Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2053, for Friday, March 3, 2017
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2053, with a release date of Friday,
March 3, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Australian hams turn a retired public bus into a
classroom and ham shack. Texas amateurs donate books to inspire and teach
new licensees -- and amateur radio becomes a tool for police in India.
All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2053, comes your way
right now.
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HAM RADIO ADDED TO POLICE RESOURCES IN INDIA
NEIL/ANCHOR: Our top story this week takes a look at how one police organization
in India has been busy integrating amateur radio into its well-established
strategy of radio response. That's going to mean more
ham radios - and more licensed hams! Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's
Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
JEREMY: The Assam Police Radio Organization, which uses wireless
communication for law enforcement and crises, is working to integrate
amateur radio use more deeply into its operations, particularly for
disaster preparedness. According to a recent article in the Assam
Tribune, the strategy gained traction during a February APRO seminar
on disaster response, and planners said priority needed to be given to
communication methods that did not rely on the existing communications
grid.
The director general of Assam's police, Mukesh Sahay, said during the
seminar that the need for more trained and licensed amateur radio
operators is paramount.
The police will be working with S. Ram Mohan VU2MYH, director of the
National Institute of Amateur Radio in Hyderabad, to develop a system.
Police in Assam have used various forms of wireless communications
since 1946, and an independent communications network was expanded
following India's independence the following year. Disaster response
was taken to a new level in 2005 when the Amateur Radio Center, VU2VKP,
was opened at the APRO Training School.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
(ASSAM TRIBUNE, ASSAM POLICE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AMATEUR RADIO)
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WORLD-CLASS PLANNING FOR HF CONTEST
NEIL/ANCHOR: Staging a world-class HF contest takes a lot of planning
and preparation, so organizers of next year's World Radiosport Team Championship
in Germany can't start too soon. With some milestones
already under their belts, planners still have a few more to go -- as
we hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT.
CARYN'S REPORT: It's around 500 days to the 2018 World Radiosport Team
Championship, and preparations are well under way. A successful test
was already performed on one of the planned sites in July 2016, and
now, from June 23rd to the 25th, several stations will be set-up and
taken down in the Jessen/Wittenberg area of North East Germany, where
the 2018 event will take place.
From antenna and mast assembly through power supplies and tents,
everything will be tested to find any possible problems. The processes
for the volunteers supporting the event will be "fine tuned" and
documented so that when the pinnacle of HF contesting comes to Germany
next year all will be ready and everything will run smoothly.
For anyone wishing to help with the financing of this major event full
details of how to sponsor the event, a team or a tent can be found on
the WRTC2018 website at W R T C TWO ZEROONE EIGHT DOT D E.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT.
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