If everything would goes smooth, some time this year, amateur radio operators throughout Peninsula Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia would be able to access another amateur radio 2M repeaters with a 10m beacon situated on Pulau  Pisang. Headed by MARTS, a team of amateur radio enthusiasts from various organizations such as JASRA, JOSRAC, NESRAC, ASTRA, PERAMAH etc and the help of various government agencies and kampong folks, arrived at Pulau Pisang recently to do a ground survey on where would be the best spot to erect our repeaters and beacon.

During our recce, we used a 5/8 wave vertical antenna with a 3 element measuring tape Yagi mounted on a 20ft collapsible aluminum po le. Pushed it up and started checking on whatever frequencies that we think would be possible to trigger.
We were able to work repeaters as far as the Segamat local ASTRA repeater, JASRA, Batam Island, Singapore, Gunung Pulai and Gunung Ledang with ease. Stations we could listen to include repeaters on Gunung Telapah Buruk – 9M2RTB and 9M4RNS.
More has to be done before we can really get the repeaters running on Pulau Pisang. We plan to install one repeater serving local stations, one linking repeater, one simplex repeater (for experimenting such as PSK, RTTY etc) and a 10m beacon.
So, all hams out there, look out for more updates on the progress of our latest project.
Hehehe… do give us some lead time….lots of ground work to be done before we can put everything up…. and most difficult part of all…. Heheheh.. …. Romeo Mike! Any kind hearted soul would like to contribute?



QSP from 9w2PCK




CK Choy
9W2PCK
Asst to Hon. Secretary
MARTS
District Manager,
NorthJohor MARTS