Experiences of dx-pedition to Andaman & Nicobar Islands
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14. VU2 JOS Hudbay Islands VU2CPV amp Others Cambel Bay islands VU3VCC Naval Base Cambel Bay The following stations in main land are assisting the above stations in Islands VU2 RBI New Delhi she was in Port Blair from 1 12 2004 to 1 1 2005 VU2 HFR Kolkata VU2 PEB Kerala VU2 HIT Mumbai VU2MUE Delhi VU2DBP Delhi am thankful to Government of India for permitting me to conduct the dx pedition particularly the authorities of Ministry of Information and Technology and the National Institute of Amateur Radio for sponsoring the dx pedition am also thankful to fellow hams worldwide that have made the dx pedition successful through their individual efforts and those who helped in conducting emergency traffic Mrs D Bharathi Prasad VU2RBI Chief Coordinator NIAR New Delhi 2 JA3UB
15. IRSYZaINGE Newsletter April 1 2005 ah ert owe ete ee a PS H B AIN y the Te Team am of NIAR for pean radio c Omimunmieation Tere Amateur Radio Dx pedition is a radio sport seca for HAM Radio operators worldwide and HAMs conduct expeditions to various islands with an aim to contact more distant countries These expeditions with continuous operations help in studying propagation conditions conducting research work in wireless activity with state of the art equipments held by HAMs It would also prove capabilities of Indian HAMs to reach out to millions of people across the globe by establishing direct radio contact with as many people as possible which in turn promotes international understanding and tourism A team of five Amateur radio operators under the leadership of the undersigned Mrs D Bharathi Prasad VU2 RBI with other hams with call signs VU2 DBP D N Prasad VU2MYH S Ram Mohan VU3RSB R Sarath Babu and VU3 DVS D S Varun Sastry aged 15 years and the youngest of all was permitted by Department of Telecommunications Ministry of Information amp Technology Government of India to proceed to Andaman amp Nicobar Islands on a dx pedition of Amateur Radio communication from 3rd to 31st December 2004 with special call signs of VU4 RBI amp VU4 NRO National Institute of Amateur Radio NIAR an NGO with its head quarters in Hyderabad which is promoting the subject of amateur radio comm
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17. as open from about 3 00 A M to 8 00 A M for distant dx contacts and from 9 00 A M onwards 14MHz 18MHz 21MHz 24MHz 28MHz were active for SSB CW The propagation was observed through east covering all the eastern countries including Japan and back to west covering European countries After 6 00 P M onwards North American Stations were prominent on these frequencies Different types of antennas at different points of time i e yagi dipole vertical and mobile rip antennas were used for communication purposes It was possible to contact long distance stations even with simple dipole antennas due to seacoast It was a pleasure in talking to hundreds and hundreds of radio amateurs round the globe and controlling the pileup each day of the expedition Some times it used to be difficult in catching up with low power operators as high power operators used to hijack the situation However have taken every care to exchange report with such low power operators including mobile operators have operated the radio from early hours of 3 12 2004 to early hours of 26 12 2004 for dx pedition with hardly three to four hours of sleep a day and made about 23 000 contacts individually with almost all the countries and including other team members we have made a total of about 35 000 contacts before the earthquake and the associated tsunami struck our location in the wee hours of the 26th December which was terrible We have communicated t
18. bar were communicating with their relatives in Port Blair through our stations Other hams of the country located in the main land have helped us in relaying the messages whenever there was skip between our stations in the Islands When telephone lines were restored on Tuesday the 28th December the information received on radio about the survivors from Car Nicobar was conveyed to their anxious relatives on the main land that they were alive We have also helped about 15 foreign tourists including several from US to send news to their families On the request of DC one of our team members VU2 JOS was sent to Hudbay Island along with other Government officials for relief activity The common man was totally happy in utilizing our service and the magnitude of their satisfaction on receiving the i oe bs Ave ie eee ag i i m 4 ala is JISZAG Newsletter information about the welfare of their kith and kin is beyond one s imagination We were not dare enough to sleep inside the hotel rooms during nighttime and were sleeping in the open air in the lawns of the hotel Tremors continued all along the six days of my stay after the tsunami and even afterwards Mr Charles Harpole K4VUD of USA and Mr Henry from Sweden both visited our shack during dx pedition Also Mr Charles observed our handling of emergency traffic on 26th of December and left for Thailand on 27th of December have contin
19. ew hours we have come to know the extent of damage in Port Blair through local people While the news of death and devastation caused by the tsunami earthquake in other parts of India was quickly transmitted around the world the situation in Andaman and Nicobar Islands was not known went on broadcasting information about the situation to anyone who could hear my signals Simultaneously have sent my team members to the office of the Chief Secretary Government of Andaman amp Nicobar Islands expressing our willingness to extend our support for establishing emergency communication for the help of administration The Deputy Commissioner DC requested for our services on 27th December and we immediately established a radio station in control room of DC s Office on 27th itself and operated by me and VU3RSB On the request of DC two of our team members VU2MYH amp VU2DVO proceeded to Car Nicobar Island in the morning of 28th December in a military aircraft and established communication between Port Blair amp Nicobar We were to handle hundreds and hundreds of messages each day from main land and the affected areas due to the collapsed communication infrastructure and ours was the only link for thousands of Indians and other country people who were worried about their friends and families in the Islands Also our station in the control room became the centre of messages between Port Blair amp Nicobar Island Survivors in Car Nico
