hahaha sorry everyone ...

hi guyz, can we organize another LYN HAMsters Eyeball somewer on 2nd February 2008? Gathering place will still be the same at Petronas Tesco Ampang.is everybody able to make it?



This post has been edited by jleecy: Jan 23 2008, 05:23 PM

Hi guys,

I suppose this is slightly OT, but i've got a Uniden BC246T, which, isn't a ham radio, but it's a scanner.. I've been listening to various trunking systems and it isn't much fun here since it seems that PDRM has switched to ASTRO 25 and all I get are construction sites/security/1utama support staff/ppl singing at 1am/bad jokes over the radio.

Granted I should have gotten the BC396T which does digital, but seeing as somebody has mentioned that PDRM's units are fitted with encryption modules anyways, I didn't think that would have been a wise investment..

So what frequencies do you guys use? I'd be interested in "listening" in as hopefully it'll be more interesting then the above-mentioned.

Thanks!

can.. I'm not sure if jamata will be around at that time.. but hopefully i can make it.. hehe..

these are juz my point of view...
i know it is interesting to "listen" to ppl talking on the airwave.but if possible, try to take the RAE and be a licensed operator wer u can talk n listen legally.all the frequencies we use are juz for licensed HAMsters.i think it is impossible to listen to the PDRM as u have said, they have enccrypted their frequencies.
it's ok.but help me inform jamata bout the event.ask him weather he can make it or not.but make sure la if ur name is in the list, then come.

i will try my best to come on the second since i ffk the first one, hehe

but i have a bbq on that nite as well ... what about 1st of Feb? Fri?

you do know that scanner are illegal in Malaysia - and even if u listen to trunking, they switch everytime the the ptt is pressed sooits kinda hard to follow ... and pdrm scanning ar, all i can tell is they operate on 170 - 180 on most states and district but recently if u noticed they have added a UHF antenna to their patrol car, so i would say they are utilising the UHF band as well ... not sure la, those can be trunking as well .... the long antenna is VHF and the short one is UHF as UHF's propagation is just not that strict ...

well if they do not have scramblers u mah can listen lo ... most out of KL, smaller districts will nt have one, so u can tune in to them ... but its kinda boring as its conversation between base console and patrol cars ... those out on speciallops will use uhf mostly ...

friday should be fine with me since i'll be around the area anyways.. for my weekly car club TT.. but I'll join u guys instead.. and probably it'll be alrite for jamata.. coz he always goes back to t'ganu on saturday... I'll let him know..

erm....u guyz choose a date that can fit everyone...i will prefer to have it on sat as i have my car club TT on friday...

Yep. I'm just back for a month or so from the states, where it's perfectly legal to listen in, and a lot of the state agencies haven't converted to digital/ProVoice yet, so it's the best way to get local news "as it happens". The only caveat to this is that if you use it in a moving vehicle and you get pulled over, it can be considered accessory to crime.

The 246T is a trunktracking scanner, IE you just put in the control channels for the system and it'll track the conversations by assigned ID, you don't need to keep the scanner "scanning", so to speak.

Thanks also for the observations about the various frequencies.. I have noticed that you can pick up the encrypted channels.. of course you don't hear their conversation, but you can hear the squelch tail, so you know something's going on there.

Well, scanning is quite an interesting hobby in the states.. it's a pity that it's quite the black/grey area here.

This post has been edited by Indecided: Jan 23 2008, 11:29 PM

anything... me not so free on 3rd onwards, in fact, 2nd midnight i already not so free...

CNY...

AFAIK, scanning and listening to any channel is ok. Its transmitting any signal the unlicensed are prohibited from here in Malaysia.
Aiyah...when the result for RAE 2007-2 is going to out? I kept refreshing the mcmc website

not really the case, now the issue is not really there, the thing is that without a RAE, you will not have a AA(Aparatus Assignment) - without an AA, you cannot be having any radio sets with you ... and thats radio on VHF and UHF ... so no radio no scanning and monitoring ...

now a scanner, it scans on a wider range of freq ... and generally a scanner is illegal in MY ...

ooo...true, true. forgot about that.
now, i hope the mcmc guys never read my post up there

without a AA, you are not allowed to use nor monitor the Amateur Band, and this applies from 145 - 148 only

hahah sendiri mau jaga la ...

2nd eyeball we postpone after CNY...ok?

second eyeball on 1st feb or 2nd feb also no problem geh... but i think a bit rush to organise lo... hahaha...

hmm.. maybe we should postpone it till after CNY...

btw anyone going for mares flea market this sunday?

aiks~!they are having another this sunday???i think i will be going...who is going??make a list...come come

oo where iszit tis time?

same place la...MARES HQ
www.mares.org.my