Thank you for following the QR code to get here and and we hope you fine the information you were interested in while visiting the NZART conference in Christchurch.
If you would like to know more about Amateur Radio in Christchurch the Christchurch Branch is a good place to start and you will find them here.
https://chchhamradio.org.nz/
Amateur Satellite
The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (as AMSAT is officially known) was first formed in the District of Columbia in 1969 as an educational organization. Its goal was to foster Amateur Radio’s participation in space research and communication. AMSAT was founded to continue the efforts, begun in 1961, by Project OSCAR, a west coast USA-based group which built and launched the very first Amateur Radio satellite, OSCAR, on December 12, 1961, barely four years after the launch of Russia’s first Sputnik.
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Amateur Radio Emergency Communication “AREC”.
AREC is the public service arm of the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART) formed by members who are primarily individually licensed amateur radio operators. AREC provides skilled Volunteers enabling essential communications to support search and rescue, disaster response, and our community.
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Earth Moon Earth “EME”
Moonbounce or EME (Earth-Moon-Earth) communication presents some of the most significant technical and operating challenges in amateur radio. Since the first two-way amateur QSO via the moon took place in 1960 it has since been followed by many others on every amateur band from 28MHz to 47GHz (with trials now underway at 77GHz).
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HamCram
HamCram is a weekend course for beginners to learn the basics of amateur radio and become qualified to get on the air.
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The Home of Amateur Radio in New Zealand “NZART”
Dedicated to Amateur radio since 1926, NZART is the a non-profit association of amateur radio operators in New Zealand and founding member of Region 3 of the IARU.
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Summits on the Air (SOTA)
SOTA is an award scheme for radio amateurs and shortwave listeners that encourages portable operation on hills and mountains all over the world. SOTA has been carefully designed to make participation possible for everyone, not just mountaineers! There are awards for activators (those who ascend to the summits) and chasers (who either operate from home, a local hilltop or are even Activators on other summits).
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