Christmas Dinner Tuesday 5 December @6pm Petone Club

Our regular August monthly meeting, held at The Collective in Johnsonville considered the nature of propagation and tried to answer teh question of "What time of day to look for DX from what direction and on what bands?". With magnetic activity increasing on the sun, the DX bands are now open, and they are not subject to the same QRM in the 'burbs as 80m and 40m. Mike ZL1AXG discussed how solar activity impacted on DX possibilities, through its impact on the ionosphere. This will be in a presentation and discussion format.

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!

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.