Christchurch Amateur Radio Club
NZART Branch 05 – ZL3AC
Another workshop where a group of intrepid local hams will built themselves a Sugarcube VFO. The Sugarcube VFO is a tiny device that can act as a configurable oscillator in radio circuits. Originally designed to be integrated into older radios, the club project included an enclosure, a display, a dial, buttons and SMA connectors so...
Back in the mists of time, I believe it was July of 2021, Branch 05 facilitated its first 2 metre band, filter building session. Keith Birse ZL4JA (pictured below) had devised a filter, constructed on a tiny PC Board, which could improve the performance of cheap 2 metre handhelds, of Chineseium construction. Although Keith is...
On Sunday there was almost no sun as Christchurch Amateur Radio Club, clubrooms buzzed like a beehive with lots of busy bees buzzing. Turns out that this was the big day of constructing the 2-metre filter projects. Keith Birse ZL4JA has been the driving force behind this project. He demonstrated a prototype filter at the...
Photo’s provide by David ZL3ASN
Thanks to the parent helpers, and the freelance mentors Graeme ZL3GSL, Rory ZL3HB and Kelvin ZL3KB.
The room was electric with excitement (well almost !) after the conclusion of the business portion of February’s Branch 05 monthly meeting. Several club members had been like Busy Bees over the Christmas New Year period and constructed Home Brew antennas. The idea was something simple (preferably mountable as a vertical) which would work on...
The evening started out with a PowerPoint presentation by Mark (ZL3JVX). Those present then broke into three smaller groups, led by Alan (ZL3UYJ) /Blair (ZL3TOY) in the main hall with a 6 metre Yagi, Richard (ZL4FZ) in the workshop, and Kelvin (ZL3KB) in the Radio Shack. The audience could rotate at intervals so as to...
We arrived at clubroom at 9am on 9th July 2020. The workshop was flooded again, 2nd time in two weeks. We explored outside, to discover that the problem persists. Previous attempt to move bricks and loosen up the dirt has just ended up with saturated ground, and more flooding. Pick up the phone and call...
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)....