Wellington Amateur Radio Club - ZL2WB

The October meeting featured the annual Blackwood Cup. Three entries were received - one each from Bernard ZL2BD, Ted ZL2TB and Mike ZL1AXG. The trophy went to Mike ZL1AXG for his adaptations of the BITX40 transceiver. But voting was very close. Mike will be writing up his BITX40 mods on the Arduino section of this website as time allows. The other projects included: a 4 way antenna switch (from Bernard ZL2BD) which was beautifully presented (the case was made with 2 aluminium channels and a ). Channel isolation was found to be around 70dB (i.e. excellent) with insertion loss in the fractions of 1dB; a collection of home brew single lever paddle (from Ted ZL2TB) that use magnetic latching to provide a nice key "feel". Ted has a few for sale as well if anybody is looking for a nice non-iambic paddle.

Our branch member, Bob ZL2AVM gave us an excellent presentation again this year on his adventures at sea. Bob returned to pick up on his journeys around the world's oceans with more "tales from the sea" at our September meeting.

Our August meeting featured competing teams in the most fun event of the year, creating our one valve oscillator transmitters! The winning team featured two ex-NZPO telephone exchange specialists. Maybe they had an unfair advantage?

Come along to our July 19 meeting! 7.30pm at the Lutheran Church Hall, King St, Mt Cook. More an opportunity for catching up with mates than formal business.

Our 20 June 2017 meeting at the Lutheran Church Hall, King St, Mt Cook reflected our ever popular mid-winter Nosh n' Natter. Plates of food (many heated up in the oven reflecting the colder weather) were pulled out after a very short business meeting. A valve VHF receiver was on display (thanks to the folk from Wrights Hill Fortress). There was lots of catch ups and chatter about amateur radio topics of interest to members. Bring food to heat up!