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Ham radio kept communication alive at Kavalappara

The Hindu reports the Malabar Amateur Radio Society set up stations at
Collectorate and landslip-hit areas following the recent flooding in
Kerala

A few hours after a landslip occurred at Kavalappara near Nilambur on
August 9, all the communication lines had been cut off. Power failure
combined with the breakdown of mobile servers threatened to even
affect official communication in the region, if not for Home Amateur
Machine (HAM) radios.

A HAM radio repeater system of the Malabar Amateur Radio Society
connected Kavalappara with the Nilambur Taluk Office and the
Collectorate in Malappuram when even the police wireless system had
failed.

Coordinator of the Society Tajudeen Iringavoor contacted the
Malappuram District Collector as soon as he got the information
regarding the landslip, anticipating a communication failure. “We have
been part of several disaster management drills and had expected such
an occurrence,” Mr. Tajudeen said. The society set up radio stations
at the Collectorate, Kavalappara and Nilambur Taluk office in no time.

Read the full story at
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/ham-radios-kept-communication-alive-at-kavalappara/article29233540.ece

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