Perak FM 104.1MHz (Bukit Larut) ialah stesen radio yang paling jauh diterima di Arau, Perlis.

Perak FM 104.1MHz yang dipancar dari Bukit Larut sebenarnya boleh didengari di Pulau Pinang dan sebahagian besar negeri Kedah (Kulim, Bandar Baharu, Sungai Petani, Kota Kuala Muda).

Hari ini saya bersinggah ke negeri Perlis untuk menjalankan aktiviti radio DXing, saya melawat negeri Perlis pada kali pertama.

Di negeri Perlis, saya mencuba untuk menerima siaran Perak FM 104.1MHz dari Bukit Larut dengan tiga kawasan iaitu Kangar, Arau dan Padang Besar.

Siaran Perak FM 104.1MHz tidak dapat diterima di Kangar dan Padang Besar sebenarnya, tetapi saya boleh menerima isyarat Perak FM 104.1MHz yang lemah di Arau.

Rakaman video isyarat Perak FM 104.1MHz dirakam di luar Masjid Negeri Arau Perlis selepas saya bersarapan di sebuah warung dengan Roti Canai dan Teh Tarik.

Di Arau, Perlis, kawasan ini menerima siaran radio dari Thailand (Satun, Yala dan Songkhla), Kedah (Gunung Jerai), Langkawi (Gunung Raya) dan Perlis (Padang Pauh). 

Perak FM 104.1MHz menjadi stesen radio yang paling jauh diterima di Arau, Perlis dengan jarak sejauh 184km. Selain itu, Arau ialah kawasan yang saya hanya menerima siaran radio Perak FM 104.1MHz di negeri Perlis.

Tiada gangguan frekuensi oleh Smart Radio FM 104.0MHz yang dipancar dari Hat Yai, Thailand semasa saya menerima siaran Perak FM 104.1MHz di Perlis hari ini.

* Frekuensi: FM 104.1MHz

* Kuasa pemancar: 0.25kW

* Tempat pemancar: Bukit Larut, Perak 

* Kawasan penerima: Arau, Perlis

* Jarak: 184km

Pekan Selama ialah kawasan #1 di negeri Perak yang saya yang menerima isyarat radio RTM Perlis FM 102.9MHz.

RTM Perlis FM 102.9MHz boleh didengari di seluruh negeri Perlis dan sebahagian kawasan negeri Kedah (Jitra, Alor Setar, Changlun, Pendang), manakala siaran radio ini boleh diterima di sebahagian kecil Pulau Pinang dengan isyarat yang lemah seperti Kepala Batas dan Bertam.

Di negeri Perak, pada tahun 2022, kawan saya menerima siaran Perlis FM di Taiping, tetapi isyarat tersebut bersifat troposfera sahaja.

Saya tidak pernah berjaya menangkap isyarat Perlis FM 102.9MHz di negeri Perak sebelum ini, walaupun saya pernah mencuba di Tanjung Piandang, Parit Buntar dan Kuala Kurau.

Pada 24hb November 2024, saya bercuti di Pulau Pinang, sebelum saya sampai ke Butterworth, saya bersinggah ke Pekan Selama di negeri Perak untuk merakam video isyarat IKIM FM 89.0MHz dan 102.7MHz. Pada masa yang sama, saya mencuba frekuensi FM 102.9MHz dimana frekuensi tersebut mungkin ialah isyarat lemah radio Perak FM yang dipancar dari Lawin, tetapi saya menerima siaran Perlis FM yang lemah di Selama, Perak.

Di Pekan Selama, Perak, siaran RTM Perlis FM 102.9MHz diterima secara lemah, tetapi terdapat kawasan di Selama mempunyai gangguan frekuensi dengan Perak FM pada frekuensi FM 102.9MHz.

Selepas saya merakam video isyarat Perlis FM 102.9MHz di Selama, Perak, saya bersinggah ke Family Mart di stesen minyak Caltex untuk bersarapan yang least. Di kawasan berhampiran dengan stesen minyak Caltex Selama, isyarat Perlis FM 102.9MHz bercampur-baur dengan Perak FM.

