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Community Radio Academy (CRA), Bangladesh

Concept Paper of
Community Radio Academy (CRA), Bangladesh of
BNNRC initiative as Social Enterprise

ORGANISATIONAL PROFILE:
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC): Vision and Mission Statements
As it was set, the vision of the network is “BNNRC do like to see the rural people has the easy, quick and low cost access to global communication so that they are enrich and updated by knowledge."

Mission of the network “In view of the value “Communication is not a privilege it has become a basic human rights”, the BNNRC trust will organize strategically important activities, studies, advocacy so that the population of the rural areas will have easy, manageable and low cost communication facilities”.
Major Activities

BNNRC now strive for following core interventions to achieve UN World Summit on the Information Society(UN WSIS) action plan, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity and Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) in Bangladesh;

1. Awareness on correlations of ICT, poverty alleviation and Institutionalization of Democracy and Right to Information (RTI)
2. Establishment of ICT Resource Center and Promotion of Rural Knowledge Volunteers(RKV) as primary ICT catalyst in remote
rural areas;
3. Advocacy and Campaign for Bridging the Digital Divide/Information Divide/Knowledge Divide and open up air waves for
Community Radio - voices for the voice-less;
4. Piloting ICT4D projects at rural areas to create show case examples for greater multiplication through Rural Knowledge
Center (RKC)/ Telecenter.
5. Establishment of Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services (RACES) for Disaster Preparedness and Risk Reduction through
Amateur Radio (HAM Radio) promotion.6. Establishment of People's Right in Telecommunication/ Global Commons/Country Commons. 7. To Promote the adoption of Free/Open Source Software(FOSS), open standards, and open content for development
8. Building Capacity for ICT Journalist

Origin, Legal Entity and Policy Making:
BNNRC is a national networking body working for building a democratic society based on the principles of free flow of information, equitable and affordable access to Information, Communication Technology (ICT) for remote and marginalized population.

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) is a changed name of Bangladesh Coastal NGO Network for Radio and Communication (BCNNRC). BCNNRC has established during April 2000. BNNRC is registered with the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, as a trust and NGO Affairs Bureau of Government of Bangladesh according to the foreign donation (Voluntary Activities) regulation ordinance 1978 as an organization on Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) established in 2000 as per Article 19 charter of UN bill of rights.

The Board of Trustee (BoT) has been formed with Mr. Rafiqul Alam as Chairperson, Mr. Rezaul Karim Chowdhury as Vice-Chairperson, Mr. Zahurul Haque Bali as Vice-Chairperson, Mr. Md. Arifur Rahman as Treasurer and AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR as Secretary/Chief Executive Officer.

Background and Rationale:
Bangladesh has gone a long way towards creating an enabling environment for launching Community Radio. The Government has opened frequency for FM stations and satellite channels. It has also drafted the Bangladesh Broadcasting Act in 2003 with the aim of addressing social and economic issues.

It is a vital moment when Community Radio is going to make an important place in the communication field in the country. The present non-political Care Taker Government formulated Community Radio Installation, Broadcast and Operation Policy – 2008 on 12 March this year and gave an advertisement on 18 March in the newspaper asking applications from interested initiators to install Community Radio in the country. In order to facilitate the application and registration process of the organizations for Community Radio, BNNRC immediately opened a help desk in its secretariat in Dhaka.

As a result, BNNRC received huge response from the interested development organizations for technical support in this regard. Receiving huge response from the interested development organizations and research institutions the authority extended the deadline up to 30 April. 400 organizations drew application forms from the Ministry of Information and 178 applications have been submitted from different organizations in this regard.

In the whole process the Government ensured the proper participation and representation from civil society organizations through incorporating representatives in Regulatory Committee, Technical Committee and National Monitoring Committee for the successful operation of the Community Radio.

Under the above-mentioned circumstances, BNNRC feels deep urge to set up a Community Radio Academy in Dhaka. This will help Community Radio stakeholders having on-hand training of technical and management skills, coming to know about the function, management, procedure, problem, prospect and sustainability of the Community Radio as a tool of ICT and having all concerned resources and facilities available for their progress and success. So that NGOs/CBOs and communities can prepare themselves for the ensuing challenges in operating Community Radio effectively by accommodating the use of limited resources to reach mass people including rural and disadvantage people.

