Club member Bob ZL2CA wins Amateur of the Year award
Wellington Branch 50 NZART club member, Bob Vernall ZL2CA, was awarded Amateur of the Year 2021 by NZART at the 2022 Annual Conference. Bob was instrumental in freeing up the 60m band for amateur radio use. Many amateurs will be grateful for opening up a new an interesting HF band for daytime use.
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50 Years for Wellington VHF Group
Wellington VHF Group was formally formed in August 1970, as a sub group of Wellington Branch 50. This August marks the 50th anniversary of this meeting, where Bill Hamer ZL2CD moved that the Group be formed. According to the latest Q-Bit, the VHF Group is planning to hold a celebration to recognise reaching 50 years this August. They are looking for expressions of interest in the event. They will hold their regular Thursday night meeting on the 27th August and dedicate the evening to short talks on events and projects that the Group has initiated, such as the Wellington Walkie, the UHF National System, Belmont repeater, ATV, various repeaters and other projects, even the DMR National System and the Colonial Knob project. On Saturday evening, 29 August, they plan to hold a dinner as the main social event. If you are keen to participate, the Wellington VHF Group would love to hear from you and if you have ideas to add, they would like to hear from you. Please email the secretary@vhf.nz
The year ahead
The incoming WARC Inc Committee met on Monday 27 March and have come up with an advance programme for the balance of this year: Wed 19 April - SDR radios - a hands-on demo of the Icom IC7300 Wed 17 May - Vote on Remits Conference - A topic to be confirmed Wed 21 June - Nostalgia nosh-up night - should be a good evening! Wed 19 July - Topic to be confirmed Wed 16 August - Valve-era competition night. This will be a fun night! Wed 20 September - Our favourite presenter returns (subject to confirmation) Wed 18 October - Annual Blackwood Cup (get the project going now!) Wed 15 November - Remits night - topic to be confirmed Wed 6 December - Christmas Dinner (with a new venue!)
Wellington Branch 50 NZART wins award
Branch Award for Sangster Shield Contest Wellington Branch 50 NZART (WARC Inc) won the inaugural trophy for the most active branch in the Sangster Shield Contest. This award, in memory of Tony Fletcher ZL2ALJ - a long-time Branch 50 NZART member, was presented to the Chair by the Sangster Shield contest coordinator, Glenn Kingston ZL2KZ at the Wellington Branch meeting on 18 November 2015. WARC Inc thanks Tony's wife for the gift that enabled the trophy fund to be established. While Wellington Branch won the trophy this year, it is to be hoped that other branches will encourage their members to participate in the NZART Sangster Shield contest held each May. The contest involves contacts over two evenings in early winter on QRP CW. Sangster Shield Branch Award Certificate