25/4/24 ANZAC Day – Fly The Flag

Having woken up at stupid o’clock then getting up an hour later to go to the dawn service at Stockade Hill Howick, Dave ZL1DL was taking it easy for the day, when early afternoon Harry ZL1BK popped up on 40m musing going portable in the Musick Point carpark. A short… [Read More]

21/04/24 April Falls Day

Autumn is also known, and probably more appropriately so, as Fall. And so if you’re going to participate in Fall, why not maximise the effect of your actions and, say, try blocking a roadway. And so it was. On Sunday, we arrived to find a small tree doing a lay… [Read More]

14/04/24 Buy One, Get One Free

Yes its AGM time again for the club and if that’s not fun enough on its own, the AGM was preceded by a regular monthly general meeting. Before we got down to meetings however, there was a bit of technical time and of course coffee. Martyn brought buns, so the… [Read More]

13/4/24 Ground Control to Major Tom

Today we had a presentation about AREC from Steve Main – Northern Regional Manager for AREC. Steve outlined the current structure and direction of AREC and the relationships it has with a number of emergency services, as well as successful initiatives they have developed to attract people to Ham Radio.… [Read More]

12/4/24 Hold the Line Please Caller

Maurice ZL1MPU and Dave ZL1DL were having a conversation on the 5775 repeater on Thursday afternoon when the repeater remained triggered from around 13:40. It appeared that the problem was a transmission on the input frequency as there was some apparent low level audio detectable: fan noise, hum and some… [Read More]

7/4/24 What Have We Got Here Then?

Last Thursday, Dave ZL1DL met with a group of engineers at the clubrooms. There is a need to install a fibre up to the equipment at the “windowless level”. Having previously been through the process, Dave was able to quickly point out the route needed. Part of that route is… [Read More]