NZART Headquarters Infoline Issue 244

3rd February 2012
NZART Website: www.nzart.org.nz

In this issue:

· From the desk of HQ

· Correction from Break In Editor

· Philippines Amateur Radio Golden Anniversary

· IARU News

· APRS Digi Licences

· FMTAG

· Golden Shears Award 2012

· Jock White Field Day



From the desk of HQ…Welcome to the first issue of HQ Info-line
for 2012, I hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas and new year
festivities.



This issue has some very important dates to remember, so make sure you
circle your calendar for the activities that interest you.



Break In will be in your mail boxes any day now, so be sure to take a
look at the front wrapper that includes all the Conference registration
costs to be held in Nelson over Queens Birthday weekend.



If you have not received Break In, and you feel sure that you have paid
your subscription, can you please check that your cheque has been
deposited or your credit card debited before you enquire with me as to
its whereabouts. There are genuine cases that some may have been
misplaced in the mail, however I can assure you, that all those who I am
aware have paid have been included in the mailing list sent to the
distributors.



Speaking of Break In…I have received the following from John
Walker, please make sure you contact him for further details.



An apology. Unfortunately the circuit for the DSB Demodulator (p4-5) was
omitted from the Jan/Feb Break-In. It will be included in the next issue
of Break-In but meantime pdf copies may be obtained from the Editor
email



Talk soon…Debby ZL2DL



Phillipines Amateur Radio Golden Anniversary

Dear fellow hams from New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters
[NZART]
The Philippine Amateur Radio League (PARL) is celebrating its Golden
Anniversary this year 2012. To commemorate this milestone of our radio
club, the members have agreed to initiate a commemorative diploma that
can be obtained by establishing 2-way QSO’s with its members.

The rules to qualify for the award and sample diploma can be viewed over
at http://www.dx1l.dxhams.net/Awards.htm

Further, throughout 2012, we will be putting on air a special event call
sign 4G0LD. We look forward to having QSO’s with you and your
members.

73 de

Mike Hogar, DU1XX Club President



The IARU Region 3 Newsletter Headlines
Issue 24 - October to December 2011, Released January 2012
* A Word from the Chairman of IARU Region 3 - Michael Owen VK3KI
* Saving almost 1,000 lives in Thailand
* Typhoon hits Southern Philippines
* JARL elects new officers
* Seanet 2011
* Increase in New Zealand Amateur Power Limit
* Australian regulator to permit higher power for Advanced licensees on
trial basis
* “WRC-12 (World Radiocommunication Conference 2012)
* 15th Region 3 Triennial Conference
* The 2012 International YL Meet- a reminder
* Keith Malcolm VK1KM SK

MS Word version of this newsletter is available at
http://www.iaru-r3.org/news/r3nl-12-01.doc
Acrobat PDF version is also available at
http://www.iaru-r3.org/news/r3nl-12-01.pdf



APRS Digi Licences:

NZART recently asked Radio Spectrum Management to put in place a licence
class that would allow us to have multiple repeaters on the same
frequency under a single licence. A similar licence class is available
in the commercial world but is not available to amateur repeaters.



Such a licence would be of great benefit to the APRS community as all
APRS digipeaters could be grouped under one licence paying one fee. This
fee is likely be more than the current individual repeater licence fee
however the benefits would be a net reduction in fees, as well as no
extra cost for additional APRS repeaters.



RSM carefully considered the suggestion and, while they saw its benefits
to the amateur community, they unfortunately declined to grant us this
licence class at this time, suggesting we raise the issue at the next
fee review.



NZART is always looking for ways to improve the conditions for amateur
radio in New Zealand and we intend to look further at this (and other
licensing issues) at the next fee review.



Roy Symon, ZL2KH

President, NZART (Inc)



FMTAG NOTES FOR HQ INFOLINE



PROPOSALS

None this month.



FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL

Branch 60 Taupo has applied for a VHF Linking Station (VLS) at Maroanui,
located at TOPO50 BF36 634.01 323.75, to provide a link between the
Maroanui 675 repeater and the Taraponui 725 repeater. The link transmit
frequency will be 147.850 MHz and the receive frequency will be 147.250
MHz.



COMMENTS AND APPLICATIONS

Please send your comments and suggestions on the above matters, and on
any other FMTAG matters, by e-mail to:



Applications for repeaters, beacons, digipeaters, point-to-point links,
and so on, should be made on the latest version of FMTAG Form 10. The
latest versions of FMTAG Form 10, and the explanatory Form 10A, are
available on the NZART website:



http://www.nzart.org.nz/fmtag/index.html



Completed forms should be sent by e-mail to



The current status of Applications can be viewed on the NZART website:



http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/fmtag/...ing-processed/



From the VHF/UHF/SHF Contest Manager:

RESULTS OF THE VHF/UHF/SHF FIELD DAY CONTEST

3rd & 4th December 2011

Congratulations to the overall winning team: ZL4AA.