20. hrough almost all the modes mentioned above In the early hours of December 26 while the other guests in the hotel were fast asleep was continuing with my dx ing with the usual spirit and was talking to an Indonesian ham All of a sudden felt tremors at around 6 29 a m and realized it to be an earthquake and shouted tremors into microphone and rushed out of the room raising alarm alerting others All the occupants of the rooms rushed out and gathered in the lawns of the hotel building Immediately after the tremors my team members from their shack rushed to my hotel and joined me and by God s grace we were all safe After about half an hour went back to the radio shack and checked for the antenna on the rooftop which was disturbed by the tremors and was to be re erected There was no power and the hotel management put on the generator Immediately went on air and contacted hams from Thailand HSOZAA Mr John and main land of India VU2 UU Mr Shanker from Chennai VU2MYL Mrs Rama from Hyderabad who have confirmed the tremors in their locations as well could guess the magnitude of the damage due to the earthquake and decided to suspend the dx pedition operations and Page 2 hh ph iis I s z i F i i ir is r started emergency communication with the main land VU and other people from then onwards by turning the antenna beam to main land The telephone lines went out of order and within a f
21. omplete support to the team One station was erected in Govt Polytechnic College the second in the hotel premises where some members were accommodated and the third in the Science Centre In addition to the support extended by the local administration the officers of the Army Signals Unit of Port Blair have also extended their cooperation to the team by sparing the technical manpower to help erecting the antennas and also for some a a a local logistics Erection of yagi antennas and dipole antennas was very interesting It took almost two days to assemble the seven element tri bander yagi antennas and for their erection Di pole antenna erection was comparatively easier Mr Suri the chairman of NIAR K4VUD Mr Charles Harpole and Mr Henry smojhf visited us after 15th of December and inspired us with their experiences and some ham demonstrations for local people at science center port blair The antennas shipped by German Dx Foundation arrived in Port Blair around 15th December and the same were useful specially for WARC bands Following frequencies in MHz and modes were operated by the team members Band PSK CW SSB 80m 3 510 3 795 40m 7 030 7 010 7 060 30m 10 060 20m 14 071 14 010 14 190 14 285 17m 18 130 18 160 15m 21 071 21 010 21 285 12m 24 070 24 930 24 960 10m 28 530 28 560 2m 145 500 local These frequencies are operated as per the Indian rules and regulations Propagation wise 7MHz w
22. ued emergency communication till the forenoon of 1st of January 2005 the day of my return to Delhi However my team members are continuing in Port Blair Nicobar and Hudbay Islands and few more have joined from NIAR on 2nd January 2005 for proceeding to other Islands which have no other means of communication Though we went to Andaman amp Nicobar Islands for dx pedition the circumstances have led us for conducting emergency communication which was a shear coincidence The representatives of different media agencies including Associated Press Washington Post Zee News etc have witnessed our service to the society in the need of the hour through amateur radio and acknowledged the same am also thankful to them in spreading the awareness amongst the public about amateur radio communication The potential of amateur radio communication in bringing people together is thus established once again am proud of my team who has extended all the support for the operations during the period of my stay in Port Blair left Port Blair with heavy heart for the departed souls The following stations are operating in Andaman amp Nicobar Islands as of 7 1 2004 Station Callsign Location VU2LIC DC s office Port Blair VU2LFA APWD office Port Blair VU3RSB Nehru Yuvak Kendra Port Blair VU2MYH Port Office Nicobar Islands VU2DVU wwe Do VU2DSV DC s office Nicobar Islands VU2MCK _ Do
23. unication in the country and Ministry of Information Technology Government of India have sponsored the dx pedition The dx pedition was formally inaugurated by Honble Governor of Andhra Pradesh on 25th of November 2004 Team members met in the head ces fof ic rii Pi quarters of NIAR to select the equipment needed for the communications from NIAR s inventory before proceeding to Port Blair The equipment comprised of high frequency transceivers yagi antennas vertical antennas dipole antennas masts amplifiers etc and arranged for packing of the same for safe transport to Port Blair It was also decided about the frequencies of operation and modes of operation for communication Three members including me proceeded by air and reached Port Blair on 1st December 2004 and the rest of the members and other technical assistants of NIAR came by ship from Chennai on 2nd of December 2004 On reaching the Port Blair we met the local authorities including Chief Secretary Govt of Andaman amp Nicobar Secretary General Administration and other functionaries including the Principal Govt Polytechnic College and explained them about the expedition Chief Secretary desired that a station should be established in the Science Centre where students would have opportunity to understand the amateur radio communication in addition to a station in Polytechnic College and if possible to go over to some other Islands also They have extended c
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