Updated 10 January: ZL Amateur Radio Beacons 2021 are ready for checking. As no Call Book will produced for year (2021), the intention is to not only have the Beacon Map plus their active status available online but also to print them in the January/February 2021 issue of Break-In. Please check these PDF's for accuracy and report to the VHF Records Coordinator any mistakes you see, via email to John ZL2TWS .

NZART Contests Calendar for 2021 has been updated for 2021. Place these dates in your calendar for this year. There is is one or more contests for everyone to partake in. Click on the link to review the calendar.

NZART Portable Activity Day - New Years Day 1 January 2021. Back for it’s third iteration, NZART Portable Activity day will once again take place on New Years Day, 1 January 2021. What better way to forget 2020 by getting outdoors and operating knowing there will be others doing the same.

Official Broadcast 2021 calendar has been updated. Note: there is no broadcast in January 2021. The next broadcast is Sunday 28 February 2021.

HQ InfoLine 2021 calendar has been updated. Note: there is no InfoLine in January 2021. The next InfoLine is Sunday 7 February 2021.

The December NZART broadcast is now online in MP3 format for online listening. Note: there is no broadcast in January 2021. The next broadcast is Sunday 28 February 2021.

The ACMA has reviewed all submissions to this consultation. When weighing up spectrum use, the ACMA considers the objects of the Radiocommunications Act 1992. In balancing defence’s existing use of the 5351.5–5366.5 kHz band against the impacts of introducing use by the amateur service, the ACMA has decided not to support amateur use in the band. The decision paper in the key documents section gives the reasons for our decision. See link for more information.

NZART Policy on Special Callsign Allocations has been updated and approved by NZART Council as of 3 November 2020.

InfoLine issue 422 is online now. You can subscribe to InfoLine and get it directly in your inbox as well.

NZART Council minutes from the November 2020 meeting have been added to the online minutes archive.