NZART Headquarters Infoline Issue 273

17 May 2013

NZART Website: www.nzart.org.nz





In this issue:

· From the desk of HQ

· FMTAG Notes

· VHF-UHF-SHF-EHF CONTEST NEWS

· GAREC 2013

· Special Event CRS25ARVM

· RSGB Centenary Day

· Project Goodwill South Sudan Report Z81X

· Attachment to this issue – LGLO Annual Report



Debby says…I recently sent a letter to one NZART Examination in
each branch listed on the NZART web page. It was not sent to ALL listed
Exam Supervisors in order to keep costs down, however can those who
received this information please pass it on to your other approved
examiners in your branch.



I would like to thank you all for the tremendous work you do to
encourage newcomers into the hobby. This is a great opportunity to also
given these new amateurs a snapshot into the roles of the Association as
each one receives one year’s complimentary membership to NZART,
commencing 1 January of the year they pass their exam.



With the recent update of the RSM document PIB46, specific attention
must be made to prospective amateurs who were not born in New Zealand.
As per PIB46 dated May 2013 ( a copy of which was also included with the
letters sent to Examiners);



1.9 Residency

Only natural persons who are New Zealand citizens or permanent New
Zealand residents may be granted a New Zealand General Amateur
Operator’s Certificate (GAOC). Any application not fulfilling
this criterion must be referred to the RSM Licensing Manager.



I have recently allocated call signs for a number of amateurs who fell
into this category. Please wherever possible, can you also include a
copy of the residency status, i.e NZ citizenship and year attained? They
will have received a certificate advising of this.



If you wish to place an apology or proxy vote for the upcoming NZART
Conference to be held over Queens Birthday weekend, please send them to
me by Friday next week.

Attached to this issue of HQ Info-line is the Local Government Liaison
Officers annual report, not included in Break In as I understand due to
timing.





Talk soon…Debby ZL2DL



FMTAG NOTES FOR HQ INFOLINE 273



PROPOSAL



Branch 26 Nelson has applied for a one-way link from Grampians, located
at TOPO50 BQ26 234283. The transmit frequency will be 438.900 MHz. An
engineering evaluation, in accordance with RSM document PIB38, confirms
that there will be no interference to other stations.





COMMENTS AND APPLICATIONS



Please send your comments and suggestions on the above, 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



VHF-UHF-SHF-EHF CONTEST NEWS



REMINDER



The next contest is the Hibernation Contest, all bands 50 MHz and up, on
Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 9th of June 2013. This is the weekend
after NZART Conference and Queen's Birthday.



The contest after that is the Brass Monkey Contest, all bands 50 MHz and
up, on Saturday the 3rd and Sunday the 4th of August 2013.



The operating times for both contests a Saturday 1700 to 2300 NZST
and Sunday 0700 to 1300 NZST.



The Contest Rules are available at:
www.vhf.org.nz/VHF-UHF-SHF-ContestRules



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

P.O. Box 12-259

Thorndon

Wellington



Please include your email address if you wish to receive the results as
soon as they are available.

Ladies and Gentlemen

We do hope that you have well received our invitation, which was sent by
email, beginning of April 2013. With pleasure we can inform you that the
first registrations are already in the house. We are also pleased to
inform you that the preparations are in full swing and are progressing
well.



We would like to take the opportunity to remind you of the following:

· All the details of GAREC 2013 may be found on our home
page www.garec2013.ch

· As a GAREC participant you will have an early booking
discount of 10% of the regular hotel price. We therefore recommend to
make an early reservation in one of the 3 Hotels mentioned in the flyer.

· Registration must be completed and sent by e-mail to
. All documents must be received by 20 May
2013. Upon receipt of the documents and bank transfers, an
acknowledgement will be sent to the registrant’s e-mail address.
All remittances must include all bank charges, and all payments must be
made out to GAREC2013.

· If you need an official invitation, for example in
connection with visa formalities, send an email at
with your name, home address, date of birthday and your number of
passport in-side. We will send you an official letter of invitation
(.piff document) by email.

Together with my team I’m fully at your disposal for any
question you might have in connection with the GAREC or the HAM RADIO
exhibition and I look forward to meeting you in Zurich.

Yours sincerely

Stefan Streif

USKA Emergency Communication Coordinator



Telefon +41 44 737 00 19
Natel +41 79 217 88 50
Telefax +41 86 079 217 88 50
E-Mail



SPECIAL EVENT

CS25ARVM

A special event station signing CS25ARVM will be active May 20-26,
celebrating the 25th aniversary of ARVM - Associação de
Radioamadores da Vila de Moscavide - Radioamadores do Concelho de
Loures.
Activity will be on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters, SSB and CW, and also
V/UHF at 145.350 MHz and 434.350 MHz.
Qsl via CT1RVM

http://www.arvm.org/index_noticias.html

















Radio Society of Great Britain Centenary Day


2013 marks the Centenary of the Radio Society of
Great Britain (RSGB) the 20,000 strong body that represents
Britain’s radio amateurs. The RSGB is pleased to announce that
its Patron, HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT will be
joining the Society for Centenary Day at the National Radio Centre at
Bletchley Park on 5 July 2013. He will meet with Members and invited
guests before unveiling a plaque to commemorate the Centenary.

A number of activities, talks and displays are
planned in which RSGB Members and members of the public can take part
during the day.

Background
Starting life as the London Wireless Club in
1913, the RSGB has since its inception brought together people with an
interest in radio communication. The Society provided the framework
within which the pioneers and experimenters of radio technology have
thrived.

RSGB members have been at the forefront of many
of the major contributions made to radio technology. For example, the
development of Radio intelligence, television, radar development,
re-designing the Iron lung and the discovery of Pulsars all involved
radio amateurs. The influence of amateurs across science, technology,
medicine and the communications industry has been huge.

One hundred years later, the RSGB still provides
a platform for the exchange of ideas amongst experimenters and, although
the technologies may have changed, the amateur spirit has not. With this
background the many thousands of radio amateurs in the UK are proud to
celebrate the Centenary of their organisation, the Radio Society of
Great Britain (RSGB).

History
The London Wireless Club started after Rene
Klein had a letter published in English Mechanic on 6 June 1913. He
expressed surprise that there wasn’t a wireless group in London
when other major cities had such gatherings. A meeting of interested
parties took place on 5 July and the London Wireless Club – with
a membership of four – was born. Just ten weeks later the
membership had increased to 40 and by the end of the first year there
were 151 Members and 11 Associate Members – 69 of whom held
transmitting licences