CARNIVAL PROMOTES UNIQUE USE OF HAM RADIO

20 MAY 2012, 07:58PM BY SYARIFAH RAHMAN

People use mobile phones and Internet daily to communicate. 

But when natural calamities strike and all forms of communications 

come to a halt how else can one communicate especailly to call for help?

Well, in comes the amateur radio, or better known as Ham Radio. 

Ham radio is a wireless form of communication using radio signals. 

And through Hamfest 2012, visitors were shown on 

how amateur radio is used for search and rescue operations 

as well as interacting among enthusiasts.

But operators must have a licence to operate the radio.

In Malaysia, there are only 10,000 ham radio licence holders 

compared to almost a million in Japan. Hamfest 2012 was held 

at Taman Metropolitan Batu on Jalan Ipoh for two days.

This news source from NTV7 and the copyright preserved.