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CONTENTS For News_Old or News_Archive September-2008
The newest date is at the top of the left hand column, while the oldest date is at the bottom of the right hand column.
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30-September-2008 2008 Club Grants AnnouncedThe 2008 Grants Committee (Don Wilschefski VK4BY, (Chair), Deane Blackman VK3TX, and Rob Fincher VK3BRF) has submitted its recommendations to the Board, which has accepted its recommendations....
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30-September-2008 Public demonstration of PLC/BPL intereferenceA Japanese video is available on YouTube showing the severe radio interference that's caused by devices that use the mains electricity supply for broadband internet connections...
An item taken from our RSS News Feed from The Southgate Amateur Radio Club. Thank you SARC back to top
30-September-2008 Radio New Zealand Celebrates Sixty Years Of International BroadcastingOn 27 September, the Dominion Day holiday in 1948, New Zealand's first international shortwave service was launched by Prime Minister Peter Fraser...
An item taken from our RSS News Feed from The Southgate Amateur Radio Club. Thank you SARC back to top
28-September-2008 A Technical Problem-Can Anyone Help Please?On another matter, but of interest, no doubt, to those who run 572B tubes in their Amps a US Reflector recently advised that the manufacture of these tubes for RF use has been discontinued by the Chinese manufacturers - apparently the audiophiles have taken over and the audio related 572B tubes appear to be the only type of 572B that will be available in the future. Perhaps an online enquiry at RF Parts, the major US tube supplier, www.rfparts.com will give a lead to availability of RF suitable 572B tubes-John ZL1BHQ...
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ON Sunday Official Broadcast Sunday 28-September-2008ZL6A will be on Sunday night at 8pm with the Official Broadcast for SEPTEMBER 2008, ZL2BHF at the microphone as shown below...
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27-September-2008 Contesting For Weekend 27/28-September-2008Only one week away until the 2008 Oceania Phone Contest and hopefully the improving band conditions, albeit somewhat less than desirable, will continue.......
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25-September-2008 Introducing ZM2MWelcome to the website of East Coast Contesters from glorious Hawke's Bay in New Zealand's North Island, famous for wine ... and ZM2M.
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25-September-2008 Website Dedicated to The ZC1The ZC1 Club was established by a group of radio enthusiasts based in Wellington NZ to record the origins of this unique HF radio set developed during the early and middle years of the Second World War.
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ON Webnesday ZS (South Africa) Special Event Station 24-September-2008Dear Amateur Radio club, back to top
ON Monday 90th Year of Radio Communication UK to AustraliaAt 1100hrs (AEST) on Monday 22nd September 2008, Sydney radio amateurs and members of the local community gathered at the Fisk Memorial outside the former house of Sir Ernest Fisk, at Wahroonga in Sydney, to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the first directed wireless messages from the UK to Australia......
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OUT Sunday Infoline 169 Has Been AddedIn This Issue you will find: back to top
21-September-2008 VKs Get a LF AllocationAustralia is set to join the 30-odd countries whose radio amateurs have been already given the new low frequency amateur band of 135.7 to 137.8 kHz.
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STARTS Saturday 2009 Jock White Memorial Field Day Contest 2009Is it time to think about this contests now? Prelimary work can be done to get your team(s)organised and location(s) sorted out. Details for the contests can be found below....
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20-September-2008 ISS Contact For Melbourne's Anderson Creek Primary SchoolStudents from Melbourne's Anderson Creek Primary School will be speaking
> with a crew member on the International Space Station next month during
> a 10 minute window as it circles the Earth at 27,000 kph.....
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20-September-2008 From ARISSRichard Garriott, W5KWQ, to communicate with Students and Ham Radio
Operators World-wide through the Amateur Radio Station on-board the
International Space Station (ISS.....
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19-September-2008 Contesting For Weekend 20/21-September-2008This weeks information from NZART's Contest Manager John, ZL1BHQ, can be found below....
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19-September-2008 New Web Site of Interest to NZ Amateurs Welcome. This wiki is a repository of information about Amateur (or "Ham") Radio in New Zealand, please feel free to contribute your knowledge so that all may benefit. If you edit a page, please enter a brief comment about your actions in the comment box so that others can be aware of new changes....
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STARTS Saturday JOTA 18/19-October-2008Scout Jamboree on the Air.....
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STARTS Saturday JOTA 18/19-October-2008 A Full ReportDear colleagues, I am pleased to announce that the 51st Jamboree-On-The-Air (JOTA) and the 12th Jamboree-On-The-Internet will be held over the weekend of 18 and 19 October 2008. Please distribute this information to all the Scout groups in your country so they may have the opportunity to take part-PDF (740 kB)......
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18-September-2008 Portable Rotary Phone - BlackDo you want the ULTIMATE cellphone? Well here it is. Description: The infamous Portable Rotary Phone is an original rotary phone that has been modified to be a cellular phone....
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18-September-2008 ACMA Acts Against Amateurs Operating ImproperlyFollowing a number of representations by the WIA to ACMA and a face to face meeting between the WIA and ACMA officers on 28th June 2008, ACMA has now advised the WIA that it has taken a number of regulatory actions against amateur licensees operating in breach of the amateur licensing conditions.... NOTE:The ACMA (Australian Communications and Media Authority) is the Australia Administrtion equivalent to NZs MED (Ministry of Economical Development).
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16-September-2008 The Integrated Circuit Celebrates it's 50th Birthday On the 12th of September the integrated circuit celebrated it's 50th Birthday...
