I have not found the way to save the  new or edited data  to the file yet from the datagridview. I know I will resolve it on one fine day. So I decide to experiment the saving and the edited data using the rs dataset.  The datdgridview is for displaying and the rs is for saving it.

The exploration swallowed my time off. A few codes like the declaration for the sizing the webbrowser's content is copied and paste. Mind you that I am already almost 70, senile and getting rotten trying to teach myself by mere exploration. I am not schooled in computer programming or computer at all. My codes could be laughable by thousands. But who cares. I just want to have some fun.

For every data navigated by the data binding controls will be searched by rs. This is shown by the codes in blue below. For adding and editing the codes are in white. And for every data searched by the rs will be correspondingly populated the datagridview table using filter method.

Imports ADODB

Public Class form1
Dim RC, nn As Integer
Dim con As New ADODB.Connection
Dim rs As New ADODB.Recordset
Dim myconstring As String
Dim sql As String
Private Enum Exec
OLECMDID_OPTICAL_ZOOM = 63
End Enum
Private Enum ExecOpt
OLECMDEXECOPT_DODEFAULT = 0
OLECMDEXECOPT_PROMPTUSER = 1
OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER = 2
OLECMDEXECOPT_SHOWHELP = 3
End Enum
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
'TODO: This line of code loads data into the 'BUKULOGDataSet4.BUKULOG' table. You can move, or remove it, as needed.
nn = 0
Me.BUKULOGTableAdapter.Fill (Me.BUKULOGDataSet.BUKULOG)
Me.BUKULOGTableAdapter.Fill (Me.BUKULOGDataSet.BUKULOG)
' WebBrowser1.Navigate("YAHOO.com")
End Sub
Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
'BUKULOGBindingSource.Filter = "callsign Like '%" & cari.Text & "%' or name1 Like '%" & cari.Text & "%'"
' Dim modeCount = Aggregate mode In BUKULOGBindingSource
'Where mode = "SSB"
'Into Count()
bilang()
End Sub
Private Sub Timer1_Tick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
Label7.Text = Now
End Sub

Private Sub Button3_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button3.Click
rsmasuk()
Exit Sub
With bind
.MoveNextItem.PerformClick()
End With
'TextBox4.Text = DataGridView1.Columns.Item(5).ToolTipText
'ingNavigatorMoveNextItem 'bind.MoveNextItem
cari.Text = BindingNavigatorMoveNextItem.Text
End Sub

Private Sub Button4_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button4.Click
With bind
.MovePreviousItem.PerformClick()
End With
End Sub

Private Sub Button5_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button5.Click
Me.Close()
End Sub

Private Sub bilang()
BUKULOGBindingSource.Filter = "callsign Like '%" & cari.Text & "%'and mode Like 'SSB'"
Label8.Text = BUKULOGBindingSource.Count & " - SSB"

BUKULOGBindingSource.Filter = "callsign Like '%" & cari.Text & "%'and mode Like 'CW'"
Label9.Text = BUKULOGBindingSource.Count & " - CW"
BUKULOGBindingSource.Filter = "callsign Like '%" & cari.Text & "%'and mode Like 'FM'"
Label10.Text = BUKULOGBindingSource.Count & " - FM"
BUKULOGBindingSource.Filter = "callsign Like '%" & cari.Text & "%' or name1 like '%" & cari.Text & "%'"
End Sub

Private Sub Form1_Activated(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Activated
On Error Resume Next
bilang()
myconstring = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\data\windowsapplication1\windowsapplication1\BUKULOG.mdb;Persist Security Info=False"
con.ConnectionString = myconstring
con.Open()
rs.ActiveConnection = con
rs.CursorLocation = CursorLocationEnum.adUseClient
rs.CursorType = CursorTypeEnum.adOpenDynamic
rs.LockType = LockTypeEnum.adLockPessimistic
' rs.ActiveConnection = con
'con.Close()
rs.Open ("select * from bukulog")
rs.MoveLast()
Label12.Text = rs.Fields(5).Value & "here"
sql = "select * from bukulog where rs.fields(0).value='" & TextBox7.Text & "' and rs.fields(1).value='" & TextBox8.Text & "' and rs.fields(3)value='" & TextBox9.Text & "'"
End Sub

Private Sub BindingNavigatorAddNewItem_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
BUKULOGBindingSource.AllowNew = True

End Sub

Private Sub SaveToolStripButton_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
Try
Me.Validate()
Me.BUKULOGBindingSource.EndEdit()
Me.BUKULOGTableAdapter.Update (Me.BUKULOGDataSet.BUKULOG)
MsgBox ("Update successful")
Catch
MsgBox ("Update Fail")
End Try
End Sub
'bahagian browser
Private Sub sai1z()

Try
Dim Res As Object = Nothing
Dim MyWeb As Object
MyWeb = Me.WebBrowser1.ActiveXInstance
If Val(saiz.Text) = 1 Then MyWeb.ExecWB(Exec.OLECMDID_OPTICAL_ZOOM, ExecOpt.OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER, 20, IntPtr.Zero)
If Val(saiz.Text) = 2 Then MyWeb.ExecWB(Exec.OLECMDID_OPTICAL_ZOOM, ExecOpt.OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER, 40, IntPtr.Zero)
If Val(saiz.Text) = 3 Then MyWeb.ExecWB(Exec.OLECMDID_OPTICAL_ZOOM, ExecOpt.OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER, 60, IntPtr.Zero)
If Val(saiz.Text) = 4 Then MyWeb.ExecWB(Exec.OLECMDID_OPTICAL_ZOOM, ExecOpt.OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER, 80, IntPtr.Zero)
If Val(saiz.Text) = 5 Then MyWeb.ExecWB(Exec.OLECMDID_OPTICAL_ZOOM, ExecOpt.OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER, 100, IntPtr.Zero)
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox ("Error:" & ex.Message)
End Try
End Sub

Private Sub Button6_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button6.Click
sai1z()
End Sub

Private Sub Button7_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button7.Click
WebBrowser1.Navigate (TextBox10.Text)
End Sub

Private Sub Button8_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button8.Click
Try
Me.Validate()
Me.BUKULOGBindingSource.EndEdit()
BUKULOGDataSet.AcceptChanges()
Me.BUKULOGTableAdapter.Update (Me.BUKULOGDataSet.BUKULOG)
MsgBox ("Update successful")

Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox ("Update failed")
End Try
End Sub

Private Sub Button9_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button9.Click
On Error Resume Next
rs.AddNew()
rs.Fields(5).Value = TextBox4.Text
rs.Fields(6).Value = TextBox5.Text
rs.Fields(0).Value = TextBox7.Text
rs.Fields(1).Value = TextBox8.Text
rs.Fields(12).Value = TextBox1.Text
rs.Fields(3).Value = TextBox9.Text
rs.Fields(4).Value = TextBox3.Text
rs.Fields(5).Value = TextBox4.Text
rs.Fields(7).Value = TextBox11.Text
rs.Fields(8).Value = TextBox12.Text
rs.Update()
End Sub
Private Sub rsmasuk()
' this portion is reserved for experimengt
rs.Fields(5).Value = TextBox4.Text
rs.Fields(6).Value = TextBox5.Text
rs.Fields(0).Value = TextBox7.Text
rs.Fields(1).Value = TextBox8.Text
rs.Fields(12).Value = TextBox1.Text
rs.Fields(3).Value = TextBox9.Text
' rs.Fields(5).Value = TextBox4.Text
rs.Fields(4).Value = TextBox3.Text
rs.Fields(5).Value = TextBox4.Text
rs.Fields(7).Value = TextBox11.Text
rs.Fields(8).Value = TextBox12.Text
rs.Update()
End Sub
Private Sub Button2_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
On Error Resume Next
rs.Delete()
rs.Update()
End Sub

Private Sub bind_Paint(sender As Object, e As PaintEventArgs) Handles bind.Paint
On Error GoTo kel1

RC = BUKULOGBindingSource.Position
rs.AbsolutePosition = RC
Label14.Text = rs.Fields(5).Value & RC
' under test TextBox1.Text = DataGridView1.CurrentCell.Value
PictureBox1.Image = Image.FromFile("c:\ham1\" & TextBox4.Text & ".jpg")
Exit Sub
kel1:
PictureBox1.Image = Nothing

End Sub

Private Sub DataGridView1_CellContentClick_1(sender As Object, e As DataGridViewCellEventArgs) Handles DataGridView1.CellContentClick
' Button10.Text = DataGridView1.NewRowIndex
End Sub

Private Sub t1_TextChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles t1.TextChanged

End Sub

Private Sub Button10_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button10.Click
On Error Resume Next
rs.Close()

rs.Open ("select * from bukulog where callsign like '%" & TextBox4.Text & "%' and NAME1 like '%" & TextBox5.Text & "%' and date like '%" & TextBox7.Text & "%' and frequency like '%" & TextBox3.Text & "%'")
'rs.Open(sql)
t1.Text = rs.Fields("callsign").Value
t2.Text = rs.Fields("name1").Value
t3.Text = rs.Fields("mode").Value
t4.Text = rs("date").Value
t5.Text = rs("time").Value
t6.Text = rs("address1").Value
t7.Text = rs("frequency").Value
End Sub

Private Sub DataGridView1_KeyPress(sender As Object, e As KeyPressEventArgs) Handles DataGridView1.KeyPress
Call Button10_Click(sender, e)
End Sub

Private Sub DataGridView1_MouseClick(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs) Handles DataGridView1.MouseClick
Call Button10_Click(sender, e)
End Sub

Private Sub cari_TextChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles cari.TextChanged

End Sub

Private Sub Panel1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Panel1.Click
Panel1.Visible = False
End Sub

Private Sub cari_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles cari.Click
cari.Text = ""
End Sub

Private Sub Button11_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button11.Click
Panel1.Visible = True
End Sub

Private Sub TextBox4_Paint(sender As Object, e As PaintEventArgs) Handles TextBox4.Paint
On Error GoTo kel1
DataGridView1.Columns(6).GetType()
' TextBox2.Text = DataGridView1.CurrentCell.Value
' PictureBox1.Image = Image.FromFile("c:\ham1\" & TextBox1.Text & ".jpg")
Exit Sub
kel1:
PictureBox1.Image = Nothing
End Sub
End Class

The basic is almost done. The next one will be on counting items. It would be easier with VB6. I don't have to be in a hurry.

