The Formation Of Radio Amateur Society Of Ananthapuri (RASA)

It has been a long awaited wish for all the active amateur radio operators in Trivandrum to come together to meet at a suitable location for sharing our experiences. As being a group of active hams, we were having almost regular communication over the 2m VHF band and it was decided that we call for a meeting off-the-air for sharing our personal experiences. The necessity of having such an off-the-air meeting was paramount due to the fact that we often talked over the air but was not able to get in touch with one another. The meeting would provide a platform for eyeball communication as well as sharing amateur radio experiences among the community of hams in Trivandrum (Ananthapuri) area. We also felt the need for creating an organization so that we may able to do radio activities as a team and also take it further from here. So we decided to meet at the QTH of VU2BRD, who was a member of our team and an active participant in the group.

RASA Emblem

All active hams in Trivandrum area met at the QTH of VU3BRD, and we shared all our experiences and concerns that are related to amateur radio activity and also the issues affecting hams. We came to the conclusion of creating an organization of radio amateurs in Trivandrum that can cater to the needs of the amateur radio community in Trivandrum. The formation of an amateur radio society was necessitated because of the social, organizational, as well as legal needs of the community. The formation of the organization was proposed by one of the eminent members of the team VU3DDE and seconded by VU2OOH and VU2JQX. All other members of the team supported the motion, which became instrumental with the creation of RASA, the Radio Amateur Society Of Ananthapuri. Under the directions of the organization's terms, a Governing council was made with different positions prescribed with certain duties that has to be performed by individual hams. We have also gone through different activities and projects that needs to be implemented by the Society in one year's time.

The official inaugural opening of the RASA was conducted on 23/03/2013 at the QTH of VU3BRD. All our team participants were there at the venue and it was a pleasant experience.Our official guest ham was VU2MTE, OM John from Thodupuzha. We had a good talk and discussion and some nice treats. It was a wonderful get-together. Later we had several subsequent meetings conducted at various different locations at the QTHs of hams on 20/04/2013 at VU3DDE and on 04/05/13 at VU2OOH.

The list of hams that attended the meeting of RASA 2013.

1. VU3BRD OM Binoy.
2. VU2JQX OM Anil
3. VU3DDE OM Joseph.
4. VU2OOH OM Zakir Hussain
5. VU3SQG OM Saji
6. VU2LVJ OM Lesley
7. VU3REG OM Regi
8. VU3RLW OM Rajesh
9. VU3SFJ OM Shaji
10. VU3AUE OM Abed
11. VU3AUZ OM Allen
12. VU2MTE, OM John
13. SWL Midhun
14. SWL Prabin

More members will be included :)