Moreover this academy will help academia, researchers, government officials, media activists, community leaders and policy makers to understand and work closely for the promotion and positive role of community radio for the advancement of Bangladesh in various development sectors.
Purpose of Community Radio Academy:

BNNRC has already set up Community Radio Academy as one of its social enterprise to promote Community Radio installation, broadcasting and operation around the country:

To Promote the Effective use of Community Radio for Development; Take all measures for essential improvement of community radio broadcasting;
To organize seminars, workshops and other motivational program associated with community broadcasting; establish contact with other similar national and international organizations for promoting mutual benefit and understanding;
To Advise the Government and Policy makers on any matter relating to community radio and development; assist in the setting up of community radio with technical and professional expertise and as well as in securing funds;
To strengthen networking among community radio stations, community radio promoters and independent community radio producers, and to facilitate exchange of radio programmes among them; assist communities in establishing community radio in different geographical areas keeping in mind the linguistic, cultural, ethnic and social diversity;
To strengthen capabilities of established community radio stations with professional and technical assistance; organise periodic trainings for community radio producers and technicians; identify appropriate places, from technical and resources points of view, for encouraging establishment of radio stations;
To produce manuals and reference materials in community radio, undertake community radio audience research/studies; active in lobbying and advocacy in order to mould public opinion in favor of making Community Radio Trust Fund that are conducive to the growth and expansion of community radio;
To establish and promote contacts with like-minded international organizations for world solidarity in favor of promotion of community radio broadcasting.

Input:
BNNRC will establish Community Radio Academy (CRA) in its national secretariat in Dhaka. All the activities will be implemented under three departments namely Research and Development Department, Capacity Building Department and Technical Cooperation Department of the academy. The academy will take necessary steps for arranging the following training courses, workshops and research works effectively

Activities included:
a) Research and Development:
Research and development activities on challenges and prospects of Community Radio operation in Bangladesh including baseline survey, policy advocacy, evaluation and monitoring, feedback, listeners’ survey, publishing newsletter, publishing Community Radio handbook, library and archive, Community Radio based web portal and case studies on success and failure of Community Radio will be accomplished.

b) Capacity Building:
8 basic and 8 advanced training courses will be arranged for about 240 Community Radio staff working across the country. 12 advocacy workshops, each in every month, will be arranged in center point in regional level with policy makers and stakeholders. An annual Community Radio conference of the stakeholders of all community radio stations located at different regions in Bangladesh will be arranged in Dhaka. Moreover, experience sharing, exposure trip, radio producing contents of program, news and talk show, capacity building training on program production, editing and presentation, support to budgeting and planning, broadcast management and schedule scripting will be arranged.

c) Technical Cooperation:
Technical support for studio set up, maintenance and broadcasting, schedule exchange, exchange visit, help desk, trouble-shooting, national and international communication. Publishing four Reports

Output/Outcome:
From this Community Radio Academy, Community Radio stakeholders will have on-hand training of technical and management skills, come to know about the function, management, procedure, problem, prospect and sustainability of the Community Radio as a tool of ICT and have all concerned resources and facilities available for their progress and success. Thus NGOs/CBOs and communities can prepare themselves for the ensuing challenges in operating Community Radio effectively by accommodating the use of limited resources to reach mass people including rural and disadvantage people.

Moreover, from this academy academia, researchers, government officials, media activists, community leaders and policy makers will understand and be encouraged to work closely for the promotion and positive role of community radio for the advancement of Bangladesh in various development sectors. Thus from the beginning of the Community Radio set-up in Bangladesh, the key stakeholders will gain full preparation of potential challenges and difficulties to be faced in operating radio station and broadcasting radio program.
Through exchange visits, representatives of certain areas and communities will have practical experience of working environment, interest issues, culture, socio-economic status, challenges and difficulties of other communities in respect to running Community Radio.

Moreover, the printed reports and newsletters of the project activities, the papers presented in the workshops, opinion of resource persons and participants and articles on exchange visit experience will be very helpful for sustainable and effective guiding force of the Community Radio stations. These publications will be helpful for long-term preservation and sharing with more policy makers and people working in this field for the greater positive impact.

Through the Community Radio web portal, each CR station will have easy access and facility of uploading their productions and downloading the productions of other stations for sharing and exchanging contents, materials, music, schedule and planning reciprocal and integrated cooperation and development.

