Photos provided by Rick ZL3RIK
Author: Mike Barnes
NZART Annual Conference – June 2017
June commenced with the NZART Annual Conference in Rotorua. I had a very busy Saturday morning collecting the Rothschild Trophy for the Branch with the most exam passes, then a certificate and Icom handheld for Mathew ZL3COG for the best youth exam mark, and finally the NZART Amateur of Year Trophy on behalf of Kelvin...
Repeater Work – January 2017
On Friday 13th Jan 2017 team of seven people (Rory ZL3HB, Rob ZL3RX, Rod ZL3ROD, Mike Zl3TMB, Morrie ZL3RP, Steve ZL2UCX and myself ZL4FZ) spent a day at Herbert. We met at Diamond Harbour at 0830 and finished around 1630. We have replaced the mounts with a 48mmOD water pipe, reinstated the original whip antenna...
NZART Amateur of the Year – Kelvin Barnsdale ZL3KB – 2016
Christchurch Branch nominated Kelvin Barnsdale ZL3KB as NZART Amateur of the Year for 2016. During the past year Kelvin participated in the following activities: In addition, Kelvin has been one of the stalwarts of the weekly “Activities and Study Night”. We now have between 30 and 40 members regularly dropping in to the clubrooms every...