First of all... congratulation to all RAE candidates that pass the exam. For those did not pass try again. Here the link to the result page MCMC RAE Result
Monday, August 25, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Penang ARDF Fun Hunt Pic...
Monday, August 11, 2008
My First Fox Hunt..
Penang ARDF Fox Hunt which held on 10 August 2008 was my first participation in 'Fox Hunting'. It was a very good experiance. Armed my self with 3 element tape measurement Yagi, an attenuator, 2 handy, a bottle of mineral water and sweats.. hehehe. There were 7 hunters that hunting that day. 5 of them from Perak Amatuer Radio Transmitter Society (PARTS) and another Penangites that is SWL Jeffri ( soon to be 9W2WOC) hehehe... detail report on the event can be view from MyARDFSport.com
As being a beginner... i manage to finish the hunt in time. However, for first time it was a quite hard to find the foxes... Running at all direction as all 3 foxes start to transmit their signal. The first Fox i manage to find was just next to me. The signal was strong even my handy that i remove the antenna also can recieve the signal. After looking around back and forth.. finally i found the first FOX.
Again looking for the second fox also very tricky. The signal coming very strong even after the attenuator is put at the max. After going through the bushes, go down the cliff even the small river.. still can't find it... later after walk abit then saw the 2nd FOX behind the tree
Finally go to the next fox. this 1 also tricky. But manage to located it after awhile just before the time is up. It was a very fun n exhausting. I will surely join for another Amatuer Radio Direction Finding - FOX Hunting...
73... de 9W2ACY
Some pic taken by SWL Jeffri...
Briefing by 9M2LC before flag off...
Me n Uncle Khoo 9W2KB after finishing the hunt...
As being a beginner... i manage to finish the hunt in time. However, for first time it was a quite hard to find the foxes... Running at all direction as all 3 foxes start to transmit their signal. The first Fox i manage to find was just next to me. The signal was strong even my handy that i remove the antenna also can recieve the signal. After looking around back and forth.. finally i found the first FOX.
Again looking for the second fox also very tricky. The signal coming very strong even after the attenuator is put at the max. After going through the bushes, go down the cliff even the small river.. still can't find it... later after walk abit then saw the 2nd FOX behind the tree
Finally go to the next fox. this 1 also tricky. But manage to located it after awhile just before the time is up. It was a very fun n exhausting. I will surely join for another Amatuer Radio Direction Finding - FOX Hunting...
73... de 9W2ACY
Some pic taken by SWL Jeffri...
Briefing by 9M2LC before flag off...
Me n Uncle Khoo 9W2KB after finishing the hunt...
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Penang ARDF Fun Hunt
Penang Fox Master: Jon - 9W2CLT
MORE INFO KLIK HERE
Has graciously agreed to organise an ARDF hunt on (Sunday) August 10th, 2008.
Date: August 10th, 2008
Flag-off: 9:00 am
Venue: Meet at the car park next to Craft Batik, at Jalan Ayer Terjun.
(Our usual ARDF meeting site)
Please be there at 8:30 am for registration and briefing.
No. of foxes: 3
Mode: F3A on 144.5 Mhz
Hunt duration: 1 ~ 1.5 hrs. (To be confirmed by fox master)
See you there!
Sourced from : MyARDFsports WebsiteMORE INFO KLIK HERE
Monday, July 14, 2008
My not so new rig and new antenna setup.
Salam to all readers...
Last week got my self another 1 2nd hand (condition like new) mobile rig for my base setup. At first it was intended to replace my current running rig. I thought my rig kaput already bcoz it cannot transmit on low n midlow power output. If i do so it will "Hang" like a pc which u can do anything on it. After turn it off n turn it on back then it can be use. All this while i thought i was my rig is faulty. Previously i did ask few elmers bout this. They said this is the first time they heard bout it. Then i thought it was my own modded pc power supply that causing it. Then i get myself a modded by a fren PC power supply. The problem occuring. It give me a headache. Later i bought a power supply from HS Land by the Brand Hammax and change the coax. Still got problem.
