The first shed workshop was held on Sunday 29 April from 1pm – 3pm at Bernard ZL2BD’s QTH (1 Winsley Tce, Churton Park)
The topic was Antenna Tuners, with Bernard recounting the various design types (Z-match, T-match, Pi match, etc.).
First meeting of plain old Br 50 – April 2018
The first meeting of the new Branch 50 (Wellington) NZART kicked off Wednesday 18 April at our regular meeting location (Lutheran Church Hall in King St, Mt Cook) with a report back from the first committee meeting of the new committee.
Ideas for meetings through calendar 2018 were discussed with positive feedback to all proposed themes. Now the committee has to get to and arrange all of these items!
Members also agreed to the sale of the club rig (IC7410), purchased in 2014. A discussion at a subsequent meeting will determine whether or not this equipment should be replaced. This will also determine what happens to other related station equipment (such as a 12v power supply and tuner).
Bernard ZL2BD had planned to give an intro to the Shed Workshops. Unfortunately, Bernard was sick, so Mike ZL1AXG gave a bit of a taster session for the first of the upcoming shed workshops. The first topic will be on antenna matching.
Please do come to the inaugural Shed Workshop at 1pm on Sunday 27 April at Bernard’s QTH (1 Winsley Tce, Churton Park). No need to bring anything. Just yourself.
Mike ZL1AXG gave a brief talk about some of his recent purchases, including a very cheap L-C meter, a 2.8″ colour touch screen that plugs into an Arduino Mega, a 16 key keypad that uses a single analogue input on a processor, and a collection of low pass filters on a relay board (sourced from www.qrp-labs.com).
Catch you at the Shed Workshop next Sunday!
Shed workshops are planned. Members and non-members are welcome.
WARC Inc Liquidation
Members have voted to “unincorporate” WARC Inc and revert to our underlying status: Branch 50 (Wellington) NZART.
A confirmation vote was held at the club’s registered office (229 Mark Ave, Grenada Village, Wellington 6037) on Sunday 25 March 2018 at 2pm. Thirteen members were present and confirmed the decision to unincorporate. Members of the Wellington Amateur Club Inc prior to incorporation have reformed as Branch 50 (Wellington) NZART. This new organisation is an unincorporated club.
The final accounts at wind up are available here:
