HamCram Graduates February 2025
Our HamCram graduates from February's HamCram are as follows:
- Zachary ZL4HBS
- Peter ZL4PL
- Geoff ZL2GAT
- Stephen ZL1SS
- Michael ZL4MW
- Nicholas ZL2NJW
- Robert ZL1ORCA
- Mercury ZL3HG
- Hamish ZL4DD
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February Branch Meeting - Cheap Chinese Mobile radios
Our first regular meeting of the year was held on Tuesday 18 February 2023 at The Collective Hub, 1/33 Johnsonville Rd. Mike ZL1AXG gave a presentation on the strengths and weaknesses of a range of entry-level Chinese mobile radios based on online reviews. This includes VHF and UHF analogue and DMR radios. A follow up talk in March (at our AGM) will look at various Chinese handheld rigs.
Planning meeting and ZL2 Counsellor visit - 22 February
Our first regular meeting of 2022 was to have taken place on Tuesday 22 February at The Collective Hub, 1/33 Johnsonville Road, Johnsonville. Given the Omicron outbreak it has been decided to cancel this meeting. Richard ZL2FY, one of our Central Region counsellors was to have attended. Richard will be invited to attend a meeting later in the year. Future meetings in March and April will shift to Zoom online meetings.
AGM for year ending 28 February 2021
We held our Branch 50 NZART Annual General Meeting on Sunday 18 April at Waitohi Centre (Johnsonville Public Library) beginning at 1pm. The Chair also gave a presentation on recent developments in processor technology of interest to amateur radio operators. The meeting concluded just before 3pm and members retreated to the cafe upstairs for a free tea or coffee courtesy of branch funds. Reports available: [wpdm_package id='4642'] [wpdm_package id='4654'] [wpdm_package id='4652'] [wpdm_package id='4215'] [wpdm_package id='4659'] [wpdm_package id='4684']