Mainland:
Nothing known at
this time
Pangkor
Island Malaysia IOTA AS-072
Ham Friendly Hotel
Info by Johnny Melvin, G3LIV who visited on 01/06/2000
Pangkor Island Malaysia IOTA AS-072
Pan Pacific Hotel, Pangkor
Contact: Pan Pacific Hotel has web page http://www.panpac.com/malaysia/pangkor/resort/resort.html
Hotel is very helpful. The buying managers name is
Subra, and he is 9W2SU (VHF License) if you direct your request to him he will
deal with hotel on your behalf. I had a 2nd floor room. There are 30-40 foot
trees you can use for antennas. The top of the roof was flat, and was ok for 20
full size ground plane. Subra can even loan you the coax if needed. He also has
a FT 757 which is possible to borrow/rent. Subra was hoping to erect permanent
antennas, but I think that’s unlikely to happen.
LANGKAWI
ISLAND .West Malaysia IOTA AS-058
Ham Friendly Hotel
Info by Johnny Melvin, G3LIV who visited on 01/06/2000
Contact: Langkawi Holiday Villas, Lot 1698 Pantai Tengah. Kedah 07000 Langkawi.
Tel-00-605-9551701...Fax-00-604-9551504.
Simple hotel but very friendly. Wonderful beach and pool. Very good and cheap food in the two hotel restaurants. Rooms are air conditioned. but not main hotel. There are trees outside most balconies in MAIN HOTEL. Rooms a bit sparse, but if you upgrade to Junior Suite ( very little extra ) its great and well worth it. Wire antennas are best, as there is a steep pitch roof which is not good for verticals. I would go back here. Costs in area for food and usual soft drinks usual expensive in the hotel, but 7 cans of Coke purchased in local shop was £1.00 sterling ($1.50 USD).
PENANG ISLAND .West Malaysia IOTA
Ham Friendly Hotel
Info by Johnny Melvin, G3LIV johnny@melvin.com who visited in July 1999
Shangri-Las,Golden Sands Hotel
Batu Ferringhi Beach,11100 Pulau Pinang
Tel (04)8811911...FAX (04) 8811880.
Mr Ben Bousuina was General Manager during my trip.
Because of the change to Malaysian
Regulations for the year 2000. No paperwork was available to be allowed license
to transmit. The civil servants were "unable to help". All
arrangements had been agreed with hotel. So it was a pure official situation
that licenses could not be obtained. This was also the situation for the
licensed hams on island. However the hotel was ready to assist. In fact on my
first full day there I got an internal call from the Chief Engineer of the
hotel to say the crew were ready to erect my antennas for me. They were most
upset when I explained the situation. Food is excellent, facilities Excellent.
Whole place EXCELLENT.
Ham Friendly Resort:
Luca, IW2CXJ reports in September 2003:
I stayed at the Tahjung Rhu Resort. My operation was only on 50 Mhz with a little qrp radio.
WEST MALAYISIA LICENCE ADDRESS
G3LIV reports this is the new centre for 9M2 License:
Malaysian Communications Multimedia Commission
Leve 11 Menara Dato'onn
Putra World Trade Center
45 Jalan Tun Ismail
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Tel +603-2942121
Fax +603-2940943. (de K2KW:
the website lists the FAX number as +603 2694 0908)
Email shtoh@cmc.gov.my
License form can be downloaded from their web page http://www.cmc.gov.my/ (go to forms)
The form is found on: http://www.cmc.gov.my/appratusframe.htm, then click on D) Amateur Service
Here are some other MCMC web pages relating to amateur radio:
http://www.cmc.gov.my/prototype/puA123126/puA123126_49.html
http://www.cmc.gov.my/prototype/puA128129/puA128129_58.html
G3LIV reports:
Do not expect any replies to faxes.
Cost is approx £20 for 3 months license. Willing to supply but system is
very very slow.
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