03/01/2016 - Abdul Rahman Raof

I don't know when I can save the added and the edited data into the source database. I saw programmers are yelling on the same case. Some tried to give the solutions. Even the Microsoft MSDN provided the codes. Others follow and they too failed.

Mine is the free Visual Studio Community version. I keep on wondering whether it is deliberately design because it is free. Such a problem never exist in VB6 which I kept all sort of data in the remote server away from home. While waiting for the world to succeed I experimented with the normal adodb and oledb stuffs. I can save, edit and delete data easily and they were placed back in the database.

 Public Class Form1

Dim nn
Dim myConString As String
Public con As New ADODB.Connection
Dim con1 As New OleDb.OleDbConnection
Dim con1 As New OleDb.OleDbConnection
Dim rs As New ADODB.Recordset
Dim Dadapter As New OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter

Private Enum Exec
OLECMDID_OPTICAL_ZOOM = 63
End Enum
Private Enum ExecOpt
OLECMDEXECOPT_DODEFAULT = 0
OLECMDEXECOPT_PROMPTUSER = 1
OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER = 2
OLECMDEXECOPT_SHOWHELP = 3
End Enum

Private Sub Form1_Activated(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Activated
myConString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;DataSource=C:\ham1\BUKULOG.mdb;Persist Security Info=False"
con1.ConnectionString = myConString
con.ConnectionString = myConString
con.Open()
con1.Open()

 Try
rs.CursorLocation = CursorLocationEnum.adUseClient
rs.CursorType = CursorTypeEnum.adOpenDynamic
rs.LockType = LockTypeEnum.adLockPessimistic
rs.ActiveConnection = con
'rs.Open ("select * from bukulog")
Dadapter = New OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter("select * from bukulog", con1)
DSet = New DataSet
Dadapter.Fill(DSet, "bukulog")
DataGridView1.DataSource = DSet.Tables("bukulog")
navigat()
Catch
MsgBox ("fail")
End Try
end sub

Private Sub Button3_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button3.Click
rs.AddNew()
rs.Fields(0).Value=TextBox1.Text
rs.Fields(1).Value=TextBox2.Text
rs.Fields(4).Value=TextBox3.Text
rs.Fields(5).Value=TextBox4.Text
rs.Fields(6).Value=TextBox5.Text
 rs.Fields(3).Value=TextBox6.Text
rs.Fields(7).Value=TextBox7.Text
rs.Fields(8).Value=TextBox8.Text
rs.Fields(12).Value=TextBox9.Text
rs.Fields(10).Value=TextBox10.Text
rs.Fields(9).Value=TextBox11.Text
TextBox12.Text = rs.Fields(11).Value
rs.MovePrevious()
End Sub

Private Sub Button5_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button5.Click
rs.MoveFirst()
navigat()
Call Button7_Click(sender, e)
End Sub

Private Sub Button4_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button4.Click
On Error Resume Next
DataGridView1.Rows(nn).Selected = False
rs.MoveLast()
navigat()
Call Button7_Click(sender, e)
End Sub

Private Sub Button7_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button7.Click
DataGridView1.Rows(rs.AbsolutePosition).Selected = True
End Sub

Private Sub DataGridView1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles DataGridView1.Click
navigat()
End Sub

Private Sub DataGridView1_CellEnter(sender As Object, e As DataGridViewCellEventArgs) Handles DataGridView1.CellEnter
navigat()
End Sub

Private Sub navigat()
On Error Resume Next
Label1.Text = DataGridView1.CurrentRow.Index + 1
' rs.AbsolutePosition = Val(Label1.Text)
TextBox1.Text = rs.Fields(0).Value
TextBox2.Text = rs.Fields(1).Value
TextBox3.Text = rs.Fields(4).Value
TextBox4.Text = rs.Fields(5).Value
TextBox5.Text = rs.Fields(6).Value
TextBox6.Text = rs.Fields(3).Value
TextBox7.Text = rs.Fields(7).Value
TextBox8.Text = rs.Fields(8).Value
TextBox9.Text = rs.Fields(12).Value
TextBox10.Text = rs.Fields(10).Value
TextBox11.Text = rs.Fields(9).Value
TextBox12.Text = rs.Fields(11).Value
End Sub

end class

That is the first part of the story.  In this one I have not put the search data yet. The above codes allow me to navigate through the database and I could see the items in the text boxes. What I need is the list items. To see the list of data I used the datagridview. In Visual Studio 2015 I can't bind the grid table with the rs data set. So I have to make another connection which is independent of the first one.

The text codes in yellow indicate working with the datagridview. Whatever happens to the cell in the datagrid needs to be reflected in the text boxes. At the moment I link them with the record position. If the rs moves to record 10, the grid too will go to record 10. When data is added or edited by the rs, the grid needs to populate it again.

The idea and the concept is there. The project isn't finished yet.

Then I put a webbrowser on the form. As you can see it is small. It may not fit the web page. I got the codes from a website and paste it, adding a few lines to change the size of the page. The codes are shown below. The declarations and the codes are in white.

Private Sub sai1z()
Try
Dim Res As Object = Nothing
Dim MyWeb As Object
MyWeb = Me.WebBrowser1.ActiveXInstance
If Val(saiz.Text) = 1 Then MyWeb.ExecWB(Exec.OLECMDID_OPTICAL_ZOOM,     ExecOpt.OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER, 20, IntPtr.Zero)

If Val(saiz.Text) = 2 Then MyWeb.ExecWB(Exec.OLECMDID_OPTICAL_ZOOM, ExecOpt.OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER, 40, IntPtr.Zero)

If Val(saiz.Text) = 3 Then MyWeb.ExecWB(Exec.OLECMDID_OPTICAL_ZOOM, ExecOpt.OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER, 60, IntPtr.Zero)

If Val(saiz.Text) = 4 Then MyWeb.ExecWB(Exec.OLECMDID_OPTICAL_ZOOM, ExecOpt.OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER, 80, IntPtr.Zero)

If Val(saiz.Text) = 5 Then MyWeb.ExecWB(Exec.OLECMDID_OPTICAL_ZOOM, ExecOpt.OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER, 100, IntPtr.Zero)

Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox ("Error:" & ex.Message)
End Try
End Sub

Private Sub Button11_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button11.Click
Panel2.Visible = False
End Sub

Private Sub Button9_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button9.Click
Panel2.Visible = True
End Sub

Private Sub Button12_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button12.Click
sai1z()
End Sub

Private Sub nav_KeyPress(sender As Object, e As KeyPressEventArgs) Handles nav.KeyPress
WebBrowser1.Navigate (nav.Text)
End Sub

Private Sub Button13_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button13.Click
Me.Close()
End Sub

Private Sub Button14_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button14.Click
WebBrowser1.GoForward()
End Sub

Private Sub Button15_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button15.Click
WebBrowser1.GoBack()
End Sub

Private Sub Button16_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button16.Click
WebBrowser1.GoHome()
End Sub

My God, that's part of the codes. It would have been easier and shorter by VB6 for the same project.

31/12/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

NEWER MAY NOT BE BETTER

I wasted many hours in Visual Studio 2015, patiently experimenting with the commands and syntax, building database projects using various tools. It is claimed that VS is the improvements of Visual Basic 6.

But let me tell you that it makes my life more miserable. I will tell you why below.

look at the codes below:

                 Private Sub Text1_KeyPress(Index As Integer, KeyAscii As Integer)
                 If KeyAscii = 13 Then
                 Text1(Index) = UCase(Text1(Index))
                 If Index < 17 Then Text1(Index + 1).SetFocus
                 If Index = 17 Then Text1(0).SetFocus
                 End If
                 End Sub

There are 17 text boxes in this project. I used only these codes under one subroutine to do the data entry of all the 17 items. By pressing the Enter key ( ascii code 13 for Enter) the cursor will jump to the  next box. The textbox can be arrayed from textbox(0) to the last one, textbox(17), in this case.

But for the Visual Studio 2015 I have to do 17 of such a subroutines, one for each textbox. To make the box change color I need two more routines.

             Private Sub Text1_GotFocus(Index As Integer)
              fc = Text1(Index).ForeColor
             bc = Text1(Index).BackColor
             Text1(Index).ForeColor = QBColor(0)
             Text1(Index).BackColor = QBColor(14)
             End Sub

            Private Sub Text1_LostFocus(Index As Integer)
            Text1(Index).ForeColor = fc
            Text1(Index).BackColor = bc
            End Sub

In the Visual Studio I have to have 51 routines to navigate through the 17 boxes for the data entry and changing background color. Here is what I have to do with the newer version.

