Ham with a Mission:

A High Court lawyer, holder of six post-graduate degrees, and currently pursuing a PhD in Law. But, what satisfied him the most is amateur radio, also known as Ham. Ramesh Kuthumbaka turned his terrace into a wireless station with over a dozen antennas, all made by himself. Now, he has made a name for himself in satellite contacts through his ham set and shooting off messages to ham operators abroad using satellites (AO 91 and AO 92) as FM repeaters (a device which receives signal and transmits it). Ham radio involves use of radio frequencies for non-commercial and emergency communication purposes. One has to procure a licence to operate the amateur radio after clearing an exam held by Wireless Planning and Coordination wing of the Union Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. On January 26, 2018, Ramesh (VU3FTP) became the first person to contact a ham station in Tamil Nadu through A0-92 satellite, which is one of the 104 satellites launched at one go by ISRO. He also made a call to an Indonesian ham (YD0NXX), whose station is 4,100 km away from his station in Hyderabad, becoming the second person in the world to cover such a long distance through Satellite AO92 on March9. His love for making antennas started when he was trying to contact hams in Vijayawada from Khammam through VU2KDD repeater in Vijayawada, but he could not do it. He, then, tried to purchase a commercial Yagi antenna from a Mumbai ham, who said he needs a few weeks to do so. This was the time when he had started doing a research on antennas and prepared one for himself. Now, he has homebrewed five Bands High Frequency (HF) Yagi with full-length which covers 20M (14Mhz), 15M (21Mhz), 10M (28Mhz), 17M (18Mhz), and 12M (24Mhz) and he is able contact faraway ham stations in Europe, Africa and Australia apart from Asia.He claims he is the first person in India to make full-length five Bands HF Yagi antenna. For satellite communication in FM mode for VHF (Very High Frequency) and UHF (Ultra High Frequency), Ramesh homebrewed 14-element VHF Yagi (first person to make in India), exclusively for satellite communication. He also has various antennas — IOio, Egg Beater (Square), Egg Beater (Round), TPM-II, Moxon Turn style and Phase 3D (P3D) — under his belt. The Phase 3D antenna can cover 36,000 km.

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