Spratly Island- Island With Many CALLSIGN

The region is also one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. During the 1980s, at least two hundred and seventy ships passed through the Spratly Islands region each day, and currently more than half of the world's supertanker traffic, by tonnage, passes through the region's waters every year. Tanker traffic through the South China Sea is over three times greater than through the Suez Canal and five times more than through the Panama Canal; twenty five percent of the world's crude oil passes through the South China Sea.....

Lets look into Ham Radio activities we can called this Island as one of the ISLAND with many callsign - Spratly Island ….I heard about this island in early 90’s …...

                       9M0S   OPERATE FROM SPRATLY ISLAND IN 1993

                           9M0A OPERATE IN SPRATELY ISLAND-

                           PULAU LAYANG-LAYANG IN 1994

                                                        9M6OO  OPERATE IN `1997

                                          9M6PO OPERATE FROM SPRATELY ISLAND  IN 1997

                                          9M0F  OPERATE FROM SPRATELY ISLAND 2000

                                          9M0/9M2TO  OPERATE IN 2006

                                9M4SDX   OPERATE AT LAYANG-LAYANG ISLAND IN MARCH 2007

                              9M2/PG5M  OPERATE FROM LAYANG-LAYANG ISLAND IN APRIL 2007

                      9M6/N1UR OPERATE FROM LAYANG-LAYANG ISLAND  MARCH 2008

9M6/LA9DL & 9M6/LA6VM OPERATE FROM LAYANG-LAYANG ISLAND APRIL 2008

                                           9M6/OH2YY  OPERATE IN MARCH 2012

                                          Operate From Layang-layang Island April 2012

                                   Operate From  Layang-layang Island August 2012 & March 2013

In the world of Radio Hams there are a lot of Islands Hunters....most of the operators who operate
 from the "Sprately Islands" are  foreigners. The writer would like to suggest that the "Administrative" 
should look seriously on the "callsign" why don't we maintain as 9M0S  OR 9M0L    keep it short and simple please try to understand the world of HAM RADIO.

                   

Broadcast Radio Jamming

Broadcast group condemns China over radio jamming

Updated Fri Mar 8, 2013 5:09pm AEDT

PHOTO: The Association for International Broadcasting says English-language broadcasts from Radio Australia, the BBC World Service and the Voice of America are being jammed. (Radio Australia, file photo)

MAP: China

An international broadcast association has condemned the deliberate jamming of shortwave broadcasts, including those from the ABC's Radio Australia service, into Asia. 

The Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) says English-language broadcasts from Radio Australia, the BBC World Service and the Voice of America are being jammed. 

Chief Executive Simon Spanswick has told Radio Australia’s Connect Asia program research has indicated the jamming signals appear to be coming from within China. 

For more news go to: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-08/an-broadcast-group-condemns-china-over-radio-jamming/4560514

Watch New CubeSat Launch Feb 25

Watch live video of UK STRaND-1 CubeSat launch

The UK smartphone amateur radio satelliteSTRaND-1 is expected to launch from India on Monday, Feb. 25 at 12:25 UT you can follow the launch on Twitter or watch live video.

STRaND-1 and other
ham radio CubeSats are planned to launch on the ISRO PSLV-C20 rocket into a 785 km orbit.

STRaND-1 carries an amateur radio 9600 bps AX.25 packet radio downlink on 437.568 MHz. It is hoping to be the first ever satellite to carry a smartphone into space and also be the first satellite to use a part produced using a
3D printer.

More news at: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/february2013/watch_live_video_of_uk_strand1_cubesat_launch.htm#.USl-VqWL-M4

10 Meter Band Report

 February 14, 2013           

Tony Dixon G4CJC

And yet again a dreary week but a sparkling weekend. The weather was bad and I had to travel so not much time for me on Ten Metres.

Good DX about, ZK3T (Tokelau Is), 3B8/HB9ARY (Pointe aux Sables), 6W/F6IRS/P (Senegal), 5X8C (Uganda) who just about gets top dog for the week, certainly for the weekend.

It seems that there is a good radio path to Malaysia judging by the number of contributions this week.

A first report from Zamri, 9W2NMX. Tuesday he worked SP8AWL 5/8, 9W2YND 5/7, 9W2KJW 4/0 and heard IW2HAJ 5/9, 9W2GEO 5/3 and 9M2AIA 5/0.