    Private Sub TextBox1_KeyPress(sender As Object, e As KeyPressEventArgs) Handles Textbox1.Keypress
        yy = e.KeyChar = (Chr(Keys.Enter))
        if yy = true then
        Textbox2.Select()
        End If
    End Sub

I told myself that newer may not be better. Data binding is really hell in VS15 compared to VB6. I could use dBGrid or DataGrid to display the information with the ease of editing. Unlike VS15 you can see all the changes and the new added data in the tables but you can't save it so easily. Until now I have not found how to save the data with the new syntax. I don't know what it is. There isn't a code to write for the saving in the file.

Sorry to say the Microsoft newer people are not always better. They made life more difficult to the other developers and the learners. I can bet that by the time you are good in this one, there will be another drastic change.

With some morality I hope somebody from Microsoft would re-instate the old VB to be used with the new Windows Operating system. Nevertheless new additional commands and syntax for other new stuffs can be added.

 29/12/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

I gained 1 centimeter today after many hours of exploring. Visual Studio 2015 is a totally new concept. I have to chuck away the Adodc and the datagrid controls which failed me after many attempts to use them. Instead I used datagridview and bindingdata to work with the data.

I created a binding source called BukulogdataBindingSource. Both the datagridview and the binding navigator access from this source. The datagridview is the datagrid and bindingNavigator is the Adodc control.

My main task is to search a station. In VB6 the syntax is

             Adodc.recordsource="select * from bukulog where callsign like '" & cari.text & "'"
             Adodc.refresh

But it is not the same in Visual Studio. I took many hours to experiment to get the right syntax

            BukulogBindingSource.Filter="callsign like '" & cari.text &"'"

Then I was trying to figure out how to count the SSB, CW and FM in the list. What was written in the Webpages were hard to understand and too long winded. There were codes on COUNT methods. I tried many time but all failed me. While driving for my lunch it came across my mind to temporary count the longest way. When I came home I made a subroutine for the count.

       Prive sub bilang()

         BukulogBindingSource.Filter="callsign like '" & cari.text &"' and mode like 'ssb'"
         labe18.text=BukulogBindingSource.Count & " - SSB"

ize="4" color="#00FFFF">         BukulogBindingSource.Filter="callsign like '" & cari.text &"' and mode like 'cw'"
         label19.text=BukulogBindingSource.Count & " - CW"

         BukulogBindingSource.Filter="callsign like '" & cari.text &"' and mode like 'fm'"
         label110.text=BukulogBindingSource.Count & " - FM"

         BukulogBindingSource.Filter="callsign like '" & cari.text &"'"

         End Sub  

Funny I later realized that in the mode column there are LSB and USB when I tried to validate 9M2NZ number of contacts with me. The total SSB+CW+FM did not match with the total number of communications. When I scrolled down I noticed the discrepancies.

I want to make a navigation button myself. How to navigate the next and previous data ? In VB6 the command is just data1.recordset.movenext or data1.recordset.moveprevious.  It is not the same with VS2015. Again another hassle before I get the correct syntax

                        with bindingnavigator
                             .movepreviousitem.performclick()
                         end with

 But it is fun for my age. Nothing comes easy. A friend used to say 'no pain no gain'. Yet there are thousands who want to be lazy and get things without effort. They are just not my type.

25/12/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

VISUAL STUDIO 2015 - THE JOURNEY IS FAR AHEAD

Microsoft makes life difficult to computer lovers and the programmers. All that they want is to make money. They make old things obsolete, construct new Windows and killed the previous versions of their products.

It is not a progress when there is an element of force. Visual Basic 6 was good enough to handle monumental jobs. It communicate well with distant servers and keep biometric data using MySql or Access database. It did fantastic work which marvel the users. I was still young when working with the old system.

At almost 70 they introduced the 64 bit machines with 64 bit windows. And among others they introduced Visual Studio 2015 which also contains Visual Basic. I have Visual Studio Community 2015. It gave me the hell lot of a problem. Projects went missing for no reason and I have to think of a way to keep them safely.

As I am crawling to explore how to make it work with the VB6 command and syntax I cannot say much more on the technical matter. I just would like to give a few tips who have been putting the same questions on the web repeatedly.

First is about the FULL SCREEN SIZE. There were many replies given. The syntax one may want to use is

                                     me.windowstate = 2

Secondly about loading pictures in the picture box control. In VB6 the syntax is PICTUREBOX=LOADPICTURE("C:\PICTUREFOLDER\...."). In Visual Sudio 2015 is

                                   PICTUREBOX.IMAGE=IMAGE.FROMFILE("C:\.....")

Emptying it is           PICTUREBOX.IMAGE=NOTHING

Because I am working on a ham radio logbook, I am looking into the data binding of controls to the database. I can bind the Oledb data control and the Data Grid separately with the database but I can't bind the dataGridView to the Adodc control yet merely by giving command                    DATAGRIDVIEW.DATASOURCE = ADODC1

As I have said websites do not help. There are more questions than the answers.

24/12/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

MY NEXT TRIP

Several people had been telling me that Spain-Morocco's trip were interesting because there were many exotic buildings to see. One or two said the panorama and the scenery was beautiful. Convince by them I decided to put the visit to my future plan.

A couple of days ago I browsed Poto Travel's website. The package is already published, traveling in April and May. I booked up the 25th April's trip via the email.

Last night I searched for the itinerary from day one to day thirteen. Day 1 and the last day are always the deceptive days that we have to pay when they were only the traveling days. Even you are in Malaysia waiting for the flight it is considered as one day. I saw the traveling time takes two days.

In the most part of the trips are visiting churches and mosques. It struck my heart that paying a thousand ringgit per day to see a church or a mosque is not worthy. I could always see photos of those buildings. I decided to look at other packages as well before I make the payment. The cost for a single person staying in a single room is RM2K more, about RM200 extra per day. It is more expensive than the Balkan trip.

My ASB dividend will be totally gone. But I won't live much longer. I whispered to myself that I am going to see the world before I go. It breaks up the monotony of living a solitary life at home. At least I don't have to think about Najib for almost 12 days while in foreign land and enjoy whatever fun that come before us. The jovial group will make us laugh the whole journey.

Already I am thinking how to go to Kuala Lumpur; either by flight or ETS, and how to go to the airport or the rail station. There is no bus service in my area, not even at the main road, unlike in USA where everyone is access to busses just merely by a short walk. Malaysians won't provide services without profit. Profit has to be large enough as an incentive. The worst is to drive by my old car and hope for the best. The car does not have any commercial value except for the scrap iron. ETS will be at 8.15 am, arriving KL Central at 4 pm, ample time to present myself at the airport before 9.30 pm.

As far as luggage is concerned it does not worry me. I will use the existing one. I will wash my traveling shoes instead of buying the new pair. I have more than 10 round collar black T-shirts. Probably I will bring 15 shirts altogether or may be more for the dinner also. Foodstuffs will be considered later, probably some snacks. But to Balkan I did not bring any despite it was in my plan.

I always planned early for each travel. Now it is still December and the trip will be in almost 4 months time, on the 25th of April.

I thought that this year I want to go to Dayton Ohio for the hamvention. The new radio policy in the country freeze me. It is just a matter of principle. Even if it is on the normal tour, Donald Trump turned me off by his hate speech towards the Muslims. Like many Malaysians, the normal Americans are dumb too, believe in things without thinking. They are easily fooled by the product advertisements like any dumb people. And our ringgit too shrunk so badly as the world business community do not trust in our leadership.

There is always a risk in traveling; plane shot dot down or exploded in the thin air, bus plunged into a gorge or hit by another heavy vehicles. Try to imagine what and how the victims of MH370 felt before they met their death. But we are going to die anyway. I never fear of accidence or death by it as it is fated by God.

As I have said before my actual travel begins from now, each night I would bring the dream to my bed for almost 4 months on end.

23/12/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

I can't imagine the magnitude BN government puts to wage cold war against Sarawak Report. There is a colossal think tank team and the Propaganda unit, the police force, the army and finally the fund spent. The ongoing tactical move is to discredit SR and WSJ as junk media units which have nothing other than dirty lies.

One side is trying to create a situation of the nature and reason for Morais's death and the other will have to huddle together to find the rebuttals. The rest who are access to the media listen and formed opinions. Below is what SR writes. We have to wait what Najib administration and the new AG is going to say.

How far can Najib run and how much else can he fool everyone ? Najib has been institutionalized, Ismail Sabry equate him to God the Almighty and Najib himself claimed that he is God chosen. The team living in the golden institution are equally responsible and accountable for all the misdeeds done. There is no justice for them except for them to walk away from the institution. Words like 'cari makan' , 'under order' and 'under threatened' are for God to hear in the next world. This is the cases of history. The whole team have to be punished.

The world investigate Najib, not only the FBI. Even the FBI formed opinion and keep files on the Malaysian leaderships. Following Obama and joining the Trade Pack will not free him. They will relate him with Morais's murder and several other deaths as well. It is as good as impossible that Najib cannot run away from his crime.

The more he pays the people to lie the more his inner self will be exposed. European community has discuss our affair. Najib is putting himself into a deeper troubled water.

I don't know how I get Trojans in my Windows 10 that will be erased automatically by an anti virus called 360. All the exe files that I ran were deleted. It even attacked the Visual Studio 2015 compiled file and finally I could not even create a project. Yesterday I took almost the whole day uninstalling and downloading another software, reading blog on the trojans, searching for a few files mentioned. I cold not deleted the recommended files. Then I went to open the registry searching and erasing the lines in the registry. It was time consuming indeed.

Today I worked on VB6, writing new simple codes for a logbook. I used Adodc controller rather than Adodb to bind Microsoft Access data. I have several tasks to code; the wildcard search, the counting of the mode of the contacts, to add, delete and edit data. And lastly to navigate between boxes when typing into the them.

