(AUSTRALIA FM DX) ABC Northern Tasmania tuned in Melbourne, Victoria State

ABC Northern Tasmania is a local radio station based in Launceston, its main target coverage is the northern part of Tasmania state, however a Melbourne based radio DXer, named VKS2WL managed to tune ABC Northern Tasmania in Greater Melbourne, VIC on various FM frequencies, however these radio reception were tropospheric propagation.

1. FM 91.7MHz - Launceston (TX: Mount Barrow)

Receiving distance: Approximately 450-470km

2. FM 91.3MHz - Lileah (TX: Willis Hill)

Distance: Approximately 367km

3. FM 106.3MHz - Rosebery (TX: Mount Read)

Distance: Approximately 470km

4. FM 88.5MHz - King Island (TX: Gentle Annie)

Distance: Approximately 258km. Weak signal with adjacent channel interference from 3SCB Southern FM 88.3MHz.

Most of the videos were recorded in Westmeadows, an suburb town of Melbourne, VIC. Among all 4 frequencies, FM 91.3MHz from Lileah was the clearest, following by FM 91.7MHz from Launceston, but FM 106.3MHz from Rosebery was the weakest frequency in Melbourne.

In Melbourne City, ABC Radio is locally available by following stations below:

* Radio National AM 621kHz

* ABC Melbourne AM 774kHz

* News Radio AM 1026kHz

* Classic FM 105.9MHz

* Triple J FM 107.5MHz

During nighttime transmission after sunset, ABC Hobart AM 936kHz from Tasmania can be received in Melbourne.

Malaysia TV and radio channels can be accessed in Australia via C-band satellite from MEASAT-3d 91.5°E and ABS-2 75°E

In Australia, alongside online streaming platform, the TV and radio stations can be accessed through C-band satellite from MEASAT-3d and ABS-2.

People's in Australia can access these channels by installing C-band receiving satellite dish and DVB-S2X receiver with the following C-band frequencies and channels below from Lyngsat:

Malaysia's MYTV C-band TV and radio channels via ABS-2 satellite are using DVB-S2X standard which is an extended version of DVB-S2, meanwhile RTM radio stations via Measat-3D are using DVB-S2 standard. 

Based on the C-band coverage, Measat-3D and ABS-2 satellite signal still can reach Australia, except Tasmania where is an island state. Hence, the Malay community in Katanning of Western Australia state and Cocos (Keeling) Islands can receive Malaysia TV and radio stations via C band satellite. 

Note: Several channels may not be accessible due to encryption.

List of RTM radio stations which are available via MEASAT-3d at 91.5°E C-band transmission.

Sources: Lyngsat

The main function of using C-band satellite transmission by RTM Malaysia via Measat-3d is to send the signal feeds from broadcasting houses (studio) to the transmitter sites, notably remote area.