JNA Wireless Association is an

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organisation based in

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(formerly Bombay) in

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. JNA was founded in 1988 in memory of late avid amateur radio operator, Jamshed N. Anklesaria (callsign: VU2JNA) who died in 1987. The organisation, currently headed by Sudhir Shah (VU2SVS) conducts classes and organises scramble teams to tackle disasters.

History

The organisation was formed in 1988, in memory of Jamshed N. Anklesaria who died after suffering a heart-attack in 1987. Anklesaria was a bachelor who invested much of his time

, and radio equipment. After his death, instead of selling off the equipment, Anklesaria's brother requested current secretary, to perpetuate Jamshed's memory. Shah, along with P Venkatraman and a few others then started the JNA Wireless Association with the equipment donated by Jamshed's brother. The JNA has since then organised several classes and handled disasters around the city.

Classes

JNA has been conducting amateur radio classes in Mumbai for over ten years. After a brief lull, JNA restarted its amateur radio classes in 2008, with two batches held at

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and

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Disaster management

JNA has its own dedicated 70-member scrambler team and has a long history in handling disaster management. In 1993, JNA set up the first communication station at Killari, the epicenter of the

1993 Latur earthquake The 1993 Latur earthquake struck India at 3:56 am local time ( UTC+05:30) on 30 September. The main area affected were the districts of Latur and Osmanabad, including the Ausa block of Latur and Omerga of Osmanabad in Maharashtra, Western In ...

that killed 8,000. Headed by Sudhir Shah, JNA provided live communication between Killari and the state headquarters at Mantralaya in Mumbai. It broadcast messages relating to the extent of damage, extent of the calamity, and other life-saving messages. In 2008, the

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(BMC) included JNA as part of its

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operations to provide emergency communication support during the

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to provide live updates on the flooding situation in the city. Five stations were set up at

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, Milan Subway,

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, Santacruz, and

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and were linked up to the main control centre at the BMC headquarters at

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. In addition, another station, manned by Sha was set up at Malabar Hill with the help of the Malabar Hill Residents Association.

References

External links

*http://members.tripod.com/~VU2JNA/ – Official website
JNA BMC - MOM of 16 June 2006 meeting
– setting up of JNA stations. Amateur radio organisations in India Organisations based in Mumbai 1988 establishments in Maharashtra Organizations established in 1988 {{radio-org-stub

History

Classes

Disaster management

See also

References

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