Christchurch Amateur Radio Club
NZART Branch 05 – ZL3AC
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.
VHF Field Day station.The team was Andy Zl3KKW, Wayne ZL2AYB, Bruce ZL3TFD Rick ZL3RIK and Alan ZL3UYJ.
Congratulations on Amateur of the Year Bruce ZL3TDF 4th December 2019.
The audience was only 10 of us, but we were all keen to learn from the more experienced club members. Blair ZL3TOY would seem to have more experience than some. Apparently he was licensed at just 11 years old (!). Blair reckons when starting out, just borrow some gear to give it a try, avoid...
Despite the cold evening (indeed earlier in the day we’d had thunderstorms and hail in some areas), but with the advent of Daylight Saving beginning all the moths came out of the woodwork. Oh sorry I meant “hams” got out of their shacks.Before the meeting started, early birds got to pick over the recycling/junk table,...
Robin ZL3TCM organized a AO-91 and AO-92 SSTV day on Saturday 14th of September. These satellites are good but I and most others have trouble with deep fades. The SSTV mode chosen was Robot 24 160 by 120 and Robot 36 320 by 240. Robot 24 is the fastest speed for a colour picture but...
Despite the drizzly rain and generally cold conditions, some 30 folks made the effort to attend the club meeting where Nikki Reece the station manager at FM 96.9 gave her talk. Plains FM has been broadcasting in Christchurch and throughout the surrounding Canterbury district since the 29th of February 1988. Nikki Reece started with the...