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14-September-2008 Back to basics - go simplex The use of simplex operation is not new and in fact it was a way of life before voice repeaters arrived many decades ago.
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12-September-2008 Contesting For Weekend 13/14-September-2008ZL1BHQ, NZART's CONTEST Manager. gives his report on contest activity this weekend and the contests coming up. back to top
12-September-2008 Nostalgia Night Saturday 13-September-2008A reminder - Nostalgia Night is tomorrow night back to top
12-September-2008 Memorial Contest Rules RevisionI have received a proposal for some changes to the Memorial Contest Rules and the present timetabled duration of the Contest back to top
OFF Boat Anchor SprintsBecause of the poor conditions on 80 metres the remaining Boat Anchor Sprint contest, to be held on 11-October-2008, has been cancelled. The decision as to when they will start again will be made sometime in 2009 back to top
ON Saturday Branch 03 Used Equipment SaleThis is to be held on 11-October-2008 at Avondale AKL ........
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10-September-2008 HQ Infoline SubscribingAt last it has been fixed. The age of the program was the trouble; it would not accept any updates. By searching the local (to Webmaster) archive an original subscribing text was found and the problem was over. Thanks to all that had trouble and for their patience.--->>> back to top
10-September-2008 NZART Council Minutes UpdateThe following 2008 Council Minutes have been added: back to top
OVER Saturday Boat Anchor Sprint Results For 9-August-2008Not many on for this contest.
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OUT Sunday Infoline 168 Has Been AddedInfoline 168 includes General Secretary Deddy Morgan's section, a report from the IARU Region 3 Director Meeting in Japan and a report from the WIA Secretary regarding a fund for branch allocation on an approved application basis by a panel of experts. Results of the of the Waitakere Sprint, CQWW RTTY, CQWW WPX CW and two ARRL International Phone and CW contests are also included. The next VHF contests is the MICROWAVE Contest.--->>> back to top
7-September-2008 News Old or Archived Section RevisedA revistion has been carried out on the "News Old" or "News Archive" Web pages. The pages start from November-2005. Access is done by year and month. A click on the month gets the saved news items--->>> back to top
STARTS Saturday WESTFEST 6/7 September 2008Westland Br 49 with assistance from Marlborough and Nelson Branches Presentations will include APRS, Optical Communication, VHF power amplifiers, Software Defined Radio, Emergency comms, Foxhunting and more. There will be trading tables and lots of socialising. Start time 10:30am Saturday 6 September, close Noon Sunday 7 September Venue will be the Emergency Communication Centre, Murchison. No registration fee, donations welcome. For information please contact: Bob McQuarrie ZL3TY, zl3ty@nzart.org.nz Graham Hay ZL3WMM, zl3wmm@nzart.org.nz back to top
5-September-2008 NZART and Amateur Radio Promotion MaterialDid you know that NZART has promotion material? back to top
5-September-2008 NZART WebThe update to the NZART is coming to an end. Some changes have yet to be made to the Activities section. From a menu selection you use the Page Menu to get to the detail of any item. back to top
5-September-2008 Contesting For Weekend 6/7-September-2008CQWW and ARRL International Contest Results are included in John's report--->>> back to top
ON Saturday Expo-09 Saturday 4th April 2009The Combined Wellington Amateur Radio Expo 2008 Committee advises that the annual Wellington Radio EXPO-09 is to be held on Saturday 4th April 2009.......
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3-September-2008 HamInfoBarThis tool bar will help you get the latest up to date DX news, articles, cluster spots, propagation predictions, as well as quick access to ITU, Zone and several other maps ... I now use it daily!" Paul K4UJ founder of dx-is.com
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3-September-2008 From Our RSS Feed-High Speed LinkingNews with thanks to Southgate ARC: back to top
3-September-2008 Retro Radio AuctionWe are running an auction on Friday 5th Sept which may be of interest to members of your society. We are selling 277 antique and collectable valve radios. See attached flier and click on the following link: Turners Please contact me for more information. Kind regards, Jeff Braid, Branch Manager, TURNERS AUCTIONS Ltd, Palmerston North, 06 356 1782, 027 2411 097--->>> back to top
3-September-2008 From Our RSS Feed-Hurricane GustavWith thanks to Southgate ARC: back to top
ON Monday 2008 Doug Gorman FM ContestWhen : Monday, 1 September 2008 Time : 2115 NZST (0915 UTC) Band : 80m Contest Rules and other information - please refer to the NZART Website, http://www.nzart.org.nz/contests, or 2006/7 NZART Callbook, Page 5-6. A Great activity for Branch participation - get together a Team from your Branch and challenge for the Branch Award. back to top
STARTS Monday Rules for National Woodskills Festival Award 2008 1st to 14th September 2008Contacts with Kawerau Branch 67 on any band i.e. HF, VHF, National System. Ten points required for ZL applicants (five points for DX stations) may be accumulated as follows: ZL1KW worth 5 points, Branch President Barry ZL1CAY or Vice President Kel ZL1ASL worth 3 points, any other branch member worth 1 point. 1. Award is available to all Amateur Operators or SWLs who accumulate 10 points or 5 points if DX. 2. The Award application containing a copy of Log details or SWLs name and address plus $5 fee to be received by the Awards manager Branch 67 no later than November 1st each year. Applications for the award to: Awards Manager Branch 67 NZART C/- Bev Osborne ZL1OS 34 Cobham Drive Kawerau 3075 New Zealand. back to top
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