Branch 50 (Wellington) NZART – Known as the Wellington Amateur Radio Club
The Committee decided that we should again enter Jock White National Field Day after a break in 2020. This was a relaxed affair. Malcolm ZL2UDF organised the use of Kaiwharawhara Park (accessed off the Hutt Road) from Wellington City Council. This site was used in the 1990s by the club, before we moved to Athletic Park (no more) and then to Quartz Hill.
We secured the venue from 1pm on Saturday to 1pm on Sunday. John ZL2XJ organised equipment and set up/close down. Six members turned out.
Club members really enjoyed Peter Fisher ZL3HV’s talk in November about Campbell Island. He has kindly agreed to return and give a presentation and powerpoint presentation on his visit to the Kermadec Islands.
All are welcome. The meeting is from 1pm – 3pm on Sunday 21 February at John ZL2XJ’s QTH at 9 Ridley Tce, Churton Park. Tea and coffee will conclude the meeting.
Our annual summer BBQ was slightly later this year, but Sunday 7 February at 12 noon proved to be perfect weather. The venue was the Chair’s QTH (ZL1AXG) at 2 Derry Hill, Churton Park, Wellington.
Our next Branch meeting is scheduled for Sunday 15 November, from 1pm – 3pm at the Waitohi Centre (Johnsonville Library).
Peter Fisher ZL3HV will speak on his experiences on Campbell Island (including no doubt his encounters with these sea mammals) and his amateur experiments there a few years ago.
Trevor King ZL2AKW will also give an autobiography drawing on his life experience and how amateur radio was interwoven into this. Trevor was originally to give his talk a couple of months ago, but this was interrupted by a return to Level 2 with the Covid-19 outbreak in Auckland.
All are welcome to attend our meetings. The Club will provide tea or coffee in the café upstairs after the meeting for members and guest speakers.
Note that there will be no shed workshop in November or December 2020. A new round of shed workshops will kick off in February 2021.