The search is using SELECT. But what is used by Adodb is not exactly the sane as Adodc. For instant 

     SELECT * FROM BUKULOG WHERE UCASE(CODE) LIKE '*" & UCASE(TEXT2) & "*'"

but in the adodc the code is

    SELECT * FROM BUKULOG WHERE UCASE(CODE) LIKE '%" & UCASE(TEXT2) & "%'"

It took me some time to figure out after a series of experiments to come to the right query. Then it was the counting part. To count the total number in the database is easy but I want to count the number of SSB, CW and FM mode of an individual station. I had to try several queries to get the working and the best one. I did not get the simplest and the correct one. Finally I decided to count three time to get the figures. I would not say whether the codings are appropriate as required by the system.

One of my problems is that I stopped programming for decades and I don't remember all the coding libraries and the commands anymore. The internet did not help either. Everybody is asking for help and it is difficult to find the good solution.

Adodc1.RecordSource = "select count(MODE)as LABELA from bukulog WHERE MODE='SSB'and ucase(callsign) like '%" & UCase(Text2) & "%' or ucase(name1) like '%" & UCase(Text2) & "%'"
Adodc1.Refresh
Label16 = DataGrid1.Columns(0) & " SSB"
Adodc1.RecordSource = "select count(MODE)as LABELA from bukulog WHERE MODE='CW'and ucase(callsign) like '%" & UCase(Text2) & "%' or ucase(name1) like '%" & UCase(Text2) & "%'"
Adodc1.Refresh
Label17 = DataGrid1.Columns(0) + " CW"
Adodc1.RecordSource = "select count(MODE)as LABELA from bukulog WHERE MODE='FM'and ucase(callsign) like '%" & UCase(Text2) & "%' or ucase(name1) like '%" & UCase(Text2) & "%'"
Adodc1.Refresh
Label18 = DataGrid1.Columns(0) & " FM"
Adodc1.RecordSource = "select * from bukulog WHERE MODE='SSB'and ucase(callsign) like '%" & UCase(Text2) & "%' or ucase(name1) like '%" & UCase(Text2) & "%'"
Adodc1.Refresh

Surely the above solution looks very messy. In the meantime it does serve my purpose. It counts the frequency of each mode used.

The edit, add and delete use what I would call a 'street' coding. I did not place the 'OK To Delete ?' button yet.

                         With Adodc1.Recordset
.                        Delete
                         End With

                         With Adodc1.Recordset
                         Adodc1.Recordset.AddNew
                         Text1(0) = Format(Date, "DD/MM/YYYY")
                         Text1(1) = Format(Time, "HH:mm")
                         Text1(4) = Text2
                         End With

These are for deleting and adding new data. As for editing, make the correction or changes in the boxes.

At least I could write the code on my HP Windows 10 computer. I still have a long time to be with programming even with the upgrading of the Windows.

20/12/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

ETHNIC UNITY, RELIGIOUS UNITY AND MALAYSIAN UNITY

We have been living happily until two types of people came to cause turbulence in our community. These are the politicians and the greedy businessmen. Both poisoned the people by inciting racial hatred, mainly to amass popularity and wealth.

An individual throwing slur on the other race is seen as a hero and the fighter to save his race. We have this in Malaysia, mainly heavily practiced by the Malays and the Chinese. Racial sentiment is a tool to grab wealth and property and to remain in power.

It is true that there is a tendency for the bird of the same feather to flock together. But it could not be the main philosophy of a peaceful society. There is no guarantee of safety and joyous living within the same ethnic community. There are robbers and murderers, bullies and gansters.

We cannot force all the Indians to get together as they are divided into several caste and religious beliefs. Among them there are cheaters, drug pushers and Communists. So are with the Malays who are more divided now than before. Each individual has his own taste and likings. There are many irritating individuals from all the ethnic groups. Surely we cannot shake hands with the rabbles, the crooks and all the mischievous scoundrels.

Good personalities are not in the dress they wear and the words they speak. We have to have a long observations on their deeds, not in the race and color skins, not in the lingo they used and not in the religion they embraced.

If it is unity that we want, we have to have a divine purpose for the good of the big majority if not all. Unity of good people transcend the racial and religious bloc. It is a Malaysian unity that we need to strive and let all to be known as Malaysian, with our own identity. If we defy cohesiveness then we are sacrificing the secured and better future.

Islam is always better then the Malays. The former comprises of all races who have the same identical belief. A person calling himself Muslim must practice Islamic way of life, free from sinful activities and the act of corruption, lying and deceiving people. And Islam too is not in the dress he wears and the words he speaks.

19/12/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

Views on Social Media

Comments and remarks in the social media reflects the educational level, intelligent and the mental-physical state of the general people in the country. The different between the Chinese and the Malays are very distinct. The Malays seemed to be mislead and dragged away from the issues. In the case of Najib, the Chinese do not forget and still hold tight on the movement of 1Mdb money, Jho Lo, Najib's son-in-law, the big debt of 1mdb, the high interest rate, the lies about Cayman fund, the 2.6 billion kept secret by Najib till WSJ exposure, for each question Najib took a few months to give the spinned reply or non at all.

The Malays, when lured to believe in Chinese intent supremacy, will quickly forget about the all those lies and vices.

When emotional the Malays will used the 4 letter word to Najib. The Chinese restrained themselves though a few young robust ones hurled some disrespect manners.

I am aware the tactical moves made by Najib's Propaganda and War departments, the using of foreign mercenaries to write articles to discredit Mahathir and WSJ. PHDs people were recruited to spread these articles through social media. They want the people to believe that WSJ and a few Malaysians are lying. But many are of the opinion that the only proof is winning in the legal actions against WSJ and SR.

Najib can talk about his rosy economy until he goes to sleep. While the people are paying more and more each day. Their savings shrink by at least 40%. The ringgit continues to plunge. You will see some Malays are happy paying more.

There are those who connect several deaths to save Najib Razak. The Malays with the simple mind would not see the relationship and never want to think more. They are more concern about their hardship and economy. Hundred of thousands are jobless. They hang on to UMNO to get jobs and bread to spare.

Nevertheless there are Malays who have clear visions all the way and never lost track of the main issues.

Social media do depict the minds of the Malaysians to the world. The interested parties are counting the number of hands that call Najib to quit. That's what they were doing in Syria. And Najib could never escape if investigations show that he is involved in Morais murder and trying to cheat with the 2.6 billions. When the time comes and there was the unanimous decision to bring Najib down, there is nothing the police and the army can do.

What happens in Syria is something complicated. There was a split whether to arm the rebels who want Assad down. Asad had struggle to seek help from the world including USA. The debate in USA was  about whether the people want Assad down or not. And the Russian, Iran and Hezbollah fight for Assad and the rebel group with US arms became the IS.

Will the Pentagon in Malaysian affair ask the same question; do the people in Malaysia want Najib down ? Do we need to arm the dissidents ? How bad is Najib ? How bad is his wife ? How suppressive is the people ?

Pentagon will be gathering information, among other things, from the views expressed in  social media in addition to the covert fact finding mission. Najib has to argue out that he is helping USA in fighting terrorism and has arrested it's own citizen on behalf of the United States. And there will be someone who says,"Our relationship with the nation is cordial....we need only a new head as Malaysians want to change the existing leader."

Najib is working hard to change the perception of the Malaysians using all available resources with a huge amount of money. He first started with personal attack on Mahathir; the corruptions and the evil doings of his former mentor. And at the same time trying to shift the current economic woe on his enemies. He uses the social media to publish the propaganda items.

More intelligent and smart rebuttals would be found on the English media. The Malays are a little lame in their responses. Yet the war between the people and Najib's administration is clear. Readers began to recognize the comments of the Najib's cyber troopers versus the views from the normal public. There is an attempt to harness the PHD graduates to help in this war.

What Najib may not expect is the more he stands to fight the worse he does for the economy. The inverse correlation is clear and real. His every moves and words are heard by the world and business community. His accumulation of fund by heavy taxation without the corresponding economic growth would make our ringgit worsen.

What is our loan right now, national and 1Mdb's debt ? Are the condition recuperating ?

16/12/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

VISUAL STUDIO 2015 IS SICKENING ME

Visual Basic is not dead. It is alive and well in the Visual Studio, mine 2015, installed in Windows 10 on my cheap HP. The structure and commands are somewhat different. You can't use PRINT as it was in Visual Basic 6. The LIST1.ADDITEM is now changed to LIST1.ITEMS.ADD.  Surely I have to creep slowly to first to examine the commands and then the structure.

One thing about this free stuff is that you cannot compile and run on it's own. You will have to buy them somehow. Then it says you can run on multi-Platform; writing smart phone and tablets application. You have to download the third party that gives you free license for a month. You can't even do experiments or develop a software if you are a beginner like me.

I think I have to tackle one by one, starting with Visual Basic then proceed slowly until the Android programming. I guess I will die  before the completion. It is too much and too heavy  for the old brain.

Today I played around with array of pictures of my grand daughters in Hong Kong. Pressing a button successively will display the pictures in the list. Then I added a computation for a dipole antenna and a multiplication table. The main target is the database development and manipulation. I think it would not be too difficult as it is using the MySql data system. I have to examine carefully on the connection method and the data binding.

At least it keeps me busy and makes time flies.

