<div dir="ltr"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-story" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:618.4px;font-size:16px;height:auto;float:left"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt"><div><img src="cid:ii_kckd5dv80" alt="image.png" width="472" height="256"><br></div></h1><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt">Bengaluru taps HAM community to tackle Covid-19 spread</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box">The Economic Times reports India’s technology hub Bengaluru is tapping into a strong community of amateur radio users to help tackle the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">India’s technology hub Bengaluru is tapping into a strong community of amateur radio users to help tackle the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">The city, which has seen on average 1,000 positive cases of Covid-19 infections over the past few days, goes into a one-week lockdown starting Tuesday.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Known informally as HAM radio operators, these hobbyists use wireless radio sets and antennas - both static as well as mobile -- to interact with fellow HAM users across the world, a technique developed over a century ago.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">At a time when cellular and internet penetration has peaked in the city, over 350 HAM users spread across Bengaluru are acting as volunteers with the city’s home quarantine squad - a government formed team that looks at ensuring infected people are quarantined.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Read the full story at<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bengaluru-taps-ham-community-to-tackle-covid-19-spread/articleshow/76926799.cms" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://economictimes.<br style="box-sizing:border-box">indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bengaluru-taps-ham-community-to-tackle-covid-19-spread/articleshow/76926799.cms</a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>