2009 Plant-a-Tree for the Planet!

It might not be a HAM Event per se... but I think we should all participate in making this world a better place~! ;)

Date: Sunday, 21 June 2009
Venue: Kota Damansara Community Forest Park [Map]
Time: 8:00am onwards

See you there~!

For more details:
(1) Event info --> Click HERE
(2) Pledge a tree and get your favourite radio announcer to plant it for you~! --> Click HERE

Come and Plant-a-Tree with your favourite radio announcers on June 21st!

Pledge one tree or more and choose which radio announcer you want to plant with. The great thing about this is that you will be helping to conserve our environment for a better future while spending an awesome day out at one of Kuala Lumpur's least known forests. It is also Father's Day, so why not make it a family outing! It can't get any better than this!

About Tree Party 2009
In conjunction with World Environment Day (WED) and in support of local communities and their forests, Wild Asia, AMP Radio Networks and its eight radio stations (ERA, MY FM, hitz.fm, MIX fm, LiteFM, SINAR, XFM, THR Raaga) and Friends of Kota Damansara (FOKD) will be organizing a tree party on June 21st 2009 at Kota Damansara , Kuala Lumpur. The Tree Party is open to public but to be a part of the tree planting event, you have to buy a tree(s) and pick a radio announcer that you wish to plant with. Don't worry, Wild Asia will be on hand to assist you should you get starstruck!

There are tonnes of other activities happening there as well such as:

• Guided Nature Trail Walk
• Explore the lake in a kayak
• Take a picture for conservation <-- photo competition for all your avid photographers out there!
• "Scout's Trail" Mountain Bike Time Trial <-- for all the adrenaline-junkies~
• Eco-Playground for Children (6-12 years old)
• Eco-Playground for Teens (12-18 years old)
• Eco-Licious: Drinks and Snacks
• Eco-Booths
• Eco-Corner

This event is brought to you by Wild Asia and the continued support of AMP Radio Networks in support of the Kota Damansara communities and TRAKS.

RELAY FOR LIFE KL 2009

Can you help us out again this year ?

RELAY FOR LIFE KL 2009 NEEDS COMMUNICATIONS VOLUNTEERS.

The National Cancer Society of Malaysia will be having their third Relay for Life (RFL) on the 30th May from 6 pm to 10 am 31st May at the MSN Training Stadium , Bukit Jalil.

United Amateur Radio members from many clubs have been supporting this event since the beginning. This event is growing in number every year , and NCSM needs our help to assist them.

* We are looking for Amateur Radio volunteers from any Society / Clubs /individuals to help us jointly in providing communication for this event as part of our Amateur Radio community service and civil communication.

* We are allocated half a booth to exhibit our amateur radio equipments and information on our hobby . Those who wants to exhibit their equipment to the public can do so free of charge . As there is no charge, there will not be any selling we can only display equipments, educational materials and posters .

If any Amateur Radio clubs / society or individuals would like to register their team to participate in this event and parade on the track can register at their website : www.cancer.org.my

If you want to be a volunteer email to 9w2axe@gmail.com or call me on my hand phone 019 2225724. Azhar 9W2AXE

We need 20 main volunteers so please inform us early as we need to plan this event now.

Its an all night event and we need many volunteers to work in shifts. Our duty will mainly be to provide communication but we will be required to assist in light crowd control, logistics,the medical units, F&B section, program coordination and many more.

If you just want to join in the fun and support this event for a good cause come join us on that day and register on the spot or you can register early through the website. Bring the family and lets us all enjoy this all night event together. You can rent a tent or bring your own tents.

This would be a good platform for us to jointly work and train together as a team for future communication requirements.

more information and updates on www.uniarm.org


from Azhar 9M2AXE

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Syllabus Kelas Kemahiran Radio Amatur

UPDATE!

Kursus Kemahiran Radio Amatur
Date : 30 Mei & 31 Mei 2009
Time : 8.30 pagi - 5.30 ptg
Venue : APMM Universiti Malaya, Lembah Pantai
Fees : RM100/person (Adult)
RM40 (Secondary School)
RM80 (Kramat Members)
Limited seat..REGISTER NOW!!

* Fees inclusive of breakfast and lunch and notes
*Others facilities such as air cond room, surau and lcd projector.
Register now with typing RAE_(your Full Name) and SEND to 012-3050 205
Further information please click on Kramat.

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Berikut adalah draft awal Kelas Kemahiran Radio Amatur yang bakal dianjurkan oleh pihak Kramat. Beberapa topik pengenalan asas kepada CW, APRS, Echolink juga akan diperkenalkan.

1. Regulatory Matters
The regulatory environment, The amateur radio license, who issues them, payment of fees Call signs, Power permitted, Emergency operation, Ciphers and secret codes.

2. Frequencies
Frequencies and bands allocated for amateur radio operating, Sharing of bands.

3. Electronics Fundamentals
Insulators, conductors and semiconductors, Fields produced by currents and magnets. Units of voltage, current, resistance, impedance, Types of cells.

4. Measurement Units
Units of voltage, current, resistance, impedance, power.

5. Ohm's Law
Calculations involving voltage, current, resistance (using a single resistor).

6. Resistance
Values of resistors in series and parallel (using two resistors and more). Calculations involving resistor combinations, voltage, current, Internal resistance of cells.

7. Capacitors, Inductors, Resonance
Variation of capacitance with plate size, spacing, Dielectrics, Variation of inductance with diameter, length, number of turns (descriptive only), C and L in series and parallel,Impedance Transformers, turns ratios, voltage transformation.

8. Safety
Basic procedures for removing persons from live circuits, Action of a RCD (residual current device), fuse, Isolating transformer, Grounding, Color codes and names of mains wiring.

9. Semiconductors
Basic properties of semiconductor materials, Basic properties of diodes, Zener diodes,transistors. Recognition of electrode names of bi-polar transistors, FETs, valves.

10. Meters and Measuring
The basic function of voltmeters, ammeters, SWR bridges, power meters, the impedances they present to circuits, how they should be connected, Peak and RMS values.

11. Decibels, Amplification and Attenuation
Power, voltage and current ratios expressed in dB, Gain in dB of systems connected in cascade.

12. An Amateur Radio Station
HF Station Arrangement, Understanding the block diagram of a typical HF station, showing how a transceiver is connected to a linear amplifier, low pass filter, SWR bridge, antenna switch, antenna tuner, dummy load and antenna, The basic function of each block, Meaning of "SSB", "CW", "FM".

13. Power supplies
Cells. Mains input DC power supplies, Purpose of diodes, capacitors, transformers, Fullwave and halfwave rectification, ripple frequencies.

14. General Operating Procedures
Standard calling, answering, conversing procedures and conventions, Initiating and terminating contacts, Callsign exchanges.

15. Q signals
Common Q signals used in Amateur Radio communications.

16. Antennas
Lengths of dipoles, verticals, for different frequencies, Impedances, Feed point position matching, Antenna bandwidth, Elements of a yagi antenna, direction of radiation, E an H fields around antennas, Polarization, Tuning antennas with inductance, Balloons, Dummy antenna. Isotropic antenna.

17. Propagation
Basic phenomena in HF, VHF, UHF propagation, Layers which refract signals, D layer absorption, Skip zones, hops, MUF, LUF, OWF, Solar cycle, Sky waves, ground waves. Sporadic E, Great circle paths, radiation angles, Fading, Doppler caused by satellite motion.

18. Interference & filtering
Causes and recognition of cross modulation, Unwanted harmonics, Definitions of low-pass, band-pass, band-reject, notch and high-pass filters, Using filters for interference reduction