{"id":53508,"date":"2025-07-05T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T06:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=53508"},"modified":"2025-07-05T14:18:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T08:48:27","slug":"ham-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ham-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Ham Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ham Radio Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla interacted with the country\u2019s students using a ham radio from the International Space Station (ISS).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ham Radio<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amateur radio, popularly known as ham radio, is a <\/span><b>licensed radio service<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <\/span><b>relies on radio waves <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for establishing communication.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ham radio service is largely <\/span><b>deployed for educational and knowledge purposes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, for emergency or SOS communication.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using a dedicated frequency, a transceiver and an antenna, communication can be set up between two licensed hams by trained ham operators.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The communication can be hyper-local, global, and in space. In India, any <\/span><b>individual above<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>age of 12 is permitted to operate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a ham radio.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In India, the <\/span><b>Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> issues these licences.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though the technology to establish communications has advanced, the radio remains one of the most reliable and stable modes of communication.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is effective and an alternate medium of establishing communication.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, there have been instances when ham radio came to the rescue when traditional communication lines broke down, either due to man-made scenarios (like wars) or natural disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones, and floods.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In India, ham radio was used for making emergency contacts during <\/span><b>the Bhuj earthquake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2001), the Indian Ocean tsunami (2004), the floods of<\/span><b> Uttarakhand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2013) and more such calamities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-sci-tech\/shubhanshu-shukla-ham-radio-communication-10106016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>IE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ham Radio is a licensed radio service that uses radio waves to enable long-distance, two-way communication between amateur radio operators. 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