Next event:

Sempena menyambut kemerdekaan Malaysia yang ke 57, MARTS telah dijemput untuk menyertai 'Pameran Belia dan Kerjaya' yang akan diadakan bermula pada 28 Ogos hingga 1 Sept di Padang Merbok, Kuala Lumpur.

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I won't be there though, balik kampung

My new toy


I think I really need a nice 10m antenna ...

This post has been edited by eddie_lim: Aug 26 2014, 10:39 PM

wiraone is Diamond CR8900 a good antenna?

This post has been edited by eddie_lim: Aug 27 2014, 04:08 PM

That is a 4 band antenna, if you don't not have a yaesu ft8900, it is just a waste.

I need some antenna to plug in to my ham-it-up currently...

Just diy a dipole or even take a long wire, string it outside your house.

wiraone As I am not that good on DIY, that's why i am trying to buy a prebuild one
Any 10 meter antenna that can connect to BNC connector , which do not need ATU?

I found one Maltronix HFV6010A, but it needs ATU/antenna tuner

ATU/antenna tuner is needed if you want to transmit, not needed if you want to receive.

Here is how you build a dipole.

piju is the expert here about antenna. You should ask him. But hey, get that long red/black/green AC wiring cable you could get from any electrical shop and shove it to the centre connector for a start

I need to the isolator box, insulator and some iron soldering work and 50 Ohm cable to get it into the up-converter rite?
can be done by using the T-type PVC at the hardware shop rite?

Insulator? Just about anything that can isolate the wires. Some people use chopping board, cut and drill holes, some people just used wood. Buy 3M stretchable tape, you can get it from any electrical shop to water proof the connector or else, water can seep through your 50ohm cable (RG58, you can get it from Jalan Pasar for RM6-8/meter).

Join one of the field-day activities and you can see/ask what they're using for their antennas. During our last outing at Sri Iskandar, we had a big A4S yagi antenna, but we couldn't tune it to anything other than for 10M, so, we decided to go with EFHW (End fed half wave) a simple wire with a tuner and we got a pile-up. For my last IOTA outing with Piju, we used a two element yagi and it was a good setup too.

This post has been edited by wiraone: Aug 28 2014, 11:39 AM

Ok, whatsapp me when you guys have the activity, let me go and see how you guys do antenna

Just asking, why are there some amateur operators operate at 142.800MHz ? I tot they should be operating between 144.000 – 148.000 Mhz?



This post has been edited by eddie_lim: Sep 3 2014, 03:49 PM

They're not ham.

ARC X-Treme Communication is going to have a full day talk on What is next after RAE.

Event : What's Next After RAE ?
Date : 20 Sept 2014 (Saturday)
Time : 0830 - 1730
Venue : SK Setiawangsa, Kuala Lumpur.
Price : RM 30 /head

Topics covered:

1. WHAT IS AN AMATEUR RADIO?
2. WHAT HAMS DO?
3. HOW TO BECOME AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS?
4. CALLSIGNS
5. SOCIETY IN AMATEUR RADIO
6. AMATEUR RADIO BANDS
7. QSL CARDS
8. PROPAGATION
9. OPERATING MODES
10. AMATEUR RADIO ACTIVITIES
11. GUIDE TO CHOOSING YOUR 1ST RADIO
12. CONTESTING / JOTA / IOTA / SOTA
13. DIGITAL MODES
14. APRS
15. EMCOMM

Please contact Mohd Nasir Alwi bin Mohamad Ali/ 9W2NSV at 0126454515.

But they are giving out call-sign after every conversation, i double check with my mobile station and confirm that was not miss-tuned on my HDSDR for sure.




This post has been edited by eddie_lim: Sep 3 2014, 05:30 PM

My new antenna, simple solder iron work on my day-off, receiving only ...

They're from a commercial entity, known by many as a 'pre-amateur'. The frequency was assigned by SKMM, so they're a legit. Another one if you go up on 143.XXX, you could find another one of the same frequency which the users are using some sort of callsign and some lingo which sound like ham lingo but they're not.

This post has been edited by wiraone: Sep 3 2014, 05:44 PM

Ya, commercial one like 143.150Mhz, I think they are Taxi call station.
but what purpose of the existence of the so called the pre-amateur station? aren't they are going to get amateur license to become a "more" legit one?
their call-sign seems like so funny, start with papa-romeo xxx

Since they're not operating in amateur frequency ranges, I have nothing more to comment.