz Gerik frequency is not receivable there, but according to my radio tuning experience, RTM Perak FM is weakly receivable via FM 102.9MHz which is transmitted from Lawin.

Perak FM 102.9MHz is a gap filler transmitter for Lawin where cannot receive 96.2MHz from Gerik, 104.1MHz from Bukit Larut and 94.2MHz from Lenggong, however it can transmit much further than FM 96.2MHz and FM 94.2MHz.

 

Lawin is a small town located between Gerik and Lenggong.

 

Cannot search Perak FM's frequencies in Klian Intan and West Gerik (Bintang Hijau) when 96.2MHz is dead? The listeners can try tuning on FM 102.9MHz from Lawin. 

When you are driving from Gerik to Baling via Jalan Gerik-Baling, then 96.2MHz becomes unavailable in Kenering. From Kenering to Bintang Hijau Sungai Rui, you can try tuning Perak FM on 102.9MHz.

 

At Bintang Hijau Sungai Rui rest stop, Perak FM was tuned weakly on 102.9MHz.

In addition, I also filmed two signal videos of Perak FM 102.9MHz in Klian Intan village, one of a video was recorded in front of Klian Intan police station.

 

 

== Perak FM radio reception in West Gerik ==

* 96.2MHz Gerik: No signal, but adjacent frequency signal of 988 FM 96.1MHz from Gunung Jerai

* 104.1MHz Bukit Larut: No signal

* 95.6MHz Gunung Kledang: No signal

* 102.9MHz Lawin: Receivable, but weak

== Perak FM radio reception in Klian Intan == 

* 96.2MHz Gerik: No signal

* 104.1MHz Bukit Larut: No signal

* 95.6MHz Gunung Kledang: No signal

* 102.9MHz Lawin: Receivable, but weak