Semasa DJ Perlis FM menemu bual dengan si cilik dengan melalui Program Cumi-Cumi pada setiap hari Ahad pukul 11.30 pagi, saya terdengar muzik secara tiba-tiba apabila saya mencari tempat letak kereta. Selepas itu, saya cuba mendengar siaran Perak FM pada 104.1MHz, rupanya sama lagu dengan apa yang dimainkan pada 102.9MHz. Oleh itu, Perlis FM 102.9MHz diganggu oleh Perak FM 102.9MHz di Selama, Perak.

Selama ialah kawasan pertama saya yang menerima isyarat radio Perlis FM 102.9MHz di negeri Perak dalam sejarah aktiviti radio DXing saya.

* Frekuensi: FM 102.9MHz

* Kuasa: 2kW

* Tempat pemancar: RTM Padang Pauh, Kangar, Perlis

* Tempat penerima: Pekan Selama, Perak

* Jarak penerimaan: 151km

Selain itu, Perlis FM 102.9MHz ialah stesen radio kedua yang paling jauh diterima di Selama selepas stesen radio Thailand yang dipancar dari Yala (Khao Pok Yo).

94FM Club from Hat Yai, Thailand (FM 94.0MHz) radio reception in Langkawi Island, Kedah, Malaysia (compilation from 2021 to 2024)

In the past, the frequency FM 94.0MHz was dominated by a Satun based Thailand radio station, 94PFM We Love Satun in Langkawi Island, Kedah, Malaysia, but 94PFM ceased broadcast since January 2022 when the radio station founder passed away.

Since 2022, FM 94.0MHz is an empty frequency in Satun, Thailand, but in Langkawi, FM 94.0MHz became another overspilled Thailand radio station from Hat Yai, namely 94FM Club.

94FM Club is a hot contemporary Thailand radio station in Hat Yai which is also available in Perlis and part of North Kedah, Malaysia, the transmitter site is located at Khlong Kien Road, in Tambon Hat Yai, Songkhla Province, Thailand with 0.5kW transmitter power.

In Langkawi Island, 94FM Club Hat Yai would have adjacent channel interference with RTM Mutiara FM 93.9MHz Gunung Jerai transmitter occassionally, subject to the receiving location as Langkawi Island locations are varied.

Here are the compilation videos of tuning 94FM Club in Langkawi Island, Kedah, Malaysia by Sarawut DXpedition from 2021-2024.

 

The radio reception videos of 94FM Club Hat Yai above are still clear in various locations of Langkawi Island, I may think the receiving locations' height are high enough to tune this Thai hot contemporary radio station clearly.

Compilation videos of tuning RTM Mutiara FM 93.9MHz (Gunung Jerai) in Langkawi Island, Kedah by Sarawut DXpedition and Rafiq Variety

  

Here are the compilation videos of tuning Mutiara FM 93.9MHz from Gunung Jerai in Langkawi Island, Kedah, recorded by Sarawut DXpedition adn Rafiq Variety, from 2021 until 2024 with using various radio receivers.

Compilation videos of tuning RTM Perak FM 104.1MHz (Bukit Larut) in Langkawi Island, Kedah by Sarawut DXpedition

 

 

Here are the compilation videos of tuning Perak FM 104.1MHz from Bukit Larut in Langkawi Island, Kedah, recorded by Sarawut DXpedition, from 2021 until 2023 with using various radio receivers.

Compilation videos of tuning Perlis FM 102.9MHz in Langkawi, Kedah

Here are the compilation videos of tuning Perlis FM 102.9MHz from Padang Pauh in Langkawi Island, Kedah, recorded by Philip DXpedition Malaysia and Sarawut DXpedition, from 2018 until 2023 with using various radio receivers.

Some of radio reception videos of Perlis FM 102.9MHz in Langkawi has adjacent channel interference with Thailand's TP4 FM 103.0MHz from Trang Province.