Responsibility and Accountability
BNNRC will take the responsibility of setting up the academy. The Chief Executive Officer of BNNRC is the focal person for all kinds of correspondence.
The activities of this academy will be duly monitored and documented in the project completion report (PCR), which will be submitted to the donor within one month of project completion. The financial reporting will also be accomplished quite soon after the implementation of the project.
Contact:

AHM Bazlur Rahman- S21BR
Chief Executive Officer
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)
and Member- Strategy Council
United Nations- Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID)
House: 13/1 Road: 2
Shamoli, Dhaka 1207
Phone: 9130750, 9138501 Fax: 9138501-105, E-Mail:mailto:ceo@bnnrc.net www.bnnrc.net

AMATEUR RADIO DIRECTION FINDING - ARDF

From Wikipedia

Amateur radio direction finding (ARDF, also known asradio orienteering and radiosport) is an amateur racing sport that combines radio direction finding with the map and compass skills of orienteering. It is a timed race in which individual competitors use atopographic map, a magnetic compass and radio direction finding apparatus to navigate through diverse wooded terrain while searching for radio transmitters. The rules of the sport and international competitions are organized by the International Amateur Radio Union. The sport has been most popular in Eastern Europe, Russia, and China, where it was often used in the physical education programs in schools.
ARDF events use radio frequencies on either the two-meter or eighty-meter amateur radio bands. These two bands were chosen because of their universal availability to amateur radio licensees in all countries. In the UK events with somewhat different rules are also run on 160 meters. The radio equipment carried by competitors on a course must be capable of receiving the signal being transmitted by the five transmitters and useful for radio direction finding, including a radio receiver, attenuator, and directional antenna. Most equipment designs integrate all three components into one handheld device.

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AMATEUR RADIO DIRECTION FINDING - ARDF

From Wikipedia

Amateur radio direction finding (ARDF, also known asradio orienteering and radiosport) is an amateur racing sport that combines radio direction finding with the map and compass skills of orienteering. It is a timed race in which individual competitors use atopographic map, a magnetic compass and radio direction finding apparatus to navigate through diverse wooded terrain while searching for radio transmitters. The rules of the sport and international competitions are organized by the International Amateur Radio Union. The sport has been most popular in Eastern Europe, Russia, and China, where it was often used in the physical education programs in schools.
ARDF events use radio frequencies on either the two-meter or eighty-meter amateur radio bands. These two bands were chosen because of their universal availability to amateur radio licensees in all countries. In the UK events with somewhat different rules are also run on 160 meters. The radio equipment carried by competitors on a course must be capable of receiving the signal being transmitted by the five transmitters and useful for radio direction finding, including a radio receiver, attenuator, and directional antenna. Most equipment designs integrate all three components into one handheld device.

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New HamRadio Magazine

For 4 years now, with Ondes Magazine and now with Radioamateur Magazine, many of you ask an English version of our journals. Not always easy to consider in its "paper" traditional version, it is within our reach "digital PDF», it's just a lot of time to devote to it but when the enthusiasm is there... On this first english issue distributed for free you'll be more than 1500 subscribers to receive it. For all those of your amateur radio friends who want read it, they just go at the bottom of this page. You'll find an area where you just insert the email address.

In the minutes that follow you will receive an email telling you the link, your username and password to download this issue for free once.

Supported by strong request we would express the wish for all your indulgence for spelling and grammar. We will take appropriate action to improve over the next issues. For the moment, accept all our apologises on perhaps too often an approximative writting. This magazine in English come from the French version, Radioamateur Magazine, now in its eleventh issue. The basic idea is to take items from the French issue and adapted to the English version. Thus was born the number 1 from number 11 of Radioamateur Magazine. However, nothing prevents us from publishing articles from the international amateur radio community, equipment review, technical articles, tips and tricks, news and DX from your country. Christian F8CRM, Editor and Philippe F1FYY, Publisher