I sacrificed 1K for this Visual Studio and Windows 10, which I know will soon change. That's how Microsoft makes money. It makes you very dependent on Windows and Window software. Then they began to suck your blood like a leech. Then like UMNO Bill Gate will say, "Stay away from Windows if you don't like our way." But when you first started to lay trap we never thought that you plan to torture us. So we bought and we got stuck to it.

Men like me are plentiful in this nation of ours. They gather knowledge by spending money and enhance their capabilities. On the second thought DIY and experimenters are so much better then the cyber trooper fighting for the evil cause.

Though Visual Studio 2015 sickened me, it does give me some purpose.

14/12/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

BAD ECONOMY UNDER NAJIB

Najib is managing a country, not a home. As a Prime Minister and a Finance Minister he has failed the nation economy. Yet he keeps on telling the people that Malaysian economy under him is strong. While the locals are loosing their jobs, firms are moving out and joblessness is on the raise, he set the minimum wage rule, bring in thousands of Banglas, increase the retirement age to 60.

As I have said the Malays are not so smart and now greed has been part of them they keep on pressuring for the higher minimum wage. Certainly it is a selfish though for their own benefit without thinking of the affect to the nation and the other Malaysians.

Employers do not like to pay high salaries. The cost of productions will go high and will push the product prices up, facing stiff competition in the global market. Industries in USA prefer to move to countries where labor is cheap. China and Vietnam provide very tempting attractions.

Factories once operated in Malaysia are slowly moving out of the country to the neighboring state where labor cost is below us. And local businesses prefer foreign workers. That's never good to the country. It is also pushing the locals to be potential criminals.

The young people are jobless because the old workers do not vacate their posts as their retirement age has been raised to 60. There is a 5 year wait. In the meantime, Najib collected cash from all walks of life, not to create jobs but trying to pay the BR!M and the colossal national debt.

I don't know how many Malays have the foresight and the insight to see the whole chaotic atmosphere caused by Najib's administration. It is a pity that those who had given blind support to Najib are facing perpetual sufferings. There are many institutions that are set to close down.

Najib has struggle to put up the ringgit and the economy to the right footing. Then he came up with the idea of perception. We are saying the foreigners who are dealing with the country are all stupid and do not know how to judge words and behaviors. Do you think they believe in the donation stories ? What more if the story itself is dancing from spot to spot; donation from the Arab nation to fight ISIS, donation from an individual donor, and now donation from several Arab individuals.

If I am an honest investor, I would quickly run away before anything happen to my money. They would find Najib a bad taste for them to deal with.

Najib should be told that the Malayans are also observing to see the link between him and the death of Morais and PI Bala. There are big eyes closely watching him. He has all the power and guns with him and would go scot-free with any juggling on display. How long can he lie and cheat the people ?

The more Najib talked on economy, the more anxiety the public got. Anybody can talk and say anything. You go to Tanjung Rambutan and listen to the inmates speech. People want the cost of living down, lesser burden on the family and economic security. He tried to tow Obama's line hoping for better ringgit and improve economy.  He did not even know what Mosanto is and how it operates. He does not really know who Goldman Sach is. He stays mum on Jho Lo and his son in law.

13/12/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof 

MALAY MENTALITY 2

What I am about to write does not contain the whole truth. Some of the Malays have transformed themselves and began to realize the folly of their own kinds. It was generally true to most and most of the time.

The British once described the Malays as emotional brown skinned tribe who live on trees. They had rule Malaya from 1874 until 1957 and long enough to understand the ethnic group. For most of the time the relationship with the Malays were good. When they were about to leave. among other thing, they created Malay reserve land because they know without the act the Malays will sell all their land for the joy of living and lead an easy and gorgeous life. When that happen there will be homelessness, landlessness and they will be living in ghastly poverty.

Even before UMNO tore up the protective status of the Malay reserve the Malays began to sell their land and moved away. Imagine in Alor Setar there is a small mosque in an area where there is no Malay at all. Now the mosque has turned into a part of super-market.

Once, laziness was associated with the Malays. They prefer free things, idle life without working. In schools they would choose courses that do not provide them much challenge. When I wanted to take Statistical Research as a subject. friends discouraged me saying 90% of those taking the paper got an E. Even today additional mathematics is not taught in Vocational Colleges. The Chinese would go for the harder subjects pertaining to sciences and technology.

When the Malay parents came to see me and wanted their sons with good grades to join  the vocational school, I had a tough time explaining that it would be better for the kids to stay in pure science class at their respective schools. The spectrum of professions is larger. Despite the information they insisted on vocational education.

It was during Mahathir's era when there was an amendment to the land acquisition act. Malay land can be forcibly taken for economic development. There was a rush in land grabbing. Padi fields  and other Malay reserved were taken for the reason of economic progress. Some Malays said they were cheated and their land were bought by government Islamic body at a low price and sold to the developer at the high price. There were a group of Malays working for big time Towkeys who went round to look for land owners offering good price for their properties. Many Malays found that they had a chance to be millionaires, and selling spree began.

Land lost never came back. Money soon went dry. Some can last till second generations. Other Malays found they can't afford to buy the new home built on the land their peers sold. No normal Malay can buy a half to a million dollar abode. Those who can, won't have land to rear a duck and plant a tomato.

I talked to several Malays and many said the future is not for them to see. They won't live to see their children and grand children. God will provide their posterity with home and food. And they made fun of you when you spoke to them about their future.

 The present era marks the interactions between greed and stupidity. The Malays are on the stupid side,  among whom there lay the greedy land-owners, and the greedy stupid politicians who find tremendous joy in bluffing and cheating, threatening and misusing their powers. The funny thing is they themselves made statements on the inability of the Malays to buy a home. Then they said that without UMNO the Malays will be nothing and nobody.

Then they said the Malays have not achieved the 30% target yet from the absolute success of UMNO in enhancing the Malay economy.

I am confused. Are the Malays wealthy today made by the Malay party ? Then why billions are spent on BR1M for the poor; and mostly the Malays ? And how come the Malays become drug addicts, robbers, prostitutes and garbage hunters under UMNO ?

Today it is a tragedy that Najib is a Prime Minister. He bought all races with money to keep himself in power. He ruins the economy, putting more burden on the country by his huge loan. He bought a special aircraft that other PM did not, made Rosmah the queen of the queens, flying the jets not for her. The lie about 2.6 billion changed from time to time. He cheated all the UMNO people, everyone of them and get away with his 2.6 billions.

In the end the poor Malays have to pay for his avarice. The jobless, the beggars, the garbage hunters and the low income people are taxed as much as the rich people do. The young jobless youths whose income from BR1M would throw stones at busses and cars passing the highway, doing mischief against the opposition party during elections, and a few sneaked into the Cyber-trooper job. They forget that they are paying the tax that was not suppose for them.

There are more than 20000 graduates without job. And nobody seem to publish the number of dropout youths who have lost the moral values, and made drugs their companions. While the youths are at the low ebb the leaders are making millions; gift from the Prime Minister for showing undivided support to him.

Ku Nan was shocked to see the number of vagabonds on the city street. All the time he and the other UMNO top leaders have been saying Malaysia is superb in managing it's economy.

Despite all the noise, hurling of hateful words, but when come to voting they would go for BN. It is the combination of docility and stupidity. The extreme one. They led their leaders bury them alive. They never want to try to escape and be defiance towards cruelty.

Now Najib comes up with a story that he is God chosen. And someone responded, "Bush was God chosen to kill thousands of innocent people...Natenyahu was God chosen to kill the Palestinians..."

13/12/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

MALAY MENTALITY 1

I was posted to another school, my last school where I retired with sorrow and sadness. It was a school that emphasized on games and sports. The academic achievements in the public examination was almost at the bottom of the list. The physical facets hurt as glasses and window panes broke by the hundreds and naked as seen by the passers by. The scene was disheartening.

I found that many boys were not attending classes as they were housed in a hostel about 6 miles away. They were soccer boys so called. The sports teacher told me that  the boys were to play soccer, and the school was a feeder to the state team. When they leave school they would be in the state team.

In my mind it was not at all a good idea. The school could ruin the future of the students who would leave without academic certification nor any technical skill with them. Their lives in soccer would be short. Working with the government and other institution could take them till the age of 55 or higher. In soccer their carrier will end at 35 the most. If they have permanent injury they would be out even at the age below 23. They cannot all be Lionel Messi or Ronaldo.

The sport teacher argued otherwise, that they could be accepted into universities and sports colleges. How could they enter those colleges without a pass in SPM or MCE ? Our relationship became sour.

I also had problem with a parent whose son was chosen to go to Korea for a tournament. The son was to seat for SRP/LCE examination in a couple of months time. I explained to the parent about the exam, extra class and free tuition. The son would lose all the academic benefit if he left for training and the trip. The parent said the Malaysia contingent has a study program for players like his son. He chose Korea. Would I blame him ?

Today, at still a young age big names in state soccer aren't there anymore. They are not even listed in other state team. I really don't know where they are.

Don't the state education department, the Ministry of education and the UMNO division ever thought about the future of these kids ? We can't exploit the kids for our own glory and satisfaction and do not plan for their bleak future.

If those are from the wealthy class then education could be thrown out. Certificates and diplomas are not important. Schools can allow them to practice soccer without attending classes.

We never want to know what happen to our athletes and soccer players after their services were over. The glory of being a champion was short and over but the life of those who brought us the glory was their life-time. We have a Minister in charge of sports and games. We have a huge population in the country. Our faces are looking only in a single direction.

We are very selfish and arrogance. We care of only our own glory at the expense of the others. Surely enough most of them are happy with their views and thinking.

