Residential area Unit- - - Critical - - b. Here’s a Hour Kit. Look at the items in the picture given below and identify the objects. Extensive reading The HAM Radio Amateur Radio (ham radio) is a popular hobby and service that brings people, electronics and communication together.
People use ham radio to talk across towns, around the world, or even into space, all without the Internet or cell phones. It’s fun, social, educational, and can be a lifeline during times of need. You can set up a ham radio station anywhere! Although Amateur Radio operators get involved for many reasons, they all have in common a basic knowledge of radio technology and operating principles.
Following India’s independence in , the first amateur radio organization, the Amateur Radio Club of India was inaugurated on May at the School of Signals at Mhow, in Madhya Pradesh. The club headquarters was later moved to New Delhi, where it was renamed the Amateur Radio Society of India(ARSI). As India’s oldest amateur radio organization, ARSI became its representative at the International Amateur Radio Union. By , the number of amateur radio operators had risen to , .
The number of operators rose steadily, and by there were , licensed ham operators. As of , there are more than , licensed users in India. Amateur radio operators have played a significant part in disaster management and emergencies. In , during the Gulf War, a lone Indian ham operator in Kuwait, provided the only means of communication between stranded Indian nationals in that country and their relatives in India.
Amateur radio operators have also played a major part in disaster management. Shortly after the Gujarat earthquakes, the central government rushed teams of ham radio operators to the epicentre to provide vital communication links. In December , a group of amateur radio operators on an Expedition in the Andaman Islands witnessed the Indian Ocean Tsunami. With communication lines between the islands severed, the group provided the Unit- - - Critical - - only way of relaying live updates and messages to stations across the world.
In , India became one of few countries to launch an amateur radio satellite, the HAMSAT. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the microsatellite as an auxiliary payload on the PSLV- . Further Reading Vulnerable India - Anu Kapur The Next Catastrophe - Charles Perrow World At Risk - Ulrich Beck Rising Tide - John M. Barry Sudden Sea - R.A.
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