It is indeed very gratifying to hear that Heval Vaani is finally on air,
after a long and patient wait.  My sincere congratulations to Rajender and
his team, and to Ideosync and Nomad for their roles.  A case study of all
their travails would be very educative for everyone aspiring to start a CR
station.  Would love to visit and experience the Garhwali sounds!
All the very best,

Vinod

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Venu Arora <[email protected]>wrote:

> Dear All:
> Congratulations indeed to Heval Vaani. Test broadcasts began at 3:30pm on
> the 2nd of March exactly 3years from the time they received their LOI on
> 18th March 2009. We are assisting in documenting their arduous journey
> which provides much learning on all aspects from participation to
> sustainability. The next two years will be about rebuilding their community
> which has been waiting for the broadcasts to begin for more than five years
> ever since the team began their narrowcasts in and around the villages of
> Chamba. Thankfully things won't stop due to arrears in spectrum fee which
> is currently covered - which however is something that we need to address
> through advocacy as the spectrum fee charge begins from the moment a
> station receives frequency irrespective of when it begins broadcasts and
> does not take into account genuine challenges faced by groups like Henval
> vani.
> Since the station did not have resources for a tower their antenna is
> mounted on a temporary pole - a water pipe on top of their studio building!
> Rajender Negi and Raghu from Henval Vani themselves mounted the antenna
> thanks to the training provided by Nomad - and a model we should follow in
> terms of all trainings for CR. The phone lines are already ringing says
> Rajender and the team is putting together their first broadcast schedules.
> The airwaves in Chamba are now resounding with  Garhwali music, the Yuva
> Manch show and the Hamara Gaon programs that the teams have generated over
> the years!
> It is a time to celebrate and to look ahead!
> Congrats to all who contributed to the success of Heval Vani and a bow to
> the patience and perseverance of the team.
> Venu
>
>
>  Venu Arora
> Director of Projects
> Ideosync Media Combine
> 177, Ashoka Enclave III, Sector 35, Faridabad - 121003
> Haryana - INDIA
> Tel: +91-129-4064883/4131883/6510156
> Mobile: +91-9810731552
> Web: www.ideosyncmedia.org
>
>
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>   1. Re:  Hevalvaani on air !! (ekta)
>   2. Re:  Hevalvaani on air !! (Vickram Crishna)
>   3. Re:  Hevalvaani on air !! (Ram)
>   4. Re:  Hevalvaani on air !! (Ashish Sen)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 17:13:02 +0530
> From: ekta <[email protected]>
> To: Arti Jaiman <[email protected]>
> Cc: Hemant <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !!
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>
> Hey Hemant,
>
> That is great news.. finally Heval Vaani is on air.
> congrats team HV and Nomad for coming so far.
> for the patience, resistance and commitment.
>
> How much does a low cost tower cost? Can't we think of crowd funding!?
>
> cheers
> ekta
>
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Arti Jaiman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> It is a big achievement, given that they still do not have a sturdy tower,
>
> nor the resources for one.
>
>
> Definitely more power to them,
>
>
> Arti
>
>
> Arti Jaiman
>
>
> Station Director : Gurgaon Ki Awaaz Samudayik Radio Station 107.8 MHz FM
>
> email: [email protected]
>
> website: www.trfindia.org
>
>
> Gurgaon Ki Awaaz is the first and only civil-society-led community radio
>
> station in the National Capital Region of Delhi. We broadcast 24X7, in
>
> Hindi and Haryanvi, with a team of community reporters, generating
>
> community content, and community participation.
>
>
>
> --- On *Fri, 2/3/12, Hemant <[email protected]>* wrote:
>
>
>
> From: Hemant <[email protected]>
>
> Subject: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !!
>
> To: [email protected]
>
> Date: Friday, 2 March, 2012, 3:44 PM
>
>
>
>
> Hello All,
>
>
> Just heard from Nomad team at Chamba that Hevalvaani has gone on air.
>
> Congratulations to the community members, specially Rajender Negi who had
>
> been working tirelessly for so many years to launch Hevalvaani.
>
>
> hemant
>
> Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to
>
> www.crforum.in
>
>
>
> Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to
>
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>
>
>
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>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 14:54:24 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Vickram Crishna <[email protected]>
> To: CR India <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !!
