Christchurch Amateur Radio Club
NZART Branch 05 – ZL3AC
Antennas and things I finally went & got a round tuit & made up a 30/60 trapped dipole which I was able to put up as a near flat top at 6 meters high. The results have been outstanding on both bands with numerous contacts into Europe & Scandinavia on 30metres. Apart from Summits, Lakes...
My lockdown project is a portable VHF/UHF satellite antenna for use with the motor home. The antenna uses plastic conduit for the boom, 8 elements on 70 cm and 5 elements on 2 metres, crossed. It all snaps together using plastic conduit clips and can be assembled and attached to a camera tripod in less...
Gilbert ZL3GIL During the lockdown I had time to finish off my BITX20 usb transceiver. This was one of my decade-long projects… I’d bought the pcbs & inductor cans off Sunil Lakhani VU3SUA around the time of the 2010- 2011 earthquakes and a bag of 10MHz crystals for the IF from one of our local...
Antenna replacement with a folded dipole as the main antenna on the pole has been damaged and water is in the coax cable.Steve ZL2UCX and Richard ZL4FZ climbed the tower with the 1st climb last 75 minutes and the 2nd climb lasted 45 minutes. It was cold with a nor-easterly wind and visibility was less...
With the Covid 19 virus lockdown reduced to level 2 that meant that the SOTA programme was back on track & the mountain goats were let out of their enforced confinement. May 16th saw 5 intrepid activators brave the early morning ground fog that lay in patches in the city & climb various summits. Four...
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...