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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Al kisahnya CW

lamanya saya tidak menjengah blog ni..sejak mula kenal dengan facebuk, saya mula ketagih dengan games yg bermacam2 dan hampir melupakan cinta pertama saya iaitu menulis. kesempatan yang ada selepas magrib tadi saya gunakan untuk membuka mycallsign network, yg sekian lama tenggelam kerana khabarnya bertukar server. entahlah, saya pun tidak pasti...


(petikan dari mycallsign.network)
mansuhkan ujian cw!
Taken from NCI website: http://nocode.org/

1. Morse code is just another mode and should not be afforded any special priority over others. It is available to those who wish to use it. Morse proficiency should not be required for those who do not wish to use the mode.

2. Manual radiotelegraphy communications has been superceded by more modern, reliable, accurate, faster and efficient means of communication.... See More

3. Requiring manual telegraphy proficiency is not compatible with the radio amateur's mandated objective of contributing to the advancement of the radio art.

4. No evidence exists that Morse proficiency is an indicator of a desirable, motivated or better qualified operator.

5. The Morse code requirement serves as an advancement barrier to many otherwise qualified individuals.

6. The value of Morse code communications in the Amateur Service is primarily recreational in nature and manual telegraphy proficiency should no longer be a compulsory licensing requirement for any class of Amateur Radio license.

terbatuk2 saya semasa membaca satu artikel bertajuk "mansuhkan CW" paparan seorang rakan HAM, yang mana artikel ini dipetik olehnya dari website NCI. tertanya2 juga kenapa begitu beria2 segelintir sahabat kita nak suruh MCMC mansuhkan CW test? terlalu sukarkah atau test ini adalah suatu benda yg karut? membuang masa, tenaga dan wang?


9W2TDL beri komen pada 18 February 2010 11:56 AM :
Secara peribadi pada pendapat saya CW tak seharusnya dihapuskan. Kenapa perlu dihapuskan? Sebab susah nak dapat lesen kelas A begitu? Kalau senang nak dapat lesen kelas A maka pupus lah semua lesen kelas B di Malaysia.

Kenapa nak sangat lesen kelas A? Sebab boleh berkomunikasi di frekuensi yang lebih rendah begitu? Rasanya nak bermegah dengan 9M tu mungkin tidak kerana diwaktu tu semua ham radio dah dapat 9M. Tak thrill dah... Macam beli patin bela aje. Mudah kalau nak banding digigit nyamuk dan agas bila pancing patin muncung.

Tak payah susah-susah nak mintak MCMC hapuskan CW. Siapa nak belajar CW teruskan. Ujian tu cuma sebagai satu pengiktirafan yang menyatakan bahawa Si Polan ni mahir menggunakan CW. Itu aje. Dengan itu dia layak memegang lesen kelas A dengan beberapa kelebihan. Kalau dia nak berlagak pun ikut suka dia la. Tidak-tidak pun dia kena pulau dengan kawan-kawan. Betul tak?

Pemegang lesen kelas B sepatutnya memohon secara baik pada MCMC supaya memberi kelonggaran untuk kita berkomunikasi difrekuensi yang sama dengan kelas A TETAPI dengan beberapa syarat contohnya tidak boleh melebihi 30W PEP. Bila MCMC dah bagi lampu hijau lepas tu pandai-pandai la kalau nak QRO. Nak pulun 3kW PEP pun pulun la. Pandai makan pandai la simpan. Bukannya takde lesen B yang pulun 1kW++ kat 10 meter. Ada... Taknak sebut nama aje hehehe... Kelas B sekarang pun berapa kerat aje pun yang main kat 10 meter? Mungkin sebab kos rig yang agak tinggi jadi penghalang.

Dizaman sekarang ni CW tu ibarat sebuah kukur kelapa zaman P. Ramlee. Nak dibuang sayang rasanya. Simpan je la kat celah dapur. Siapa pandai guna boleh la masuk sukan rakyat anjuran JKKK. Untung-untung jadi juara.

Cuma diharap kalau semuanya berjalan lancar jangan la pulak HF band dipenuhi dengan lanun-lanun dari Malaysia. Cukup la dengan lanun dari negara jiran. Mereka boleh berkaraoke kat 40 meter!

Fikir-fikirkanlah...

seorang sahabat,yg juga rakan ham ( 9w2tdl) ,memberikan komen terhadap artikel itu. memetik kata2 beliau
1.
Rasanya nak bermegah dengan 9M tu mungkin tidak kerana diwaktu tu semua ham radio dah dapat 9M. Tak thrill dah... Macam beli patin bela aje. Mudah kalau nak banding digigit nyamuk dan agas bila pancing patin muncung.
komen saya :
semua orang dah dapat 9M? agak2 sapa nak bagi kalo x pegi amik test? tapi x tau la kot2 ada pak saudara sapa2 yang jadi pengarah MCMC, mungkin anda dapat 9M free...
beli patin bela la bagus..bezanya? orang beli patin bela ni x pyh susah2 p memancing. kemudahan ada..kedai jual patin bela belambak2..beli je la..

2. Dizaman sekarang ni CW tu ibarat sebuah kukur kelapa zaman P. Ramlee. Nak dibuang sayang rasanya. Simpan je la kat celah dapur. Siapa pandai guna boleh la masuk sukan rakyat anjuran JKKK. Untung-untung jadi juara.
komen saya:
saya rasa bukan setakat kukur kelapa tu je yang zaman P Ramlee, mentaliti anda pun macam zaman P. Ramlee. kesiannnn...

3.
Kalau dia nak berlagak pun ikut suka dia la. Tidak-tidak pun dia kena pulau dengan kawan-kawan. Betul tak?
komen saya :
saya selalu mendengar orang kata, kalau dah dapat lesen 9M ni, kawan2 makin kurang. malah ada seorang sahabat pernah berbisik pada saya "itu la 9M2AR (cikgu rahman)..bukan ada kawan tu..sombong.." dan malangnya saya percaya pada kata2 beliau. tapi setelah saya masuk ke dunia 9M ni, baru saya paham kenapa orang kata 9M2AR sombong, x berdunia dengan org, mengada2 cakap org putih..rupa2nya kawan kita akan makin ramai bila kita jadi 9M. bukan setakat duk setapak atau kuantan je..boleh sampai eropah, jepun, south africa dan macam2 lagi la. kalau bagi tau pun bukan anda nak tau.jadi kalau ada kawan yang pulau 9m ni, x de nak heran pun. its a blessing in disguise. Tuhan akan temukan kita ngan kawan yang lain...

KESIMPULANNYA
memang CW itu suatu benda yang susah. dan saya mengambil masa selama lebih kurang sebulan lebih untuk belajar CW. karut? mungkin YA bagi orang yang tidak boleh menguasainya.
2. CW tidak buang masa, tenaga dan wang. akan tetapi kalau kita pergi test tapi huruf2 a-z pun x ketahuan hala lagi memang buang masa la. logiknya kalau kita nak pi lawan pedang tapi pedang tumpul, boleh ka? itu baru kita kata KARUT.
jika anda mempunyai kemahiran CW, ia adalah sesuatu yang boleh anda banggakan. x payah nak teruk2 pulun 40wpm, cukuplah 12 @ 10wpm. tapi kalau boleh lebih drpd itu, tahniah. masalahnya sekarang ialah people who condemned CW are people who dont know CW. jadi kekadang bila ada orang lebih skit dari dia, masalah la.rasa tercabar?mungkin..
xpe, buat rakan2 yang sedang bergelut dengan kelas CW tahniah, dan teruskanlah. usah hiraukan nyanyian sumbang di sekeliling anda.
buat rakan yang kata "CW ibarat kukur kelapa di zaman P.Ramlee" tu, saya ucap takziah. kukur kelapa pun x pe la..paling2 kurang bulih buh kat muzium..mahal jugak hargenye...anda tu bila lagi nak bertempur di cyberjaya?



