Seems the same problem as per the FT879/857 ..

http://www.tigereye.net.au/vk4ion/resources.html

There are few Mikes here already lah. :-)

I believe Ben (someone_stupid) is 9M too .. true ah Ben? Or probably I mistook him for another person.. haha..

I may go for the cw test but not the rae.

support lah .. haha, not sitting for it ..

Tips? Last minute one? During the receiving test, ask the testers to do a second run. Most of the time they'll let you guys have a second run. This is the time you can check/fill-in empty spaces.

During sending, if you make an error, do send the 6 Es (dits) and restart sending the word again (yes, repeat the whole word even if you're at the end already .. word and not sentence ah!). The same goes when you make an error while sending the numeric group, resend the whole group. For me, the hardest part while sending is when the alphabet has more than 3 dits .. H,4,5,6 .. haha..

And good luck!

This post has been edited by wiraone: Oct 16 2012, 12:01 PM

I thought I was too, so, I went for a CW class, I still can't decipher CW faster than 12WPM w/o leaving some Another tip, the testers will give you few minutes to copy what you've decipher in your scrap paper into the answer paper, this is the time if you need to use your bahasa skill .. fill in the blank(s).. and that what I did really Only thing, this can't be done on the numeric part of the test, so, you need to concentrate more when receiving the numeric part of the test.

This post has been edited by wiraone: Oct 18 2012, 10:41 AM

prysm,

If you've your license from your country, you could try to get the reciprocal callsign from MCMC, if otherwise, you need to sit for the exam, more info on the examination can be found here:

https://sems.skmm.gov.my/sems/exams/examinfo

The exam is run by the MCMC, twice a year, usually in June and Dec. Since the application for Dec has been closed, the earliest you could sit will be next June.

There are two classes, class A can operate on most amateur bands while class B could only go for UHF/VHF and 10m/6m for SSB. No CW allowed on HF for class B. You need to sit for class B first, you need to wait for a year after you've the class B license before you're allowed to sit for class A.

Class B RAE test consists of 100 multiple answer questions, covering the law, guidelines, electronics, antenna and radio. Class A test will be CW only test, 12wpm rx/tx.

Building a receiver is not illegal, transmitting on air is illegal. SWL is also not illegal, though getting the radio without you having the license will usually considered as 'illegal'.

This post has been edited by wiraone: Nov 6 2012, 01:04 PM

Well, if you know where to source the part, it is easy .. anyway, here is one of the replacement for the part:

LTM 450FW

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=10919596237&_u=rjgrh2236

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Added on November 25, 2012, 11:32 amAnything needs to be tested with dummy (resistive?) load before it should go on air. Testing in lab environment I believe is fine. MCMC is not quite good in enforcement I may say, so, as long as nobody complaining about interference, than you're "okay".

This post has been edited by wiraone: Nov 25 2012, 11:32 AM

Damn .. 8 dit and not 6 .. tq PiJu for correcting me.

Can, PM me your email address, will forward you past year's questions and some other info which might be helpful. I'm in UK right now tho', will pass the files when I got back home on Wed.

Haha, ppl are busy in FB la Bro .. no more time to be on air ..

Handy = HT (Handheld/Handy Talkie) = size as big as walkie talkie.

Example:


Mobile = Mobile radio = size as big as a book sometime, installed normally in your car/truck and requires external antenna.

Example:



Both can be used at home by connecting them to a base antenna. For rx only, you could either homebrew, commercial or amateur antenna.

Lowyat has a shop that sells radios and antennas but I believe most of the radios are China made one. They're cheap but I've no idea if they'll do AM (airband). I've a Yaesu FT-60R which is a handheld and could receive airband. Cost around RM600 and you could get it from the big two ham radio shops here in Klang Valley. One Communications at Sec13 Shah Alam, near the stadium, the other is Wave Communications at Sri Gombak.

This post has been edited by wiraone: Feb 5 2014, 07:11 PM

Mine is not as good, I've only these ...



That is not for receiving the airband on VHF, but it could receive the airband on HF. You need a radio which could receive a single side band (SSB) to monitor the HF. I've Diamond X50 which I don't use to monitor airband but it could be used for it, from my house in Sg Buloh, I couldn't receive the transmission from KLIA Tower, but I could receive the one from the aircraft. Subang Tower is fine.

Yes, it is possible to connect your handheld to the external antenna, what you need is just a proper connector, it is normally the SMA to UHF connector. You could get it from those shops too. You don't need a lot of power to monitor, but with a good base antenna, with 5W from handheld, you could go quite far (depending on your location).

This post has been edited by wiraone: Feb 12 2014, 10:38 AM

I'm around 10km away from Subang Airport, and nope, with just the rubberyducky (short antenna), I couldn't get Subang Tower, need to use the external antenna for it.

On SSB and airband, if you just want to monitor the frequencies, I'll suggest to go for those world radio which should be cheaper. There are few receivers with support for airband, SSB, AM and they're affordable too. One of them is TECSUN PL-660, review can be found here. This radio can be had for around RM450, available from lelong and some other website locally. The FT-60R is actually meant for ham radio operator with extra feature of monitoring airband frequencies and you're limited to the VHF/UHF bands while the world radio, you can monitor more frequencies. Other world radios that you could try are those made by Sony (ICF series, look for the bands you could monitor) and ETON world radio (the only sold by RadioShack locally don't have the SSB nor airband).

There are many hams here in Malaysia, we've two classes, A & B. There are around 500+ A-class licensed operators and almost 10K B-class operators but I believe only half are activate. Yes, my callsign can be found in QRZ.COM Search on the image I posted before, you can find my callsign there

Hope the above helps.

This post has been edited by wiraone: Feb 19 2014, 01:41 PM

Ah, forgotten, the cheapest way to monitor the bands .. Get yourself a cheap DVB-T dongle, around RM45 from ebay, get SDR software from the net and you can monitor most above 50MHz.

http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr

Depends on how far you want to transmit, the location, etc. Upgrading the antenna with gain will surely helps. Chk the specs of that telescopic antenna.

Hi, welcome to the thread and to the hobby. May I know what do you mean by training? Hopefully not by triggering the repeaters but w/o giving your callsign, which I believe many have done this. If you want to meet someone on air, for 9M2RKL, there always someone there in the morning around 7-8:30am and probably in the evening to around 5pm. For 9M2RKK, I've no idea what the best time to find people on it .. I know 9M2WJ is now back on air and sometime he calls up during the lunch hour. For me, I rarely go on air unless I'm driving. My home setup has been take over for APRS activities, no more phone/voice conversation from home.

Haha, okay, when you're on conversation on the air .. it is no longer training. Why the need for training anyway when you're already on the air Just follow the norm, ID with you callsign on every transmissions (Malaysian style).

Haha, was on the way picking up my daughter from KLIA2 before driving back to my kampung. Was stuck in a jam at Elite hiway that time. Tried to answer you when you call on RKK but I believe my short antenna doesn't work well, need to get a better antenna. Anyway, good signal from RKL and I continued my conversation with 9W2NMX after that, testing the bluetooth interface between my ftm400dr and my sony headset.