Excellent, do let us know who else you work and what your equipment is. And another first Mohd, 9M2AIS, worked JA3TJW 5/8 and JK6IMF 5/9 on Monday. On Wednesday he worked BD7IS 5/9, OK3EE 5/7 and 9W2KJW 5/8 and heard VU2DK 5/7. He is obviously delighted because he comments, “I'm very happy because I got my first time contact with OK3. I’m using a homebrew antenna dipole 30feet from the ground.”

If you have any photos of the antenna send them to me. And thanks for the report. On Monday, Sallehan, 9W2SBD, worked I4LEC 5/9, YO9FTN 599 ( PSK 31), US1US 5/9, UR4QQF 5/9, UV5EEO 5/9, UR5UO 5/9, UA3RKK 5/9, RV4CC 5/9, S57S 5/9 and JK6IMF 5/9.

He says, “I worked 10 station in 1 hour on QRP.. My Lucky day for me.. "Malaysia Boleh””

 Zaki, 9M2ZAK (just love that call) worked RW3PK, 599 long path on Tuesday. On Saturday last weekend he says “Feb 9-10, 2013 - I managed to joint my 1st digital mode contest in CQWPX RTTY 2013 contest as SOSB 10M low power category. Wkd 66 QSOs & 47 different prefixes world wide!”

That’s pretty damn good.

From Andy M0HLT comes this report. “Hi Tony, it's been a while since I last posted, but away working again, also I have not really heard too much at weekends, although there always seems to be a early morning openings to eastern Russia / Europe.

Also the Hy gain Triband vertical is full of water, even though I have brought shares in self amalgamating tape!!! So it's come down and been replaced with a Sirio 4000 7/8 wave mobile (cut for 10metres) whip on a relevant angle bracket with a so239 mounting, first call after installing a couple of weeks ago was into the Dominican with a 5/5 report. More info read here http://www.southgatearc.org/bands/10metres/february2013/february_14.htm

Salah Tafsir Dan Salah Faham Dalam Radio Amatur

“Check Net” – Ini  satu lagi istilah yang tidak tepat penulis tidak tahu bagaimana ianya diujudkan. Sepatutnya “Check In The Net” Contohnya “Have you check in… the 2 meter Net?” Kalau istilah “Check Net” ini di terjemahkan ianya membawa maksud kita Check Network mungkin ada kerosakan pada Network berkenaan…mungkin ayat nya berbunyi begini. “Tolong Check Network saya……..” sila baca di sini...

http://advanced-skynet.blogspot.com/2012/06/salah-faham-salah-tafsir-dalam-radio.html

RazakSAT

And after the success of Razaksat in 2009, Malaysia is going to embark on the second Razaksat called Razaksat2.

The Malaysian government has decided to expand the country’s satellite development programme with an approved allocation ceiling of RM200 million for the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) to embark on a 5 year RazakSAT-2 programme.

Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili said on Friday 9th September 2011 in Shah Alam, Selangor that the allocation under the 10th Malaysia Plan would allow Malaysia to continue with the next phase of the RazakSAT satellite programme, to be driven by the National Space Agency (ANGKASA) and Astronautic Technology (M) Sdn Bhd (ATSB).

“The allocation reflects the government’s commitment in ensuring Malaysia maintains its world leadership in operating remote sensing satellites in the Near Equatorial Orbit (NEqO),” he said.

The RazakSAT-2 programme will be based on home-grown innovation, as a continuity of the RazakSAT Satellite Programme that was launched on July 14, 2009 which became a ground breaking epic as the world’s first remote sensing satellite launched into NEqO.

“Being a ground breaking effort, the operations of RazakSAT in the NEqO posed significant challenges. However, RazakSAT engineers, with the Malaysian innovative spirit, have been able to address most of the challenges, achieving success with RazakSAT capturing more than 1,000 images to date.

“The images will be utilised for various applications such as mapping, agriculture, fishery as well as urban and coastal monitoring,” Dr Ongkili added.

Typically, satellites for remote sensing have a life span of three years in space.

The technological scope of development for RazakSAT-2 shall be to upgrade systems capability, notably for satellite hardware and software.

