Ham Radio is hobby

1. Gujarat Institute of Amateur Radio Gandhinagar Block No.64/1,Gh-type, Sector-23, Gandhinagar-382 023 Phone No. 23 23 73 88 [email_address] Visit: www. giar.org

2. Disaster Management and HAM Radio

3. In any disaster…. Communication is the first casualty

4. Let us look at the recent Disaster…….

5. 26 th December, 2004 Indian Ocean

7. On 26 th January, 2001 8:43 A.M.

10. Ham community came to Res cue

11. Only HAM Worked Morbi - 1979 Machhu Dam Burst Communications Blackout

18. Is “HAM” an acronym ?

20. How to become a HAM ?

29. How HAM Radio works ?

31. DIPOLE ANTENNA

32. PORTABLE HF/VHF SETS SIMPLE DIPOLE ANTENNA CAR BATTERY

33. RADIO COMMUNICATION SERVICES Ionosphere Affected Region Control Room

37. Scrambler…. What is it ???….

39. Hams Worldwide

41. VU2RG

42. WARC THE ONLY HOBBY GOVERNED BY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION THE WORLD ADMINISTRATIVE RADIO CONFERENCE GENEVA

46. AMSAT AMATEUR RADIO SATELLITE CORPORATION A NON- PROFIT ASSOCIATION FORMED BY HAMS IN USA JAPAN AUSTRALIA GERMANY CANADA

47. HAMSAT LAUNCHED BY ISRO ON 05/05/05 HAMSAT is a microsatellite for providing satellite based Amateur Radio Services to the national as well as the international community of Amateur Radio Operators (HAMs).

52. Impact

53. THANKS

54. KD5ESI KD5ESI KALPANA CHAWLA NASA/JSC MAIL CODE CB HOUSTON TX 77058 USA http:// www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/chawla.html

55. VU2HBZ VU2FJZ DAPEGAON, LATOOR OCTOBER 1993

56. VU2XMX Ham Radio Control Room for Amarnath Pilgrimage - 1996 VU2HBZ

67. A mateur R adio on the I nternational S pace S tation

71. THANKS