Christchurch Amateur Radio Club
NZART Branch 05 – ZL3AC
Rob ZL3TCM Here’s an idea I have been using for a while , when my rigs are being used for digital modes I normally remove the mic. I simple dust cap is a cover from a N-Type connector , a normally thrown away item. Recently I printed off a box on my 3D printer for...
Rodents are a problem everywhere in the world. They seek dry warm places like our repeater huts and cause havoc with wiring and the like. To combat this foam was sprayed into the access points for cable at Marley’s Hill repeater hut. Unfortunately this was not successful. They ate thought the foam and still gained...
The evening started with a stern warning from some rather fierce sounding dude (Big Pete) at the front table, that of the club’s 274 members, about 190 had not yet paid their annual membership fee. (Turns out, I was also one of the naughty ones. I’m gonna have to have stern words with my secretary)....
Photo’s by Ian ZL3TOA Photo’s by Ken Zl3EC ZL3AC 20 ZL3AC 2020 Jock White Field Day – ZL3KBZL3AC 2020 Jock White Field Day – ZL3KBk White Field Day – ZL3KB Another great event, Christchurch Amateur Radio Club supporting the Jock White Field day.Thanks to all that gave a hand erecting the aerials and bringing them...
Passed Lizzy ZL3LIZZ, Dylan ZL3DJC, Daniel ZL3DHS, Brendan ZL3BAM, Michael ZL3SAL, James ZL3KDOT and Zealan ZL3YZ.
Congratulations to Des ZL3Ak on his promotion to life membership last month. Well done Des, well deserved for all your contributions to the club.
9am Saturday 11th January Jim ZL3ND, Bruce ZL3TDF, Mike ZL3TMB, and Craig CH5311 (I’m twisting his arm to get a real call-sign) met at the clubrooms to load up with gear, ready for the trip to Mt Herbert. We spent some time making some new battery cables for the install at the club. We finally...
Cleanup team was Bruce Smith ZL3TDF, Paul Turner ZL3PTR, Peter Tyerman ZL3IA, Ian MacPherson ZL3AO, Mike Duncan ZL3MWD and Mike Barnes ZL3TMB. Photo by Sophie Barnes. Photo’s by Paul Turner ZL3PTR.
On the evening of 20th Dec 2019, we held Hamcram+ where several of the new hams got started on their next step into amateur radio with some vhf simplex contacts. Most also really enjoyed an 80m contact with Boyd ZL3LE. A few even ventured onto 705 on the way home from the meeting.