2017 AGM

The Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday 15 March 2017 at the Lutheran Church Hall, Mt Cook at 7.30pm. The meeting elected a new committee with a new Chairperson, John ZL2HD and a new Committee Member (Bernard ZL2BD).

Our Secretary-Treasurer (Doug ZL2AOV) continues in the role, whereas Mike ZL1AXG continues as a committee member.   The meeting farewelled Bjorn ZL2ET from the Committee.   WARC will look to reform itself again to being simply Branch 50 NZART as a result of falling membership.

Linear amplifiers

The 15 February regular monthly meeting was held at the Lutheran Church Hall, King St, Mt Cook.

Frank ZL2TTS spoke on selecting a linear amplifier.  This gave rise to a fair bit of discussion on the relative merits and problems with different types of high power amplifiers that amateurs in New Zealand are using, and the merits of homebrew and commercial equipment.

[CANCELLED] 1 February BBQ at Chairman’s QTH

The BBQ planned for our regular meeting date in January was postponed  due to the incoming weatherbomb (and just as well!).  It was then rescheduled for 1 February.  Unfortunately, the weather is not looking too great for the rescheduled BBQ date.

Please note that the February meeting will be held as per usual at the normal club meeting rooms (Lutheran Church Hall, King St, Mt Cook) at 7.30pm.  See you there!

Christmas Dinner brings an end to 2016

WARC has no formal meeting in December, but a Christmas dinner function was held on Wednesday 07 December.   The venue was the same as the previous two years: Evans Bay Yacht and Motorboat Club; 6.30pm for 7pm meal.

There was a similar turnout to the previous year (18 members and XYLs).  The food may not have been to quite the same standard, but we enjoyed the evening and celebrated another year.