[Legacy Report] HAMFEST

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IEEE STUDENT BRANCH MJCET
Report on HAMFEST
8th,9th November 2015
Circuits And Systems Society

 

Hamfest 2014,held on November 8^th, 9^th at muffakham jah college of engineering and technology was a two day fun and excitement days for all the Indian and a few International HAMS. Hamfest 2014 was organized by Amateur radio society of India in collaboration with lamakaan amateur radio club Hyderabad. It was a 2 day fest which was having various workshops on satellites, ardiuno. There were fun and technical competitions such as fox hunt, quiz, junk box wars. There was also the India’s largest flea market in this fest and a VULCH club station in the campus.

Here the campus was divided in to four main venues:

1)Main hall –  Charminar auditorium hall.

2)Hall A –Golkonda seminar hall.

3)Hall B –Hussain sagar hall.

4)Hall c –paradise meeting hall

Food court timings:

1)Breakfast -8:30am.2)lunch -1:00pm.

3)Dinner -7:30pm

 Events on November 8^th,2014:

1)WELCOME AND REGISTRATIONS

 Nov 8^th , 8:30-9:30 am

At the Reception

Here registrations were started and all the delegates were asked to  collect their badge and the kit, and were proceed to breakfast in the lawns.

 2)INAUGURATION

 Nov 8^th , 9:30-10:00 am

Lawns

There was a short and sweet inauguration which was started by the president of LARC Krishna rajan(VU2kNN). Then followed by Ashar farhan vice president of LARC who gave a overview of all the excellent sessions, flea market and exhibitors.

3)FLEA MARKET

 Nov 8^th , 10:00-10:30 am

Main hall: charminar Auditorium

Here all the delegates were enjoying the exhibition, flea market, meet up with your friends and interaction with all the HAMS. Delegates were meeting their friends and taking the photos of each other and making that time a memorable one. Apart from this they were buying all the good stuff.

4)HAM RADIO IN INDIA

 Nov 8^th , 10:30-12:30 am

Hall A: Golkonda seminar hall

Here the problems facing by Indian hams were discussed and the solutions for those were also discussed .issues that were discussed were Licensing, spectrum, WPC issues, import of equipment, etc.

Speakers for this session were:

• VU2KKN (Rajan) – chair of LARC
• VU2GMN (Gopal, ARSI President)

 5) Amateur satellites

 Nov 8^th , 10:30-12:30 am

Hall B: Hussain sagar hall

Here the topics that were discussed were what is the minimum equipment needed to work the satellites? How are these satellites made? Lecture by the hams who built and operated the Indian Hamsats. This was a demo session where it was shown how easy it is to setup a satellite station and work these birds.

Organized VU3TYG (Nitin), Amsat India

Speakers for this session were:

• Nitin VU3TYG
• Ganesan VU3GEK

 6) junkbox wars

 Nov 8^th , 10:30-1:30 pm

Main Hall : charminar auditorium

Here hams participated as a team of upto 5 people. Hams were given a junkbox of simple standard components, where they were asked to build within three hours Exciting new equipment as prizes.

Organized by VU2PEP (Paddy)

7)US HAM RADIO EXAM

 Nov 8^th , 11am-1:30 pm

Hall c: paradise meeting hall

Organized by ARRI/VEC VE India team

 8) HAM RADIO QUIZ

 Nov 8^th , 2:00-4:00 pm

Main Hall : charminar auditorium

In this event hams were tested with their knowledge of Q-codes, country call signs, and all other questions related to hams in India. it was a learning experience for all the delegates. There were spot registrations valid here.

 9)EMERGENCY OPS

Nov 8^th , 2:00pm-4:00 pm

Hall A: Golkonda seminar hall

Here the experience of all Indian Hams who have done excellent job in handling calamities were discussed. They said about the  equipment, bands, antennas, clearances, governmental support they were having and  the challengers and issues they faced were discussed.

Organized by VU3RSB (Sara)

Speakers for this session were:

• Bharati VU2RBI
• Satyapal VU2FI

 10) HOMEBREWING-1 ANALOG

Nov 8^th , 2:00pm-4:00 pm

Hall A: Hussain sagar hall

Here delegates experienced to meet  the famous homebrewers of India. Presentations on RM96, Minima, BITX, SOTAs, JOTA, Bhuji and more were presented. For beginners to advanced builders were taught on how to learn homebrew and align their own low cost sets easily from simple direction conversion to high performance general coverage radios and  the kits available in India

Organized by VU2ESE (Ash) Farhan

Speakers for this session were:

• Farhan VU2ESE
• Rahul VU3WJM
• Dev VU2DEV
• Ganesan VU3GEK

 11) DIGITAL RADIO MONDIALE

Nov 8^th , 2:30pm-4:30 pm

Hall C: paradise meeting hall

In this there was a workshop by Ajaya Gupta(VU2DED)

12) FOX HUNT

 Nov 8^th , 4:00-6:30 pm

Main Hall : charminar auditorium

A new type of fox hunt was organized that tests the technical capabilities of  hams was done. Hams by using thier VHF handies started searching for the treasure.

Organized VU2POP (Pratap)

 13) HOMEBREWING-1 DIGITAL

Nov 8^th , 4:30pm-6:30 pm

Hall A: Hussain sagar hall

As homebrewing has gone digital, from Arduinos to high performance SDRs. Be upto date with Indian SDRs like the VU-berry, ANAN and Indian-SDR (display and demo). Delegates were taught about homebrew with Arduino – a low cost credit card sized computer that can control all your radios and test gear, using SDR from the world beating ANAN set to the simplest of SDR designs.

Organized by VU3ELR (Sasi)

Speakers for this session were:

• Rayyan
• Sasi VU3ELR

 14) CONTESTING AND DIXING

 Nov 8^th , 5:30pm -6:30 pm

Hall A: Golkonda seminar hall

Delegates were given a chance to listen to the top grade Dxers and Dxpeditioners of the country. The hams who have organized and gone on Dxpeditions and won radio contests and how does they prepare, get permissions, pack and operate, what antennas, equipment is used and what challenges they faced during this was focused.

Organized by VU3RSB, Sarath Babu 'Sara'

Speakers for this session were:

• Ajay  VU2JHM
• David K3LP
• Saria  VU2SWS
• sahil  BCDXING

 

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