So i thought my rig is faulty n got a 2nd mobile rig. After change the rig... The problem still persist. Then i make up my mind, there is somthing wrong with the antenna. then i saw an old broom stick made from soft steel pipe. tried to bend it to make it 90° at both end. At 1 end going upward and on the other end going downward. (pic will come later). This boom will be a temporary boom. I'm getting a proper steel pipe (exhaust pipe) to make the permanent boom. Later i will joint it with a satellite dish stand to make it swingable. As for the temporary setup, now i can transmit at low power n midlow power output. now can even monitor station qso from Sungai Petani which is previously can even hear anything. I haven't fully tested the new setup. I just worked a few station on simplex with Low Power. 1 from bayan baru (5 2), 1 from permatang Binjai (5 9) n 1 Mobile station at Permatang Pauh (5 9).
That's all for now. Will add pic later. havent got time to take pic...
thanks for reading...
73's...
Last week got my self another 1 2nd hand (condition like new) mobile rig for my base setup. At first it was intended to replace my current running rig. I thought my rig kaput already bcoz it cannot transmit on low n midlow power output. If i do so it will "Hang" like a pc which u can do anything on it. After turn it off n turn it on back then it can be use. All this while i thought i was my rig is faulty. Previously i did ask few elmers bout this. They said this is the first time they heard bout it. Then i thought it was my own modded pc power supply that causing it. Then i get myself a modded by a fren PC power supply. The problem occuring. It give me a headache. Later i bought a power supply from HS Land by the Brand Hammax and change the coax. Still got problem.
So i thought my rig is faulty n got a 2nd mobile rig. After change the rig... The problem still persist. Then i make up my mind, there is somthing wrong with the antenna. then i saw an old broom stick made from soft steel pipe. tried to bend it to make it 90° at both end. At 1 end going upward and on the other end going downward. (pic will come later). This boom will be a temporary boom. I'm getting a proper steel pipe (exhaust pipe) to make the permanent boom. Later i will joint it with a satellite dish stand to make it swingable. As for the temporary setup, now i can transmit at low power n midlow power output. now can even monitor station qso from Sungai Petani which is previously can even hear anything. I haven't fully tested the new setup. I just worked a few station on simplex with Low Power. 1 from bayan baru (5 2), 1 from permatang Binjai (5 9) n 1 Mobile station at Permatang Pauh (5 9).
That's all for now. Will add pic later. havent got time to take pic...
thanks for reading...
73's...
Monday, July 7, 2008
Today Is My Birthday...
Today is my birthday. Today i turn 30 already. Just like any other birthday... it just a normal day. Life must go on. A lots of thing has happen to me all this 30 years. Lots of thing that i need to do to fulfill my dreams. Today I'm happy with my life. i got a wife, a son n a soon to be son / daughter. my beloved wife now pregnant almost 3 month. Hopefully she will deliver a baby girl. However a boy or a girl.. it does not matter.. I'm thanksfull for another child. My son already 2yr++ n by this October he will be 3 yr.
This year i'm celebrating my birthday wif new hobby. Well actually i've been intersted wif this radio quite somtime already... but only this year i started to get myself into Amatuer Radio seriusly. However still alot that i need to learn about Amatuer Radio eventhough i've got my ticket to "Fly on the Frequencies"...
Next.. i want complete my radio shack with all that is needed as a HAM. now i only got a mobile VHF transciever, 2 handy talkie. Which is 1 use in my jelopy. while my mobile rig use at home base. Looking forward to get a HF set to further explore the band that is permitted on my B class licence n to listen to all other HF band available.
1 day i will upgrade my 9W to 9M... however it is along way to go and soon it will be...
thanks for visiting n reading... well Happy Birthday to Me n to all those celebrating their birthday today...
73.. de 9W2ACY
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Ham Radio Obsolete?
I cross over this article bout Ham Radio originally From the SARA* Newsletter, March 1995: President's Corner: Ham Radio Obsolete? I just put half of the article. The rest pls proceed to the link below.
`Recently, on an Internet news group, someone posted an article contending that the Internet and online computer services such as Compuserve and Ameria On Line will soon kill off amateur radio. This came within a month of a newspaper wire-service story recounting the use of electronic mail in getting messages into the earthquake-ravaged city of Kobe, Japan. This newspaper story quoted someone who said, essentially, that e-mail was the modern means of disaster communications, replacing ham radio "of the old days."
