Friday, October 23, 2009

A RADIO AMATEUR OPERATOR IN MALAYSIA

Amateur Radio Service exists in nearly every country and utilized the same frequencies. In Malaysia, the amateur radio is regulated by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commissions (MCMC). To operate an amateur radio station in Malaysia, an amateur radio operator must hold a proper Apparatus Assignment (AA) or a foreign amateur radio licensed from countries that have a reciprocal arrangement with Malaysia.

About Amateur Radio

Amateur radio service is defined in the Communications and Multimedia (Spectrum) Regulations 2000 as a radio communications service (covering both terrestrial and satellite) in which a station is used for the purpose of self training, intercommunication and technical investigations carried out by authorized persons who are interested in radio technique solely with a personal aim and without pecuniary interest.

Millions of radio amateurs communicate daily with each other directly or through relay systems and amateur satellites. Amateur service may provide alternative for emergency communication in time of natural disasters. Radio amateur communications able to provide support communications during the disaster where commercial communications system is unavailable, due to the uncomplicated deployment of an amateur radio station.

Radio amateur has been recognized as an important part of the radio community. ITU has allocated a common frequency bands for amateur radio service internationally in a sharing basis to all amateur radio stations around the globe.

Things You Can Do With Amateur Radio

Amateur radio operators are often called “ham radio operators” or “hams”. Activities that amateur radio operator’s can do with their radios are diverse. The following list stated examples of their activities.

1. Communicate around the world. With HF radio, hams can talk to each other at any part of the globe.
2. Converse around town. With small portable VHF and UHF transceivers, hams can enjoy wireless communications within their local community.
3. Help in emergencies and natural disasters situations by providing immediate communications whenever normal communications service is failed or unavailable.
4. Build theirs own radios, transmitter, receiver and antennas..
5. Communicate through orbiting satellites. Ham can used amateur satellites operated by the amateur community without any cost.
6. Communicate with astronaut while orbiting the earth.
7. Experimental with Amateur TV (ATV), Slow-Scan TV (SSTV), or send still-frame pictures by facsimile.
8. Participate in transmitter hunt games or maybe build your own directional finding equipment.
9. Participate in the activity of communication required for search and rescue activities.

Things Are Not Allowed To Do With Amateur Radio


Specifically, there are few things that amateur radio operators are not allowed to do:

1. Amateur radio operators are not allowed to do anything with their radios that generate financial income.
2. Amateur radio operators are prohibited from broadcasting to the public. The amateur radio transmission is meant to be received by other amateur radio operators / stations only.

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