![]() ![]() “I got in touch with a radio HAM from Ukraine while making contacts. Testing times had come once again for her when she saved the lives of terrified Indian students in Ukraine at the beginning of the war, from her radio shack in Saidabad. ![]() HYDERABAD: Bharthi Prasad, a well-known ham (amateur radio) operator in India, has helped with several relief operations across the country during natural calamities. Recently, Farhaan Ashhar from Banjara Hills, another founding member of LARC, launched a ham radio satellite, Exseed Sat-1, that was indigenously built by his company Exseed. While commercially available, amateur radios cost around `50,000, homebrewing can reduce the price by almost a tenth of it. ![]() LARC consists of homebrewers who help enthusiasts with the technical expertise and material required to build their sets through workshops. When my team and I were safe in the high ground, we refused to get evacuated and instead, started an emergency communication station to help the administration in the relief work, saving a lot of lives,” he says. I realised hours later that the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake had triggered a massive tsunami. “It was a rude awakening on December 26, 2004, when I saw the television fly across the room. The writer of All About Amateur Radio laments, “People these days know little to nothing about the significance that this technology holds, except that they can appear for HAM radio licence examination after the age of 12.”įorty-nine-year-old Ram Mohan Suri, chairman of NIAR, was in the Andamans for an expedition to operate his radio set (also called DX-pedition in HAM radio lingo) when a tsunami hit the Indian Ocean. It was renamed as the National Institute of Amateur Radio (NIAR) in 1983.” While he trained and inspired lakhs of HAMs, he says that a very few people actually use it and most do not value the subject and the potential it holds. Sriramamurthy says, “That’s how the Andhra Pradesh Amateur Radio Society war born in 1975, with a mission to help the administration in times of calamity. Despite it all, Hyderabad has seen a steady rise in its user base, thanks to those who have etched its path towards the fame it garners today.Įighty one-year-old retired Lead Aircraftman Sriramamurthy Suri, a decorated war veteran from Masab Tank, was friends with late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi (a HAM himself), who requested him (Suri) to set up an organisation promoting ham radio in the country. ![]() Without further ado, here is a list of a few of the common Q-Codes that you can start using today.The hobby of amateur radio is almost a century old and has witnessed a downfall over the course of time. QRA-QUZ has general codes that are suitable for practically anything. For instance, the QAA-QNZ range usually has codes that are relevant in the aviation industry while the QOA-QQZ has codes that are ideal for marine use. Most of the codes begin with the letter “Q” hence the name “Q-Code”. What is a Q-Code?Ī Q-Code is a standardized set of three letters that is used in commercial radiotelegraph communication to reduce the time it takes to convey messages. Though there’s a lot to learn when it comes to ham radio lingo, we picked the most popular words that you will come across often. Today, we’ll thus take a look at a few Q-Codes and ham radio lingo that will help set you apart from the newbies. Using Q-Codes and ham radio lingo usually shows that you are a skilled ham operator, and this will earn you respect from other hams. Ham operators also developed their own lingo just like CB radio owners. Of course, you can always pair your ham radio with a computer for a smoother experience but using Q-Codes will make communication faster. However, as you can imagine, sending a lengthy text can be time-consuming. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |