9M8SJQ · JOTA-JOTI 2026

// Stations

What Scouts can do

Rotate through each station, collect a stamp on your activity card, and earn your JOTA-JOTI certificate at the end of the day.

📡

HF

Long-distance voice contacts with Scouts across the world on the HF bands.

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Morse Code

Learn the dits and dahs — send your name in CW.

🦊

Fox Hunt

Radio direction finding: track down the hidden transmitter.

🖼

SSTV

Receive pictures over radio with Slow-Scan TV.

📻

Simplex / RAE

VHF/UHF simplex talk and the Radio Amateur Exam (RAE) quiz.

🔐

Code Breaker

Crack the cipher groups as a patrol — speed and teamwork win.

📍

APRS Check-in

Check in to 9M8SJQ by APRS once a day — Friday, Saturday and Sunday — and collect a different e-certificate for each day.

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FT8 Digital

Weak-signal digital contacts on the standard FT8 frequencies, 80 m to 10 m.

🛡

Internet Safety

Be smart online — the JOTI side of the weekend, with the Kempen Internet Selamat team.

🏆

Individual & Team Challenge

Put everything you learned to the test after lunch. Prizes for the best!

// Operators

The 9M8SJQ crew

11 licensed radio amateurs volunteering their time and equipment. Tap a callsign to look it up on QRZ.

★Station Master

9M8WINWinston Lim Wei Tiong

◆Station Manager

9M8HAZMarhazli bin Kipli

📡HF

9M8LJWLai Jun Wei

9W8VYYAlex Voon Yean Yee

🗼HF Antenna Setup

9M8HAZMarhazli bin Kipli

9M8LJWLai Jun Wei

9W8VYYAlex Voon Yean Yee

·–Morse Code

9M8STASim Teck Ane

9M8HAZMarhazli bin Kipli

🦊Fox Hunt

9W8JKIJacky Chien Haw Lee

9M8BRNBrandon Lim Tuong Shiu

🖼SSTV

9W8MADRen Chun Hung

9W8TEKOng Sze Tek

📻Simplex / RAE

9W8MWTLim Ming Kuang

9W8CKCChai Kian Chiang

// Field Day · 17 Oct 2026

Programme flow

Tentative schedule — times may shift on the day. All times in Malaysia time (MYT, UTC+8).

7:30 AM
Registration starts
8:00 AM
HF, SSTV, RAE Quiz, Fox Hunt & Internet Safety start
9:00 AM
All stations close for the Opening Ceremony
9:30 AM
Tour by the Chief Commissioner's entourage to stations
9:45 AM
Stations resume activities · VIP breakfast
10:15 AM
Fox Hunt, RAE Quiz & SSTV end session — HF continues
10:30 AM
Simplex, CW & Code Breaker start
12:30 PM
Simplex, CW & Code Breaker end session for lunch
1:00 PM
Individual & Team Challenge
2:30 PM
Certificates & prizes handout
3:00 PM
Participants may depart home

Stations pause at 9:00 am for the Opening Ceremony. Please keep your activity card with you to collect station stamps.

// On the air all weekend

APRS check-in & FT8

Can't make it to the HQ? Check in to 9M8SJQ over APRS from anywhere in the world. Check-in is daily — each UTC day is a separate check-in with its own certificate, so check in on all 3 days to collect the full set.

● Check-in OPEN

How to check in

Send an APRS message to 9M8SJQ
Start the text with JOTAJOTI followed by your message, e.g. JOTAJOTI 73 from Miri
Wait for the acknowledgement (ack) from 9M8SJQ
Download that day's certificate at cert.cqdx.my
Come back the next UTC day and check in again for the next certificate

Day 1 · Fri 16 Oct 00:00–23:59 UTC Fri 8:00 AM – Sat 7:59 AM MYT Open now

Day 2 · Sat 17 Oct 00:00–23:59 UTC Sat 8:00 AM – Sun 7:59 AM MYT Upcoming

Day 3 · Sun 18 Oct 00:00–23:59 UTC Sun 8:00 AM – Mon 7:59 AM MYT Upcoming

Opens: Fri 16 Oct 00:00 UTC · Fri 16 Oct 8:00 AM MYT
Closes: Sun 18 Oct 23:59 UTC · Mon 19 Oct 7:59 AM MYT
Today ends in

🎓 Download your daily certificatecert.cqdx.my — one certificate per day checked in

Message builder

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TO 9M8SJQ
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FT8 — all bands, 80 m to 10 m

9M8SJQ will be active on FT8, moving across the standard FT8 frequencies as conditions allow. Watch for us on any of these dial frequencies (USB):

80 m3.573

40 m7.074

30 m10.136

20 m14.074

17 m18.100

15 m21.074

12 m24.915

10 m28.074

// Live from APRS-IS

Who has checked in

Stations that have checked in to 9M8SJQ by APRS, one list per day (UTC). A callsign appears once per day, with how many times it checked in and its most recent message. Updates every 30 seconds.

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