https://www.pitara.com/tags/ham-radio/Recent content in Ham Radio on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/what-is-ham-radio/Sat, 04 Oct 2003 20:40:32 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/what-is-ham-radio/<p>Consider this, your state has been hit by a cyclone with wind speeds measuring 300 kilometres per hour. All modern means of communication – telephone, cellphone, wireless sets – lie dead as the cyclone has destroyed all connecting stations and links.</p> <p>This is what happened during the Orissa cyclone. All communication links broke down as dish antennas, radio stations, telephone lines, satellite links were destroyed.</p> <p>There was no way people could contact the outside world. This was when a bunch of amateurs, students and radio enthusiasts got together to set up something called an amateur radio or ham radio station.</p>