Also, congratulations to the band winners:

ZL4AA 2 metres and 70 centimetres

ZL2AS 6 metres

ZL1SWW 23 centimetres



The Contest highlight was a 6 metre opening to North America on Sunday
the 4th of December.



The full results are available at:

http://www.vhf.org.nz/results-vhf-fi...-december-2011



THE NEXT CONTEST

The next contest is the DX Weekend Contest, 50 MHz and up, on Saturday
the 4th and Sunday the 5th of February 2012. The operating times a
Saturday 1700 to 2300 NZDST and Sunday 0700 to 1300 NZDST.



The contest after that is the Low Band Contest, 50 MHz to 440 MHz, on
Saturday the 14th and Sunday the 15th of April 2011. This is the weekend
after Easter. The operating times a Saturday 1700 to 2300 NZST and
Sunday 0700 to 1300 NZST.



All contest logs should be sent, to arrive within two weeks, to:

with Contest Log in the subject line, or by post to:



Contest Manager
Wellington VHF Group



GOLDEN SHEARS WORLD SHEARING COMPETITION AWARD 2012.

1. This Award is offered by Branch 46 NZART to celebrate the Golden
Shears Society’s World Shearing Championship Competition, an
event of International significance. This competition draws competitors
from New Zealand and worldwide. The award will run from Monday 20th
February 2012 and conclude at mid night on Saturday 3rd March 2012, the
night on which the competition finals are held.



2. The award is available to all amateurs and short wave listeners,



3. Contacts will be confined to 80m SSB, local repeaters and National
system. Any contact made on repeaters, National system or with Branch
46 members operating mobile are permitted.



4. New Zealand Stations require 10 points from those listed below:



(a) Compulsory contact with ZL6 WSC 5 points

(b) Contact with Club Station ZL2OA 3 points

(c) Contacts with Branch member’s 1 point



5. Overseas stations require 5 points from those listed above but no
compulsory

contact with ZL6WSC is needed.



6. A copy of log details with appropriate fee is to be received at
the following

address before the 31st March 2012.



The Award Custodian

Branch 46 NZART

PO Box 860

Masterton

New Zealand



7. Award applications from New Zealand and Australian stations will
cost $A/NZ 5.00



8. Award applications from other overseas stations will cost US$
5.00



9. Award fees cover all NZ postage charges.



10. The Award Certificate will be a colour print portraying a scene of
significance to the Wairarapa overprinted with the Golden Shears Emblem.



11. ZL6WSC, ZL2OA and Branch members will operate on a roster basis
during the Award period on or about the following frequencies



(a) The Awards Net – 3.677hz SSB most nights.

(b) The repeaters within Wairarapa and the National system will be
monitored most evenings.



This information sheet is available by e-mail on application to




Jock White Field Day February 25 and 26

Field day is approaching once again.

The event commences at 1500 (local time) on Saturday, with a break from
2400 until 0600 Sunday, then concludes at 1500.

For the up to date rules please see the NZART contest page:

http://www.nzart.org.nz/activities/c...-white-field-d
ay/



Scoring

Each year some teams seem to want to come up with their own score
sheets, please use the score sheets which can printed from the following
link, it makes my job a lot easier.

http://www.nzart.org.nz/activities/contest-rules/

Incorrectly scored

In 2011 several teams sent in logs with no attempt to score them, or an
incomplete attempt. I did score some of these which took a lot of my
time, this year they will be listed as a check log.

If you are struggling with scoring, contact me as I am more than happy
to help.



Branch Number

The rules in the past have not allowed flexibility for field teams that
need to operate a distance from what has been arbitrarily referred to as
their “branch area�. Examples for the need for this have
included:

A branch where a number of members live away from the branch area

A field team or single operator not aligned to a particular branch
wishing to use a branch number.



Rule 12 has been altered to accommodate these contingencies:

12. Branch Number



12.1 Field stations will usually operate in the area of their Branch.
They will use the NZART Branch number in their cypher.



12.2 It is recognised that for various reasons some field teams may need
to venture beyond their ‘normal branch area’ to operate.



12.3 Some teams may not have affiliation to a particular branch but wish
to operate as a field station. To provide a branch number in this case
nearby branches not active in field day should be approached for
permission to use their number. (see 12.5 below)



12.4 If the field station chosen location is within another Branch area
care must be taken not to clash with the other Branch station. The onus
is on the 'moved' station to ensure that there is no clash.



12.5 The Branch number of Branches in recess may be used.



12.6 The field day manager should be contacted well before the event if
there is any potential difficulty with the use of branch numbers.

The intention here is to encourage activity and get the maximum number
of branch numbers in use, which makes the event more interesting.



I cannot stress the point enough that care must be taken to ensure
geographical separation between field stations.



As always, if there is anything that needs clarification, contact me
prior to the event.

I look forward to hearing many of you on, I will be part of the branch
22, ZL2KS effort.

Stuart Watchman

ZL2TW







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