Formal launch of Amateur Radio Emergency Services Scout Group under BSG (WB)

It was Sunday morning, the Scouters, Guiders , Scouts and Indian  Amateur Wireless operators  assembled S N Bose Seminar Hall of Science City, Kolkata. The occasion of formal launch & dedication to the Nation of Amateur Radio Emergency Services Scout Group.  This is  the only Radio Scout Group of  Bharat Scouts & Guides (West Bengal) (BS&G (WB) , may be the only such in India. The Scout Group Registration certificate was handed over by Shri Probodh Ranjan Biswas, State Organising Commissioner (Scout) of BSG (WB) to Dr M Nurzemman, MLA, VU3YOH,Group Leader. He also handed over warrants of  Shri Mohammad Ariff, VU2HRF Rover Leader (Scout) & Smt Ramsha Tuba,VU#RTY, Lady Cub Master.

A  Special stamp of under My Stamp category was released by the Postal Department.

Visuals of the event

Shri Jayant Bhide, VU2JAU, of Gwalior, Madha Pradesh,  National Coordinator – Emergency Communication, the Chief Guest of the event mentioned about disaster mitigation in our country.

Shri Victor Singh,VU2XDG, Principal & Administrator- The Assembly of God Church The school was the Special Guest of Honour of the event mentioned the present position of HAM in the World and their role in disaster mitigation over the years.

The annual event of worldwide contact programe by HAM stations of the World Scout Bureau is held every third-week end of the month of October, it is called Jamboree on the Air (JOTA).Now other means of communications such as Echo link, Skype &  JOTA JOTI.

 JOTA was started  for the BSG (WB) at Kolkata, the HAM station of VU2EM, Avinash Misra. In 1991 JOTA event was first time held at BSG (WB) at their campsite, Ganga Nagar, near Kolkata Airport with the support from VU3SKD,of The Young Explorers’ Institute Scout Group and Barrackpore Amateur Club.

World wide contact program JOTA at BSG (WB) 1991

The dignitaries & HAM operators were felicitated by Scout Scarf and goggle

The leaflet on HAM was distributed to the delegates, they were explained what is call sign and given a demonstration of how to start conversion, the calling procedure.

Major Sushanta Kumar De (Retd), VU3SKD,, Secretary of The Young Explorers' Institute for Social Service of Kolkata who was present in this event sent his best wishes