Hamfest India
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Hamfest India is an annual amateur radio convention held in India since 1991. The event typically includes technical[ambiguous] sessions, presentations, exhibitions, demonstrations, sales of radio equipment, and a flea market aimed at ham operators. It also seeks to promote interest in ham radio.[1]
The venue for the next event is decided by the General Body of the previous event.
History
[edit]A series of meetings organised by the All Kerala Amateur Radio Clubs' Coordination Committee in Kerala, lead to the idea of a yearly convention. In August 1991, a net featuring discussions on technical[ambiguous] topics named Hinet was launched.[note 1]
The hinet discussions lead to the idea of organizing a "Hamfest" where HAMs[jargon] and SWLs[jargon] could meet and share ideas and techniques. The Kerala Amateur Radio Clubs Coordination Committee oragnized the first Hamfest on 28 and 29 December 1991 at Government Guest House, Kuttikkanam. The meeting had 38 participants.
Host cities with Convenors
[edit]| Year | Place | Convenor name | Convenor call sign |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Kuttikkanam | Joseph Mattappally | VU2JIM |
| 1992 | Aluva | K. N. Gopinadhan | VU2EGM |
| 1993 | Salem | Premchand K. | VU2RPC |
| 1994 | Mysore | K. R. Madhukar | VU2MUD |
| 1995 | Mumbai | Adolph Shephard | VU2AF |
| 1996 | Kolkata | Avinash Misra | VU2EM |
| 1997 | Kochi (Cochin) | S. Suresh | VU2SUO |
| 1998 | Bangalore | Ramachandra | VU2RCR |
| 1999 | Mysore | M. T. Kesari | VU2MTK |
| 2000 | Hyderabad | Chalam Chivukula | VU2CLM |
| 2001 | Nagpur | Shrikant Jichkar | VU2SJA |
| 2002 | Chennai | M. Saravanan | VU2MSS |
| 2003 | Gandhinagar | S. K. Nanda[note 2] | SWL[note 3] |
| 2004 | Mumbai | Nilesh Rathod | VU2NLF |
| 2005 | not held | ||
| 2006 | Kollam | K. G. Nadarajan | VU2KGN |
| 2007 | Guntur | R. Sarath Babu | VU2RS |
| 2008 | Gandhinagar | Dr S. K. Nanda[note 2][note 4] | SWL[note 3] |
| 2009 | Bangaluru | M. R. Sampath Kumar | VU2YZ |
| 2010 | Pollachi | S. Vijayan | VU2WDP |
| 2011 | Kochi (Cochin) | K. G. Girish Babu | VU2KGB |
| 2012 | Chennai | K. M. Devadas | VU2DH |
| 2013 | Gwalior | Jayant Bide | VU2JAU |
| 2014 | Hyderabad | Ashaar Farhan | VU2ESE |
| 2015 | Rajkot | S, K. Nanda, I.A.S[note 2] | SWL[note 3] |
| 2016 | Mount Abu | Yeshwant Patil | VU3YOR |
| 2017 | Kolkata | Mohammad Ariff[2] | VU2HRF[2] |
| 2018 | Bangalore | Dr S. Sathyapal[3] | VU2FI[3] |
| 2019 | Kanyakumari | P. A. Kumarasamy Raja | VU2PAJ |
| 2020 | not held | ||
| 2021 | |||
| 2022 | Mysore | Shankar Prasad[4] | VU2SPK[4] |
| 2023 | Ahmedabad | E. Radhakrishna | SWL[note 3] |
| 2024 | Kolkata | Nilkantha Chatterjee | VU2OII |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "About – HAMFest India 2023". Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ a b "HAMFEST India 2017". hfi2017.hamconvention.net.
- ^ a b http://hamfestindia2018.com/
- ^ a b Saquib (10 October 2022). "Hamfest India 2022". It's HAM RADIO. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
External links
[edit]- HAMFEST INDIA - HFI official interactive website Archived 10 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- Gujarat Gandhinagar Hamfest of 2008
- The Hindu
- HAM RADIO CallSign Directory of India qrz.vu2ukr.com
- Amateur Radio Social Network (for CallSign Holders) Archived 30 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- Hamfest India 2022