_*Pune Hams enjoyed monthly Eyeball QSO on Sunday 5th Jan 25 morning 10:30 AM onward*_.
The meeting started at 10:30AM. One min silence was observed in the memory of VU2AMK’s Mother who passed away on Saturday 4th Jan 25 at 19:00 Hrs
*Dr Ayyappan, Phd in Antennas* gave a brief presentation on various Antennas Cyronics produced for Defence. The Cyronics has created a state of the art test facility at MECF available to all Industry R&D and Hams.
*MCCIA Electronics Cluster Foundation*
MECF is one of the largest CFCs (Common Facility Centers) approved by MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) under the EMC (Electronic Manufacturing Cluster) scheme. Located in Pune( Maharashtra), we offer the latest technologies and equipment for testing and certification, with a pay-for-use model. Our state-of-the-art 10m Semi Anechoic Chamber provides comprehensive testing capabilities, including testing available till IP 68_
The session was attended by 21 Hams and SWLs. It was truly interactive and a lot of interactions took place with Dr Ayyappan & Nitin Bhonge. Pune Hams will get associated with Cyronics and help each other resolving Antenna related issues to create win win situation
Next month Eyeball QSO will be in MECF Lab and Hams will get an opportunity to test their home brewed Antennas as well as commercial ones.
OM Milind VU2VMV briefed about progress or *Project VHF second Repeator* on Fort Simhagadh_. The Team efforts will realise with a New second VHF Repeater for Pune
73’s
*Vilas Rabde*
VU2VPR
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