Amateur Radio Convention And Conference Samity
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It is with great sadness that we condole the unfortunate death of OM Gurudutta Panda (VU3GDP). On 10.06.2022 VU3GDP got involved in a horrendous car accident and suffered brain damage. He succumbed to his injuries on 26.06.2022 at AIMS, Bhubaneswar, and went Silent Key. He was one of the most avid Ham Radio operators, always…
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) inspires students, worldwide, to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and math through amateur radio communications opportunities with the International Space Station (ISS) on-orbit crew. Students learn about life on board the ISS and explore Earth from space through science and math activities. ARISS provides…
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Kolkata is the birthplace of Amateur Radio. Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose discovered wireless microwaves and demonstrated them in Calcutta Town Hall in November 1894. The first amateur radio operator in India was Shri Amarendra Chandra Gooptu (callsign 2JK), licensed in 1921. Later that year, Shri Mukul Bose (2HQ) became the second ham operator. Both of…
The many facets of amateur radio attract practitioners with a wide range of interests. Many amateurs begin with a fascination with radio communication and then combine other personal interests to make the pursuit of the hobby rewarding. Some of the focal areas amateurs pursue include radio contesting, radio propagation study, public service communication, technical experimentation,…
Sir Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose (30 November 1858 – 23 November 1937). Bose became interested in radio following the 1894 publication of the work of British physicist Oliver Lodge, who studied electromagnetic radiation in the 1890s. Bose realized the disadvantages of studying the light-like properties of long radio waves and in follow-up research, managed to…