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    "sender_name": "Rajesh Vagadia - VU2EXP",
    "subject": "[AMSAT-BB] AMSAT-INDIA Conducted Two Days Amateur Radio Workshop at PDEU University, Gandhinagar – INDIA",
    "date": "2022-04-22T08:44:32Z",
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    "content": "*Dear Hams,*\n\nFull featured Two Days Amateur (Ham) Radio Workshop was conducted by Rajesh\nVagadia VU2EXP (Regional Coordinator, AMSAT-INDIA) on 5th & 6th April 2022\nat renowned PDEU University (Gandhinagar – Gujarat) INDIA. Highly\ninterested 40 Students of EC & ICT (plus faculties) dived in the\nfascinating World of Amateur Radio for two days. Total 8 hours of packed\nprogram was scheduled, on day 1 from 1330 to 1730 & for day 2 0900 to 1300\n(all IST time).\n\nOn day 1 (5th April 2022), step by step I covered History & Introduction of\nAmateur Radio, Operating procedure, Modulations, Bands & Frequency\nallocations, Morse Code, RST Systems, Phonetic, Q-Codes, License Grades,\nProcedure to obtain Ham License etc. I always encourage students to ask\ntheir doubts at any point of my presentation, and with such practice I\nreally get a number of interesting questions which I enjoy to answer all.\n\nI tried to convey the real image of Ham operators Life - how Ham Radio is\ninvolved in our daily life. Students have been crazy when I said, a\nbachelor male operator is free to roam here & there and hence he’s known as\nVFO, but when he gets settled (after marriage) he is known as Crystal\nControlled (Universal fact)!  Also they wonder to know how we ham community\nextends our respect to even 75 year old female operator by mentioning them\nas Young Lady (YL). I explained how we use different numbers like 59 & 73,\nbut warned not to use random figures like 88 for any YL as you might be in\ntrouble (hi..hi..). All phases of life from being a Harmonic, OM, YL,\nFundamental, Silent Key etc terms are part of radio operators’ life!\n\nA good collection of Radio stuff was carefully displayed for the benefit of\nstudents, which includes, HTs, VHF/HF Base, PSU, Cables, Connectors,\nAdaptors, SWR / Power Meter, Frequency meter, L/C meter, NanoVNA, Dummy\nLoad, Sound Card Interface, RTL-SDR Dongle, CPO, Morse Key, Electronic\nKeyer, Paddle, Fox hunt tape measure Antenna, GP Antenna, Telescopic\nAntenna, Dual Band Yagi Antenna, IOio Antenna, Attenuator, Offset\nAttenuator, Cube Satellite Model etc. Also I displayed my IC-705 SDR QRP\nRig with LiFePO4 Power pack for various Demos! All EC & ICT students really\nenjoyed & learnt the feature/functioning of most of the displayed stuff by\ntrying it themselves. Additionally hundreds of my QSL cards, Log Book, Call\nbook, various Awards, Ham Radio study books and interesting articles were\nkept on display which was thoroughly observed by students. They were amazed\nto see NASA QSL for Juno flyby experiment, Japan & German research center’s\nQSL from Antarctica, Awards for ARISS SSTV event and many more from IOTA,\nFD etc activation. I explained how we can send and receive paper QSL Cards\nvery economically via QSL Bureau worldwide. Highlighted our ARSI’s QSL\nBureau services from India.\n\nAll over first day was fully packed with lots of learning, enjoying radio\nstuff & clearing dozens of doubts of students. I got nice support from my\nfamily ham members VU3EXP Sakshi Vagadia & VU3GLY Priyesh Vagadia who\naccompanied me from my QTH Rajkot.\n\nOn day 2 (6th April 2022) we started our workshop at 0900. We had planned a\nseries of practical demonstrations on this day. Initially I presented roles\n& objectives of various Ham organizations like AMSAT, ARISS & ARRL and\ninformed how giant efforts are made by these organizations to promote\nAmateur Radio Satellite Activities, Encourage School Students towards STEM,\nand offering the ultimate knowledge base for radio hams. Also highlighted\nAMSAT-INDIA’s activities and its contribution of two Satellites VO-52 &\nAISAT. We gave an idea on how ARSI represents the interests of Indian Hams\nbefore national & international regulatory. GIAR Club was also recognized\nfor their excellent Emergency Communication support to the State Government\nduring natural calamities.