Contents

Beginners : SOS Doctor !
Technical FAQ’s
for Hamradio’exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 to 33
Basis on the impedances . . . . . . . 26 to 27
Products reviews
The Alpha Delta DX EE : multiband dipole
for tiny gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06 to 07
Triband pocket transceiver
Alinco DJ-G7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08 to 10
Biband mobile transceiver with GPS / APRS
Kenwood TM-D710 GEOSAT 5 . . . . . . 11 ˆ 13
The MiniVNA :
Low cost computer SDR sweep generator and
network analyser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 to 25
Homemade
A frequency counter
for antenna analyser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 to 18
Contest - Tips and Tricks
The multiband vertical antenna from F5MOX
The Telepocket 600 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 to 30
Rules of
Chappe Telegraph contest . . . . . . . . . 31
For receive a free copy of HamRadio Magazine- http://www.malibrairienumerique.fr/librairie/hamradiomagazine/

FTM-350 2M/440 Mobile

The Yaesu FTM-350 dual band mobile transceiver operates on 2 meters and 70 centimeters. It has two separate receivers with dual speakers on the rear of the control head. On the left receiver enjoy the AM and FM broadcast bands with extended receive: 0.5-1.7, 76-108, 108-250, 300-1000 MHz (less former cellular frequencies). The right receiver covers 108-250, 300-1000 MHz (less former cellular frequencies).

More technical information and additional photos will be added shortly. Yaesu has not yet announced price or availability on this model.

This device has not been approved by the F.C.C. This device may not be offered for sale or lease or be sold or leased until approval of the F.C.C. has been obtained. The information shown is very preliminary and may be subject to change without notice or obligation.

Features

CTCSS & DCS
Alpha Memories
Bluetooth Ready
Dual Receive
Selectable Eight Color Display
Extended Receive
AM & FM Broadcast Band
WIRES™ Ready
1200/9600 Packet Port [DIN]
APRS
[www.universal-radio.com]

ETHICS AND OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR THE RADIO AMATEUR

The Radio Amateur is
CONSIDERATE... He never knowingly operates in such a way as to lessen the
pleasure of others.
LOYAL... He offers loyalty, encouragement and support to other amateurs, local
clubs, the IARU Radio Society in his country, through which Amateur Radio in his
country is represented nationally and internationally.
PROGRESSIVE... He keeps his station up to date. It is well-built and efficient. His
operating practice is above reproach.
FRIENDLY... He operates slowly and patiently when requested; offers friendly
advice and counsel to the beginner; kind assistance, cooperation and consideration
for the interests of others. These are the marks of the amateur spirit.
BALANCED... Radio is a hobby, never interfering with duties owed to family, job,
school or community.
PATRIOTIC... His station and skills are always ready for service to country and
community.
-- adapted from the original Amateur's Code, written by Paul M. Segal, W9EEA, in 1928.

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http://piju.fakap.net/upload/files/Eth-operating-EN-iaru-SITE-1july2008.pdf

HAM RADIO VILLAGE AT HACKINTHEBOX SECURITY CONFERENCE 2009

Hack In The Box also known as HITB, a very popular once a year security conference in Malaysia includes ham radio village in their event. This year, HITB will be held at;

Crowne Plaza Mutiara Kuala Lumpur,
Jalan Sultan Ismail,
50250 Kuala Lumpur.

And the agenda is;

Technical Training - DAY 1 and DAY 2
Date: 5th and 6th October 2009
Time: 0900 - 1800

TECH TRAINING 1 - Web Application (in)Security
TECH TRAINING 2 - The Art of Network Based Forensics - Going Beyond Packet Data
TECH TRAINING 3 - The Exploit Laboratory 4.0
TECH TRAINING 4 - The Security of ASEAN Locks (CLOSED DOOR SESSION FOR .GOV / LAW ENFORCEMENT ONLY)
TECH TRAINING 5 - Forensic Acquisition and Analysis






Conference DAY 1 and DAY 2
Date: 7th and 8th October 2009
Time: 0900 - 1800

Triple Track Conference
HITB Labs
Capture The Flag (CTF)
Lock Picking Village
HAM Radio Village

For more info, log on to http://www.hackinthebox.org/

HOW TO CALCULATE AMATEUR RADIO SIMPLEX CHANNEL

The simplex channel between V16 to V47 is using 145MHz before the decimal point. So we just need to find the MHz decimal point.

12.5 with the multiplication formula Channel.

Example 1:

V16 : 12.5 x 16 = 200
So the frequency of V16 is 145.2000

Example 2:

V27 : 12.5 x 27 = 337.5
The frequency for V27 is 145.33752.



