About Amateur Radio

An introduction to amateur (ham) radio – what it is, how to get licensed in India and how to get started with the Malabar Amateur Radio Society.

Cartoon of a smiling amateur radio operator wearing a headset, hand on the VFO knob of an HF transceiver tuned to 14.205 MHz, tapping a Morse key, with a Yagi antenna on a lattice tower outside the window and QSL cards on the wall

How to be a HAM

How to be a HAM ? Any individual above the age of 12 can became a ham in India after qualifying in Amateur Station Operators Certificate examination. The Officer-In-Charge, Wireless Monitoring Station, Dept. of Telecommunication under Ministry of Communication, Govt. of India is the authority for conducting the examination in their own town provided there […]

What is amateur radio? Ham radio explained – Malabar Amateur Radio Society

What is Amateur Radio

Amateur (ham) radio explained: how it works, how to get a licence in India, what hams can and cannot do, and why it matters in disasters.