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Antennas at a ham operator's station in Chennai, India. Amateur radio or ham radio is a hobby that is practised by over 16,000 licensed users in India. [1] Licences are granted by the Wireless and Planning and Coordination Wing (WPC), a branch of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
Following India's independence in 1947, the first amateur radio organization, the Amateur Radio Club of India was inaugurated on 15 May 1948 at the School of Signals at Mhow in Madhya Pradesh. [5] The club headquarters was later moved to New Delhi , where it was renamed the Amateur Radio Society of India (ARSI) on 15 May 1954. [ 5 ]
Specific frequency allocations vary from country to country and between ITU regions as specified in the current ITU HF frequency allocations for amateur radio. [1] The list of frequency ranges is called a band allocation, which may be set by international agreements, and national regulations. The modes and types of allocations within each ...
The Wireless Planning & Coordination Wing (WPC) is a Wing of Department of Telecommunications coming under the Ministry of Communications of the Government of India.The department is responsible for issuing amateur radio licenses, allotting the frequency spectrum and monitoring the frequency spectrum.
A radio band is a small frequency band (a contiguous section of the range of the radio spectrum) in which channels are usually used or set aside for the same purpose. To prevent interference and allow for efficient use of the radio spectrum, similar services are allocated in bands.
List of amateur radio frequency bands in India; H. Hamfest India; HAMSAT; I. Indian Telegraph Act, 1885; Indian Wireless Telegraph (Amateur Service) Rules, 1978;
Radio amateurs are limited to a specific set of frequency bands, the amateur radio bands, allocated throughout the radio spectrum, but within these bands are allowed to transmit on any frequency using a variety of voice, text, image, and data communications modes. This enables communication across a city, region, country, continent, the world ...
Amateur radio frequency allocations; 0–9. 1-millimeter band; 1.2-centimeter band; ... List of amateur radio frequency bands in India; S. Submillimeter amateur radio; W.