HAMFESTINDIA 2012 at Chennai officially on the roll!!!!

Dignitaries on the Dias....

 Mr.Natraj I.P.S Director General of Police & Mr.Dhanapal IAS, Secretary Govt of Tamilnadu releasing the Sovenier

 The packed gathering this morning.....

                             

 The flea market with all HAM goodies....

The venue entrance.....

The flea market / HAM Bazaar was a big attraction.....

Good media coverage we hope helps grow this hobby further and attract more youngsters.....

The countdown begins for a HAMFESTINDIA 2012 !!!!!!

A warm welcome / Vanakam / Namaste to all HAM's / Amateur radio lovers who have headed to Chennai from across India as well  as abroad for this event and wishing a pleasant stay and memorable eyeball for next two days. 

Live update from the venue.....taken few minutes ago....

Hectic preparations on the event as the venue is getting decked up

The registered participants kit......

Few among the organising team who are the driving energy behind this event.....offcourse several others also whom you would meet tomorrow at the venue.

Keep visiting these pages for live / frequent updates of the event including photos/videos. 

HAMFESTINDIA 2012 - GPS Map / Latitude / Longitude position

Venue : AVM Rajeswari Kalyana Mandapam , No;97, Dr.Radhakrishnan Salai

Other landmarks : Adjacent to hotel Saravana Bhavan 

Invitation & Programme for HAMFESTINDIA 2012

Final list of Chennai amateurs registered for HAMFESTINDIA 2012

Below final list of Chennai based HAM's / Radio lovers who have registered/approved for HAMFEST 2012, see you all for a eyeball. 

Blogspot visitor statistics : Quickview....

Something which shows the popularity of this blog is the below visitor profile which has coverage from across the world. Thanks to all Amateurs for visiting the blog and we continue to seek your support to make this more and more useful to the HAM / Amateur Radio community. 

HAMFESTINDIA 2012.....Countdown begins!!!!!

The countdown for the much awaited HAMFESTINDIA 2012 at Chennai has begun with less than a week to go , pls make sure all of you make it to the event and let's ensure its a grand success.

The HAM festival comes back to Chennai after a gap of 10 years! The event promises to be very exciting and rewarding for Ham community and the public. Activities like Foxhunt, public awareness, field day, Jamboree on air, Information on Ham radio repeaters, cultural programs, Great food etc.The grand gala event has been planned to be held at AVM Rajeswari Hall, Dr RK Salai, Chennai, on Dec 15 and 16 of 2012.

Pls keep visiting the blogspot / facebook page for hours updates of the HAMFEST happening on 14th & 15th , we would be posting live updates from the venue.  

ChennaiHamsBlogspot Team

2012 Mahabs eyeball Meet at Chennai a Grand success!!!!

In the words of Mr.Devdas VU2DH .

There were 62 of us assembled @ hotel mahabs @ 10 am. The meeting was formally called to order with welcome speech & MC by VU2DH - with homage to VU2PCP, VU2VWN (VASANTH)
All the hams were self introduced in short, followed by technical speech by VU2.... OM HARI, VU2ZMM - MANOJ, VU2DEV DEV. VU2DEV dev auctioned an SDR which was sold for INR 1300 and he donated totally INR 4050 to the even which was sufficient to take care of the total cost. Next program was honoring senior hams, guest lecture by VU2DEV, a short speech by VU2PTR thyagu about the departed souls VU2PCP, VU2VWN, and yet another ham (dont remember his call / name), followed by some announcements. The meeting was adjourned for lunch and afternoon session was technical, exibision/sales by VU3MII, vote of thanks and disbursed @ 4pm.

Click here for more photos in : Album 1



Click here for Video Link : Video 1

ChennaiHamsBlogspot Team