Radio Society of Sri Lanka

Dear Members,

Please note that General Meeting for the month of July will be held on 26th of July at the club shack at Bambalapitiya.

The Agenda and the minutes of the previous monthly meeting are being circulated through email.

Cristy Perera-4S6CPT

Hon Secretary.

RSSL.

RSSL is planning to have the Lighthouse Event at 3 below locations this year.

1. Talei Mannar Lighthouse
2. Dondra Lighthouse
3. Galle Lighthouse

In order to arrange permission and other logistics, RSSL is requesting it’s members to send in their preferred location to the Hon. Secretary as soon as possible. This can be sent via SMS to his cellphone 0715335818 or via email to secretary@rssl.lk.

Dear Members,

The 66th Annual General Meeting of the RSSL was held on the  4th  of June 2017 in the air conditioned balcony hall of the Otter Aquatic Club, Baudhaloka Mawatha Colombo 7,  and the following were elected as Office Bearers for 2017/2018.

President                       :Mr. Bharath   Aponso               4S6ABC
1st Vice President       :Mr. Nihal De Abrew                  4S5NDA
2nd Vice President     :Mr. Kamal   Edirisinghe           4S7AB
Hony. Secretary           :Mr. Cristy   Perera                     4S6CPT
Hony. Treasurer         : Mr. J.T.Wijeratne                     4S7VJ

Council Members elected at the 66th AGM

1. Mr. N.C.Hapuarachi               4S6NCH
2. Mr. A.S.M.Riyad                      4S6RYD
3. Mr. Mahesh Sudharshan       4S6MPM
4. Mr. Uthpala Withana              4S7UV
5. Mr. Chaminda Dissanayake   4S6CBD
6. Associate Member Ranil Hematha
7. Associate Member Kingsley Wimalawansa

Ex Officio
Mr. Jaliya Lokeshwara                   4S7JL   (Immediate past President)
Mr. Mahinda Abeyawardhane      4S7PA   (Immediate past Secretary)
Mr. D.S.B.Sirimanne                      4S7DSB (Immediate past Treasurer)

Auditors                          :  Ratnayake.T.A. & Company
Company Secretaries : CIB Secretarial Services (Pvt) Ltd

Other positions

• VHF net coordinator – Chaminda Dissnayaka-4S6CBD
• HF & 6M beacon  Coordinator – Kamal Edirisinghe-4S7AB
• IARU Coordinator – Kamal  Edirisinghe-4S7AB
• Echo Link Coordinator- Nadika  Hapuarachi-4S6NCH.
• Website Manager – Kamal  Edirisinghe-4S7AB
• QSL Manager – Uthpala  Withana-4S7UV
• RSSL PO BOX Collector – Cristy  Perera-4S6CPT.
• Awards Manager -Kamal  Edirisinghe-4S7AB
• RSSL shack Custodian -Barath  Aponso 4S6ABC and J.T. Wijerathne 4S7VJ

Sub Committees

• TRC ,MOD and other government Departments – Cristy Perera-4S6CPT.
• Repeater Maintenance – Jayantha 4S5SC , Dilshan 4S6DLN, J.T. Wijerathne 4S7VJ and Kamal Edirisinghe 4S7AB.
• Training & Development – J.T. Wijerathne 4S7VJ,  K K G Kulasekara – 4S7KG
• JOTA, Lighthouse, Fox hunt, Workshops & other social events – Jaliya Lokeswara – 4S7JL
• Emergency situation (National Disasters) – Nadika Hapuarachi – 4S6NCH.

The world by now is aware of the horrendous floods and mudslides that have ravaged the Southern parts of Sri Lanka. In the Tsunami of December 26th of 2004 there was no disaster management agency in Sri Lanka, and it came as a subject of the Ministry of Social Services. However, after the Tsunami  a Ministry of Disaster Management was created and a separate organization as the Disaster Management Centre was formed. This centre was equipped with early warning systems, communications systems even with VHF repeaters and loud hailers to warn of Tsunamis and such.  The Radio Society of Sri Lanka took part in the initial stages of its creation and offered whatever we as the RSSL could do to support  the DMC. The RSSL always assured the DMC of our cooperation at any point. Continue reading →