11/12/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof 

NEW SANCTUARY ON HAMMING

Many of us cut the wires ourselves for a dipole when we began hamming. I remember in the Radio Amateur Examination we were asked to design a dipole antenna and describe the antenna. I don't remember anyone having discussion on BALUN then. There was no computer and no internet yet in those days.

A ham should know how to build an antenna and operate a radio. Tuning Yaesu FT101 was not easy. Mistakes would blow the costly final. It was a hustle looking for the tubes.

It would be a puzzle if someone who can tell you about every antenna in the world would call others to construct a dipole for him and would not know to tune a transceiver. It is his vanity that deter him from telling the others his antenna was done by his friend, instead he claimed that it was from his own hands.

N6TT - A great CW operator.

Communication skill, demeanor and ethics are essential characteristics of a ham. Yet we heard them on the CW-only portion, calling CQ right on stations having conversations and used the pirate and CB procedure and practices. I read that someone who was trying to pinpoint the right things was attacked, portraying their tall behaviors. Manners and discipline was nothing to them.

I decide to look for a new sanctuary, a pollution-free space, where descent people gather and puddle. But it is almost difficult to find one. There will be bound for a ham who thinks he can do and say anything anyway on the band. He does not know they were wrong and the rest are not bold enough to correct him.

When you start you can always start with a dipole made by your own hands, put it up by yourselves and feel the degree of excitement. You save money and would feel very great when your signal could be heard across the world. If you are wealthy you can plan for the better future using tower and super duper antenna system purchased from the internet.

As a ham it is good to know and understand the LC series and parallel. It facilitates the design of your own traps.

As far as ethics and attitudes are concerned the whole responsibility is under the authority. Whatever happened on the band reflect the image of the MCMC unless it chooses to dispel any poor perception of the country like the politicians who do know what shames are. Someone asked me whether the MCMC monitors the activities on the band. My answer was even if they did they would not know what is right and what is wrong.

Many prefer to stay mum and avoid any form of confrontation. A few jumped to Whatupp and formed Senior Ham group. Some ran to find a new sanctuary. In the West many find shade in the Morse portion and pounding their keys days and nights. There is no point waging wars and throwing insults. Just move away where there is no 'roger' and no 'contact...contact...' and nobody comes to call CQ on top of your friend.

The application of political mentality is real here "...if you don't like this country go and stay somewhere else..."

10/12/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof 

MY FIRST QSO ON 80 METER BAND

I never have space for 80 meter antenna if I am talking of a dipole. And 80 meter is not in my log book. From the beginning I had been using a 40 meter dipole to work 20 and 15, assisted by Leader LAC-895. For the last few years I put up a G5RV junior to replace the normal inverted V.

Recently I met 9M2YR, Harun, during a feast at 9M2GET's house. He was telling me that there are few hams on 3.855 every morning after the morning prayer. I expressed my sadness that I could not erect any 80 meter dipole due to the space constrain. 6" diameter magnetic loop was what had been in my mind for quite some time.

The conversation did not end there. When I came home, I started to cut two pieces of wires about 20' long each, rolling a coil on half inch PVC pipe, merely to shorten it and joined each side to the end of my G5RV. I knew it was not proper and not scientific. I just wanted to try it to see whether my signal could go out.

True it was not a proper one. SWR adjustment is very critical. I could tune to 1.5 to 1. There was a heavy noise on my YAESU 857 which I would think because of it's improperiety. It was not resonance and was not loading well. My aim was just to get about 20 watts out, with low SWR, so that I work on CW.

I figure I would not have problem with all other band like 10, 15 and 40.

I waited till this morning, 07/12/2015, to test it. I heard several stations on 3.855. The strongest were from 9M2ZS and 9M2YRS. I could copy the rest 5/9. I waited towards the end of their communications and broke in. Harun and Rashid were still there. When Pak Yop asked "QRZ ? 9M2A ?? " I get excited. I had to repeat several time until he said he could read me. Harun said he copied me 5/9 with a muffle audio. To me it was more than enough.

I have no intention of doing anything to my antenna. In the near future I will try to push more power out. I think 50 watts would be sufficient to work stations nearby, who could read me without any strain.

I hope to find some peace on 80 and I am glad that today is the first time that I work on this band.

07/12/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

THE FOLLY OR THE DILEMMA ?

I waited twelve months to get a dividend of 10K, twelve long month, with full of rosy dream. To an elderly like me it is a big sum. I used to buy chocolate costing one cent. How many things can I buy with the money today ?

I went to stalls where numerous smart phones are sold. It shocked me to see a small gadget as big as my palm is tagged at 3K plus. I just shrugged my head. It is a quarter of three months of waiting.

I browsed the Apple website to see the price of a Macbook. It almost stopped my heart to see it was tagged at more than 7K. In fact everything is expensive nowadays.

The cause of diminishing money value is nothing more other than Najib Razak who insists that he is not the problem. What happens on the ground is the opposite of what he tells the people. When Najib and his ministers say price down it means price up. He would pay everyone else and the JKK and the Felda people in exchange for the obedient to him. They would forget what they will be bearing in years to come. They would not care two cents what will happen to the rest of the Malays.

Already there are voices who called Najib a dictator. It even comes from UMNO members. There is not even democracy in parliament. The real votes must use hand- counts not using ballots. Paper votes are secrets and the speaker will always announce in the favor of Najib whichever the results are.

Najib wants people to bear for his errors. He would used soothing words and tons of promises again. And the Malays, especially would vote for BN again. Is it not a folly for them to do so ? You will hear these people howling and lamenting of the hardship they face.

"Why do you vote for BN ? " One may ask. "I have no choice. I can't vote the Chinese party who wants to take this country and who is anti-Islam." True indeed that DAP has been vocal against Hudud. That's the main reason why Hadi will never forgive DAP. To majority of the Malays religion is the utmost important. They prefer to live in hardship under a Muslim rather than submitting themselves to the anti-Islamic government.

The Malays are in dilemma.

The new national security law will end the freedom of speech and expression. Those taking to the street will be arrested. Those who criticize Rosmah and Najib will be arrested too. The citizens cannot appeal to USA or China because there are similar law in those nations.

The only source of appeal is God. God has promised hell to those cruel leaders. They have to wait for a long time to see the dictators in hell. The cry for fast retribution is mysterious and unknown. Some could quickly be seen and some may not. Mahathir is now suffering in the hand of the man whom he made a King. The past people in Mahathir's era are saying Mahathir deserve the treatment as it is God's worldly retribution on him.

The Malays are not smart and intelligent enough to organize themselves by going underground. They won't do it as long as there have food to eat and money to spend. If they can't foresee the future of the nation, they won't be any urge to fight and revolt. They have been on the losing side beginning after the independence until now. Each day they become alien in their own country, homeless and landless. They become addicts and thieves and garbage hunters.

04/12/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

ADJUST TO BAD WEATHER

We cannot have all things come our way. The daily evening walk has been disrupted by heavy rain at about 5 or 6 pm. Walkers and joggers brave themselves using umbrella, raincoats or nothing. I have an umbrella in my car, not to bring it to walk in the rain but to use it when it rains during walking.

Sun seemed to be almost on top of our head at the arena. Dark clouds had been creeping quietly from the East, slowly darkening the sky within one or one and half hours later. I did take note of the timing. And changed my time to 4 pm or a little earlier. On most of the days I could escape the harassment of the weather.

I do not spend a few hours like many others who would complete 10 or 30 kilometer jog. They would start at 5 and end at 7 or 7.30 pm. I go by round. Inside track is shorter then the outside, I would do the total of 4 rounds on any. Sometimes I combined both.

I have to keep fit because I am taking care of myself. If I fall sick nobody is going to attend me. I still move swiftly like young men at the age of 68. Medically I am categorized as sickly and must consume medicine to live.

I would prefer the walk beginning at 5 or 5.30, while the sun is receding westwards and the cool breeze is blowing. But we can't have everything coming our way as splendid as we want to. We have to adjust ourselves to fit the changes and the environments. So far nature has been very kind to us. We  did not get the fury of the mud flood or unexpected flash rush of massive water.

The fact is people still go despite the rainy hours though the number is much smaller. The old couple who would be there at the usual 5.30 would always stay away on the rainy days. The hawkers would pack and ready to go home as soon as the downpour started.

Several men quipped the same phrase that they go down early to beat the evening downpour. I saw people as early as 3 pm using the inner circuit which is absolutely shady. The park is reasonably good but not as good as the ones we saw in Bosnia and Croatia.

I do not trace effort to elevate it to the international level by the local authority.

I02/12/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

IT IS ALL CIRCUMSTANTIAL

When PI Bala was claimed dead owing to the heart attack it already created doubt in people's mind about his death. People started talking of the death, suspicious of the foul play. It was about the protection of Najib. But it was at a skeptical stage. Nobody said anything in the open.

While Najib was consolidating his power and the raiding on the DPP office was  made, another murder happened soon after. Immediately, it struck my mind that it was the work of a gangster under the patronage of Zahid Hamidi. I guessed it was due to the charge sheet. Ghani Patail knew about it and it was a warning that the same fate would befell him. It was only a wild conjecture, swirling in my mind.

From the feedback in the social media, I found numerous others had the same suspicion pointing the murder to UMNO leadership without naming anyone. They even warned Zetty to be more careful for she could be killed like Altantuya. Her life was feared to be in peril too.

It is obvious that people would start questioning and thinking when death and murder had taken place. In the case of Morais it was about the charge sheet that Najib has been denying even before his death. It is too good to be true for Ghani to issue an arrest warrant. Probably he may have issued it but the police was Najib's right hand warrior. As a result Ghani was sacked.

