Activities

All are welcome to join us at our AGM.

For details please contact Mike ZL2VMH on 04 478 5437.

Bernard will present on RX antennas - the reasons why TX and RX antennas are different.  He will also give an update on his latest Mag Loop experiments (including this large 6m tuned loop for 40m).

All welcome.  The workshop will conclude with tea/coffee.

All are welcome.  The meeting will conclude with a visit to the cafe upstairs.  A free tea or coffee is provided.

For details please contact Mike ZL2VMH on 04 478 5437.

Mike ZL1AXG and Bernard ZL2BD will give an introduction to the committee's concept of an antenna ecosystem, in which a range of antennas can be controlled by a single microprocessor control system.  This could include remote antenna switches (with just one antenna cable into the shack), 4 square switching, directional switching of beverage antennas or similar, tuning of magnetic loop antennas, and rotator control for beam antennas.

Join us at our mid-winter food celebration.  Attendees are invited to bring a plate of either hot or cold finger food to share with others.  We will also spend some time reminiscing ....   Tea and coffee provided.

For details please contact Mike ZL2VMH on 04 478 5437.

This is a practical step-by-step demonstration about DMR from Mike ZL1AXG. Mike will demonstrating OpenGD77 firmware on cheap Chinese handhelds and via a hotspot in your shack.  Malcolm ZL2UDF showed off his hotspot back in April 2020.  While this is a different configuration, the principles remain the same. Malcolm will demonstrate operation of his high power hotspot.

For details please contact Mike ZL2VMH on 04 478 5437.

There are a number of different ways to know if a band is open for propagation.   Listening on the band is not necessarily indicative of band openings - particularly if everybody is listening.  John ZL2XJ and others will demonstrate use of beacons, the reverse beacon network, WSPR and the RemoteDX KiwiSDR to determine the likelihood of a band being open.

For details please contact Mike ZL2VMH on 04 478 5437.

For details please contact Mike ZL2VMH on 04 478 5437.

Bring out your homebrew construction project to have a go at winning the annual Blackwood Cup (which has been fought over since the early 1930s).

For details please contact Mike ZL2VMH on 04 478 5437.

For details please contact Mike ZL2VMH on 04 478 5437.

All are welcome (including XYLs) to attend our Christmas Dinner held in early December.  In the last few years we have enjoyed the 2 for 1 deal on the Monday night at 1841 Restaurant in Johnsonville .   Hopefully you will enjoy a further visit this year. Please make sure you have signalled in advance that you are coming to the organiser (Bernard ZL2BD).