In India, law enforcement personnel from the remote region of Darjeeling and the coastal area of the Sunderbans joined with police in Kolkata for a one-day session on how amateur radio can assist them when conventional communications systems are compromised.

The regulations governing radio - and the technical side of operating - were covered in the one-day session held on Friday the 25th of July in Kolkata. The training was conducted by Jayanta Baidya VU2TFR, Arnab Roy Chowdhury VU2TFT and Ambarish Nag Biswas VU2JFA - all from the West Bengal Radio Club.

Remote regions of India can be particularly challenged when natural disasters strike but even in the heart of a city like Kolkata, law enforcement has concerns about how useful their radios are. The hams noted that high rise buildings, such as those under construction in Kolkata, can interfere with the wireless frequencies used by the police radios.

The seminar is the latest to be organised and hosted by the club, which often does such training for law-enforcement personnel.