Branch 50 (Wellington) NZART – Known as the Wellington Amateur Radio Club
Mike ZL1AXG hosted Evgeny UA3AHM recently, and Evgeny left behind a gift of a “City Windom”. Evgeny is a manufacturer of amateur antenna equipment and commercial duplexers. He is a talented OM and designed the City Windom himself. You can read all about it in an article he prepared here.
Single valve oscillators were all the rage in the 20’s and 30’s. We found out all about the origins and features of these oscillator designs at our 21 February meeting thanks to research done by Glenn Kingston ZL2KZ. Glenn featured these designs in the construction competition in August 2017.
This was followed by a presentation from Mike ZL1AXG on the uBITx transceiver. A separate summary and link to the presentation will follow.
We actually had a summer BBQ this year (on Wednesday 17 January) – unlike last year. Not many YLs, but there was a good turn out of OMs. including a couple under 15. The rain arrived about 8.10pm and we headed indoors. Mike ZL1AXG demonstrated his new uBITx and key features.
We met for Christmas Dinner on 6 December 2017 at the Thai Country Café, 124 Main Road, Tawa, at 7pm. Some 16 members and XYLs attended. A good time was had, but some weren’t used to the more spicy tastes!