> Message-ID:
> <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> While traditional tower design is bolted (or welded) steel sections or
> SAW/extruded pipe, alternate designs can be put together using locally
> sourced wood or bamboo (depending on availability). This may reduce the
> cost considerably. It may also be competitive in terms of ToC, given that
> the relatively shorter life expectancy of hemp-bound wood/bamboo is
> potentially offset by its lower cost and the use of local traditional
> construction methods. In places where the latter is not a given, it can
> still be worthwhile to build one using a local 'barn-raiser' (ie a
> community construction workshop), where the knowledge gained might
> percolate into other construction areas, reducing dependency on 'imported'
> fabrication vendors. Importantly, the design itself will almost certainly
> be locally generated, which may also be an important plus point.
>
> Vickram
> http://communicall.wordpress.com
> http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: ekta <[email protected]>
>
> To: Arti Jaiman <[email protected]>
>
> Cc: Hemant <[email protected]>; [email protected]
>
> Sent: Sunday, 4 March 2012, 17:13
>
> Subject: Re: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !!
>
>
>
> Hey Hemant,
>
>
> That is great news.. finally Heval Vaani is on air.
>
> congrats team HV and Nomad for coming so far.
>
> for the patience, resistance and commitment.
>
>
>
> How much does a low cost tower cost? Can't we think of crowd funding!?
>
>
>
> cheers
>
> ekta
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Arti Jaiman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> It is a big achievement, given that they still do not have a sturdy tower,
> nor the resources for one.
>
>
> Definitely more power to them,
>
>
> Arti
>
>
> Arti Jaiman
>
>
> Station Director : Gurgaon Ki Awaaz Samudayik Radio Station 107.8 MHz FM
>
> email: [email protected]
>
> website: www.trfindia.org
>
>
> Gurgaon Ki Awaaz is the first and only civil-society-led community radio
> station in the National Capital Region of Delhi. We broadcast 24X7, in
> Hindi and Haryanvi, with a team of community reporters, generating
> community content, and community participation.
>
>
>
> --- On Fri, 2/3/12, Hemant <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> From: Hemant <[email protected]>
>
> Subject: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !!
>
> To: [email protected]
>
> Date: Friday, 2 March, 2012, 3:44 PM
>
>
>
>
>
> Hello All,
>
>
> Just heard from Nomad team at Chamba that Hevalvaani has gone on air.
> Congratulations to the community members, specially Rajender Negi who had
> been working tirelessly for so many years to launch Hevalvaani.
>
>
> hemant
>
> Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to
> www.crforum.in
>
> Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to
> www.crforum.in
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> -this too shall pass-
>
>
> Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to
> www.crforum.in
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 00:30:21 +0530
> From: Ram <[email protected]>
> To: Vickram Crishna <[email protected]>
> Cc: CR India <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !!
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Would there be any documented instances in India or elsewhere, - of barn
> raisers or similar workshops leading to community radio infrastructure
> being set up?
>
> Ram
>
>
> On 04-Mar-2012, at 20:24, Vickram Crishna <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> While traditional tower design is bolted (or welded) steel sections or
> SAW/extruded pipe, alternate designs can be put together using locally
> sourced wood or bamboo (depending on availability). This may reduce the
> cost considerably. It may also be competitive in terms of ToC, given that
> the relatively shorter life expectancy of hemp-bound wood/bamboo is
> potentially offset by its lower cost and the use of local traditional
> construction methods. In places where the latter is not a given, it can
> still be worthwhile to build one using a local 'barn-raiser' (ie a
> community construction workshop), where the knowledge gained might
> percolate into other construction areas, reducing dependency on 'imported'
> fabrication vendors. Importantly, the design itself will almost certainly
> be locally generated, which may also be an important plus point.
>
>
> Vickram
>
> http://communicall.wordpress.com
>
> http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com
>
>
> From: ekta <[email protected]>
>
> To: Arti Jaiman <[email protected]>
>
> Cc: Hemant <[email protected]>; [email protected]
>
> Sent: Sunday, 4 March 2012, 17:13
>
> Subject: Re: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !!
>
>
> Hey Hemant,
>
>
> That is great news.. finally Heval Vaani is on air.
>
> congrats team HV and Nomad for coming so far.
>
> for the patience, resistance and commitment.
>
>
> How much does a low cost tower cost? Can't we think of crowd funding!?
>
>
> cheers
>
> ekta
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Arti Jaiman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> It is a big achievement, given that they still do not have a sturdy tower,
> nor the resources for one.
