Christchurch Amateur Radio Club
NZART Branch 05 – ZL3AC
The November fox hunt started from Watermans Place, Ferrymead, with the fox hidden in CharlesworthReserve. A call was made at 13:45 on the weather, it was dry so we proceeded with our normal start time of 14:30. Murphy struck as normal and the rain started just as the hunters moved into Charlesworth Reserve. The fox...
Back in the mists of time, I believe it was July of 2021, Branch 05 facilitated its first 2 metre band, filter building session. Keith Birse ZL4JA (pictured below) had devised a filter, constructed on a tiny PC Board, which could improve the performance of cheap 2 metre handhelds, of Chineseium construction. Although Keith is...
The Branch 05 Clubroom was not quite packed-like-sardines, as a dozen suitably socially Distanced folks attended at the Homebrew show and tell evening. First up was Mark “Dolby” (as I can’t remember his call’). (ZL3JVX ed) Mark’s project as displayed onscreen, was as complicated as we have come to expect from him. But he’s always...
On Sunday there was almost no sun as Christchurch Amateur Radio Club, clubrooms buzzed like a beehive with lots of busy bees buzzing. Turns out that this was the big day of constructing the 2-metre filter projects. Keith Birse ZL4JA has been the driving force behind this project. He demonstrated a prototype filter at the...
Glenn Martin ZL3MTH guest speaker at the branch general meeting. Wednesday 7th April 2021. Jet-packs; who doesn’t want one ? They’ve been depicted in comic books since the 1920’s, and then featured as special effects on science fiction TV shows, like Lost In Space in the 1960’s. By the 1960’s genuine Jetpacks did exist, but...
The Christchurch Amateur Radio announce this award to celebrate the club’s centenary. ZL100RSC This Special Event Callsign celebrates the centenary of the Radio Society of Christchurch on 15th February 2021. It was active from 14th January until 13th April 2021. And culminated in the Radio Society of Christchurch (New Zealand) Centenary Award The Christchurch Amateur...
Saturday 20th at 9am – working bee Bruce ZL3TDF had his digger there to remove some soil before some extra gravel is laid in the car park. Plenty of other jobs were also done as well. A huge thank you to Rod ZL3NW, Rick ZL3RIK, Wayne ZL2AYB, Rory ZL3HB, Bruce ZL3TDF and his digger, Ian...
Thanks to the parent helpers, and the freelance mentors Graeme ZL3GSL, Rory ZL3HB and Kelvin ZL3KB.
The Sun shone down gloriously on the… yeah well ok it wasn’t quite dark yet, being being only the day after Autumn Equinox and as Daylight Savings Time was still in force, but ok, it was still the half-light of dusk as 17 folks trickled in the door at Christchurch Amateur Radio Club Clubrooms and...