ask sifu wiraone to organize eyeball session (surely he pick at taman ehsan, kepong  ) Quadband antenna? for 10m,6m,2m n 70cm band antenna?

Congratulations! Have you made your 1st contact yet?

I have not touched anything related to APRS but then, APRS is only for location relay or location tracking.

If you want to go to the digital route, I would suggest you get a Yaesu Fusion capable radio since there are I think two repeaters in KL that supports the Yaesu Fusion digital voice.

Personally, I am now using Motorola Mototrbo mainly because I am also using it for commercial communications.

It is out of HAM discussion and I was actually once told off when I wanted to discuss about it among ham groups hahaha
Especially when I want to discuss about trunking/mototrbo/p25 etc. and especially when I say that I am using a Motorola....

Anyway, for commercial use, usually you would have a private line or frequency that you are allowed to use outside of the HAM band. These are owned mostly by companies. There are certain companies like Electcoms who rents out digital trunking lines and by using this system, you can have nationwide coverage among your group on digital radio.

Another use of Mototrbo for me, I would probably discuss that if we go yamcha or something lol

But yeah, do look out for those Yaesu Fusion and do a lot of research first before buying it. You don't want to be buying a radio that is not compatible with the HAM repeater(for digital)

aminpro go ahead an take the CW exam. There is news there would be 2 types of class A. With CW and without. The callsign also will be different to differentiate those who have taken CW and who took the other way. There is no downside to taking the morse test. its an additional skill to have

3. Download the form to apply for exam
4. Buy money order of the exam fees

Do I need to download and fill  form before apply for exam?
Or can just directly goto https://sems.skmm.gov.my/sems/ and apply

Ok thanks sheknow9 88
Just finish read V1.Found list of acronym and slang in ham. For beginner like me who sometimes don't  quite understand whats the hamster are talking about. Maybe can put in the sticky.

https://www.qrz.com/page/hamspeak.html

73

Can suggest a good (functional wise)and cheap(value for $) handy for beginner?

lelong.com.my is fine. That is where I get mine too back then.

Here are a couple of FB groups you might want to check out as well.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/774031062654255/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/radiosale/

My advise, avoid the Lowyat Plaza shop. I once bought an antenna for RM 350 and got back home just to find out it was a counterfeit product sold at original price. I even got an official email from the manufacturer confirming that it is a counterfeit product.

haha my license will expire end of this year. Thinking of renewing it some other year since I am in a tight budget.
Might be leaving the HAM scene for a while I guess until I feel like transmitting again.

Last HAM activity I would join would be the Fox Hunt in Melaka organized by MMU in December.

p/s:
Honestly, some HAM can be quite toxic. Asked about "Application Fee" earlier this week in an FB group and some guy said

I don't get with people who makes condescending remarks. For the record, HAM is not about calculating and knowing every single fees to pay to SKMM ffs.

Proceed to tell that maybe I'll stop renewing my license for a while and got the "Ini hobi berbayar. Kalau tak bayar, kena setengah juta saman "Anda buat Anda dapat...." "
Again, for fucks sake, when did I tell him that I was going to become a pirate transmitter all of the sudden?

Oh well, that's a mini rant from me. Maybe some people lack achievement in life that they urge the sense to keep condescending people over everything.

Also, update on me obtaining CW(9M2) probably has to wait. Been busy with work I totally forgot to practice any CW over the past months hahaha. I could transmit but I still can't receive very well. Probably next year then.

Also, leaving this here: If anybody needs help with Motorola Mototrbo radios, I can help. I can even do magic with it. *Cough*

Think the only define the maximum validity of a live license but not the validity of an expired license. Guess you can just go renew your AA with the expired one if you decided to one day lol

huehue can't really diskas on the net but I can tell you it is magic.

Btw, sure uploaded the new one ke? That one tulis from 2012 

is there any general channel for walkies talkie channel around?  which can join in and talk without any license ?