As per the ambition of Late OM Sivachandra Das VU2 CSD, a VHF repeater station was established at Kollam with the help of radio enthusiasts. This is the only repeater station in Kerala working consistently since 1997. The frequencies allotted for the repeater is 145.350 Mhz with standard negative shift of 600 Khz. To supervise the activities and its maintenance of the repeater, THE CSD REPEATER CLUB was formed with Dr. K Jayakumar VU2JKR, Professor and Head of the Dept. of Neuro Surgery, Medical Collage, Kottayam as the President and VU2KGN K. G Nadarajan as the secretary. The Club has about twenty five members in Patron, Donor and Life categories. The repeater is at present fixed on top of Arcon Building near Collectorate. Many field days were conducted at different hill stations viz., Baliyankunnu, Nedumbana, Panayam, Jadayu Para, Ayiravilly, Kochu Pampa & Sabarimala for locating the repeater at a suitable place. Presently the repeater is heard at Trivandrum, Adoor, Kayamkulam and Mundakkayam and sometimes at Cochin too. The repeater is homebrewed by VU2 DEV and the antenna is made by VU2GT.
Ham Fair is conducted every year at Kollam on the nearest Sunday of 18th April to celebrate the world amateur radio.
Seminars, exhibition and sale of electronic equipments and spares are held. In connection with this HF contest and VHF fox hunt are also being conducted ...
A 76-year-old former railway school teacher with Alzheimer’s who had gone missing from his home off Kolkata nearly three months ago, was reunited with his family by an ex-schoolteacher and HAM radio operators.
This man, all this while, took shelter on the ...
In a move aimed at broadening its user base, Echolink, the widely-used voice over IP software for ham radio operators, has recently launched a web app version. This change allows for increased accessibility and flexibility, presenting users with several benefits ...
