Activities

Come along to the last branch meeting of the year.  Remits anybody?  All welcome.   Tea, coffee and biscuits will be available at the end of the meeting.

For details please contact Mike ZL2VMH on 04 478 5437.

An introduction and round table discussion about three outdoor activities for the summer months to get out of the shack, go portable and enjoy the outdoors while playing radio.

We’ll cover SOTA (Summits on the Air), POTA (Parks on the Air), and Fox Hunting. The discussion will be around equipment, locations, logistics, and involvement / teams.

Depending on numbers interested, we’ll then look to plan possible dates early next year to get out and activate multiple locations (Summits and/or Parks), as well as hold a Fox Hunt for members

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

Bring along your steaks, chops, salads, cake or what have you and enjoy the summer BBQ lunch.  Make sure to invite your XYL or YL.  It should be a good lunch event.  807s, sausages and a salad or two provided by hosts Mike & Lynette Woods.

The Wellington VHF Group and Kapiti Branch are having their annual summer BBQ on Saturday 26 January 2020 at QEII Park, Paekakariki from noon.
They are inviting all of the other branches in the Wellington Region to attend.

Kapiti branch are going to operate a hidden transmitter hunt as well.  All are welcome and although we are not sure of the BBQ spot as yet, the group should not be hard to spot!    Details on VHF.nz.

For details please contact Mike ZL2VMH on 04 478 5437.

We will be holding a fox hunt!  So you will need a handheld and a suitable antenna.  We will give you some hints about direction finding and maybe a kit will be available for you to make a suitable antenna system?

For details please contact Mike ZL2VMH on 04 478 5437.

Charlie Morris ZL2CTM will lead a workshop on homebrew HF transceivers.  This will be a special event so everybody is welcome.  As always we will conclude with tea and  coffee.

For details please contact Mike ZL2VMH on 04 478 5437.

This is a practical step-by-step demonstration from Mike ZL1AXG showing how to put together a hotspot for your shack.  Malcolm ZL2UDF showed off his hotspot back in April.  While this is a different configuration the principles remain the same.

If you plan to add a hotspot, Mike will provide a list of component modules required (and suggested sources) a couple of months in advance of this session.

For details please contact Mike ZL2VMH on 04 478 5437.

For details please contact Mike ZL2VMH on 04 478 5437.