FM DX: Mukah, Sarawak

 

Mukah was part of my location list in FM DX: Sarawak 2025 (PART 1). It is very far traveling from Sibu to this town. When I was in Mukah, I tried my luck of radio DXing and had a simple breakfast there.

Mukah had many Melanau and Malay people, compare to other towns of Sarawak like Sibu, Bintulu and Simanggang. In my opinion, Mukah is not the good location of me to conduct radio DXing because many frequencies are interfered by local radio stations via frequency band leakage.

In Mukah, Hitz FM 105.1MHz, MY FM 105.9MHz and Tea FM 100.7MHz from Bukit Lima had zero signal, meanwhile Era FM Sarawak FM 96.3MHz had very weak signal and possibly frequency leakage from Cats FM. 

 

Actually Hitz FM 105.1MHz and MY FM 105.9MHz had a strong frequency signal leakage of Cats FM where I believed the signal of Cats FM 97.9MHz in TM Mukah tower leaks the signal to other frequency band. 

TM Mukah tower is located in the vicinity of Mukah town, so the people who want to try tuning Hitz FM 105.1 and MY FM 105.9 there will hear Cats FM's noise.

Regarding the radio stations in Mukah, this town can only tune RTM radio stations and Cats FM 97.9MHz where are transmitted from Mukah, but Bintulu radio stations from Bukit Setiam could be tuned there.

Bukit Singgalang radio stations are available in Mukah, but signal is not too clear.

 

1. Era FM Sarawak 96.3MHz (74km from Bukit Lima)

Note: Potentially Era FM Sarawak 96.3MHz has frequency leakage noise of Cats FM in Mukah, but I had caught its signal successfully outside the town before heading to Dalat.

 

2. RTM Sibu FM 102.1MHz (51km from Bukit Singgalang)

In Mukah, RTM Sibu FM can be tuned on 98.7MHz.

 

3. RTM Bintulu FM 97.5MHz (92km from Bukit Setiam)

By comparing with other locations in Sarawak like Sibu and Sri Aman, I made very less radio signal monitoring videos in Mukah, Sarawak because Mukah has very less distant radio stations. Therefore, I only made 3 videos there before eating Minced Chicken Mee Kolok with black sauce at a Malay restaurant around 9.45am.

The furthest radio station tuned in Mukah, Sarawak is Bintulu FM 97.5MHz from Bukit Setiam.

I don't stop in Mukah for longer duration because there are no much of DX radio stations there, so I went to Dalat immediately after having breakfast in Mukah.