Great turnout. President - Grant ZL2XZ Vice President - Giovanni ZL2GX Secutary - Jason ZL2JLA Treasurer - Ryan ZL1RKW AREC Group Leader - Darren ZL2DAZ Committee Charlie ZL4CDWDamon ZL1ELCAlice ZL2AJWPete ZL2AUBHugh ZL2BFBWarren ZL2FEGraeme ZL2GZIan ZL2IANPaul ZL4PKAl ZL4QTLachie ZL2XD
Operating procedures and some first contacts on radio where made.
Yesterday we installed Warren ZL2FE's KiwiSDR at Jack ZL2JAK's place. Initial antenna was problematic so it is currently connected to a 80/40m fan dipole. It is now listed on the KiwiSDR public listings and there is a link to it on the club website and ZL WAN Dashboard Here is the link: http://kiwisdr.tko.zlwan.net:8073 No doubt we will make some improvements in time.
Casual Night, some discussion on pager monitoring, system architecture, meshtastic, HF antennas in back yards and a bit of DC wiring in the cabinet to bring some more of the IT gear across to backed up DC and get rid of the AC plug packs, hopefully reducing the noise further. 2XS FM playing in the for a bit of background music.
Fox Hunt 27th July Coronation Park 1st Jack ZL2JAK 14 mins Ferry ZL2XH .. 2nd Giovanni ZL2GX 22 mins 3rd Ryan ZL1RKW 27 mins Charlie ZL2CTM ..
Congratulations to all who passed exams over the Ham Cram weekend. Callsigns have been allocated: ZL2ACV - Andy ZL2DEF - Jeremy ZL2EZY - Ezekiel ZL2LDD - Lacey ZL2MAL - Malcolm ZL2MSD - Mark ZL2PST - Simon ZL2SPK - Sam ZL2XH - Ferry ZL3GT - George ZL3IW - Ira ZL4LAM - Jared I'm sure everyone will welcome you on to the air. Welcome to the hobby. Two more to sit the exam in the coming weeks. Giovanni would like to pass on his congratulations to the new graduates and thanks to those who helped during the course and during the weekend.
Nine Manawatu AREC Members participated in the local SAR Ex with 4 lost persons being found. Four portable repeaters were deployed to provide radio coverage for the search area.
