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<H1>21 ham radio stations planned for emergency comms</H1>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana>In southern India, the <STRONG>Orissa State Disaster
Mitigation Authority</STRONG> (OSDMA) has decided to install 21 ham radio
stations in seven districts, including six coastal ones. <BR><BR><STRONG>Pravat
Ranjan Mohapatra</STRONG>, manager (coordinator) of OSDMA, said the decision was
taken as the amateur radio network can easily communicate when other
communication services fail during natural disasters like cyclones, tsunamis,
storms and earthquakes.<BR><BR>‘‘We wrote letters to collectors of seven
districts, including six coastal districts of Kendrapara, Jagatasinghpur, Puri,
Balasore, Bhadrak and Ganjam, and urged them to select three places in each
district where we will install ham radios. UNDP has provided 21 ham radios to
OSDMA to install in seven districts,’’ said Mohapatra.<BR><BR>The scientists and
officials of <STRONG>National Institute of Amateur Radio</STRONG> (NIAR),
Hyderabad, trained 100 youths of the coastal pockets of Orissa in 2007- 08 to
operate ham radios during emergency.<BR><BR>OSDMA had sought the help of NIAR to
impart training to the youths. Students,who have passed in first grade, will
only get permission from the authorities concerned to operate ham radios by
forming radio clubs.<BR><BR>The Ministry of Information and Technology will
issue licences to first-grade pass students to run ham radio clubs, added
Mohapatra. Mobile phone towers are not safe at the time of cyclones for which
ham radio is a necessity during natural disasters. <BR><BR>A bamboo stick can be
used as an antenna for a ham radio and one can send messages throughout globe,
he said.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana>Fonte: The Southgate Amateur Radio Club Web
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