>
>
> Definitely more power to them,
>
>
> Arti
>
>
> Arti Jaiman
>
>
> Station Director : Gurgaon Ki Awaaz Samudayik Radio Station 107.8 MHz FM
>
> email: [email protected]
>
> website: www.trfindia.org
>
>
> Gurgaon Ki Awaaz is the first and only civil-society-led community radio
> station in the National Capital Region of Delhi. We broadcast 24X7, in
> Hindi and Haryanvi, with a team of community reporters, generating
> community content, and community participation.
>
>
>
> --- On Fri, 2/3/12, Hemant <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> From: Hemant <[email protected]>
>
> Subject: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !!
>
> To: [email protected]
>
> Date: Friday, 2 March, 2012, 3:44 PM
>
>
>
>
> Hello All,
>
>
> Just heard from Nomad team at Chamba that Hevalvaani has gone on air.
> Congratulations to the community members, specially Rajender Negi who had
> been working tirelessly for so many years to launch Hevalvaani.
>
>
> hemant
>
> Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to
> www.crforum.in
>
>
> Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to
> www.crforum.in
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> -this too shall pass-
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 19:18:22 -0800 (PST)
> From: Ashish Sen <[email protected]>
> To: Vickram Crishna <[email protected]>, Ram
>  <[email protected]>
> Cc: CR India <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !!
> Message-ID:
> <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Pete Tridish's work/Prometheus Radio in the US might help, Ram.
> Best
> Ashish
>
> --- On Sun, 3/4/12, Ram <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> From: Ram <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !!
> To: "Vickram Crishna" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "CR India" <[email protected]>
> Date: Sunday, March 4, 2012, 11:00 AM
>
> Would there be any documented instances in India or elsewhere, - of barn
> raisers or similar workshops leading to community radio infrastructure
> being set up?
> Ram
>
> On 04-Mar-2012, at 20:24, Vickram Crishna <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> While traditional tower design is bolted (or welded) steel sections or
> SAW/extruded pipe, alternate designs can be put together using locally
> sourced wood or bamboo (depending on availability). This may reduce the
> cost considerably. It may also be competitive in terms of ToC, given that
> the relatively shorter life expectancy of hemp-bound wood/bamboo is
> potentially offset by its lower cost and the use of local traditional
> construction methods. In places where the latter is not a given, it can
> still be worthwhile to build one using a local 'barn-raiser' (ie a
> community construction workshop), where the knowledge gained might
> percolate into other construction areas, reducing dependency on 'imported'
> fabrication vendors. Importantly, the design itself will almost certainly
> be locally generated, which may also be an
> important plus point. Vickramhttp://communicall.wordpress.comhttp://
> vvcrishna.wordpress.com
>        From: ekta <[email protected]>
> To: Arti Jaiman <[email protected]>
> Cc: Hemant <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Sent: Sunday, 4 March 2012, 17:13
> Subject: Re: [cr-india]
> Hevalvaani on air !!
>
> Hey Hemant,
> That is great news.. finally Heval Vaani is on air. congrats team HV and
> Nomad for coming so far. for the patience, resistance and commitment.
>
> How much does a low cost tower cost? Can't we think of crowd funding!?
> cheersekta
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Arti Jaiman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> It is a big achievement, given that they still do not have a sturdy tower,
> nor the resources for one.
>
>
> Definitely more power to them,
>
> Arti
>
> Arti Jaiman
>
>
> Station Director : Gurgaon Ki Awaaz Samudayik Radio Station 107.8 MHz FM
>
> email: [email protected]
> website: www.trfindia.org
>
>
> Gurgaon Ki Awaaz is the first and only civil-society-led community radio
> station in the National Capital Region of Delhi. We broadcast 24X7, in
> Hindi and Haryanvi, with a team of community reporters, generating
> community content, and community participation.
>
>
>
> --- On Fri, 2/3/12, Hemant <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> From: Hemant <[email protected]>
> Subject: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !!
> To: [email protected]
>
> Date: Friday, 2 March, 2012, 3:44 PM
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> Just heard from Nomad team at Chamba that Hevalvaani has gone on air.
> Congratulations to the community members, specially Rajender Negi who had
> been working tirelessly for so many years to launch Hevalvaani.
>
>
> hemant
> Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to
> www.crforum.in
> Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to
> www.crforum.in
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>
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