THIS CASSETTE COURSE IS DEDICATED

TO SILENT KEY, LATE MR. JOHN E AMARATUNGE 4S7JA, PAST PRESIDENT OF THE RSSL, WHO PROMOTED AMATEUR RADIO AMONG VISUALLY HANDICAPPED IN SRI-LANKA, TEACHING VISUALLY HANDICAPPED MR. BONAVENTURE JANSZ 4S5BJ PAST VICE PRINCIPAL OF THE RATMALANA SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND, MR NEIL AMARASEKARA 4S5NA TEACHER SCHOOL FO THE BLIND, MR O.V.DHARMASENA 4S7OV, AND MR K.T.WASANTHA 4S6KV, TO BECOME LICENCED RADIO AMATEURS.

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE RSSL WHO HAS GIVEN FULLEST CO-OPERATION TO ENCOURAGE AMATEUR RADIO AMONG HANDICAPPED. SPECIALLY I SHOULD MENTION LATE MR EARL EKANAYAKE 4S7EK, MR EARNEST AMARASINGHE 4S7EA, MR J.T.WIJERATNE 4S7VJ, MR SHANTHI PERERA 4S7WP, MR PADDY GUNASEKARA 4S7PB, AND MR GLEN E WICKREMARATNE 4S7GV.

TO DEUTSCHE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB DARC, ONE OF THE WORLD FAMOUS AMATEUR RADIO ORGANISATIONS IN GERMANY WHO HAS DONATED A VALUABLE TRANSCEIVER TO THE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND RATMALANA RADIO CLUB 4S7SB TO PROMOTE AMATEUR RADIO AMONG VISUALLY HANDICAPPED.

TO THE HANDI-HAM SYSTEM USA WHO HAS DONATED HF TRANSCEIVER TO THE BLIND AMATEUR MR O.V.DHARMASENA 4S7OV.

TO MR. HANS NEDDERMANN DL6IQ, 4S7IQG WHO HELPED DONATING HAM GEAR TO DISABLED AMATEURS.

ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS CASSETTE COURSE TO ALL THE DEDICATED, UNTIRING COURAGED HAMS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR HEARTIEST SUPPORT TO PROMOTE AMATEUR RADIO AMONG HANDICAPPED PERSONS.

FINALLY I WOULD LIKE TO THANK VISUALLY HANDICAPPED HAM OM ASGAR ALIBHHOY 4S7AA WHO HAS ENCOURAGED ME TO MAKE THIS CASSETTE COURSE AND TO MY XYL "SUDU" WHO HAS GIVEN ME MORAL SUPPORT ALL THE TIME AND WHO HAS NEVER UTTERED ANY SINGLE WORD TO DISCOURAGE ME TO DO THE BLIND SCHOOL TRAINING PROJECT DURING PAST 20 LNGHTY YEARS!