North East Amateur Radio Conclave by Tripura HAM Radio Club

Tripura HAM Radio Club VU2THR ( A unit of Disaster Awareness Society) is planning to host  North East Amateur Radio Conclave on 26th  January, 2026 at Agartala , Tripura. Guidance and support required from all HAMs and SWL. If any suggestions/ views than please send it to vu3hvu@gmail.com

(Via Jose Jacob, VU2JOS)

KARGIL VIJAY DIWAS RAJAT JAYANTI MAHOTSAV Ham Radio Operation by IIH

Saluting Our Brave Soldiers : KARGIL VIJAY DIWAS RAJAT JAYANTI MAHOTSAV Ham Radio Operation. 

As we prepare to commemorate the KARGIL VIJAY DIWAS RAJAT JAYANTI MAHOTSAV, we are honoured to announce that we have received permission from the Indian Army and the Ministry of Communication, WPC Wing, Government of India with a special callsign AT25KAR to operate a Ham Radio station from Kargil (Jammu & Kashmir). Under the banner of "Forever in Operations," we will be paying tribute to the indomitable spirit and sacrifice of our brave soldiers who dedicated their lives to our nation. This special Ham Radio operation under the Special callsign AT25KAR serves as a platform for us to express our deepest gratitude and salute the unwavering courage of our soldiers. It is an opportunity for us, as Hams, to come together and honor their valor and sacrifice. IIH team under Dr. Shankar Sathyapal (Handle Dr. Sp) with nine Hams including three YLs will be operating from 10th – 14th June 2024. IIH has provided opportunities for youngster's, new comers and specially for 03 YLs. List of Ham Operators are furnished below:

SN   Name    Callsign

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1. Dr. SHANKAR SATHYAPAL VU2FI
2. Dr. HIREMATH RUDRAYYA VU3IGP
3. MAHESH ACHARYA VU3MBV
4. MANJUNATHA. R VU3CJM
5. B.VENKATASUBRAMANIAN VU3OIM
6. SUGANYA.B VU3DUG
7. NANDA KISHORE. A.V VU3UBN
8. SHILPA MANJUNATH VU3FCE
9. MONISH. L VU3NVY
10. S.LAKSHMI VU3LXI 

We invite all Hams to join us in this noble endeavour in establishing HF Radio contact as we remember and pay homage to our heroes who fought fearlessly for our country's pride and honor. Let us unite in spirit and broadcast our heartfelt tribute across the airwaves, ensuring that their legacy lives on in our hearts forever. We will keep you posted bands / frequencies we will be operating between 10th – 14th June 2024. You will be honoured with paper QSL card for all VU Hams. 

(Dr. Shankar Sathyapal, VU2FI (IIH team head) Ham Operations - Kargil)

HAM Radio license exam in Assam

Good News for anyone interested in becoming a Amateur Radio Operator (HAM) in Assam. The NIAR Club Station, Guwahati and Guwahati University Amateur Radio Activity Centre are jointly going to arrange ASOC Examination in Assam, tentatively in the month of May/June 2020. The exam will be conducted in Guwahati by WPC wing of Ministry of Communications, Govt. of India. If sufficient candidate apply for the exam from Upper Assam, the organisers may arrange an examination centre in Jorhat also. Interested radio enthusiasts may contact the following persons for  application form and other details. All assistance regarding study materials, mock test will be provided to enrolled candidates and a pre-exam ham radio workshop will also be arranged in Jorhat very shortly. 

Candidates in Jorhat and Upper Assam may contact:-

Prithwiraj Purkayastha (VU3TQD)

Radio & Hobby Foundation, Jorhat. 

Pub Bongalpukhuri, 

By Lane-4, Jorhat-785001

Cell Phone- 9435350875 

Email:- rhfjorhat@gmail.com

Interested Candidates in Guwahati may Contact:-

Mr. Tahiruddin Ahmed (VU2TUO), 

NIAR Club Station (VU2VKP), IETE Guwahati Centre.c/o APRO Trg School, Jalukbari, Guwahati-13.

Mobile:- 9101446988

Email:- ahmed_taheruddin@rediffmail.com

(Jose Jacob)

Korean Postage Stamp Recognizes Amateur Radio Direction Finding Championships

Korea Post has issued a postage stamp in recognition of the 19th Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) World Championships, being held September 2 – 8 in Sokcho City, Gangwon Province, Korea. 

The Korean Amateur Radio League (KARL) will host the event. Representatives of at least 30 countries, including the US, are expected to participate. Events will include formal ARDF competitions on 2 meters and 80 meters, plus sprints and foxoring. 

Each country may have up to three persons per age/gender category on its team, in accordance with International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) ARDF rules. Nine men and three women have been preparing to represent the US in Korea.

More at :

http://www.arrl.org/news/korean-postage-stamp-recognizes-amateur-radio-direction-finding-championships

India releases ham radio license figures

India releases ham radio license figures

India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has released the amateur radio license figures for 2017-18

The figures are given in the 2017-18 DoT Annual Report and show 628 new licences were issued, a record number. The report also notes that 2594 candidates took the amateur radio exam.

