January 9, 2019

Hamfest India

A special cover was released on 29th December 2018 at Bengaluru on the ocassion of Hamfest India 2018.

Indian Institute of HAMs (IIH) was established as a registered trust in 1993 for promoting Amateur (Ham) Radio in India. It has reached yet another milestone of completing 25 years of continuous service.IIH has been instrumental in providing vital communication at the time of natural disasters like train accidents, floods, earthquakes, tsunami etc.

"HAMFEST" is a festival of HAMs, the largest gathering of Indian HAMs in one place, conducted every year in different cities of India since 1991. The venue of HAMFEST INDIA 2018 (29th & 30th December 2018) is Reva University, Bengaluru.

Theme: Empowerment on Skill Development in Amateur Radio Technology & Communication network in nation building during natural calamities and disasters. 

Cover Code:KTK/139/2018
Courtesy: Suresh Rao, Bengaluru.

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