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Aside from the latest smartphone, ham radio has become the newest trend in communication, reaching an all-time high of more than 700,000 licenses in the United States, according to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Just in the last month, the FCC reported 700,314 licenses. In 2005, there were only 662,600 licensed hams. That's an increase of more than 40,000 new licenses within the past six years.

For nearly 100 years, ham radios have been a reliable form of communication, allowing people to connect with others all around the world. They have come in especially handy in times of an emergency.

According to Oxford County Regional Communications Center Director James Miclon, the county has been working closely with ham radio operators, and is currently in the process of positioning ham radios throughout the county in order to provide emergency backup communications.

Gary Gilman, a licensed ham radio operator from Naples, said that he has been a volunteer for Oxford County's Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) for 12 years. He pointed to the fact that there are three types of licenses a ham radio operator can have – technician, general, and extra class – and that each grade of license gives hams different communication privileges.

LEMBAH KINTA (IPOH)  PENGULANG (REPEATERS) RADIO AMATUR ,

Perak Amateur Radio Transmitter's Society ( P A R T S )   1 4 7 . 7 1 2 5   --600  Tone 233.6

Malaysia Amateur Radio Transmitter's Society ( M A R T S ) LINK  1 4 5 . 4 5 0 --600 Tone 203.5

PERKATAAN TIDAK Di-PERGUNAKAN Di Pengulang (REPEATER) INI:-Cangkulan , Lokalan , GANTI , Budak Kecik, Kehabisan SUSU , A K U & KAMU (Bahasa Biadap) ,Tembak (TX) , Kotak Hitam (RIG), TERBANG JAUH (TX), MENDARAT (QRT) , Copotcopot. Memasuki ke repeater mecelah sedang rakan-rakan QSO baru beri ISYARAT PANGILLAN (call sign) sepatut-nya semasa PAUSE BREAK memperkenalkan ISYARAT PANGGILAN (call sign) kecuali WAKTU KECEMASAN. Mempergunakan Isyarat penggilan (Call Sign) Rakan-Rakan, contoh 9M2SLJ kendalian ????. QSO CALL Sign dengan PENUH contoh 9M2SLJ (Nine Mike Two Sierra Lima Juliet). CALL sign dari LUAR NEGARA harap dapatkan KELULUSAN dari SKMM (MCMC) ,PENYIARAN SEMULA PENGULANG Ke Dua-Dua (2) RADIOAMATUR ke MANA-MANA BUKAN STESEN RADIO AMATUR sila RUJUK S.K.M.M 

1.Di harapkan mempergunakan pengulang 9m4rpk, di tetapkan QSO harap beri isyarat panggilan jangan mencelah sesuka hati kerana keseronokan bergurau bukan etika operatur radio amatur.

2. Teguran kertelaluan di pengulang harap di hindari, jangan mengikut perasaan, jaga hati rakan-rakan, kalau kita jujur untuk mengajar QSO minta no telepon dan beri penerangan yang berguna dengan ikhlas.