Jota - Pre Jota (11 Oct) @ Dataran Bandaraya Johor Bahru

We'll we, (hams) are honoured that we can use Johor Bahru
City, Clock Tower Square (Dataran Bandaraya Johor Bahru)
as our JOTA event venue ... (i know .. the translation sucks ... ha ha ha)


our main guy 9W2BUG (Jaya) giving us the briefing ...

attendees ...

our proposal ...

we might need the flag pole to assist our antenna ....

noting down comments ...


late evening view of the Square ..

as usual our bird buster getting coordinates on the bypass
ISS satellites ...

station master and assistants scarf layout ...

yellow egg yoke ...

as usual ... we need to end the meeting with a group picture ..
so to make it official .... ha ha ha :P

1. JOTA - Pre Jota - Meeting and discussion (11-Oct-2008)
2. JOTA - Day 1 - Setting-up (17-Oct-2008)
3. JOTA - Day 2 - Jamboree begins (18-Oct-08)
4. JOTA - Day 3 - Closing (19-Oct-08)

Jota - Day 3 - Closing (19 Oct) @ Dataran Bandaraya Johor Bahru

our tent was hit by a huge thunderstorm this evening ...
and it flooded ... man .. we panicked cos our equipment
are at stake !!!....

so.... we stop out transmission ...

and start to pose ...

here's the proud owner

and another one

with his kiddo

and another one

9W2BUG's 2nd wife to be .... i think ....

strike a pose

and another

and another one

everybody loves playing in the rain ...

and here's the owner of a bended, 2 meter antenna ....

fox hunting ???? .... sure got style man ...




2 china-man @ah pek, posing with the machine




that's the end of JOTA ... see u next year !!!!

1. JOTA - Pre Jota - Meeting and discussion (11-Oct-2008)
2. JOTA - Day 1 - Setting-up (17-Oct-2008)
3. JOTA - Day 2 - Jamboree begins (18-Oct-08)
4. JOTA - Day 3 - Closing (19-Oct-08)

Jota - Day 1 - Setup (19 Oct) @ Dataran Bandaraya Johor Bahru

This is the centre of the Clock Tower Square, overlooking Singapore

And these is the Clock Tower

9W2BUG was briefing on the coordinates

we want to make sure our antenna is pointing at the right angle
to counties we want to make contact ...

9W2JOH setting up the rotator

G5RV antenna unleashed ...

one of the yagi's antenna, to mount on the rotator, for satellite
tracking

this 9W2DAL's jelopy ... radiomania ....


3 tanks of helium .... sure can make a great party by sucking on it ..
you'll definitely sounds like chipmunks ...



9W2BUG with the balloon


getting all the harness with the G5RV dipole antenna hooked on



final check

here she goes


that's my puny fishing rod that save the day ... we use it to throw
the line, to hook-up our dipole antenna ... prove to be
useful when several attemps with water bottles and raffia strings
fails to get the desired height.

1. JOTA - Pre Jota - Meeting and discussion (11-Oct-2008)
2. JOTA - Day 1 - Setting-up (17-Oct-2008)
3. JOTA - Day 2 - Jamboree begins (18-Oct-08)
4. JOTA - Day 3 - Closing (19-Oct-08)

Jota - Day 2 (18 Oct) @ Dataran Bandaraya Johor Bahru

Every year for the pass 51 years, the third week of October is
an event for the Scouts to have their Jamboree On The Air,
in short, JOTA.


Today marks the Anniversary of the 51st JOTA worldwide,
and I'm happy and glad that i can be apart of this celebration/event.

show car 1, sorry i dunno this dude, but he's our ham buddy ..

show car 2, owner Daniel (9W2DAL) this car has travelled
far up to China ... no idea how many times ... lost count ...

That's the Helium Balloon with G5RV configured as an inverted-V,
google is your friend, if you want to know more about G5RV.

MCMC, it stands for Malaysian Communications and Multimedia
Commission, in short, they are the authority behind the Radio
Bandwidth in Malaysia.

rear view ... background is 9V1 land, Singapore laa

This is Yaesu G-5500 Satellite Azimuth Elevation Rotor
with 2 Yagi antenna, one on UHF for Uplink and the other
VHF for Downlink , the rotators alone weight about 9kg,
just FYI ...

front view ... background is the in-famous clock tower of Johor ...

JOTA Malaysia calling frequency and Map Chart for reference.

seen here, a cool licensed amateur radio operator, assistant
to station master, helping the boys scouts making contacts
and taking their log

The boys waiting for the next session of contacts

Our neighbouring scouts from Singapore. In ham we call 9V one land.
Welcome to JOTA Malaysia ! Hope to see you again next year.

JOTA guess of honour Y.B.M. Tunku Abdul Jalil Ibni Tunku
Osman, (9M2TJO) having a chat with the boys

this is Daniel's 2 Meter band antenna for contacting local repeaters
we'll it ain't straight after the thunder storm ...

the equipment used for contacting the ISS satellite

here's the whole package

This event somehow has become a yearly event for Johor Bahru,
Johor Bahru On The Air, that's the even name for the year to come
Looks like we have this venue booked in the next calender year.

Top view from the stage, yeah ... rain coming .. so what ??...
Scouts and ham's spirits will never die ...

that's the G5RV doing the Inverted-V on the helium balloon


these are the G-5500 rotator's controllers ...it control 360"
degree rotation and 180" degree elevation manually, above
is the computer interface, so with dedicated satellite tracking
program, the rotator will auto search for the incoming satellite
so that you can make contact with rather then sitting outside
with your compass and leveller meter.

after a long haul of fun in the sun with the radios ...
explains why we need to be here ........

last shot of the rotator tracking ISS at 7:45pm

check this out .... tracking satellite in action ...

1. JOTA - Pre Jota - Meeting and discussion (11-Oct-2008)
2. JOTA - Day 1 - Setting-up (17-Oct-2008)
3. JOTA - Day 2 - Jamboree begins (18-Oct-08)
4. JOTA - Day 3 - Closing (19-Oct-08)