A few hundred thousands might have thought in a similar pattern shaped by the circumstantial events. Now, Charles Morais, exposed the probable death has something to do with the charge sheet.

I would expect the Malaysian police will hunt Charles and killed him like his brother.

If it is so then 1Mdb is not only about stealing money, it is also about murder. Najib has to hold to his post at whatever cost it takes or else he has to face the unruly mob or the more decent court of law.

But what may be circumstantial may not be true. We cannot make the final judgment merely base on the circumstances. You can read the Sarawak report as published below but you must not conclude it is talking of the true things. Someone has to be a liar. But who ?

Kevin Morais Drew Up The Charge Sheet Against Najib And Later Leaked It To Sarawak Report, Says Brother

In his statutory declaration the brother of murdered Kevin Morais yesterday confirmed he was the public prosecutor tasked to investigate Prime Minister Najib Razak over money misappropriated from the 1MDB related company SRC International. Charles Morais told reporters that he did not believe for a moment that the motive for kidnapping and strangling his brother was that he was acting as the prosecutor in a separate bribery case, for which several men face trial. In his view it was because Kevin had been responsible for drafting charge sheets against Najib Razak and that he had then sent copies of those charge sheets to Sarawak Report the day after the Prime Minister had pre-empted his own arrest by sacking the Attorney General and several members of his government.

Kevin Morais was kidnapped and murdered

Worse, Kevin (if indeed it was he) had indicated to Sarawak Report that he had more such material and was ready to reveal it. It was for these reasons, Charles Morais indicated, that he had been demanding a second post-mortem on his brother, in order to gain further information on the circumstances surrounding his death.

“I do not for one moment believe Kevin was killed because he was prosecuting a Government Pathologist for corruption. This accused doctor is intelligent enough to realize that getting rid of the DPP prosecuting his case will not emasculate the charge he is facing for the simple reason there are many other DPPs who would take over that prosecution.

Kevin was killed for other reasons and I believe these other motives were due to the fact that he knew too much about the criminal acts of those high up in the echelons of power in Malaysia and he needed to be silenced because of that.” [Statutory Declaration of Charles Morais]

If the charge sheets were not genuine why did Najib mount his coup against a purported ‘conspiracy’?

It is known that on 28th July Najib Razak took concerted action to pre-empt what has been described as a ‘conspiracy’ against him.  Sarawak Report has heard from several sources that this was the morning that charges were du

Unconstitutionally removed –   Kevin Morais’s former boss the Attorney General Gani Pataile to be laid against him relating to money taken from 1MDB related companies.

In particular, Special Branch personnel were waiting for the Attorney General at his office.  These armed forces prevented the country’s top law officer from entering or clearing his own desk before forcing him under escort to return home. The Prime Minister then announced that Gani Patail had retired on ‘grounds of health’ – an act that violated the constitution. During the same coup on 28th July Najib removed several other senior politicians, law officers and civil servants who had expressed disquiet over monies removed from 1MDB and the public pension fund KWAP.Raids were also conducted to remove papers from the Attorney General’s office and related investigations: the staff concerned were arrested, intimidated and then sacked. There was a sweep on all documents – even a fire in the white collar crimes unit of Bukit Aman police station the next day, which it is assumed saw the disappearance of material related to the investigations into 1MDB.

But the apparent efforts to eliminate the evidence failed. The following day Sarawak Report received an email, which said “This is the reason why Gani Patail was removed as AG”.  Attached were the charge sheets.

Following investigations to determine the authenticity of the documents, Sarawak Report then published them.

Sarawak Report established the drafts were genuine

The receipt of these draft charge sheets destroyed what had been an attempt to cover up the entire episode and it was plain that there was further evidence that might also come to light.

The furious response against Sarawak Report, including banning the site, issuing a warrant for the arrest of the Editor and (unsuccessfully) requesting Interpol to put out a Red Notice, showed just how sensitive the matter was.

At first the official line of the Prime Minister’s men was that the charge sheets were “faked” or “forged”.  However, later Ministers acknowledged that the Prime Minister had indeed taken “drastic action” to “take out” people involved in a “plot to criminalise the Prime Minister” of which the charge sheet was allegedly a part.

Indeed, if the charge sheet had not been genuine then what was the “plot”?

“I am not sure if we’ll be able to stop this lunacy”

Charles Morais has now disclosed that he believes that the person who responded to the sacking of his boss, the AG, and the closure of the investigation into the money transferred from SRC International by leaking the charge sheets was his brother.

He cites several reasons for his view, but what is confirmed is that Kevin Morais was indeed a member of a small team of people working on the 1MDB investigation in the Attorney General’s department.  Just a few weeks previously he had been brought back into the AG’s Department from the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission to handle the sensitive case.

Sarawak Report corresponded extensively with the source of the material at the time, who explained their reasons for releasing the charge sheets:

“The police continue to be rather aggressive in trying to uncover the sources of the leaks. And not actually trying to nab the lunatic on top of the pyramid, running this country to the ground just so his arse is saved… and I’m not sure if we’ll be able to stop this lunacy.”

was what the source told Sarawak Report about his motives. Charles believes this was his brother Kevin.

New Attorney General Was Desperate To Cremate Morais

Najib’s chosen replacement – why was Apandi lobbying and conniving to destroy Kevin’s body in advance of an independent post mortem?

This state of affairs leaves powerful questions over why Charles Morais, who was officially responsible for his brother’s affairs, was put under so much official pressure to cremate the body when he had asked for a second post-mortem? Charles, who has now left Malaysia for the United States, had earlier told Sarawak Report that he was harangued by Kevin’s former employers at the AG’s office to immediately dispose of the body, when such a matter was not their normal concern. Speaking last month he said that he had been rung by the AG’s office at least ten times and asked to take the body

from the hospital morgue for instant cremation.  This was even before an autopsy report had been produced to explain the cause of death. Charles was further affronted when the new Attorney General approached the surviving brothers personally with a supposed ‘golden handshake’ of RM580,000 for the loss of Kevin, in return for signing a closure document. He says he refused what he considered to be blood money, but that the brother, who eventually removed the body and cremated it last week behind the family’s back, had been willing to do the deal. The Attorney General’s Office ought now therefore explain exactly why the family of their former employee was put under such pressure by the new man in charge? Why did this government department interfere and oppose a second post-mortem and why did its officials plainly connive, according to the evidence presented with Charles’s statutory declaration, with a separate brother who had no legal authority to secretly remove and burn the body?

Brother Richard Morais illegitimately removed the body from the hospital morgue with apparent support from the authorities

Once again murder and cover-up are travelling hand and hand it seems in the corridors of power in Malaysia.

Read the full statutory declaration [HERE]

30/11/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

LEARNING AT 68

Learning English at 68 is really tough. I don't go to English class nor find a tutor for myself. I use the ebook on the smart phone, downloading stories written by authors of the 16th or 17th century because they are free. I need to pay for the new novels.

I do not read the e-book everyday at home. I read it while I was eating out especially at the fast food restaurant. Fancy me, how could I learn anything at all within the short period. And I have to refer to the e-dictionary for every paragraph. There are words that I did not know the meaning, at least one in each paragraph. Not all words could be found.

Today I learn a new word. Tomorrow I would forget it. I could not even recall what were the words that I came across. I bought a notepad and jotted the words down.

What profit do I get at learning English at this age ? Material wise, nothing. Spiritual wise I feel satisfied, fulfilling. It compensated my lazy days for more than 50 years. I would not be as what I am now if I were a hardworking student. I hated schooling then.

May be it creates confidence in me that allows me to write my blog in this language.

Learning at 68 is hard not only for language but for anything at all. There is an inevitable deterioration of body metabolism, mental and physical. What I used to do in 15 minutes during the younger days will take me hours to complete now.

I am forced to keep my mind alert, activating it by writing politics and rebuttal Pro-Najib argument, and deciphering high speed Morse codes. Evening exercise is imperative for the same reason.

Despite the effort my memory is still bad. I could remember some words easier by associating them with some personalities like Najib or Zahid, and some friends with special characters. I would remember the words swagger, vanity and ostentatious  because I have a friend with such a character. I would associate Najib with crafty, cunning and shrewd. I have not formed any word yet to describe Rosmah Mansor nor Mahathir.

However I am still of the view that Malay must be made a National Language of this country while making a pass in English is compulsory. Japanese and Chinese leaders spoke using their own languages at the international forum. That did not make them or their countries going back to un-civilize era. Even our Thai neighbor has overtook us leap and bound in economic and technological progress. China started to print paper bag cheap books on science and technology since early '60s.

In this country the problem does not lie with the language but with the attitudes. Generally in the past, the Malays are lazy to improve themselves and want things come in simple ways or possibly free. They have poorer insight as compared to the other ethnic groups. Year in and year out the same Malay party are lamenting on the position and condition of the Malays, blaming the other races for their failures. What ethics have the Malays on matter of hard work and the pursue of new knowledge ?

Humour

National programs and progress depend on the assured votes. BN cares more on the promised votes rather than achieving national goals. Najib cares to save himself rather than the unity of UMNO.

When Najib is hated then whatever that belongs to Najib will be hated too; his language, his religion and his ideas. When Keruak, Rahman, Pandikar, IGP and Apandi are hated, they will hate the Malay race as well. There will be distrust among the Malays.

English is the issue because of social and political hatred. Part of it rose from the attitudes implanted and endorsed by the government policy. In area of education we have undergone failures after failures. Other languages introduced in primary schools do not achieve it's goal. I have yet to find a student taking Mandarin who can converse in the language, nor Arabic. It is failed by the procedure and the attitude of the teachers and the parents. The conveyance factor, the methodology of teaching and the examination system are the culprits.

