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Veteran ham from India VU2JN Professor
R. Jayaraman (1936-2019) passed away on
1st March 2019 morning at
Thiruvavavthapuram, India.

Professor Jayaraman was a prolific
homebrewer and author. Over the years
he has authored a number of pioneering
articles on projects he worked on. His
articles appeared in a number of
Amateur Radio publications like 73, CQ,
QST and Indian Radio Amateur. A partial
collection of the articles authored by
Professor Jayaraman can be found at:

http://profjayaraman.com/

He enjoyed daily ragchew on SSB
(originally on AM) and CW on his
favorite frequencies 7033 and 7005. A
number of VU and DX hams are known to
have become interested in Amateur Radio
originally by monitoring QSOs of VU2JN
on 40m.

He was a brilliant teacher loved by
students at College of Engineering
Trivandrum, India. After retirement he
continued to work as professor emeritus
in Indian Institute of Technology,
Madras.

In spite of the deteriorating health,
Professor (as he used to be addressed
by friends) continued to be active on
the air and worked on his projects.

A documentary made by filmmakers Dr
Geetha J and Dr Ian McDonald titled
OM:OldMan on Prof Jayaraman and his
passion, Ham Radio has won many
international film festival awards.
Clip from film:

https://youtu.be/6p2Fjisdc0w

Professor discussing about one of his
passions CW:

https://youtu.be/dfnCRaI5px0

We, VU hams, are deeply saddened by the
demise of our friend and teacher
Professor R. Jayaraman VU2JN.

References:

http://profjayaraman.com/

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Th
iruvananthapuram/obituary-prof-r-
jayaraman-passes-
away/article26413460.ece

http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/
kerala/2019/mar/02/ex-technical-edu-
director-r-jayaraman-who-served-as-cet-
principal-passes-away-1945513.html

Contributed by : salim (VU2LID)

Friend : Professor R Jayaraman (VU2JN)

Sad to see the news regarding Professor Jayaraman, VU2JN, passing. I remember reading about and studying his solid state transmitter designs in QST published in the late 1960s. I was a young teenage novice then, and just coming up to speed on the world of solid state design. His "A Transistor Giant from India," producing about 50 Watts output on 40 meters was pretty novel for the time. It must have been extra tough trying to do such things from India in the 1960s due to the very limited component availability back then. His workmanship was beautiful.

RIP Professor Jayaraman. Thanks much for what I learned from you.

Contributed by : (AC7A)

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Friend's NameProfessor R Jayaraman
Date DeceasedMarch 1, 2019
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