WHANGAREI AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC

P0 Box 10-078 Te Mai Whangarei

NOTICE

USED EQUIPMENT SALE

SATURDAY 26th JULY 2008

To our neighbouring clubs

We welcome one & all to our annual sale

Vendors as they arrive

Purchasers 10.30 am

Tables $10.00 bookings to Allan Walker ZL1AW

E–mail abwalker@atrix.co.nz phone 09 435 1413

Conditions of sale

1. Any thing offered on behalf of our club is on as “As is where is” and no refunds or returns will be granted.

2. Any items not sold must be removed by the vendors; this also applies to any rubbish.

3. No monochrome computer or old obsolete printers etc.

Light refreshments! Sausage sizzle! Raffles including meat packs!

Auckland VHF Group will he in attendance with a sales table!

EXCHANGE YOUR CHANGE $$$ FOR SOME THING USEFUL!

See you there! Remember 26th JULY 2008

Whangarei Amateur Radio club rooms Museum & Heritage Park St-Hwy 14, Whangarei

In fairness to purchasers no sales will be allowed before 10.30 am when the doors are opened.

Signed
Trevor Gould ZL1KAG
Secretary Br 28

DayBreaker® Rally 2008

Hi everyone

The DayBreaker® Rally Organising Committee met on Wednesday 12 March 2008 which I attended. AREC has once again been asked to provide radio communications for Start, Finish and Mid-point tracking. AREC will also be operating within the Rally HQ. Tararua District Radio Club Incorporated Branch 06 has again been confirmed as the host club for organising amateur radio communications throughout the course this year.

The date for the DayBreaker® Rally has been confirmed for Saturday 11 October 2008 and will follow the same course as last year covering roads within the Tararua and Manawatu Districts with a full day of rallying thrills and spills.

This year's Rally will be significant in that it attracts four special events:

• 2008 will see the DayBreaker® Rally celebrate 25 years;
• 2008 DayBreaker® Rally will be the final round of the Rally Extreme® Championship;
• 2008 DayBreaker® Rally will be the final round of the North Island Rally® Series;
• 2008 Tararua District Radio Club Incorporated celebrates 80 years of service to the community.

An early invitation is extended to operators interested in being part of this year's Rally so mark the date on your calendars now.

What you will need: A mobile VHF or UHF or a dual band radio fitted into your vehicle with appropriate antennae. You will need to advise me which you have so that you can be placed at the appropriate location for your radio. If your radio is at the doctors but you are still interested in taking part please let me know so that we can try and organise something for you.

A Radio Operators Rally Manual will be sent out to those involved in the Rally again this year and are mostly complete but am awaiting confirmation on a couple of items from the DayBreaker® Rally Committee including a new and updated course map. While it is envisaged that we will use the same frequencies as last year, the use of both fixed and STSP repeaters have not yet been confirmed.

As with past years, reimbursements will be available again this year for those operators who are registered and involved within the Rally at the designated radio points. The DayBreaker® Rally Committee have reiterated that reimbursements will only be available for those operators registered with the Rally and involved on the day, funding constraints DO NOT ALLOW for reimbursements for pre-Rally activities.

PLEASE NOTE: It is a requirement of the DayBreaker® Rally Safety Plan that ALL participants [including radio operators] involved within the Rally are registered for the event. As one of the confirmed officials for the DayBreaker® Rally, I will be collating the necessary information from operators involved on the day and submit this to the DayBreaker® Rally Committee for reimbursement approval. Registration of radio operators consists of your name and contact details which will be logged through myself to the Rally Committee.

A total of 30 operators are required for DayBreaker® Rally on Saturday 11 October 2008 so the earlier we can confirm a full complement, the sooner I will be able to advise the DayBreaker® Rally Committee if we can man all required radio locations or whether they will need to order more Fleetlink radios in.

Once again thank you to everyone who was involved with DayBreaker® 2007 and I look forward to hearing from those interested in this year’s event.

Regards

Stephen Cooper ZL2WAU/ZK8EH

Official Communications Coordinator

DayBreaker® Rally 2008

N.B. This is the first official Radio operators 2008 DayBreaker® Rally publication approved for release.

2008 Silver Fern Rally

The 2008 Rally is on again and Marlborough Branch 22 has been asked to provide the necessary communications support. This year the rally starts in Christchurch on the 16 October goes via Queenstown, Dunedin, Invercargill, Dunedin, Timaru, Christchurch to finish in Blenheim on the 23 October. Mobile operators will be required to have VHF & HF comms with 40 & 80 mt Dipoles required for HF as the comms base will be at Rally HQ in Blenheim. It is intended that reasonable costs will be reimbursed for accommodation and fuel during the rally only and each operator will be required to organise their own accommodation.

Details on the rally can be seen at www.silverfernrally.co.nz

There are in excess of 150 operator locations for the 5-7 special stages per day for the 7days of the rally. Interested operators are asked to register by emailing zl2ks@nzart.org.nz and to advise the dates available (to assist in early planning).

Regards, Branch 22