AMATEUR RADIO

Amateur radio is a scienfic hobby of wirelesscommunication

between citizens by means of private two-way radio for
personal communications but not for third party traffic, or
business.

For the handicapped it provides a link with the world

and sometimes the only way to maintain sanity and
not die of boredom.

Chak (VU2TTC)
amidst his
homebrewed
ham radio action.

CHAK (VU2TTC)
THE BLIND GENIUS OF HAM RADIO IN INDIA
WHO CAN BECOME HAM
ANY PERSON WHO IS 12 YEARS AND ABOVE AND
CAN UNDERSTAND BASIC ELECTRONICS AND
INTRESTED IN LEARNING COMMUNICATION.
It has attracted Kings, statesmen, prime ministers, engineers,
clerks, industrialists. Our late Prime Minister Mr. Rajiv Gandhi
was ham. Former Minister of State for Science & Technology
P.R Kumar Mongalam and Minister of Sports in Haryana,
Rajesh Sharma are also hams. U.S. President also received
HAM Radio license by securing 86% marks in the
examination with the call sign: NØBMA.
You can work President Obama at 1800 UTC Thursdays when
he checks into the White House Roundtable Net on 14.242
MHz SSB.
WHAT DO THE HAMS DO…..
(a) Exchange of Technology,
(b) Participate in international competitions,
(c) International AWARDS Hunting,
(d) Emergency Communication like Latur, Gujrat Earthquake,
Morvi Disaster, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Tsunami Disaster,
Mumbai Flood , Nepal Disaster, Katrina Hurricane etc.
(e) Adventure Sports…. Antarctica Expedition , Himalayan Car
Rally, mountaineering.

JAMBOORI ON AIR

Every year two days are set apart for Boy Scouts and
Girl Guides to use amateur radio for exchanging
greetings with their counterparts all over the world.
What is the benefit for the Students by
Joining Amateur Hobby

He/ She will possess a license from the Ministry

of Communications, Government of India and can
construct their own Transceiver or Purchase or
Operate an Amateur Radio Station through
Computers.

He/ She can win a lot of Awards and Certificates

by participating in various events all over the world
sitting in their own room.
Each Amateur Radio Station has its own unique
Call sign (Name) Allocated by the authorities. The
unique Call sign allows you to identify the Person
(Station). For example the call sign of Mr.
Amitabh Bachhan is ‘VU2AMY’ where “VU”
stands for India “2” Stands for Grade 1 and
“AMY” for Mr. Amitabh Bachhan. The call sign is
Universal Identifier and is Unique.
 The licenses are issued by Wireless Planning &
Co-ordination Wing of DOT, Govt. of India after
passing the test in any of the following grades:

1. Restricted Grade –
Permitting HF/VHF/UHF frequencies
but with limited transmitting power.

2. General Class –
Permitting higher power and advanced
techniques including Sattelite
Communication & CW operation.
RADIO COMMUNICATION SERVICES
Ionosphere

Affected Region

Control Room
 SIMPLE DIPOLE
ANTENNA

PORTABLE
HF/VHF SETS

CAR
BATTERY
 WHY AMATEUR RADIO ?
AMATEUR RADIO IS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR IN
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN COMMUNICATION & I.T

HF for local & long distance

Voice / Digital connectivity

Amateur Radio is a well known

“CATALYST”& Bringing several
Visual Communicator Innovations in Telecom & I.T as
in pioneers for Social / Cultural /
Amateur Radio Scientific Development & Far
Reaching Economic Benefits

State of the Art

Disaster Relief Vehicle
With HAM RADIO
VHF / UHF can Amateur Radio Satellites
Link Amateur Radio 1961-2003
Satellite ( 40th successfully Launched)
In any disaster….

Communication is
the first casualty
 AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATION DURING ONE
OF THE HIMALAYAN CAR
RALLY.

NATIONAL CONTROL ROOM

OF AMATEUR RADIO AT THE
TIME OF ORISSA CYCLONE.
Very High Frequency (VHF)
Base Stations & Walkie-
Talkies were setup at
important locations in
Bhubaneshwar for providing
local communication.

High Frequency (HF) Sets

were used for long distance
communication with districts
and other remote locations.
 Emergency Communication
Centers established in three
different locations in Portblair to
support local administration.

Amateur Radio
operators with
equipment were air
dropped to remote
Islands severely
effected by Tsunami
And there was Telecommunication black-out…
• The earthquake had destroyed or
severely damaged 147 Telephone
Exchanges.

• The STD circuits, fibber cables and STD

services were disrupted.

• Total 1 lakh telephone connections in

exchanges were not functioning.

• Optical fibber cable and copper cables

were broken at innumerable places due
to building collapse and falling debris.
AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNICATION HELP IN
GUJRAT EARTHQUAKE 26 th JANUARY 2001
Morvi (GUJ) Flood September 1979
2005 Tsunami
n Established HF and VHF link for Naval
Air Base Station.
n Helped locating 60 missing people.
n Helped some people to communicate
with their family members.
n Helped Resource Mobilization in
absence of sufficient manpower.
EFFECT OF TSUNAMI DISASTER ON DECEMBER 2004
UTTARAKHAND FLOODS..
There are various satellites now in orbit, organised by
international teams, using the most sophisticated
equipment. More than 12 OSCARs are in orbit. OSCAR
stand for "Orbiting satellite carrying Amateur Radio”

Recently HAMs in India launched a satellite called

HAMSAT, used in communicating and various research
work.

The wireless Planning and co-ordination Wing (WPC),

Department of Telecommunications has the responsibility
of Co-ordinating and regulating all wireless activity in
india.

It has the authority to issue Radio Communication Licences

to different bodies including Radio Amateurs.
Late Prime Minister Mr. Rajeev
Gandhi VU2RG
HAM EQUIPMENTS USED
BY AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS FROM OLDEN
DAYS TILL TODAY
In order to develop a road map for Amateur Radio
promotion in India, it was decided that HAM as an
activity should be mainstreamed and national work
plan could be developed with three broad objectives:

1. Educational institutions promote Amateur Radio as a

hobby and skill development activity.

2. Amateur Radio should be promoted as an extra

curricula activity in educational institutions at all
levels. MoHRD may issue necessary guidelines.

3. Amateur Radio activity should be assigned weightage

like NCC and other activities so as to attract students.
As regards to the future of amateur radio in India, the
sky is the limit because we are starting from the
bottom.
It is high time, we recognize the supreme importance of
amateur radio in conjunction with the key industry of
electronics, and take appropriate steps to hasten its
growth.

THE PRESENTATION SHOWN MUST HAVE

CREATED INTEREST AND WE HOPE, SOON
YOU WILL JOIN OUR HAM DOME…

73’s AND GOOD LUCK

JAYU S.BHIDE VU2JAU

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