Hobbies Amateur Radio User V2 !, HAM Radio
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 Oct 1 2018, 10:12 AM
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31 posts Joined: Mar 2005 From: Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia   
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Recently, I bought a RTL SDR dongle and I mainly interested in reading beacon and telemetry signals from amateur satellites and cubesats.
My question is, do I need to have an amateur radio license to receive those signals legally in Malaysia? The dongle don't have transmit capability. Thanks. |
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Oct 1 2018, 08:31 PM
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31 posts Joined: Mar 2005 From: Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia
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QUOTE(aminpro @ Oct 1 2018, 02:50 PM) In Malaysia, the law is a bit weird on this. thank you If follow 100% by the book, you can't even receive frequency you are not licensed for. However, there is such thing as SWL where people who don't have a HAM license yet to listen in and nobody got nabbed for that so far. This is also why 'radio monitors/scanners' are deemed illegal in Malaysia. This is why some people got nabbed for receiving Thai TV or Indo TV satellites because the only the frequency you can receive legally is the MEASAT ones with a Sirim legal decoder. Of course, we all know that this is just one of those laws to enable monopoly to certain companies. tl;dr don't cause any trouble that warrants people to go after you.   QUOTE(wiraone @ Oct 1 2018, 04:22 PM) If you go to customs's website, the following is a no-no! which is basically those cheap usb tv tuners based on RTL2832U + R820T2 chips  PROHIBITION/RESTRICTION OF IMPORTS The following goods are absolutely prohibited from importation: ... Broadcast receivers capable of receiving radio communication within the ranges (68 - 87) MHz and (108 - 174) MHz ...  |
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