OPERASI MENCARI DAN MENYELAMAT DI GUNUNG YONG YAP

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Satu operasi mencari dan menyelamat (SAR) telah dilancarkan bagi mengesan seorang pendaki gunung yang hilang di sekitar Kawasan Gunung Yong Yap di Sempadan Perak dan Kelantan.

MARES telah diminta memberikan bantuan komunikasi kepada agensi-agensi yang terlibat dalam misi SAR berkenaan.

Mana-mana rakan ham, tidak kira dari kelab/persatuan radio amatur mana sekalipun, adalah dijemput untuk membantu misi berkenaan.

Harap dapat berhubung dengan Hazali (9W2ZLH) di 012 658 1926 untuk mendapatkan keterangan lanjut.

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Nelayan dikesan guna peralatan buatan Thailand, China

TUMPAT: Kegiatan mengguna peralatan set radio dua hala atau radio amatur yang tidak mempunyai kelulusan Sirim oleh nelayan negeri ini boleh menyebabkan mereka berdepan denda sehingga RM100,000 jika ditahan pihak berkuasa.

Jurucakap Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia (SKMM) berkata walaupun nelayan terbabit menggunakan kelengkapan radio itu untuk tujuan perhubungan di tengah laut, namun pemilikan peralatan yang tidak diluluskan itu adalah satu kesalahan.

Katanya, pemeriksaan terhadap nelayan negeri ini mendapati mereka banyak menggunakan set radio perhubungan dua hala itu yang dibawa masuk dari Thailand dan China pada harga antara RM300 hingga RM400 satu set.

"Sebahagian besar nelayan tempatan menggunakan set radio amatur keluaran Thailand dan China untuk berhubung di tengah laut kerana harganya jauh lebih murah berbanding alatan yang diluluskan Sirim yang dijual pada harga antara RM2,000 hingga RM3,000.

"Kebanyakan nelayan tidak tahu yang penggunaan set radio amatur tanpa kelulusan boleh menyebabkan mereka didakwa didakwa mengikut Seksyen 239 Akta Komunikasi dan Multimedia 1998 kerana memiliki, membekal atau menggunakan alatan komunikasi yang tidak mengikut standard ditetapkan.

"Jika disabitkan kesalahan, nelayan terbabit boleh dikenakan denda sehingga RM100,000 atau penjara dua tahun atau kedua-duanya sekali," katanya di sini, semalam.

Terdahulu, Pasukan Gerakan Marin Pengkalan Kubur diketuai Pegawai Pemerintahnya, Deputi Superintendan Tan Cheng San bersama wakil SKMM dari Cyberjaya menjalankan pemeriksaan terhadap penggunaan set radio amatur oleh lebih 10 bot nelayan.

Pemeriksaan dijalankan di Jeti Lembaga Kemajuan Ikan Malaysia (LKIM) dekat Geting, dekat sini mendapati sebahagian besar bot terbabit menggunakan set radio amatur buatan Thailand dan China yang kualitinya tidak terjamin.

Sementara itu, Tan berkata, pemeriksaan yang dilakukan pihaknya sebelum ini mendapati kebanyakan nelayan tempatan menggunakan peralatan komunikasi buatan luar yang tidak diluluskan kerajaan.

Sehubungan itu, beliau berkata, pihaknya membuat aduan kepada pihak SKMM supaya segera membuat pemantauan dan memeriksa sendiri bot yang ditahan.

"Lebih 10 bot yang diperiksa didapati menggunakan peralatan tanpa lesen dan permit, biasanya kita mudah mengesan bot nelayan yang menggunakan peralatan tanpa kelulusan berdasarkan antena di atas bot yang mereka gunakan," katanya.

Source: Berita Harian

Hams in Australia Assist with Massive Brushfires

In the Australian state of Victoria, Amateur Radio operators have been activated to provide communications links into towns that have had their normal communications destroyed by the bushfires that have decimated the state. Members of the Wireless Institute Civil Emergency Network in Victoria (WICEN (Vic)) -- Australia's version of ARES® -- were activated on February 8, with members being deployed to areas with loss of power and other facilities.

