2017 AGM

The Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday 15 March 2017 at the Lutheran Church Hall, Mt Cook at 7.30pm. The meeting elected a new committee with a new Chairperson, John ZL2HD and a new Committee Member (Bernard ZL2BD).

Our Secretary-Treasurer (Doug ZL2AOV) continues in the role, whereas Mike ZL1AXG continues as a committee member.   The meeting farewelled Bjorn ZL2ET from the Committee.   WARC will look to reform itself again to being simply Branch 50 NZART as a result of falling membership.

Linear amplifiers

The 15 February regular monthly meeting was held at the Lutheran Church Hall, King St, Mt Cook.

Frank ZL2TTS spoke on selecting a linear amplifier.  This gave rise to a fair bit of discussion on the relative merits and problems with different types of high power amplifiers that amateurs in New Zealand are using, and the merits of homebrew and commercial equipment.

[CANCELLED] 1 February BBQ at Chairman’s QTH

The BBQ planned for our regular meeting date in January was postponed  due to the incoming weatherbomb (and just as well!).  It was then rescheduled for 1 February.  Unfortunately, the weather is not looking too great for the rescheduled BBQ date.

Please note that the February meeting will be held as per usual at the normal club meeting rooms (Lutheran Church Hall, King St, Mt Cook) at 7.30pm.  See you there!

November Meeting: CQ DX de XV4Y

Club member Yan ZL4YY (also F1TUJ and XV4Y) talked about his operations from South-East Asia, where he lived for many years with his wife and son.   He talked about the way amateur radio callsigns are obtained, licensing requirements, descriptions of other Vietnamese operators, and equipment at his home QTH (left outside on the verandah to reduce moisture damage).    Yan demonstrated an impressive list of countries worked and DXCC twice over!

Yan finally received his ZL licence last month, so you will no doubt hear him around the bands now that he has settled in to Wellington with his family!