After such a great run of Christchurch, Canterbury weather, with fine sunny conditions every day for a month and temperatures running in the mid to high 20’s, a spell of cooler weather and some rain arrived here just in time for the weekend of the 23rd and 24th of February.
Saturday the group had the extra hurdle of a police cordon roadblock in the Anzac Drive area. Apparently some roads had been blocked off as part of a ongoing police investigation and search following an incident involving shots being fired as a speeding vehicle fled from police, at about 1am on Saturday morning.
Photo’s provided by Kelvin ZL3KB
Photo’s provided by Rick ZL3RIK
Photo’s & word’s provided by Catherine ZL3CATH
The Jock White Memorial Field Day is one of the main events on the New Zealand Amateur Radio club calendar, being a contest with rules that simulate (at least in part) the setup and operation of a temporary station, under “grid down” conditions. Temporary antennas are only allowed to be erected on the Saturday the contest begins.
