Ham Radio Demonstration programme at Bhimtal

The Directorate of Higher Education, Uttaranchal organized a workshop on Science & Technology for Development of Uttaranchal on February 18 & 19, at Bhimtal, sponsored by the Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi.

Vigyan Prasar organized a Ham Radio demonstration and awareness programme. The delegates to the workshops (numbered around 100) comprised mostly of college/school teachers and coordinators of science clubs/NGOs who came from different parts of Uttaranchal.

Distinguished educators chaired different sessions of the workshop. Prof. Dr. Hemant Joshi (IIMC, New Delhi) chaired the Ham Radio Session.

A 40m antenna was installed at the site of the workshop and communication was established from Bhimtal with Vigyan Prasar Club Station VU2NCT in New Delhi. Shri Kapil Tripathi, VU2POF operated the club station delivering
on-the-air lectures and interacting with the participants.
The use of ham radio as a tool for emergency communication was explained to the participants. It was also conveyed help would be provided to them establishing a network of ham radio stations for disaster communication and that Vigyan Prasar is looking for people who are motivated and who can be trained.

The college/school teachers expressed their willingness to establish ham club stations. Dr. Asha Chandola from Garhwal University also expressed her willingness to set-up a ham station. She wants a similar demonstration at
Garhwal University. The Government College (Bageshwar) expressed similar desire. 5 copies of the book A Guide to Ham Radio along with the WPC rules & regulations/ application forms were given to some of the participants.

No doubt about it, Vigyan Prasar has been successful in creating a general awareness about ham radio through this programme on the basis of which further follow-ups can be carried out.

http://www.qsl.net/vu2msy/bhimtal/
A video footage of the event is also available..but that is too big for the net!

(VU2MUE sandeepbaruah@gmail.com)

Source: Wireless Institute of Australia

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