\n\nWe have gracious presence of GIAR ham members’ incl. VU3IKI Ke Ke, VU3DVA\nDipakbhai, VU3VDC Vitthhalbhai & VU3HXS Dhirenbhai at the workshop.\n\nI presented how students can be engaged with ARISS ISS SSTV Events by\nreceiving sstv Image with simple RTL-SDR Dongle & small homebrewed yagi\nantenna. We gave a live demo of the student's SSTV Image transmission &\nreception with the help of two stations installed in the venue.\nParticipants were wondering to see the Picture being transmitted in audio\nformat & received/converted back to Student image.\n\nThereafter Morse code demo was carried out which was equally interesting\nfor Students. I randomly asked the student's name & generated his code with\npaddle & electronic keyer, the name was decoded by the software and\nprojected on the screen! Students were taught the importance of Morse code\n(SOS) even for emergencies, though advised not to use codes during college\nexams! hi..hi..\n\nFor the Digital Communication demo, I invited students & faculties to send\nme a few messages. I converted those text messages into PSK31 audio signals\n& transmitted from station one, second station received & decoded each\nmessage mentioned with students’ name. It was fun to view student messages/\nfeedback projected on a big screen. Also briefed on various digital modes\nHam operator uses.\n\nStudents then very well understood why Ham Radio is also known as the\noldest Social Media, by seeing all such techniques we use since decades,\nthat too without any mobile network or internet !!\n\nOur Satellite Communication Demo was scheduled at 1047 (IST) with AO-91\nCube-Sat. The reason to choose this bird was suitable pass time & very good\nelevation of 63 degree, two days back we already checked this bird & it was\nfunctional. I already requested a few VU Hams to respond & support our Sat\nDemo. All students & faculties get assembled at Rooftop by 1030. I used a\npair of HT, IOio Dual Band Antenna and Tracking app in my simple setup. I\nexplained various terms of satellite & basic procedure of operation to the\ngroup. All the students were very curious to see how a tiny cube-sat of 1.3\nkg extend long distance communication within its footprint. I connected a\nwired (bluetooth) speaker with a bit of a long cable so the group can hear\nReception. But as some of us have experienced, Murphy strikes at the last\nmoment and my speaker failed just before appearing of AO-91 !!! There was\nno time for troubleshooting, I immediately used my headphone to avoid the\naudio loop, as it was my full duplex configuration. Two minutes later I\ncould hear a strong signal of VU2LBW Lucky, I copied him 59, exchanged\nreports and established a successful Sat QSO. Lucky was really loud & clear\nwith his decent setup. I was willing to let faculty/student experience this\nlive contact, I ask Lucky to address & respond again and I handed Headphone\n& Mic to Prof. Jigar Shah, Lucky patiently talked with him conveyed his\nCallsign, Handle & QTH Bangalore (MK82TV), Prof. enjoyed the live demo and\nresponded well. We also gave a chance to one more student girl; meanwhile I\nwas continuously tracking the satellite & aiming the antenna towards it.\nBefore LOS I heard another good Station VU2UUU Kaustav Saha from Gurgaon\n(ML88NK), I worked with him too with 59 reports. So it was a semi\nsuccessful Satellite Demo as I could not allow all students to listen to\nongoing (Rx) conversation. But participants were very happy to learn the\ncomplete procedure; they were thrilled to witness the potential of amateur\nradio satellites. Later on Lucky VU2LBW favored me by sharing our Sat QSO\nrecording, which was circulated amongst all students for reference & memory!\n\nAt 1100 there was short tea break, participants were so enthusiastic that\neven in leisure time they been to radio stuff exhibition area to have\ncloser look and learn more on devices like NanoVNA, CubeSat (model), Morse\nKeyer/Paddle, Signalink USB, RTL-SDR dongle, Icom IC-705 etc, I enjoyed\ninteraction and satisfying their queries.\n\nWe were towards the ending session. I presented what are the interesting\nevents radio amateurs enjoy & carry out globally, which includes Sp.\nCallsign Activation (highlighted my activated call AT1JCB), Field Day,\nContests, Light House operation, IOTA (illustrated AT2SL), JOTA, Hill Top,\nFox Hunting (ARDF), High Altitude Balloon Deployment & Tracking, EME, ARISS\nSSTV & Student outreach Program, SatCom, Satellite Telemetry decoding,\nRadio Astronomy, Meteor Scatter, Ham Fest etc. I conveyed objectives &\nbrief procedures of all these events into which Radio Hams love to be\nengaged. Participants learnt that Amateur Radio is much more than a\nCommunication device! I always promote Ham Radio as an experimenting\nplatform which has something for every genre.\n\nAt the end, students were asked to split into four groups to enjoy VHF\nDemo, students learnt how to operate a HT, Started giving calls to other\ngroups, responding to the caller, giving feedback & comments over radio!\nOur fellow hams incl. VU3EXP, VU3IKI, VU3HXS, VU3VDC, VU3DVA and VU3GLY\nnicely assisted each group. Faculties’ incl. program coordinator Prof.\nJigar Shah & HoD ICT Prof. Gangaprasad Pandey Sir conveyed Vote of Thanks\nover Radio. On behalf of our Ham team Sakshi Vagadia VU3EXP thanks to all\nparticipants & PDPU University for organizing this memorable workshop.\n\nAt 1300 our workshop concluded. Was nice to see students come out with\nlearning something new & exciting, many showed their interest to be Radio\nHam & enjoy this fascinating and unique hobby. Everybody liked our slogan\n‘One World One Language’. There were huge efforts collectively made for\nthis workshop and I wish to get some shining radio amateurs in the future.\n\nI would like to specially thank VU2LBW Lucky & VU2UUU Kaustav for his\nvaluable support during Satellite Demo, I understand they had devoted time\non busy working day, after all that’s the spirit of Radio Amateur.\n\nI thank PDEU University, Program Coordinator Prof Jigar Shah & HoD ICT Prof\nGangaprasad Pandey Sir for extending excellent support & hospitality for\nour team and for making this workshop fruitful.\n\nI have uploaded all Workshop Photos in YouTube please find it’s link to\nview it:\n\nGlimpse of Ham Radio Workshop at PDEU University Gandhinagar by Rajesh\nVagadia VU2EXP\n\nhttps://youtu.be/lFf4g4Ubm1k\n\nA special note I would like to make it, I read & learnt about Ham Radio 35\nyears back in one well-known Gujarati science magazine named ‘Scope’,\nbrilliantly written by Shri Nagendra Vijay Sir. After completing my\nworkshop, during the return journey at Ahmedabad (Bopal), I got the\nopportunity to meet & take the blessing of Shri Nagendra Vijay Sir. What a\nbrilliant personality, highly knowledgeable, but very low profile gentleman\nI ever met. I was inspired to begin my Ham journey by reading all his\nArticle & dedicated ‘Ham Radio’ Book! To meet my mentor was a great moment\nfor me; I hereby dedicate all my accomplishment to my knowledge guru\n(teacher) Shri Nagendra Vijay Sir. He still continues to inspire thousands\nof readers with his science magazine named ‘Safari’. I felt without giving\ncredit to this author, my article will be incomplete.\n\nThanks & 73\n\n*Rajesh P. Vagadia – VU2EXP*\nRajkot (Gujarat) India\nRegional Coordinator,\nWest India Zone,\nAMSAT-INDIA\nM: +91-9898283916\nE: [email protected]\nwww.qrz.com/db/vu2exp\n\n\n",
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