Project - the Transmitter

April 6 - 1997

it was not an usual Sunday..we had just won the game against St Joesph School team.
it's tennis ball cricket match..prize money - 500 rupees ..

we

Alex - Team captain
Raju - Opening batsman
finally its me - Arun - wicket keeper + batsman

leave about other peoples in the team they are not the part of this project ...

we are all belongs to same street but different schools ..playing under banner of Trichy KK Nagar Cricket club..

Alex doing 12th standard..eldest in our group.
Raju - 11 the std..
Arun - First year polytechnic student..

Don't know what do with the money, five hundred... lump sum which we never seen in our life time..some how managed to give soup to rest of the team mates..

reasons are plenty.. ball purchase, stump repair, bat purchase..

let us go for rajini movie - arunachalam..running @ cauvery theatre its my idea..
common guys we should spend this money for the valid reason...should not waste the money...its from raju..
hey leave your idea..my plans are totally different ..we should take revenge tat ranga ..

ranga aka Rangacharri..retired TNEB chief engineer..current post is KK Nagar building association leader.

if you are a regular the hindu reader then definitely you must know about him. his contributions to letters to the editor were so famous.. 88 A bus is not coming at right time .. 88 LSS buses were halting and taking passengers at all the stops..



so what is our problem with him??

Rangachaari hereafter charri don't like street cricketers ..he don't like foot board traveling ,cycle razing ,,,more over he don't like anything in this world that were admired by teen ager's.

chaari often interferes in our route , our life, our game ..
so many times he had stopped our games with the help of security guards.. he would steal the ball and bat.. later the same ball and bat can be found with charri's six year old grandson...it would be much irritating.

most of our cover drives would attack charri's bedroom windows..then as usual we would look for money to buy new one to continue the game..

already we tried revenge on him..puncturing his bajaj chetak..but the plan is half cooked and alex got caught red hand.. issue went to alex father ..then what will happen ??..the same father to son relationship stories....

this time the plan should not fail..we should show our innovation....

we have five hundred ruppes ,, we can do anything ...
we can arrange local rowdies and ask them to throw stones at charri's home at night time.. but danger side all the local rowdies were scared of charri..

common guys we should do it..this is from alex..arun i have an excellent idea..purely innovative ..why can't we start an new radio station and transmit anti - charri slogan's? no one would doubt us and charri would also confused..

mini transmitter.. this is my polytechnic electronics lab demo project..transmitting radio waves in medium range frequency. but i am fazed ..transmitting radio waves without approval is against law.

who cares about law , we are young peoples we should change this country and should break all the rules. have you forgotten the the message from the movie indian or bashaa?

yes arun we should do it..this is from raju..

these guys don't know anything about electronics..assembling diodes and capacitors and transmitting Radio waves is not a simple story..but let's try..

project cost is 400 rupees ..everything is available in electronic bazzar ..

couple of diode's , capacitors and resistors ..and 5 hours breath with soldering iron..now our new circuit is ready..

its simple transmitter capable to transmit waves up to 100 meters.if it's placed above the 50 meters from the ground level then the waves can be received to 250 meters ..

now circuit is ready...to execute the project now we need an mike + radio,....
mike arranged by raju...he snatched it from his uncle's audio system..alex arranged an pocket radio...

so my job is over..let us escape from this execution group ...


project executing commander alex started issuing orders ..

guys... this is charri 's regular routine..

he will get up early in morning ,he would start tuning in to all india radio trichy station at 5.45. he is the keen follower of the 6:45 news ...we would keep our transmitter in my home..at top terrace..alex home is just 50 meters from charri's home..arun adjust the transmitter pod to 990khZ as same as trichy station.because of nearest our transmitter would surpass the trichy station Medium waves..

tomorrow morning all india radio trichy would announce different news in our street, instead of morning devotional songs it would transmit pettai rap .. alex is in full swing...raju would be the morning news reader and arun you should take care of technical support.

ok boss..my plan is simple..tune the radio to 990khz but should not come out of home..should monitor the events..

alex and raju collected rare hits songs from music director Deva..most of the deva songs would be the mixture of jackson + saavu melam ( the music played in the funeral) it would be perfect blend to disturb any one during morning time..

another 12 hours to go.. alex already started transmitting in test frequency..hello hello hello mike testing 123 123..can you hear me..hey charii &***$$%% **##

as expected morning show started.. instead of subrabatham trichy station started transmitting A R Rehman pettai rap song..then followed by Deva songs.. 6:45 news started...

Vanakkam ..this is all india radio..headlines..KK Nagar Building association leader Rangacharri scandals exposed.he has looted 10,000 ruppes from the park development fund ,,rangacharri is booked under human harassment law.. .. i could not able to control myself.. started dancing..our enemy is gone .i can see charri standing out side of his home and shouting with this radio..

sports news : Trichy KK Nager Cricket club has played marvelous innings against St Joesph school team ..captain alex and opener raju both played excellent innings.

i don't know why these guys doing self appraisal at this time :(

as usual my day started... went to polytechnic..during afternoon time i got a call from the office room..
Arun, there is an urgent call from your home..go to home immediately.. don't know what happen ???

some how able to catch the bus & now i am entering my street..i can see big crowd headed by Charri..

charri is not a fool..got doubt with special sports news and started his investigation..Alex did not stopped the play untill 10 AM.he started abusing charri + his family after 7.. i with help of local security walkie talkie traced the place of transmission.

the project mission is succesfull +, execution is failed.:(
how dare..who gave guts to do like this..their parents should be punished..i will call police..blah blah..queries ..en- query ..lasted for 4 hours..

now its ingratiation time ..as usual i become app rover..
the transmitter kid was ceased by charri...mm it would be going to be an another toy for his grandson...

after an month..

we relocated to srirangam..another area in trichy.. this charri fumed a budding engineer. :( my father did not wanted to stay further in KK Nagar, to safeguard my life :)

alex moved to chennai and raju's family moved to Tanjore ( thanjavur)..

now...

Arun - After transmitters ,polytechnic and finally become Electronics Engineering graduate but working in software..
Raju - After initial news reading stuff, finished his MBA working in Australisan broadcasting corporation - south east Asia division as a news in charge.
Alex - After initial exp as leader, leading the team from front..now working as a commander in Indian Army

(* Names changed except mine )