The large discrepancy between new licences and candidates suggests it is still difficult to get the Government to issue licences.

Indian Amateur Radio Licences by Jose Jacob VU2JOS

The licensing system in the Republic of India has always been very bureaucratic. The form filling exercise involves supplying height, eye color, occupation and details of your Father (but not your Mother!). In addition applicants have to go through police checks to prove they are a suitable person to hold a licence. In the past this process has meant a delay of between 12 and 24 months before a licence is finally issued.

There are two licence classes in India, General (400w HF, 25w VHF/UHF) and Restricted (50w HF, 10w VHF/UHF). A licence costs 1000 rupees ($15) for twenty years or 2000 rupees ($30) for lifetime.

You can download the DoT Annual Report from

http://www.dot.gov.in/reports-statistic/2471

National Institute of Amateur Radio (NIAR)

http://www.niar.org/

https://www.facebook.com/NIAR.org

Source : www.southgatearc.org

Disaster preparedness: APRO to use amateur radio

To add teeth to the disaster preparedness, Assam Police Radio Organisation (APRO) has decided to fall back on the use of amateur radio, also known as HAM radio.

The APRO is already working on a plan to regroup trained HAM radio operators once again after the Government of India lifted the ban on its use recently.

Full story at :

http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/mdetails.asp?id=feb2417/city050

HAM Operators to Network International Fleet Review

By Express News Service

VIJAYAWADA: As many as 22 Ham Radio operators from two Telugu speaking states - Andhra Pradesh and Telangana - will be connecting all the important key points of International Fleet Review scheduled to be held in Visakhapatnam from February 4 with the Ham radio communication network.

They will deploy their personal modern all mode communication equipment (single unit capable of functioning in multi modes like HF, VHF and UHF) that have ability to transmit in the ranges of both global and local. Further, they will be deploying VHF repeater for linking all the walkie-talkies in the vicinity of Visakha City.

Full story at :

http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/HAM-Operators-to-Network-International-Fleet-Review/2016/02/02/article3256831.ece

Amateur radio turns vital link when gadgets fail in flood-hit Chennai

A steady stream of messages and news relayed from a home in suburban Kolkata kept many anxious people posted about relatives stuck in flood-ravaged Chennai, not with 21st-century technology but through its humble forefather — the radio.

Amateur radio, popular as HAM, crackled to life after smart phones and laptops gave up in the face of power outages and a clogged grid.

Full story at :

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/amateur-radio-turns-vital-link-when-gadgets-fail-in-flood-hit-chennai/story-CRmHIWBoKM0zbH1Y2xAx2N.html

Despite computers, there’s still interest in ham radio

You'd think that with all the computers in homes, all the smartphones in the hands of everybody from children through senior citizens, all the internet, the world wide web, the forums and blogs and Twitter and Facebook and email and chat boxes and social media, there would be absolutely no interest in an old-time hobby like ham radio.

Read more at :

http://www.therolladailynews.com/article/20150730/NEWS/150739851

Codecrackers say Gimme Morse

By Kushala S, Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Jul 20, 2015, 04.00 AM IST

Morse Code is witnessing a revival in the city thanks to Ham Krishna Kumar

Gathered in a garage in Jayanagar 4th T Block is a motley group of about 10. A class is on, in the first row of which sit five children, enthusiastically taking down notes. The teacher is enlightening them with codes, uttering funny sounding dits and dahs, dots and dashes...

Read the full story at :

http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/others/Codecrackers-say-Gimme-Morse/articleshow/48137342.cms?

On air, from a home radio shack

Under the light of a 60-Watt bulb in his ‘radio shack’ at his home at Kannanchery here, M. Sanil Deep has travelled the world through his HAM radio for three decades.

 

Mr. Deep, or VU3SIO as he is known in the wireless world, is a lucky man. He has not lost any memory to the vagaries of time. In fact, he can pull them out, one by one, at a moment’s notice from his antique iron boxes, caress, and relive them.

More at :

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/on-air-from-a-home-radio-shack/article5642156.ece

Special callsign AU3NIAR to celebrate three decades of NIAR

National Institute of Amateur Radio was established with its Headquarters at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India in the year 1983. The activities of the organisation include Awareness Programs, Training, Technical Workshops, Advocacy, DX-pedititions, Contesting and Emergency Communications to promote peoples participation in Communication, Information Technology and Disaster Management through Amateur Radio.

Over three decades, NIAR has been conducting various programs to meet the above objectives and has won awards and appreciation for its activities in India and abroad.

Celebrating three decades of continuous service to society, NIAR Club station will operate a special callsign AU3NIAR used by members this year. Special QSL card is available via VU2NRO by post / email.

NIAR thanks all its members and hams for rendering their enormous support and encouragement to all its activities over the last 3 decades. NIAR has reinstated its commitment in nation building activities by service through Amateur Radio.

