2nd March General meeting 9th March Project Evening. DC Distribution Box 16th March Committee Meeting 23rd March Technical Evening and DVD VP8GEO 2002. 30th March AREC Meeting Following the general meeting there will be Field Day reports, 50th Anniversary Debrief & maybe a report on the Eden Park Big Screen, time dependant ++++++ Listen on nets for updated information.+++++++ Papakura Radio Club (Inc.) Minutes of General Meeting 2nd February 2011 at 19.30 Clubrooms, Wellington Park. Apologies: ZL2SEA, ZL1AJL, ZL1ABR, ZL1QK ZL1BNQ/ZL1UKL 23 members and visitors were in attendance. Visitors Jacques ZL3CW, ZL3WW and Ken ZL1AIH. Minutes of the December General meeting as printed in the February newsletter were taken as read. Matters arising: Correct callsign from ZL1BYP to ZL1BYD. ZL1BIQ/ZL1ASN Inward Correspondence: Newsletters from Branches 03, 10, 12, 21, 29, 66, 80, 86 13+ QSL cards ZL50VK, ZL1VK Mercury Energy $103.56 Westpac-00 $2393.84 Subs ZL1VRR Traction Newsletter ARTANZ newsletter Outward Correspondence: Nil 2
ZL1AOX/ZL1DK Finances: David ZL1MR reported Statement balance $2393.84 plus Subs not banked ($200) $2593.84 February Newsletter ZL1AOX $66.67 ZL50VK callsign Richard ZL1BNQ $50.00 John ZL1ALZ for timber (radio room) $73.19 Mercury Energy $103.56 NZART Advertising in BI $41.40 $2350.42 Plus Savings at Westpac $6747.29 Plus savings at ASB $25455.67 Total Funds $34,553.38 Moved ZL1MR, seconded ZL1DK that report be received and accounts passed for payment. Carried. General Business: 1. Amateur Radio Day report: Richard ZL1BNQ reported that the Club had provided an excellent display in the main street of Papakura. However there was not too much interest in our display. Perhaps better at another time of year, such as November. 2. ZL50VK QSL Cards: John ZL1ALZ reported that over 10,00 contacts made with the special callsign. Consider ordering 2000 QSL cards. 3. 50Th Anniversary: Richard ZL1BNQ outlined the program for the 12th February. Clubrooms to open at 13:00, with a presentation of Club History at 14:00, followed by afternoon tea and presentation of 50 year certificates at 15:00. In the evening, a dinner at the Apple Orchard Korean BBQ starts at 19:30. 4. Working Bee report: Ten or twelve attended to clean up around the building and inside. 5. Awards presentation: Ian ZL1AOX presented Fred ZL1FAV and John ZL1ALZ with their Jock White Field Day Award, and another JWFD Award to John ZL1BYZ and David ZL1DK. 6. Clubroom Chairs: Rolly ZL1ASN showed two examples of a possible replacement stacking chair. Cost was $100 plus GST, so would cost $6900 to re- 3
place 60 chairs. Geoff ZL1AKY suggested that the old chairs could be recovered, and John ZL1ALZ was not keen on changing. Kelvin ZL1UKL moved that the Committee investigate refurbishing the old chairs before considering purchase of new chairs so as to compare costs. Seconded by Cliff ZL1RP. Carried. 7. BBQ at John ZL1ALZ s was held in good weather, but attendance was down, but enjoyed very much by those present. Thanks to John and Gillian for use of their home. 8. Jock White Field Day: Fred ZL1FAV advised that a station using the special ZL50VK call will be set up at the Clubrooms. David ZL1DK to advise possible users of our Club use of rooms. 9. VHF Net on 7325: Cliff ZL1RP advised that signal was very weak over past weeks. After discussion, decide to remain with 7325 as repeater is expected to be repaired soon. 10. New Zealand DX Hall of Fame: Ken McCormack ZL1AIH was invited to make the presentation to John Shaw ZL1BYZ of his induction into the NZ DX Hall of Fame as the seventh member. Ken reviewed some of the achievements in Amateur Radio John had made over the past years. The presentation was received with acclamation from all Members present. Raffle was won by Paul ZL4AX Meeting closed at 20:30 and was followed by a presentation on Packet Radio past, present and future by Paul ZL4AX. Listen for Paul s station on 432.675 MHz. Paul ZL4AX on Packet Radio 4
Above. John ZL1BYZ receiving his NZ DX Hall of Fame plaque from Ken ZL1AIH and below together with our other two NZ DX Hall of Fame recipients Aola ZL1ALE and Dave ZL1AMN 5
