Hyderabad, April 19: Over 40 percent of rural people do not know how to use the latest technology that simplifies their regular activities and makes their life easy, Congress MP Kavuri Sambasiva Rao said and stressed the need to educate people on the benefits of technology by organising special camps.
The MP inaugurated the Amateur Radio Museum, Knowledge and Awareness Centre at the National Institute of Amateur Radio (NIAR) here on Sunday.
Addressing the gathering, Sambhasiva Rao called upon all NGOs, technological institutions and other organisations to constantly improve the technology that benefits the common folk besides creating awareness among them on its advantages.
Commemorating the World Amateur Radio Day on Sunday, NIAR organised an Amateur Radio Museum on its premises at Somajiguda.
Explaining about the museum, S Ram Mohan, Director of NIAR, said the museum, open to public, is devoted to collecting, preserving and exhibiting the amateur wireless technology.
“The museum has on display a wide range of HF/VHF/UHF amateur radio wireless communication equipment and accessories from popular manufacturers like YAESU, ICOM, KENWOO D, antenna systems of stepIR, HI-gain, Create and Force-12. The accessories include power supplies, antenna tuners, antenna rotators and towers,’’ he said.
Amateur radio is a community of people that use radio transmitters and receivers to communicate with other amateur radio operators.
“If you were to ask a dozen different amateurs what HAM radio meant to them, chances are you would get 12 different answers. Amateur radio operators are often called HAM radio operators or simply HAMS, ‘’ he added.
Former Speaker K Suresh Reddy, Senior Director of DIT, BM Baveja and founder and chairman of NAIR S Suri were among those present.
–Agencies