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RADIO MIRCHI C.K. Dikshit reports on the HAM Radio convention, held in the Andamans last monthOn Easter Monday, two science teachers from the School boarded a Jet Airways flight before daybreak, on their way to Port Blair. Next day, the festival was formally inaugurated in the Conference Hall of the Hotel Megapode Nest by the Lt. Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Around a hundred participants were present, out of which forty had come from outside India. The convention was sponsored by the Departments of Information & Technology and Tourism. The National Institute of Amateur Radio played a key role in organizing the three-day festival. The convention started with a formal welcome address by Mr. S. Suri, the chairman of NIAR, who highlighted the role of HAMS in providing service to the community and the significance of the Amateur Radio in promoting research and development in Information Technology. The involvement of educational institutions in promoting this hobby was also emphasized by him. The Chief Secretary praised the NIAR for providing yeoman service to the people when the Tsunami created havoc in the Islands. The post-lunch session was devoted to deliberations about generating public awareness towards Amateur Radio and its integration to higher education and disaster management. Next morning, most of the participants staying at the South Point Circuit House were up by 5 am to watch the sun rising from the Bay of Bengal. There, at the beach, I met a senior lecturer from the National Institute of Engineering, Mysore, who advocated the idea of integrating Amateur Radio in the curriculum of educational institutions. Later, when he presented his paper on Amateur Radio as a scientific hobby for students in schools and colleges, a very lively discussion took place regarding the motivation of students who are now getting more accustomed to the cell-phone culture. We, too, took active part in the deliberations and projected our viewpoint. A HAM, using a hundred watt receiver-cum-transmitter can afford to communicate for ten hours just by paying the cost of one unit of electricity which may be taken as rupees ten as per tariff at Port Blair. So, it comes down to a rupee per hour or less than two paisa per minute! At this nominal cost, a window is available in the wide spectrum of Electromagnetic Waves for communicating with other HAMS on the Air, from any part of the globe. A HAM Shack thus became a small nest where one experiences oneness with the universe. The third, and final day of the festival, were exclusively dedicated to DXing i.e. making contacts with HAMS in other countries and studying propagation conditions. Various rigs were active at different levels in the Hotel Megapode Nest throughout the day. One rig was also set up at the South Point Circuit House where the festival formally concluded after a late-night sumptuous feast. Full of hopes for our Chandbagh HAM Club (VU2 CHC) OM CKD and YL MTS were back in school by lunchtime on Saturday, April 22. |
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