And the plaque itself. There are now nine recipients of this award. Three of them members of this club. Well done John, Aola and Dave. 6
Jock White Memorial Field Day Awards John ZL1ALZ and Fred ZL1FAV First Place 80 metres only And Dave ZL1DK and John ZL1BYZ First Place Single Station 40/80 metres 7
Club Rules The club rules can be found on the Club Website in a downloadable PDF file Club Activity Photos If you have any photos on your camera or computer why not upload them to a CD and donate them to the club for others to look at. The club newsletters going back to 2002 are being put onto CD as well and will be stored at the club for your use. If you missed last weeks DVD on the dxpedition to South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands 2002 VP8THU then get along to the DVD night on the 23 rd of March when the 2 nd part of this dxpedition is shown. The visit to VP8GEO. You will not be disappointed. I was enthralled by the scenery and effort this group put in. These DVD s are very well put together. Just the right amount of scenery and ham radio. Cliff ZL50VK Stats Band CW AM SSB RTTY Totals 160m 2 2 80m 16 4 25 45 40m 552 27 579 30m 1702 13 1715 20m 830 3428 436 4694 17m 2698 71 2769 15m 1646 339 1985 12m 1436 1436 10m 336 1 337 Totals 9218 4 3891 449 13562 QRZ Look ups 19582 Logs From. ZL1AKY ZL1RP ZL1FAV ZL1BYZ ZL1ALZ ZL1DK 8
Radio Just for the hell of it! Some snaps from Franc ZL1SLO/MM last weekend. His one-man expedition was ingenious and embodies all the great fun of ham radio!! Franc had his mobile radio shack van winched onto a large industrial flat-bed barge and towed out into the middle of the Waitemata Harbour, where it was anchored for the weekend. For three days and nights he was marooned there with his large trailer-mounted generator supplying the radios, computer and webcam. He worked huge HF pileups through the nights and twilight hours, aided by the 360degree water path, and slept in the van between shifts, shielded from the scorching sun only by a tarpaulin thrown over the van. The location became known as 'Fantasy Island'by local operators, but there's no doubt that this was a Maritime Mobile station of exceptional character. It is unknown if 'Man Friday'was along to cook the bacon and eggs for this modern-day 'Robinson Crusoe'! Well done Franc, an outstanding operation. Paul ZL4AX 9
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From the President Here we are March already. We ve had a pretty busy time recently with our 50 th celebrations taking centre place. The afternoon of the 12 th of February saw a good turnout at the clubrooms were there was a lovely display of old radio s and lots of photographs depicting the club s history. Richard Gamble (ZL1BNQ) presented a slideshow of a great selection of photo s and other historic items. Great fun to for some to see how much hair they had in the old days! Several members were presented with a certificate for 50 years of continuous membership of the Papakura Radio Club, a great effort indeed. A lovely afternoon tea followed and a lot of stories were shared amongst members some who hadn t seen each other for a long time. In the evening around 25 of us met at the: Apple Orchard Korean Restaurant in Drury for a lovely dinner. A lot of food that most of us were not used too but I think all of us went back for seconds. A great day and our thanks goes to all those that helped to organise the event. Not forgetting the behind the scene people like the ladies who arranged and served afternoon tea. Thanks all! By the time you read this we would have had the annual Jock White Field Day, if all went well there would have been a field station behind our clubrooms using our ZL50VK call sign. About the call sign, we ve only got it for one more month so make the most of it and look for it on the air and get it in your log. Even better, spend some time and put it on the air. Just contact John, ZL1ALZ for details. With over 19000 lookups on QRZ.com it is proving very popular around the world and it shows the effort