According to the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) -- that country's IARU Member-Society -- authorities and resources in Victoria have been "stretched to the limit." WICEN has been on high alert since the fires started on January 28. On February 11, WICEN (Vic) Secretary Mark Dods, VK3XMU, said, "It now appears that WICEN's role in this emergency is going to be a long hard marathon over an extended period."

World Amateur Radio Day to Recognize Amateur Radio's Role in Disaster Communications

Each year on April 18, radio amateurs celebrate World Amateur Radio Day. On that day in 1925, 84 years ago, the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) was founded. In 2009, the theme of the event is Amateur Radio: Your Resource in Disaster and Emergency Communication.

"It is not by coincidence that last year's meeting of the IARU Administrative Council (AC) chose this subject at this time," said IARU International Coordinator for Emergency Communication Hans Zimmermann, F5VKP/HB9AQS. "While the Amateur Radio Service has traditionally made its contributions to emergency and disaster response ever since its very beginnings almost 100 years ago, this role has gained a lot of importance just in the recent past."

Citing the fact that natural, as well as manmade disasters are on the rise, Zimmermann pointed out that today's modern communication technologies are "increasingly complex, infrastructure-dependent and therefore also increasingly vulnerable. The Amateur Radio Service puts two equally valuable assets at its disposal for emergency and disaster prevention, preparedness and response: A large number of very flexible and mostly infrastructure-independent, local, national, regional and global networks, and a large number of skilled operators, who know how to communicate with often very limited means and to establish communications even under the most difficult circumstances."

Zimmermann said that the tools available to Amateur Radio operators "range from the most robust means such as battery-operated stations operating in Morse code, to links through Amateur Radio satellites and interconnectivity with the Internet, in voice, text, image and data modes. They range from local VHF networks of fixed, mobile and portable stations to shortwave networks that span the globe. All these networks are operated on a daily basis by men and women who are thoroughly familiar with their technology and their intricacies."

Saying that "telecommunications have become a commodity that society takes for granted," Zimmermann stated that "The sudden loss of that service is often felt in a similar way to the loss of shelter, food and medical support. When disasters occur in regions that do not have good coverage by public networks -- or when existing communications infrastructures have just been disrupted or destroyed by such events -- the Amateur Radio Service comes to the rescue. Amateur Radio operators provide communications for the rescuers and relief workers and their organizations and they help to provide communications for those affected by a disaster."

Zimmermann continued: "In fact, contributions to emergency and disaster relief are a major argument for the preservation and the extension of the privileges the Amateur Radio Service enjoys in international and national regulations. This is one of the reasons why more and more Amateur Radio operators -- through their clubs and their national societies -- prepare very seriously for their role in emergencies; however, their skills can be put to use only if they are known by other first responders. Effective response to emergencies can only occur with the work of volunteers in all the various fields, from search and rescue to medical assistance and those who can provide food and shelter. Communication skills are a new, but equally vital commodity."

Source: http://www.arrl.org/

Gerhana bulan penumbra

Orang ramai di seluruh Malaysia berpeluang menyaksikan gerhana bulan penumbra pada Isnin ini selama empat jam bermula 8.39 malam.

Agensi Angkasa Negara (Angkasa) dalam satu kenyataan berkata gerhana itu gerhana penumbra paling mudah dilihat dengan mata kasar (boleh dilihat di semua negeri) kerana 89.9 peratus daripada cakera bulan berada di bayang penumbra bumi ketika fasa maksimum.

“Secara amnya gerhana bulan akan berlaku ketika fasa bulan penuh dan pada masa sama bulan melintasi bayang bumi.

“Gerhana ini akan bermula dengan fasa satu (penumbra) jam 8.39 malam waktu Malaysia. Gerhana maksimum pula akan berlaku jam 10.38 malam dengan bulan akan keluar sepenuhnya dari bayang penumbra bumi (fasa empat) jam 12.38 tengah malam,” katanya, semalam.

Source: Harian Metro

Jom mai ramai-ramai tengok gerhana bulan penumbra de 9w2aam

KEPUTUSAN RAE DAH KELUAR!!!!!!

Tahniah kepada yang LULUS.
Kepada yang tidak berjaya, jangan putus asa. RAE akan datang lagi pada pertengahan tahun.

Sila klik kat sini untuk tengok keputusan RAE.
http://www.skmm.gov.my/


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