Frequency between V48 to V63 is using 146MHz before the decimal point. Then,

12.5 V with the multiplication formula minus 200

Example 1:

V50 : 12.5 x 50 = 625 - 200 = 425
The frequency for V50 is 146.4250

Example 2:

V63 12.5 x 63 = 787.5 - 200 = 587.5
So the frequency for V63 is 146.5875

P/S: After the decimal point, there are 4 numbers. If the result is 3 numbers, you need to plus 0 to fulfill the 4 numbers.

New exhibition: the Heathkit self-build kits

Brand new exhibition open from Saturday 6 June 2009 onwards

Do you remember them: the blue cases of the Heathkit equipment? Various generations of people have grown up building the self-build kits of this American company that introduced the first kits shortly after WWI. For the first time, it offered radio amateurs the opportunity to build their own transmitters and receivers at an affordable price. The fact that the amateur had to build the equipment himself, often gave a lot of satisfaction. Apart from transmitters and receivers, Heathkit introduced a wide range of test-equipment that could be used to align the self-built kits. Al lot of this equipment can now be viewed in the museum and many items will be demonstrated.


Not many people know that Heathkit also supplied kits for domestic equipment, such as guitar amplifiers and digital clocks. Or that they were amongst the pioneers of the modern home computer. Back in 1977, long before the introduction of the modern PC, Heathkit introduced a building kit of a real computer. And believe it or not, the museum has a working sample of this computer.

The exhibition will open on Saturday 6 June 2009 and will be open every first and third Saturday of each month.

Welcome

Museum info Conversion DIY kits Price list Museum on TV

Welcome at the website of Museum Jan Corver in The Netherlands. Jan Corver is a museum dedicated to radio hams and amateur radio. We have a large collection of radio equipment and transmitters that have been used by radio amateurs over the years, giving a good view of the past, present and future of radio amateurism.
Read all about the museum

As this website is mainly aimed at Dutch radio hams, most of the content of this website is in Dutch, but we are planning to translate certain areas of interest into English in due course. As the maintenance of the website is done by volunteers it may take some time before the translations are completed, so please don't hold your breath. In the meantime it might be a good idea to search the Dutch version of this site first. If an English translation is available, you'll find an English flag in the top right corner of the page. Click this flag to swap to the English version of the website. In case of doubt, please contact our webmaster.

Latest news

These web pages contain the latest news about surplus radio equipment, rig conversions, manuals and links to other interesting sites.
New exhibition: Heathkit
EPPO: low-cost DIY PIC-programmer
70-cm Repeaters for amateur use

The Museum

Museum Jan Corver was first opened in 1999 as the result of a long standing wish of Cor Moerman, PA0VYL. Over the years, Cor had developed plans for a museum especially for radio amateurs, and finally saw his plans become reality. Today, the museum owns a large and unique collection of ham equipment, that shows the evolution of the fascination hobby over the years.

The museum is fully self-supporting and doesn't receive any public funding. In order to generate income, the museum regularly introduces now DIY kits for radio amateurs. Over the past few years, the museum has been donated large amounts of surplus equipment by KNP Telecom (the main Dutch telco operator). A great deal of this equipment can be converted for amateur use and is sold by the museum to radio amateurs exclusively for symbolic prices. In some cases, the volunteers of the museum, have created a complete DIY conversion kit for such rigs.
General information about the museum
Information about surplus equipment
Information about DIY kits

ICOM IC-9100

The Icom IC-9100 is a versatile and expandable transceiver. It offers professional performance, out of the box on HF, 6 meters and 2 meters with 100 watts. The 440 MHz band is also built-in with 75 watts. The UX-9100 band unit can also be added at any time to 1200 MHz band operation. This device requires 13.8 VDC at __ amps.

More technical information and additional photos will be added shortly. Icom America has not yet announced price or availability on this model.

This device has not been approved by the F.C.C. This device may not be offered for sale or lease or be sold or leased until approval of the F.C.C. has been obtained. The information shown is very preliminary and may be subject to change without notice or obligation.

Features

• RIT/XIT
• Digital Noise Reduction
• Manual and Automatic Notch
• Digital Twin PBT
• Dual Display
• 100 Watt Output (75 W on 440)
• Monitor
• LCD Display
• Keypad entry
• 10 Hz Readout
• Memory Keyer
• RF Attenuator
• Optional D-Star
• Optional 1200 MHz Operation

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