Dhaka, September 15, 2021: Bangladesh NGO’s Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) organized a two-day-long hands-on training workshop at BNNRC Meeting Room in Dhaka on Amateur Radio Operation and Radio Set Handover with the support of COAST Foundation on 14-15 September 2021.
The purpose of the workshop was to provide hands-on skills on amateur radio management and communication techniques and to maintain the logbook, QSL cards, etc. as per the instructions of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.
A total of four amateur radio call sign holders participated in the training workshop. The Amateur Radio Holders are; S21FH – Mr. Md. Fazlul Haque, S21LU – Mr. Zahangir Alam, S21DF – Mr. Md. Delowar Hosen, and S21PA – Ms. Protiva Banerjee, BNNRC.
In the closing session, Mr. Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, Executive Director at COAST Foundation and Chairman of BNNRC Board of Trust has handed over the radio set and Certificate of the participants as Chief Guest. When Mr. Rafiqul Alam, Executive Director of Dwip Unnayan Songstha also present as the Guest.
The workshop focuses on the practical session on Radio propagation, the process to the installation of Inverted V Dipole Antenna, Radio Feeder Cable and good connectors, calculation of the Antenna size, process of start or Switch on a Radio, Band selection, radio’s TX Power and SWR/ Signal to Noise Ratio measurement, Communication Techniques of Radio holder to radio holders, managing logbook, overall safety issue and importance of Amateur radio communication.
These sessions were facilitated by Mr. Manjurul Haque – S21AM, Amateur Radio specialist, and AHM Bazlur Rahman – S21BR.
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AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR is Chief Executive Officer and founder Secretary of Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC). He has more than 20 years experience in leveraging community media and right to communication to create successful policy advocacy in Bangladesh in line with community media development. His areas of expertise straddle community media policy advocacy, training, project management especially in the area of community media.
He founded Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC). BNNRC Devoted Entirely to Promote Community Media for Development (CM4D). BNNRC Leads Supports and Advocates for the Initiators to actively provide independent community broadcasting in Bangladesh since 2000. BNNRC represent the community electronic media sector to Government, Industry, Regulatory Bodies, Media, Academia and Development Partners from 2000. The BNNRC provides leadership and support for rural initiators to facilitate independent electronic community broadcasting services and to build and strengthen rural communities.
He actively works to improve recognition of the community electronic media sector [Community Radio | Community TV | Community Film] & its work in and involvement with the communities it seeks to serve. BNNRC's outreach extends to local, national and international forums for communicating Knowledge for Development (KM4D). In this backdrop, communication is recognized as an essential human need and, therefore, as a basic human right. Our working strategies are:
1. Communicating on the Public Sphere: The role of communication and media in exercising democratic political participation in society
2. Communicating Knowledge: The terms and means by which knowledge generated by society is communicated, or blocked, for use by different groups.
3. Civil Rights in Communication: The exercise of civil rights relating to the processes of communication in society &
4. Cultural Rights in Communication: The communication of diverse cultures, cultural forms and identities at the individual and social levels.
BNNRC now strives for the following core interventions to contribute in achieving 6th five Years Plan, UN World Summit on the Information Society (UN WSIS) Action Plan and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through:
Right to Information- RTI for ensuring improved livelihood of the marginalized
ICT for Development- ICT4D for Bridging the Digital Divide in rural areas &
Community Radio/Community TV/ Community Film for amplifying voices for the voiceless and Amateur Radio for Disaster Risk Reduction
He graduated from University of Dhaka and Post graduated from Asian University of Bangladesh in the field of Social Science (MSS) in Government & Politics and Participated in certificate course on Development Management by Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) New Delhi, India
He currently founder member of Bangladesh Working Group on UN World Summit on the Information Society (UN WSIS) headed by Bangladesh Government, Community Radio Monitoring Committee of Ministry of Information, People’s Republic of Bangladesh, founder member of Bangladesh UN Internet Governance Forum( UN IGF) Headed by Minister, Ministry of Information, Multi-stakeholder Steering Group Members of Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (AP-RIGF) & Distinguish Fellow, Center for e-Parliament Research. Contact: ceo@bnnrc.net www.bnnrc.net
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