The programme will continue to add to Malaysia’s already established in-house capability to develop space technologies from its present base of having developed 166 engineers and scientists involved in the programme, with participation of over 100 local vendors.

The development cycle will involve the manufacturing of several engineering models in order to minimise operational risks. RazakSAT-2 is expected to be completed in 2015.

“The programme will also enable the national space technology initiative to strengthen, promote and develop research and development, enhance commercialisation of geoinformation products and services through comprehensive R&D activities, as well as training and human capital development,” the minister said.

An inter-ministerial committee will be set up, coordinated by MOSTI, to manage and optimise the resources from the satellite for national use.

“The expansion of the programme will provide opportunities for Malaysia to export its expertise, capabilities and sharing of knowledge with the world. This includes to penetrate the international markets and herald the supply chain that supports the government’s aspiration to promote innovation,” Maximus added.

Dr Ongkili said that space and satellite technology would contribute to the economic growth and gross national income through its supply chain and employment opportunities gained as part of the technology spin-off initiatives.

“The government is fully committed towards enriching the societal wellbeing through science and technology, specifically in space and satellite technology development programmes.

“Both upstream and downstream space activities are required to mature the industry. The human capital development is essential for the new breed of knowledge workers while sustaining the existing local talent as part of the “brain gain” initiative towards Malaysia achieving high income nation status,” added Dr Ongkili.

Dr Ongkili said this during a visit to ATSB accompanied by his deputy Datuk Fadillah Yusof, the ministry’s secretary-general Dato’ Madinah Mohamad and senior ministry officials. Also present were ATSB chairman Datuk Noraini Ahmad and CEO Datuk Dr Ahmad Sabirin Arshad.

Source : Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry, MOSTI

An Invention Which Can Solve Power Crisis

An Artificial Leaf Invented Which Can Solve Power Crisis

Scientists have created the world’s first practical artificial leaf that can turn sunlight and water into energy, which they claim could pave the way for a cheaper source of power.

An important step toward realizing the dream of an inexpensive and simple “artificial leaf,” a device to harness solar energy by splitting water molecules, has been accomplished by two separate teams of researchers at MIT

A team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) says that the artificial leaf from silicon, electronics and various catalysts which spur chemical reactions within the device, can use sunlight to break water into hydrogen and oxygen which can then be used to create electricity in a separate fuel cell.

Making hydrogen gas (the bubbles) from a solar cell in water, a Sun Catalytix prototype.

“A practical artificial leaf has been one of the Holy Grails of science for decades. We believe we have done it. And placed in a gallon of water and left in sun, these artificial leaves could provide a home in the developing world with basic electricity for a day,” Daniel Nocera, who led the team, said.

He added: “Our goal is to make each home its own power station. One can envision villages in India and Africa not long from now purchasing an affordable basic power system based on this technology.”

Both teams produced devices that combine a standard silicon solar cell with a catalyst developed three years ago by professor Daniel Nocera. When submerged in water and exposed to sunlight, the devices cause bubbles of oxygen to separate out of the water.

The next step to producing a full, usable artificial leaf, explains Nocera, the Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy and professor of chemistry, will be to integrate the final ingredient: an additional catalyst to bubble out the water’s hydrogen atoms. In the current devices, hydrogen atoms are simply dissociated into the solution as loose protons and electrons. If a catalyst could produce fully formed hydrogen molecules (H₂), the molecules could be used to generate electricity or to make fuel for vehicles. Realization of that step, Nocera says, will be the subject of a forthcoming paper.

The reports by the two teams were published in the journals Energy & Environmental Science on May 12, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on June 6. Nocera encouraged two different teams to work on the project so that each could bring their special expertise to addressing the problem, and says the fact that both succeeded “speaks to the versatility of the catalyst system.”

Nocera’s ultimate goal is to produce an “artificial leaf” so simple and so inexpensive that it could be made widely available to the billions of people in the world who lack access to adequate, reliable sources of electricity. What’s needed to accomplish that, in addition to stepping up the voltage, is the addition of a second catalyst material to the other side of the silicon cell, Nocera says.

The “leaf” system, by contrast, is “still a science project,” Nocera says. “We haven’t even gotten to what I would call an engineering design.” He hopes, however, that the artificial leaf could become a reality within three years.

Referance: Today's Technology