Thailand radio stations tuned in Kuala Perlis, Perlis, Malaysia by Sarawut DXpedition

1. Radio Thailand Yala FM 92.0MHz (139km from Khao Pok Yo)

2. MCOT Satun FM 93.25MHz (28km from Khao Khuan Khi Ma)

FM DX: Langkawi, Kedah by Sarawut DXpedition with using NXP TEF6686 (DSP) radio receiver

1. RTM Nasional FM 89.7MHz Bukit Palong (160km)

2. Kool 101 FM 90.2MHz Bukit Penara (119km)

3. RTM Traxx FM 90.3MHz Kuala Lumpur Tower (412km)

4. RTM Nasional FM 93.1MHz Gunung Brinchang (267km)

5. 94FM Club Hatyai (Thailand): 110km

6. MCOT Songkhla FM 96.5MHz (Thailand) - 114km from Khao Kho Hong

7. RTM Kedah FM 97.5MHz Gunung Jerai (114km)

8. Raaga FM 102.4MHz Gunung Jerai (114km)

9. IKIM FM 102.7MHz Bukit Genting (125km)

10. RTM Traxx FM 105.3MHz Bukit Larut (209km)

 

Videos were recorded between 8th and 11th November 2024 in Langkawi with using NXP TEF6686 DSP radio receiver.

RTM Traxx FM 90.3MHz Kuala Lumpur Tower signal tuned in Langkawi, Kedah via tropospheric propagation

In Langkawi, the nearest transmitter to tune Traxx FM is 98.7MHz from Gunung Jerai. On 9th November 2024, Sarawut DXer detected Traxx FM 90.3MHz radio signal from Kuala Lumpur Tower in Langkawi.

The radio reception of Traxx FM 90.3MHz in Langkawi was tropospheric propagation, it had overlapped Kool 101 FM 90.2MHz Bukit Penara coverage in Langkawi.

* Frequency: FM 90.3MHz

* Power: 1kW

* Transmission site: Kuala Lumpur Tower

* Receiving site: Langkawi, Kedah (Gunung Raya top peak)

* Distance: 412km

* MONO signal 

The main coverage of RTM Traxx FM 90.3MHz Kuala Lumpur Tower transmitter is Klang Valley, especially Kuala Lumpur City areas, it is an alternative frequency of FM 100.1MHz Gunung Ulu Kali transmitter. When Traxx FM 100.1MHz is less clear in some Kuala Lumpur areas due to high rise buildings, 90.3MHz takes place to cover the blindspot coverage of 100.1MHz.

The radio receiver was NXP TEF6686 (DSP).

By not including Sporadic E radio stations, Traxx FM 90.3MHz is the furthest radio station tuned in Langkawi under tropospheric propagation category.

Potential Kuching radio stations which I can do DXing in Simanggang (Sri Aman), Sarawak by 2025 or 2026

Although it is less possible of me to receive Kuching radio stations in Simanggang, Sarawak, but I choose to list down some potential Kuching radio stations which I can do DXing in Simanggang, Sarawak by either 2025 or 2026, list excludes RTM Gunung Serapi radio stations (not include Wai FM Iban and Bidayuh), also Cats FM 99.3MHz, but include Serian radio stations for Wai FM.

* Kupi-Kupi FM Sarawak 92.5MHz (Bukit Djin)

* MY FM 96.9MHz (Bukit Djin)

* Eight FM 98.3MHz (Bukit Djin)

* Bernama Radio FM 100.9MHz (Bukit Antu)

* Wai FM Iban FM 101.3MHz (Gunung Serapi) and FM 106.9MHz (Gunung Ampungan)

* Sinar FM 102.1MHz (Bukit Djin)

* Tea FM 102.7MHz (Bukit Antu)

* Kool 101 FM 104.3MHz (Bukit Djin)

* Wai FM Bidayuh FM 106.1MHz (Gunung Serapi) and 101.7MHz (Gunung Ampungan)

Less potential Kuching radio stations which are less possible for DXing in Simanggang due to interference with radio stations from Off Spaoh (Betong) and Bukit Temudok (Simanggang).

* Hot FM 94.3MHz Gunung Serapi (100kHz with Sarawak FM 94.4MHz Off Spaoh)

* Hitz FM 95.3MHz Bukit Djin (100kHz with Traxx FM 95.2MHz Off Spaoh)

* Era FM 96.1MHz Bukit Djin (100kHz with Ai FM 96.0MHz Off Spaoh)

* Mix FM 97.7MHz Bukit Djin (100kHz with Red FM 97.8MHz Off Spaoh)

* Lite FM 100.1MHz Bukit Djin (200kHz with Sarawak FM 100.1MHz Bukit Temudok)

It is impossible to receive Melody FM 103.7MHz from Bukit Djin in Simanggang due to Traxx FM 103.8MHz Bukit Temudok transmission.