RemoteDX Inc

When: 1pm - 3pm on Tuesday 21 June Where: The Collective Community Hub, 1/33 Johnsonville Rd. Members enjoyed our annual shared lunch to celebrate the shortest day and got to catch up with Brian ZL1AZE/VK3MI who was back in Wellington briefly on holiday after more than 10 years living in Melbourne. Brian is an honorary life member of Wellington Branch 50 NZART and continues to follow the club's activities with interest. At around 1.40pm John ZL2JPM gave a presentation on the ENAMS equipment purchased and operated by RemoteDX Inc. He described the challenges of noise levels and the formula used by international authorities to determine the noise floor in different locations, before discussing the ENAMS hardware, data collection and access system and the potential opportunities for the future. He clearly argued the value to the amateur ccommunity of having standardised RF noise monitoring systems. The ENAMS equipment is operating in Wellington (now on the Kapiti Coast) and is part of a larger IARU experiment. The RemoteDX ENAMS monitoring unit is currently the only one in the Southern Hemisphere. John's presentation was well received.

KiwiSDR receiver Our November meeting was held on Tuesday 16 November (note that this was a different day to usual) from 1pm - 3pm at The Collective Hub, Johnsonville. John ZL2XJ and Bernard ZL2BD gave a presentation and demonstration of the KiwiSDR project that will be installed on a quiet receive site not too far away from the city. The equipment has been tested in suburban Wellington this year. The presentation included an overview of the technology and its application, and included a "listen in" on KiwiSDR sites via the internet portal. The meeting also discussed our draft submission to the Wellington City Council on the Draft District Plan.

Due to the fact that we were still under Covid-19 Level 2 status, we were unable to meet on Sunday 20 September as planned at Waitohi (Johnsonville Library). Instead we had a face-to-face meeting at Bernard ZL2BD's QTH at 1 Winsley Tce, Churton Park. Don Robertson, National Director of AREC spoke about the restructuring of AREC and the opportunities available to members to be active in AREC and SAR. We were also took time to discuss challenges Porirua City (Titahi Bay Branch 42) is facing with their proposed District Plan and to celebrate the Branch 74 (Wellington VHF Group) 50th anniversary. Branch 50 NZART assisted in getting the VHF Group underway, back in 1970. A celebratory cake cemented the celebration at 3pm alongside tea, coffee and egg sandwiches. The Chair briefly updated members on the remainder of 2020's programme of activities and members were queried as to who was planning to attend the Christmas Dinner. At 2pm we moved into the AGM for RemoteDX. This included receiving the annual report from the Chair, approving the minutes of the previous AGM, confirming the annual financial statements, electing the next committee, considering minor amendments to the constitution, discussing the forward direction of…