(S.Ram Mohan, VU2MYH, Executive Vice Chairman and Director, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India)

Indian Amateur Radio Operators help in disaster relief after floods

Members of National Institute of Amateur Radio (NIAR), Hyderabad are currently  providing emergency communications in the flood effected Uttarakhand  state, North India. The operating frequencies are 7073 kHz LSB &  14160 kHz USB. Callsigns are VU2JOS, VU2MCW, VU3NUG, VU3CFN

Relief & rescue operation website of Uttarakhand Govt :  http://dms.uk.gov.in/

 

News reports :

 

HAM radio operator 'links up' Uttarakhand and W Bengal

Ravik Bhattacharya , Hindustan Times  Kolkata, June 26, 2013

 

Sitting in his 8ft by 10ft dingy room in the Kolkata suburb of Sodepur, a junior employee of a dairy firm armed with a small, black, ungainly kit, has emerged as a ray of hope for dozens of families of missing persons in disaster-ravaged Uttarakhand.

More at :  http://tinyurl.com/ndmocoa

 

 

Hams from Hyderabad aiding rescue ops

TNN | Jun 27, 2013, 02.00 AM IST

 

HYDERABAD: VU2JOS is on the job. And so is VU2MCW. Two hams, amateur radio operators, are volunteering in the rescue operations in Uttarakhand. The National Institute of Amateur Radio (Niar) in the city has jumped into action to assist the administration in establishing contact at places which are difficult to access.

 

More at :

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Hams-from-Hyderabad-aiding-rescue-ops/articleshow/20787968.cms

 

Community Radio gives voice to Uttarakhand victims

RnM Team    26 Jun 13 17:28 IST 

 

MUMBAI: Heaving pouring in Uttarakhand has made the rescue operation complicated, but at this difficult time, flow of information has become an important task. Gram Vaani has set up free Mobile Vaani for each of the three community radio stations (CRS)- Kumaon Vani (Mukteshwar), Mandakini Ki Awaz (Rudraprayag) and Henvalvani (Chamba Valley) in the flood affected region.

 

More at : 

http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/community-radio-gives-voice-uttarakhand-victims

Ham radio: Staying relevant in the social media era

For ham radio enthusiasts in the country, the hurdles are many, but the compensations are eclectic

 

Read the live mint story at :  http://tinyurl.com/c3ypbob

 

 

Hams: We're good in a disaster

Bearded radio fans also NASA's go-to guys for controlling Mars rovers

By Anna Leach

Posted in Wireless, 13th July 2012 08:37 GMT

They look unassuming, but these quiet types murmuring strings of numbers and letters into their transceivers are manning back-up comms for the world, the communication system most likely to survive an apocalyptic event.

These are the people who maintain the kit we fall back on when masts jam, cables break and global comms fail.

More at : 

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/13/amateur_radio_nasa_disaster/

Ham station debut music to radio fans’ ears

Favourite hobby of many across globe, communication mode to help administration during disasters

Young geeks and amateur radio enthusiasts in the state capital can now explore the exciting world of ham radio.

National Institute of Amateur Radio (Niar), Hyderabad, on Wednesday joined hands with Prof G.P. Sinha Centre for Disaster Management and Rural Development, Patna for setting up a ham radio station at Rajendra Nagar as a pilot project sponsored by the Union ministry of information and technology.

More at :

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120419/jsp/bihar/story_15392831.jsp

New Amateur Radio Features on Radio Heritage

Two new amateur radio features have been released today by the Radio Heritage Foundation at their website www.radioheritage.com.

Amateur QSL Gallery is the latest in a series looking at the radio shacks of amateur operators contained in QSL collections held by the New Zealand based non-profit organization.

This follows on from the popular Radio Shacks Gallery series which shows QSL cards issued by operators from around the world.

Also released is the first of a new series Art of Amateur Radio, which takes a closer look at cartoon characters found on cards issued from Japan.

From home drawn pictures to professional art work, these cartoons capture a great sense of humor and reflect many aspects of Japanese culture.

Other related features at www.radioheritage.com include the Art of Radio, Art of Radio New Zealand, Art of Radio Japan and the Art of Radio Hawaii and more features are planned for release in 2012.

Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered nonprofit organization connecting radio, popular culture, history and heritage. It is supported by donors throughout the world. It is also a full member of the NZART amateur radio organization.
W: www.radioheritage.com

Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.com
April 19 2012

Connecting the world through their own radios

Life is busy for VT Sadasivan (78), a retired physics professor based in Madurai. He is teaching batches of students the nuances of amateur radio communications. After the teaching sessions, Prof Sadasivan tunes in to his Ham Radio transceiver communicating with friends across the globe.

More at :

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_connecting-the-world-through-their-own-radios_1676386

American Red Cross Helps Bangladesh Coastal Communities Prepare for Future Cyclones

One element of the Bangladesh Red Crescent’s Cyclone Preparedness Programme—the first step in a long process of helping build the country’s early warning system capacity—is a system of radio communications that relay cyclone warnings from the national to the community level.

Full story at this link

Youths to bond with the best - ham radio

Guess what's going to ensure uninterrupted communication at NYF? It's neither the internet nor the smartphone - Gen Y is going to be connected, albeit indirectly, via amateur radio aka ham radio, which is a first for youth festival.

More at :
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Youths-to-bond-with-the-best-ham-radio/articleshow/11457175.cms