You are not going to jump into a rotten system, are you ? We have to be independent and decide on our own of what we want to do. Some Malays decide to send their children to religious school until standard 6. They made their own free choice. The Chinese and the Indians have their own vernacular schools.

We used to have English schools. Then we closed them down as if with the running of the English school system we cannot push Bahasa Melayu as a national language.

Recently 23 persons including me made a trip to Balkan. It was an English tour. Men and women, old and young, could converse in English very proficiently. Since our return we still communicate using English. We did not talk about turning our hair grey or about Jesus Christ, but we were talking about Islam, prayer and our Holly Prophet.

Thanks to the internet and the Project Guttenberg for free novels and stories. I can live without amateur radio but I would go crazy without the cyber technology.

30/11/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

RETURN TO NORMALCY

When PAC, the AG, the cop and all others are lumped as one called Najib the animosity will remain. The Ministers are of the habits of quoting 'the court says this...the PAC says that....' when the public just shrugged those words, dismissed them with anger. From the social media we gather that people were saying that PI Bala and Morais were killed by the protege of Najib. Charles was quickly ushered back to the United States for his own safety. Even once several readers warned Zetty to be careful so as not to face the fate of Morais.

Some believe Rosmah is running the nation.

The authority always asked for proofs. No amount of money and effort can erase the perception in the minds of millions of Malaysians. Independent individuals who do not depend on the government for their payroll would not easily be tamed. Would you know what they are thinking of Zahid and Najib and the police ?

THere were several versions for Maris death

It is not that the police do not know the real situation. They realized of the increasing tension that there is a fear of arms violent against our leaders. A Minister had said that his name is in the IS hit list. I don't believe there is a real IS group in this country. If there are havoc and chaos would have already happened. Syria and Iraq is too far from here and no arm can find their way into this country.

Malaysians have always been very peaceful. The Malays are docile and obedient, respecting the elderly, their leaders and headmen and the religious figures. Who would expect them to raise against the Malay leaders themselves ?

Do the public need to be smart to know that Najib has failed ? They are paying more everyday. Investors are running out. Ringgit never revive. With Rosmah-Obama embracement the riggit remain sickly. WSJ continues to publish the wrongdoings of Najib. It is so convincing that it could influence the rest of the world. It would probably air the story of Morais murder, punishing him for the charge sheet. TPP and hundred Obamas will not recuperate our economic illness. Instead people will be worse off with the Trade Pact.

Happy and peaceful Malaysians

Is collecting money from the citizen could pay off the 1Mdb's debt ? Taxing people is not part of National Income, not even considered as GDP. We need to increase our export and get foreign money to enrich our treasury.

UMNO took a very long time to know that the Malays are facing great challenges. It is blaming DAP and the Chinese for it's own failures. They thought the Malays are as wealthy as they are, able to buy land and houses easily, getting millions each day for being Malays.  The Ministers enjoy the cool air in their air-conditioning room, fly luxuriously on private jets and going shopping all over the world. From the cosy office they called upon the flat dwellers to plant vegetables and grow foodstuffs to beat inflation.

Arresting and murdering dissidents is pushing the country away from peace and stability. On top the sea is seen to be calm. The bacteria is dormant under the skin. At the same time some appeal to the President of the United States and China to halt persecution and oppression.  While the police is sending heavy forces covertly to sniff around for any viscous underground movements., spying the Friday sermons and other religious gatherings.

If the police is so concerned about the tranquility of the country, the job is extremely easy. Just ask Najib to retire and Mahyuddin takes care of the country. The Malays will surely get back to UMNO and the tension would be erased and dissipated. Our ringgit will become normal again. Investors would be flowing in. We would return to normalcy as years before Najib and Mahathir.

27/11/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

1MDB POWER INVESTMENT

Since 2010 alternative energy which replaced the fossil fuel has been in the market. We have not heard the detailed type and system of the power source the 1Mdb is investing on. A wrong step. A wrong move would put Najib in difficult position and the Malaysians will be suffering in the hand of legalized robbers.

The new system of energy source was invented by an ethnic Indian, Sridhar, who is living in the United States. He created a fuel cell starting from sands and injected oxygen and a kind of fuel in the cell.

A small Bloom Box could power a home and the price will be low and affordable. Countries that legalize the use of alternative energy will not depend on hydro-electricity or fossil fuel. If Najib invest in the old power plant, it will surely be a suicide attempt. The selling of Edra to China may be a loss but it is better to lose a few billions than the whole sums.

We may not be able to produce the bloom box energy but we can always go for Keshe's for the benefit of the citizens not for a company run by Najib.  At the same time we are making openings to our genius and smart posterity. We can be more stabilized and live more peacefully if the UMNO and other political leaders cut their greed off.

We would want to know the total picture of 1Mdb investment particularly in power electricity to assess the nature of recklessness in the spending. The suspicion of dishonesty is when the company under Najib is experiencing a great lost which taxed the people by a great deal. Malaysians are now sufferings. Najib and his Ministers are committing sins day by day, lying to the people.

25/11/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

THE PURSUE OF NEW TECHNOLOGY

I don't make a point to monitor local stations on 40 meter band. There is no radio left except for a couple of newly bought transistor receivers to be used as a tone oscillator and daily experimental work. I have zero knowledge on band activities.

Occasionally  I glimpsed through the postings on the Facebook on ham radio but did not pay attention to them. I don't want to know on whatever is happening, good or bad. It is my desire that nobody will tell me anything at all about them either through the phone, computer or an eyeball particularly on the garbage side.

There is still a link between me and ham radio. From time to time I would go to Websdr.org to listen to CW rag-chew while having a siesta, enjoying the mental deciphering of the codes with my eyes closed. More often than not I would fall asleep on the lazy chair while listening. It allowed me to breath  fresh air without any pollution.

Hams are welcome to my abode. But let us not discuss anything on ham radio or about the current events surrounding the hobby. I would be very happy if someone is interested in Free Energy stuffs and is ready to pursue the topic. We can differ in political beliefs. You may be a brother of Rosmah Mansor, my door is ever open to you. I believe that we should  altogether start in investigating the new boundary of sciences.

If we have enough strong, ethical and discipline people in a team with some bright ideas we could form a club, make some working papers on it and ask for federal funding. I foresee a lot of hard work and lot of money for the initial stage, not for the equipments and machines but for lobbying the Federal Government.

If you are interested in nothing else but only radio then I don't see how we can tie any cordial relationship.

Right now I am fully occupied with finding a more detail information on the new frontier. It is believed the so called new-sciences had been a practiced by the ancient people, on electricity and levitation and the quantum science of space and galaxies.  Not all knowledge are permitted to find free space on the internet. They are banned by US and Israel government. We have to do plenty of experiments and derive knowledge through our observations. It is a long time objective.

Old hams are still around. A couple had renounce their tickets but still identified by their call signs. They get together on Whatsupp. Those who are in Australian also participate in the jovial conversation. Shah, Zainal, Malcom, Lim, Rashid Sultan and several others seemed to have fun with their postings and conversations. Thanks to the internet technology. I talked to my grand daughters who are in Hong Kong last night and to Rusli until my phone went out of battery.

This free communication tools has always been clean and free from intruders. Almost 80% of the hams communicate using internet rather than a radio.

Hamming could have been better if those on the band speak on technical stuffs like the free energy with the final objective of building up of a working energy production machine.

The discussion on free energy is focused on vortex coil and Keshe Magrav. The later seems able to produce high power electricity with minimum wiring scheme. The idea is the constructions of the coil and the Magrav capacitor. The vortex coil is more on the amplification of magnetic wave. The coil itself function something like the Magnetic Loop antenna.

The lack of intelligent discussion would make us turn to the digital global source. Mobile phone is handy in drawing information. Those written in PDF format could be read using E-Book reader. The smart-phone is more resourceful than a person. A person's vanity and swaggering characteristics could annoy me. He would talk much more louder than the knowledge in his possession.

The turning away is not trying to run away from the new radio policy. As a matter of fact I have been writing about this way back since the news on UFO went viral on the websites. I mentioned about alien technology and what they did in Area 51. It is just a co-incident that the new regulations came into effect at the moment when I am ready to commit myself in a new concept ie the free energy.

24/11/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

THE SPIRIT STILL LIVES

While the Malaysians are kicking away and murdering CW, I purchased a MFJ 564 Iambic paddle at a cost of RM350 from One Communication. The one given by Hairie fell hard on the floor giving a sign that CW is going to be killed and die permanently. This is really a descent key that is heavy enough to challenge all the slaps from the user.

In USA though codes are not required CW stations are numerous. I saw a key costing more than USD1.5K. Surely there were buyers or else they won't be paraded at a high cost.

My radio station has closed. The antenna is down. Yet I buy a new paddle. Why ?

Ham Radio began with CW for decades. The sounds on the band is like a spirit humming and roaming in the sky. It has been synonymous with the word ham in those long years. To me this paddle keeps the spirit alive. I have a straight key, a robust one, purchased in the '70s when I started the hobby. This key will be side by side with the new one. They are there without any radio. I will be begging a good tone oscillator from those hams who have them but now find it is of no use anymore.

The RM27 radio can be used to monitor to broadcast stations as well as a tone oscillator.

Different people have different views on amateur radio. They are entitled to their own views. It is a matter of values and interpretation. And people measure quality in different ways too.

To me CW key and CW is one of the tools to gauge the quality of a ham and the key, in any form and shape, carries the spirit and history of the ham radio.

21/11/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof