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Radio hams can offer help in emergencies</h1><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The<span> </span><em>Sun Daily</em><span> </span>reports Malaysia currently has 11,626 amateur radio operators who can offer help in emergencies or natural disasters<span> </span><br>
<br>Head of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) Southern Region,<span> </span><strong>Roszeta Kassim 9W2ZJJ</strong>, said that of the total, peninsular Malaysia had 9,919 operators, including 1,090 in Melaka and Johor. Sabah had 1,487 and Sarawak, 220, she said.<br>
<br>Amateur radio is a scientific hobby that involves construction, study and communication through means of radio waves that brings together fellow enthusiasts who use a set of pre-determined and allowed radio frequencies.<br>
<br>Roszeta said the amateur radio operators played an important role to help the authorities during emergencies and disasters.<br><br>"For example, when Johor was hit by the big floods in 2007, a group of amateur radio operators offered assistance as the cellular network was disrupted," she told<span> </span><em>Bernama</em>.<br>
<br>She said Malaysians aged 14 and above were eligible to become amateur radio operators after passing an MCMC-conducted test for a fee of RM50.<span> </span><br><br>Read the full story at<span> </span><br><a style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none" href="http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1126445" target="_blank">http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1126445</a><br>
<br>Bernama<br><a style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none" href="http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v7/newsindex.php?id=1056855" target="_blank">http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v7/newsindex.php?id=1056855</a><br><br>Database of Malaysian Amateur Radio Stations<br>
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