`Recently, on an Internet news group, someone posted an article contending that the Internet and online computer services such as Compuserve and Ameria On Line will soon kill off amateur radio. This came within a month of a newspaper wire-service story recounting the use of electronic mail in getting messages into the earthquake-ravaged city of Kobe, Japan. This newspaper story quoted someone who said, essentially, that e-mail was the modern means of disaster communications, replacing ham radio "of the old days."
No one making these claims is a ham. Anyone who contends that using a commercial online computer service rivals the excitement of amateur radio communications obviously has no experience with our hobby. Still, others similarly unfamiliar with the amateur radio service might give some credence to such claims. That makes it worthwhile to point out some of the reasons why they're wrong.
The Internet article said that the world-wide communications capability of the online services and their ability to retrieve vast amounts of information render amateur radio obsolete. This contention overlooks the principal difference between such services and amateur radio. When using an online service or the Internet, you are a consumer; when using amateur radio, you are a participant.
A couple of weeks ago, I worked stations in Europe, South America, Africa and Asia. I was using a 5-watt transmitter and a wire antenna. That was enjoyable, rewarding and satisfying. Now, I could have sent e-mail to most of those countries, looked at World Wide Web pages from many of them, or picked up the telephone and talked to someone in each of them. As any ham knows, that just wouldn't be the same thing. As long as people find it exciting to do such things with equipment in their own homes, without the benefit of untold thousands of technicians maintaining their network links, amateur radio will have a place as a rewarding pastime.
Any non-amateur who cannot understand the difference between amateur radio and use of commerical communication services should find a local ham and ask to sit in while the ham makes some contacts, perhaps on HF, VHF weak-signal, or via amateur satellites. I'm sure that few people will go away from such an experience without knowing the difference. If you know any non-amateurs who think ham radio is obsolete, offer to give them a demonstration....
More reading click here...All credit goes to the writer...
-- Dave Finley, N1IRZ
* Socorro (NM) Amateur Radio Association
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
RAE...
Today is RAE day. This time it is held at USM Transkiran, Nibong Tebal. To all Frens that taking it.. i wish u all good luck. It has been almost +/-6 month since i took it in November 2007. I got my Apparatus Assignment in March after a long wait for the result which came out abit late. But that already passed. So this time hopefully the result will come out early. hi hi hi.
So got nothing much to say here. Lately been bz with saltmining task. Will come back n posting more soon.. there has been a few things happen, new project regarding my radio coming soon. I will post it up after everything is ready n succesful. So watch out for it... HI HI HI...
So got nothing much to say here. Lately been bz with saltmining task. Will come back n posting more soon.. there has been a few things happen, new project regarding my radio coming soon. I will post it up after everything is ready n succesful. So watch out for it... HI HI HI...
Monday, June 9, 2008
MEGA EYEBALL ‘MORIB’
Maybe someone has post this somewhere.. Thanks to 9W2MUC for the information...
MEGA EYEBALL ‘MORIB’
TARIKH
LOKASI
AKTIVITI
BAYARAN
CALLING CHANNEL : V40 (145.500 MHz)
Mega Eyeball anjuran Biro Rekreasi ASTRA Selangor & Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur ini adalah berkonsepkan ‘Pot Luck’ di mana rakan-rakan adalah digalakkan untuk membawa makanan & minuman sendiri.
Walau bagaimanapun, Biro Rekreasi ada menyediakan ‘hasil tangkapan laut’ yang dibekalkan oleh para nelayan di Morib. Kemudahan BBQ juga ada disediakan untuk kegunaan rakan-rakan. Terdapat juga gerai-gerai makanan yang terletak berhampiran dengan tapak perkhemahan Mega Eyeball bagi kemudahan rakan-rakan dan keluarga untuk menjamu selera.
Sebarang maklumat lanjut akan di tambah dari masa ke semasa di dalam laman web ini & juga di repeater Transnasional ASTRA. Sebarang pertanyaan boleh diajukan kepada 9W2MUC Syahrul Nizam di talian 012 336 7735 atau 9w2muc@gmail.com
SYAHRUL NIZAM BIN MD THAKHRIM
Biro Rekreasi
ASTRA Selangor/Wilayah Persekutuan
+60 12 336 7735 / +60 16 680 4114
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