Saturday, October 17, 2009

make THEM proud (",)

there was a time that i wished i can rewind the past. a time where i still know nothing about morse code. a time where my tears are rolling on my cheeck learning CW with my strict sifu, 9M2GET, a time where i can break the code sent by my CW coach, 9M2YAS. frankly, i missed my CW classes, and sometimes i am eager to be at home before 10 p.m and suddenly i realized that my classes was over for the past 11 days.
making people proud of you was something that u always dream of. i was beginning losing my faith when i only copied 12 words instead of 36 in a few lessons with 9M2YAS. it was indeed a horrified situation for me. i started to think that this is not my stuff, i created thousands of reasons to tell my husband that i wanted to quit, i prayed to God to released me from this misery, and i'm not going to Cyberjaya because i was afraid that i might let them down.
But still, the class went on, the thousands reasons was shut in my mouth, and without i noticed it, i was preparing for the battle in Cyberjaya. And it all just because of one word:

DETERMINATION.

Thursday, October 15, 2009


(adapted from http://9m2ar.com)
THE MAKING OF A GREAT HAM
I didn't quite know Hairi/9M2GET when I first met him in Perlis. Hairi approached me one day after the lecture on GPRS asking for my prayer as he would be sitting a CW test together with a few more persons including 9M2YAS. He said he wanted a T-Shirt like what I presented to Azman. I wished him all the best.
As soon as he passed is Morse he came on 7.015 to work me. So was Illias/ 9M2YAS. After a few sessions he told me that his wife would also sit for the exam. I started to design TShits for 9M2YAS and 9M2GET once I found their CW ws reaching my award speed of 18 wpm. When the time came I went to Arau to send the T-Shirt. Hairi told me his wife ability in copying and showed me her style of jotting the characters listened. The teacher was 9M2YAS.

There were several students. The regular class went on 144.625 MHZ. I can't hear them from Alor Setar. When I worked Hairi I was so sure that she would also try to copy. My formula is simple; if she could copy my sending at that speed she would surely passed her test. But as a lady and a mother as well a teacher she is always busy. She did not believe that she could do it. CW is not for ladies. But Hairi motivate her saying it should be easy for her as a linguistic teacher.
9M2YAS said the pass was not due to his coaching. It came from within. She organized herself in learning. She systematized it in her way. What the coach said was in fact a mirror of himself. He studied hard too in his own way. It was the belief and the guts.
I promised her that I will present the T-Shirt as soon as she pass, no need to work me at 18 wpm CW. Now we are all waiting for the ticket and in the meantime Hairi is erecting a taller tower.
What I am looking at is the positive thinking stuff and the attitudes. People who are willing to venture and fight against the odds. You survive one and you survive the other. The rate of survival is higher than those who only hope for helps without any effort to help themselves.

The battle is not over yet. I asked them to come on CW using English. Hairi use to work me bi-lingual. 50-50. 50 Malay and 50 English. Now he comes on 100%. I want the chat to be understood by international community who listen. There are plenty of people listening to CW chats and copying them as well. But there will be days the QSOs will be in Malay 80% and 20% English. When I worked Don YB6LD 90% of our CW QSOs were in English. All rag chew.
Great Hams have stories to tell on how they learned Morse. And they keep all their notes from the time they copy nonsense until they were able to copy just a single word and shouted 'Eureka !!!'.


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Saturday, October 10, 2009

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Thursday, October 8, 2009

buku latihan CW saya...




(kertas jawapan asal CW test). kalau ada sesapa yang perasan, i copied with a unique way, iaitu dengan cara menulis dari atas ke bawah, dan 9M2GET selalu marah sebab dia kata "oja, you bazir masa kalau tulis macam ni". but as always, aku buat tak tau je..hahah

bukan sekadar omongan kosong

masih terbayang raut wajah 9m2GET dan 9m2YAS sewaktu mereka mengetahui bahawa aku lulus CW. senyuman itu terbawa-bawa hingga ke dalam kereta dan menemani perjalanan kami selama 9 jam. nafasku yang tersekat sekat hampir 5 bulan kembali normal. kejayaan ini aku kongsi bersama sparing partnerku, 9w2ZRZ (zuri). syukurlah dia juga berjaya. senyum kelatnye sudah hilang. memang terbukti dia mekanik yang luar biasa, full of determination.congrats my friend..
mengimbas kembali detik berada di dalam auditorium,i smiled to myself. walau kail hanya sejengkal, lautan yang luas mampu juga ku renang. sekali lagi thanx for the doas/supports.i am who i am today because of the chance i made yesterday. and the best memories are the ones you cant explain, you just had to be there!