My final QSL Card design – 9W2WTF
Ham Radio, Hobbies, Photos and Travels May 18th, 2008
2 meter 5/8 ASTRA Antenna Plan – KakiBiawak
Ham Radio, Hobbies May 16th, 2008
I think many of you might have heard about this particular 2 meter VHF antenna. Called
“Antenna ASTRA” which derived from the name of one of the most popular Amateur Radio Society in Malaysia.
Here is the details of its construction. Click on the photograph to enlarge it.
KakiBiawak @ Astra Antenna in action
Forum Komuniti Radio Amatur ASHamradio.com
Announcement, Ham Radio, Hobbies May 11th, 2008
Sukacitanya dimaklumkan forum Komuniti Radio Amatur Kota Setar (Kota Setar Amateur Radio Community) secara rasminya telah dilancarkan minggu lepas. Forum ini memberikan ruang kepada rakan rakan ham dan peminat Radio Amatur untuk berkongsi pendapat dan juga berbincang mengenai hobi berkaitan komunikasi radio.
Jom kita pakat meramaikan forum ASHamradio !
Tags: alor setar, Announcement, club, hamradio, kedah, malaysia
Homebrew a creative Morse Key for CW Operation
Ham Radio, Hobbies, Videos May 10th, 2008
Watch this video for ideas to homebrew Morse Keyer for CW operation.
Tags: cw, diy, electronics, homebrew, morse, morse keyer
My QSLcard Candidate – 9W2WTF
Ham Radio, Hobbies April 27th, 2008
Been contacting a couple of foreign amateur radio stations now, maybe its time for me to design and produce my own QSLcard ?
Tags: amateur radio, personal, qslcard
At last my Morse Practice Circuit Completed – sort of
Computers, Ham Radio, Hobbies April 18th, 2008
As promised in the previous post,Simple Morse Practice Oscillator Circuit has been completed. Sorry, I cant do anything much with the photo quality as it was taken using my stupid mobile phone.
I promise to include a Youtube video demonstrating its sound and operation. Next, I need to get a decent casing and some cheap morse keyer to go with this oscillator. I might be planning to make one that could interface with CWirc too.
Tags: amateur radio, cw, hamradio, homebrew, morse, morse code
Reserved Amateur Radio Callsigns in Malaysia
Ham Radio, Hobbies March 25th, 2008
Here’s a list of reserved callsigns which won’t be assigned to amateur radio stations in Malaysia. Either because it can be provocating, sounds indecent or just plain confusing.
This table has been taken directly from MCMC document Guideline on the Allocation of Call Sign to the Amateur Radio Service
You can directly use table as reference. New station should avoid applying callsign falling into this category as it would be automatically rejected by MCMC.
Another good thing about these callsign is that you use them as example in your documentation or tutorial as it won’t be allocated to any actual amateur radio stations.
That’s all for today, until then, cheers..
Tags: amateur radio, guide, guideline, hamradio, malaysia
How to turn PC Power Supply to power mobile rigs
Ham Radio, Hobbies, Technology March 11th, 2008
Here is a guide to modify your PC power supply unit to power up your mobile rig. If its done correctly you can have a cheap (regulated) VDC power supply solution for your mobile rig to operate at home.
Step I
First get a ATX PC power supply from the nearest computer store. Price is around RM30-70.
Make sure it could supply sufficient current. Look at the label. We need at least 10-17amp at 12V for a sufficient operation of mobile rig. Lower Ampere rating means that your mobile rig cant transmit with a typical HiGH setting (50w).
Step 2
Look for ATX power connector. It should look like this.
Look for black and green wire at the ATX connector. The wire position is 4th from the top left side of the connector and 4th from the bottom right side from the connector as pictured above.
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Tags: amateur radio, diy, Ham Radio, hamradio, Hobbies, hobby
Free online Morse Code Ringtone generator
Ham Radio, Hobbies, Technology March 8th, 2008
Fancy CW? Now you can have morse code as your ringtone for your mobile phone with the help from Free Morse Code ringtone generator website.
Another interesting thing is, you can use it to generate training tone for learning morse code on your mobile phone.
Try it now!
Tags: amateur radio, cw, hamradio, mobile phone, morse code, phone
Amateur Radio Callsign here is 9W2WTF
Announcement, Ham Radio, Hobbies February 26th, 2008
For those who are wondering, I am a licensed Amateur Radio operator and my callsign is 9W2WTF. I live in the northern part in Malaysia, in a town called Alor Setar.
As an amateur radio operator I usually monitor local repeater (145.525 MHz -0.600, tone: 103.5) and local simplex on 145.425 MHz mostly during night time.
I use an Icom v8 and Icom IC V8000 as my communication equipment. My hobby includes antenna homebrewing and finding the most energy efficient way to transmit as far as possible using the least power.
That’s all for now. Thanks for visiting. I can be reached at [email protected], or [email protected]
73 to all 
Tags: 9w2wtf, amateur radio, antenna, hamradio, Hobbies
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