India 2002 to 2006
Ham Radio activities from India from 2002
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Article Summary
From 2002, I have visited India nearly 20 times on business trips. During some visits I was able to visit local hams in India and operate from their shacks briefly. Here is a summary of those visits
Article Highlights
- Visit to VU2RBI Bharti
- Visit to VU2SWS Sarla
- Visit to VU2AB Ram
- Visit to VU2ISR Harsha

Kamal Edirisinghe
4S7AB / KA5MAL
Author Sep 2004
Having More than 35 years of experience in the Field of Amateur Radio, I have published many articles in prestigious international publications like, QST, CQ-DL, NCJ, Six-News etc.. Here in this web site, these write-ups are intended to give you knowledge about my designs and projects related to the hobby. The articles about foreign HAM activities are intended to share my experience.
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Visit to Bharti VU2RBI
Bharti is one of the most heard HAMs from India. After working her many time on the radio over the years, I got a chance to meet her when I was working on a Project in New Delhi. When I was invited to her shack, OM N5KD was also there visiting her. She is a good example for the YL hams to be Radioactive and make friends all over.

VU2SWS Sarla visit
I do not remember when, But I was able to visit Sarla Sharma VU2SWS during a business visit to Mumbai. We had long chats about Ham radio in our part of the world and what can be done in order to promote. I was also able to meet her husband and daughter in the same trip. (no photo unfortunately)
VU2AB ‘Ram’ visit
During a visit to Madras, I was able to visit VU2AB and had a chat with him. He is my Suffix counterpart from India and we have had many QSOs in the past.Ram is a old timer with good experience in the hobby.

Harsha VU2ISR Visit
On the same day visiting VU2AB Ram, I was able to meet VU2ISR Harsha. I was invited to Harsha’s home for a meal and we operated his station.
At that time, Harsha was planning to visit Sri Lanka. Hopefully he will in the near future