of some of our members that have put the call out. Last Wednesday night meeting saw several members busy building their projects and several people turned up for the DVD show. Ricky, a local, called in and wanted to join our club and become a Ham. He stayed for the evening and enjoyed the movie. Hopefully he ll come along to our general meeting and I am sure all of us will welcome him and help to guide him through the process of becoming a Amateur Radio Operator. The DVD was another great documentary about an expedition to the Sandwich Islands in 2002 (part1). An awesome film not just showing the radio side of the trip but also about the history and wildlife of the island. I for one, look forward to part 2 next month, another evening not to be missed at our great club, come 12
along! We would like to start a collection of digital photographs to keep in our archives. So if you have any club related pictures you can put on a CD we would appreciate it. Our anniversary event prompted this thought as a lot of time was spent looking for pictures and realizing that most members will have some photo s on their computers. But those, being scattered around Auckland, makes it hard to get at times so a collection of CD s held at the club is the answer. Please have a look on your hard drive and put some on a disc. A label with some details and that s all it takes. A nice project for all on a quiet night. So there you have it, enough rambling from me, I look forward to your company at the next meetings. 73 de ZL1FAV, Fred Vermeulen 13
Above: Club rooms filling up for 50th Celebrations Below: 4 original club members cutting the cake along with celebratory music. 14
Dinner at the Apple Orchard Korean Buffet Restaurant 15
Papakura Radio Club Inc. Branch 65 NZART Club Directory 2010 Wellington Park, 1 Great South Road. PO BOX 72-397 Papakura 2244 PHONE 2965244 Club website: http://www.qsl.net/zl1vk Elected Officers President ZL1FAV Fred Vermeulen Ph 2665155 021 728158 Vice President ZL1BNQ Richard Gamble Ph 5371238 021 729270 Secretary ZL1AOX Ian Ashley Ph 2981810 027 2632440 Treasurer ZL1MR David Wilkins Ph 2999346 021 685847 Committee ZL4AX Paul Godolphin Ph 09 2391188 021 1582521 ZL1RP Cliff Reynolds Ph 09 2336126 027 2291373 ZL2SEA Nigel Goldstone ZL1ASN Rolly Adams radams@clear.net.nz 027 4785040 AREC Section Leader ZL1BNQ Richard Gamble Ph 5371238 021 729270 Deputy Section Leader ZL1DK David Karrasch Ph 2968264 021 560180 CD Liaison ZL1AOX Ian Ashley Ph 2981810 027 2632440 Newsletter Editor ZL1RP Cliff Reynolds email cjreynolds@xtra.co.nz Hall Custodian ZL1BUP Fred Johnson Ph 2986789 Our newsletter is published monthly and normally distributed just prior to the club meeting. Please have articles etc to editor Wed latest before general meeting. Do notify any change of address. After a period of grace, newsletters are only sent to financial members. Meetings General Meetings are held at the Club rooms on the 1st Wednesday of each month, starting at 7.30pm. Look at your calendar and mark these nights. The speaker follows the GM. Project Evenings are on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. Committee Meetings are held on 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm, unless advised. Day Time Meetings are on the 4th Wednesday at 1.30pm. Activity Nights & DVD Night are held on the 4th Wednesday starting at 7.30pm. AREC Meetings are on the 5th Wednesday night, also starting at 7.30pm Subscription Full membership and newsletter $25.00 Family Membership and newsletter $35.00 Student or Country DX membership $15.00 Working Bees As required. Branch 65 21 Award For contact with ZL1VK (5 points) and 8 Papakura Radio club members (2 points each) after January 2011. Total 21 points. Cost $5.00. Certified list and $5-00 to Secretary, Papakura Radio Club. Address above. ZL1VK Club Nets 147.325 MHz Sunday at 8.30am. Controller ZL1QK Bill Stone. If the repeater is not available, listen 146.475 simplex. 3.755 MHz Sunday at 9.00am. Controller ZL1AMN Dave Johnston. Morse Code Practice 3.550 MHz Monday and Thursday 7.30pm John ZL1ALZ. 1960 2011 16