<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Here's some information on the Indian context:<br><br></div>1. Ham radio ("Amateur radio") is active, but is confined to a set of passionate users. The main entry barrier is an exam conducted by the Ministry of Communications, which based on things like radio and CW (Morse code).<br><br></div>2. Hams are active and useful during disaster situations when mobile and landline networks are knocked out. For instance, they have been useful in the recent Nepal earthquake for Nepali migrant labour (who work in different parts of India) to get news about their families/villages back in Nepal, after telephone networks were inaccessible from India.<br><br>3. Community Radio has seen resurgence in the last few years after a new policy framework for low-power transmitters was announced. Community radio, coupled with call-ins using mobile allows for interactive communication. However, the coverage of this technology is limited.<br><br></div><div>4. Another area that has seen recent activity is mesh networking based on various wireless technologies. See an example at <a href="http://airjaldi.com">http://airjaldi.com</a><br><br></div><div>The above information is from secondary sources. My only direct exposure has been after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, where some of us were involved in a narrowcast radio initiatve (ie., content created daily as an ogg file, and played back through loudspeakers in village squares). <br><br><br><br><br><br></div><div>satish<br><br><br> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 7:07 AM, Glenn McKnight <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" target="_blank">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>I am in the midst of researching how HAM/Amateur Radio can provide local solutions for the last mile with Internet Access. I am curious if any chapter have working on such projects <br><br></div>Has anyone worked on <div>WIRELESS NETWORKING <br>IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD</div><a href="http://wndw.net/" target="_blank">http://wndw.net/</a><br><br></div>Thanks<br></div>G<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><div><div><br><div><br><br clear="all"><div><div><div><div dir="ltr">Glenn McKnight<br><a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" target="_blank">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a><br>skype gmcknight<br>twitter gmcknight<br>.</div></div></div>
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