Field Day Home Station

Six members of the club activated ZL2WB in the NZART Field Day contest. The weather wasn't the best, but we made some contacts on all three bands we had equipment for: 6m, 2m and 70cm. As anticipated, there were not many active stations again this year. Most contacts were on 2m SSB. The most distant stations worked were in Tauranga, Mt Taranaki and Marton. There were no South Island stations worked this year.

This was the latest shed workshop in our series focussing on newly certified amateur operators follows our April HamCram. We met at Mike ZL1AXG's QTH in Churton Park on Sunday 7 May (from 1pm - 3pm) to discuss options for selecting an HF rig and antenna. Topics covered include:d Tea, coffee and cakes followed the workshop, thanks to Mike's XYL Lynette.

The Branch will be participating in the NZART Jock White Memorial Field Day again this year over the weekend of 25th and 26th February. We will be joining Branch 42 (Titahi Bay Branch) this year at their venue at Hill Road in the Belmont Regional Park. Contact the Chair to record your interest in joining us this coming weekend.