What commercial radio frequencies does Japan use?

[Eric Sta. Ana]

Am helping a friend who got a used Japanese radio and in the process
of getting it to work in the Philippines. We use the standard FM
frequencies here. I was just wondering if Japan used a different set
of frequecies with their radio tuners.

My theory is, if Japan use the same range of FM frequecies then it
should be able to grab the FM signals from our country. But if they
use a different range which I suspect, similar to their TV signals
then we might have to change the tuner of the radio. According to him
he can only get 3 channels from the radio. Would appreciate some
comments from anybody familiar with Japanese commercial radio
frequencies. Thanks.

Eric

 

[Marcin Frankowski]

Am helping a friend who got a used Japanese radio and in the process
of getting it to work in the Philippines. We use the standard FM
frequencies here. I was just wondering if Japan used a different set
of frequecies with their radio tuners.

My theory is, if Japan use the same range of FM frequecies then it
should be able to grab the FM signals from our country. But if they
use a different range which I suspect, similar to their TV signals
then we might have to change the tuner of the radio. According to him
he can only get 3 channels from the radio. Would appreciate some
comments from anybody familiar with Japanese commercial radio
frequencies. Thanks.

Eric

In Japan FM broadcasting band is 76 - 90 MHz whereas most of the world
use 87.5 - 100/104/108 MHz band.

 

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Eric,

Japan's FM band is 76-90 MHz, most of the world use 88-108 MHz. This
means you can only listen to TV channel 5 (Manila's ABC5) & 6 plus FM
stations transmitting within 88-90 MHz.

Try www.google.com and do a search for "FM band expander", most of the
products are geared for car audio though.

Another option is to modify the FM front end. Modification is not
practical for digital/synthesized tuners in general.

Good luck!

PJ

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