Cyclone Biparjoy: HAM radio is considered a reliable mode of messaging during emergencies when wirelines, mobile phones and other traditional terrestrial means of communication fail. Also known as amateur radio, HAM radio involves the use of radio frequency spectrum for non-commercial exchange of messages.
As powerful cyclone Biparjoy, packing wind speeds up to 140 kilometres per hour, threatens to cripple communication networks after landfall on the Gujarat coast on Thursday evening, authorities have turned to HAM radio for smooth exchange of information.
The action was taken after an FIR was lodged against 15 people including a BJP leader Varun Patel Rahuvanshi for disrupting the election process in the polling station number 143 of village Bankabedi.