Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Hamfest India 2012


Two day Hamfest India 2012 concluded today at Chennai, around 800 delegates
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Special callsign AT1WPS, Hyderabad


The special callsign AT1WPS will be activated during the First World Parliament on Spirituality being held at Hyderabad from 17 to 21 Dec 2012 .

The following members of National Intstitute of Amateur Radio (NIAR) will be operating the station:

1.OM Suri, VU2MY
2.OM Mohan, VU2MYH
3.YL Bhanu, VU2BL
4.OM Jose, VU2JOS (CW)
5.YL Lissy, VU3LMS
6.OM Mujeeb, VU3MHI

QSL via VU2NRO

More information about the event is in: http://www.wpsconnect.org/

Special thanks to WPC Wing, Ministry of Communication & IT, Govt. of India for issuing the special callsign.
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Jose Jacob, VU2JOS
National Institute of Amateur Radio 
Hyderabad, India Mobile: +91 94416 96043
 www.qsl.net/vu2jos      [Via dx_india] 
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Govt to consider financial autonomy for Prasar Bharati


Govt to consider financial autonomy for Prasar Bharati

Meenakshi Verma Ambwani
New Delhi, Dec 17:

The Government is exploring the possibility of giving financial autonomy to
public broadcaster Prasar Bharati in view of the changing scenario. The
country, at present, has nearly 800 channels in operation.

The relook at Prasar Bharati's functioning is also prompted by the fact
that nearly 90 per cent of Information and Broadcasting Ministry's funds
are being spent on the public broadcaster.

Sources said some consultations had begun and various financial models
could be looked at, which include the way public broadcasters, such as BBC,
are funded in the UK, or providing grants to the public broadcaster
directly through the consolidated fund, or look at other indigenous funding
models.

More at :  http://tinyurl.com/cgle35s

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Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi Via [dx_india] 


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India: 839 FM channels in 294 cities to be available in auction

The reserve price for radio channels in FM Phase III expansion will be decided on the basis of amount bid in Phase II auction, the Information and Broadcasting ministry said today."The reserve price for new channels in existing FM Phase II cities shall be the highest bid price received for that city in Phase II. In cities which are being taken up afresh, the reserve price shall be the highest bid price received during FM Phase II for that category of cities in that region," I&B minister Manish Tewari said here.- The Economic Times 18/12


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839 FM channels in 294 cities to be available in auction

The reserve price for radio channels in FM Phase III expansion will be decided on the basis of amount bid in Phase II auction, the Information and Broadcasting ministry said today. 

"The reserve price for new channels in existing FM Phase II cities shall be the highest bid price received for that city in Phase II. In cities which are being taken up afresh, the reserve price shall be the highest bid price received during FM Phase II for that category of cities in that region," I&B minister Manish Tewari said here. 

He was responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha. He also said that the government had also cleared the proposal of the I&B ministry for conducting ascending e-auction as followed by the Department of Telecommunications for the auction of 3 G spectrum for award of license to FM channels. 

He said that 839 FM channels in 294 cities will be available in auctions. Economic Times 18/12
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FM auction: Reserve price based on last round bids

The reserve price for radio channels in FM phase III expansion will be decided on the basis of the amount bid in phase II auction, the information and broadcasting ministry said. "The reserve price for new channels in existing FM phase II cities shall be the highest bid price received for that city in phase II. In cities that are being taken up afresh, the reserve price shall be the highest bid price received during FM phase II for that category of cities in that region," I&B minister Manish Tewari said. He was responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha. Financial Express 17/12
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Monday, December 17, 2012

HAMFEST 2012 news item

Hi fellow HAMs,

Below  is a link about the story which appeared in Deccan Chronicle newspaper's Tamil Nadu edition about the importance of HAMs as narrated by former DGP and TNPSC chairman R. Nataraj.

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/121216/news-current-affairs/article/hams-helped-trace-killers


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N. Arun Kumar
VU3BBD

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