{"id":319209,"date":"2017-05-22T17:33:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T21:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/?p=31415"},"modified":"2017-05-22T17:33:46","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T21:33:46","slug":"ham-radio-awareness-program-at-science-city-ahmedabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=319209","title":{"rendered":"Ham Radio Awareness Program at Science City Ahmedabad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-shortcode=\"caption\" id=\"attachment_31416\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/ham-radio-awareness-amsat-india-2017-05-20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31416\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2017\/05\/22\/ham-radio-awareness-science-city\/ham-radio-awareness-amsat-india-2017-05-20\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/ham-radio-awareness-amsat-india-2017-05-20.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ham Radio Awareness &#8211; AMSAT-India 2017-05-20\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ham Radio Awareness Program at Science City Ahmedabad May 20, 2017 &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/ham-radio-awareness-amsat-india-2017-05-20.jpg?w=300&#038;h=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/ham-radio-awareness-amsat-india-2017-05-20.jpg?w=593\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31416\" src=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/ham-radio-awareness-amsat-india-2017-05-20.jpg?w=300&#038;h=300\" alt=\"Ham Radio Awareness Program at Science City Ahmedabad May 20, 2017 \" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/ham-radio-awareness-amsat-india-2017-05-20.jpg?w=300&amp;h=300 300w, https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/ham-radio-awareness-amsat-india-2017-05-20.jpg?w=600&amp;h=600 600w, https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/ham-radio-awareness-amsat-india-2017-05-20.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ham Radio Awareness Program at Science City Ahmedabad May 20, 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amsatindia.org\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMSAT-India<\/a> Regional Coordinator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vu2Exp\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP<\/strong><\/a> conducted a Ham Radio Awareness program for summer camp students at Science City Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India on May 20, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The event was knowledge gaining and full of fun for small group of young students.<\/p>\n<p>Participants learnt basic concept of Radio, their setup, propagation, types of conversation allowed and some limitation, communication modes, features used by hams to send voice, text, images and data, Licencing procedure in India etc.<\/p>\n<p>Students were surprised to realize potential of Amateur Radio to do Satellite Communications or to have contact with Astronauts aboard ISS ! Many queries were satisfied in Question and Answer Session.<\/p>\n<p>Also small VHF Demo (Modulation test) was given by young radio amateur <strong>Priyesh Vagadia VU3GLY<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We are delighted to observe young students taking interest in Amateur Radio hobby in crowded network of 3G &amp; 4G !<\/p>\n<p>We thank Shri S. D. Vora (Executive Director) and Shri Pulkesh Prajapati from Science City Ahmedabad for coordinating and supporting this event..<\/p>\n<p>Tnx &amp; 73&#8217;s<br \/>\nVU2EXP<br \/>\nRajesh P. Vagadia<br \/>\nRegional Coordinator (West India Zone) AMSAT-India <a href=\"http:\/\/amsatindia.org\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/amsatindia.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.wp.com\/b.gif?host=amsat-uk.org&#038;blog=41081109&#038;%23038;post=31415&#038;%23038;subd=ukamsat&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMSAT-India Regional Coordinator Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP conducted a Ham Radio Awareness program for summer camp students at Science City Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India on May 20, 2017. 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