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NZART Headquarters Infoline Issue 292

21 March 2014



Editor: - Mike Bull ZL2VM



NZART Website: www.nzart.org.nz





In this Issue



1. From NZART HQ

2. From our President

3. VHF-UHF-SHF-EHF Contest News

4. CDEM HF Radio

5. OK-OM DX SSB CONTEST - 2014



Off Shore News Links

NZART Housekeeping







1. Debby says:-



Not too much news this week, as I have been away, visiting a relative in
Christchurch. This was my first visit post quakes, so was very sobering and
sad to see such devastation. More important though, families were still
living in such harsh conditions, while the CDB appears to be getting more
attention! We tend to forget how much it has affected people, physically,
emotionally and financially.



The annual branch circular will be posted to all branch secretaries by the
end of next week. Included in this will be membership stats for voting on
remits. This year we have two to be discussed at the AGM.



If you are not included, perhaps you may have forgotten to pay your
subscription, or perhaps have moved and not advised me of your new branch
affiliation? Please advise me as soon as possible, so this does not occur.



Talk soon…Debby ZL2DL









2. From our President



We are in need of volunteers to fill two important vacancies. The first of
these is the Editor of Break-In. As you will know, John Walker ZL3IB is
standing down from this important job effective the March/April issue of
Break-In. We are very keen to find someone who can take on this job and
ensure that our magazine continues. Do you think you might like to take
this on? Please let me or Debby know at HQ as soon as possible. I would
like to assure you that Break-In magazine will continue to come out thanks
to a very generous offer from Stephen Hayman ZL1TPH who will be the interim
editor until we can find a permanent long term replacement. Stephen spent
a day in Christchurch on 7 March to learn about the magazine production
processes from John ZL3IB, and meet Angela, the typesetter who produces the
copy ready for printing.



The other vacancy we would like to find a volunteer for is the position of
Break-In Advertising Manager. Lorne ZL2AHB is standing down as he plans
more overseas travel, and we would like to find a volunteer to replace him.
Again, if you are interested, please let Debby know at headquarters.



I regret to advise that when you get your next issue of Break-In with the
reports and remits for our June Annual General Meeting in Blenheim, the
usual financial reports will not be found there. We received an unpleasant
surprise when Evan Sayer, our Treasurer did a follow up check with our
auditor of many years, Parsons Roddick in Upper Hutt to confirm that the
audited financial reports were ready for publication. Evan was told that
Parsons Roddick were no longer undertaking financial audits and that as a
result, our books which had been with them for several weeks, had not been
audited! Due to increased auditing standards introduced by the NZ Society
of Chartered Accountants, Parsons Roddick were withdrawing from audit work.
Evan’s inquiries to other accounting firms in the Upper Hutt area got the
same answer.



Evan has been busy making inquiries of other Chartered Accountants and has
found one who is happy to undertake the audit of our accounts and this work
will shortly be underway. Once we have the “books� audited, a copy will be
sent to all Branches and will also be sent out via Infoline. Copies will
also be available at the AGM in June. My apologies that the information
will not be in your next issue of Break-In.



Vaughan Henderson ZL1VH

President







3. VHF-UHF-SHF-EHF Contest News



Low Band Contest reminder:



The next contest is the Low Band Contest: All bands 6 m up to and including
70 cm, on Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th of April 2014.



For all contests, the operating periods are 5 pm to 11 pm on the Saturday,
and 7 am to 1 pm on the Sunday, NZ local time.



The contest rules are available on the NZART website:
http://www.nzart.org.nz/activities/c...vhf-and-above/



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




Or by mail to: Contest Manager, PO Box 10138, Dominion Road, Auckland 1446.



Stephen Hayman - ZL1TPHÂ*Â*Â*Â*









4. CDEM HF Radio



As reported in the January e-Bulletin after a recent review of HF radio by
the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management (MCDEM), the decision
has been made not to renew the HF licenses when they expire in March 2014.
Arrangements will be made with the Radio Spectrum Management Unit at the
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) to retain the HF
frequencies currently licenced to MCDEM for on-going use by any CDEM Group
who wants to retain an HF capability. Those groups will be gifted the
current equipment and infrastructure within their regions but will need to
assume responsibility for all licensing and maintenance requirements from
1st April 2014

Those CDEM Groups wishing to decommission their HF radios should follow the
process below:

· Contact your MCDEM Regional Emergency Management Advisor (REMA) to
arrange a time for them to collect the radio from your location.

· MCDEM will cancel all associated licenses with effect from 1 April
2014.

Groups are free to dispose of any remaining items associated with the
installation





5. OK-OM DX SSB CONTEST - 2014





1. Contest sponsors

The Czech Radio Club, ÄŒRK in cooperation with Slovak radio club SARA is
pleased to announce first International "OK-OM DX SSB Contest - 2014"



2. Contest Period

Second weekend in April,. i.e. 1200 UTC 12 April - 1200 UTC 13 April 2014



Milos Prostecky, OK1MP

IARU Liaison - Czech Radio Club





[Please refer to the PDF file attached to HQIL 292 for details – Ed]









Off Shore News Links



· WIA News

· ARRL News & Features

· RSGB News

· IARU Region 3







NZART Housekeeping



· Break-In-Closing Date Reminder:

Copy for the May/Jun issue of Break-In closes on 10 May 2014.

· Copy for Break-In:

Copy is welcome in most electronic formats but word.doc files are preferred.
Photos and other graphics should be send as separate discrete files (*.jpg
preferred); not as embedded pix in the body of the text. Please ensure that
suitable descriptive captions/legends are included with your copy. All
received copy will be acknowledged to confirm receipt.
Thank you for your cooperation.
John Walker ZL3IB Editor.

· Break-In: Early receipt of copy is much appreciated

· Break-In: AREC Column:

The close-of-copy date is Thursday 8 May 2014 for articles for publication
in the AREC COLUMN OF BREAK-IN. Photos, if available, to be on a separate
floppy or CD (with captions), posted DIRECTLY TO US. Use the Call Book
address. All other material can go to e-mail: or


· Next Official Broadcast: - Sunday 30 March 2014.

· Next HQ-Infoline: - Friday 4 April 2014. Closing date for this
post is Thursday 3 April 2014.

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