Editor: - Denis Coulter ZL3DEN



Distribution: - Alan Wallace ZL1AMW



NZART Website: www.nzart.org.nz




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Issue 330
5 February 2016


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In this Issue



1. Conference 2016 Christchurch

2. From the President

3. Debbie Says…

4. VHF-UHF-SHF-EHF Contest news

5. Official Broadcast



Off Shore News Links

NZART Housekeeping




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1. NZART Conference in Christchurch 2016

Celebrating the 90th Anniversary of NZART

Riccarton Park Function Centre,

165 Racecourse Road,

Sockburn, Christchurch 8042



General program
Friday 3rd June 2016 Check in & social get together at Branch 05 new
clubrooms.

5 Idris Road, Fendalton, Christchurch.

Saturday 4th June 2016 - NZART AGM and AREC AGM

Dinner at the conference venue, with entertainment and “ham
natter� accompanied by casual music.

Sunday 5th June 2016 – special group AGMs and Forums

Evening program to be confirmed.

Alternate programs
The alternate programs will be

Saturday 4th June – Kaleidoscope Tour of Christchurch and port
hills including gondola, punting, tours etc (to be confirmed).

Sunday 5th June – Activities including the famous Riccarton
Market.



Forum sessions
There will be forums and presentations throughout Sunday 5th June.

Many speakers are booked into the sessions, with subjects including:

D-star systems, Battery technology, RDF using UAVs, RF Baluns, Amateur
Satellites, Summits On The Air, Military Radios, Precision timing,
Raspberry Pies with Ham, DXing, Digital modes, Contesting, etc.

There are still spare slots available, so if you would like to present a
technology or ham radio related subject, please contact Kelvin ZL3KB


Topics shown above are subject to confirmation.

See the latest details on www.hamradio.co.nz


2. From The President



I would like to thank Don MacDonald ZL3DMC for taking over the
production of Infoline. Don is also an NZART Councilor in the midland
region.



Council has been through quite a journey attempting to ‘sort
out’ our web site. All roads on this are leading to one thing:
we need a permanent webmaster who can sort out the web site. Advice has
been sought from our temporary web master and our webserver Officer:
there is no point investing financially in a new web site until a
permanent web master is appointed. There will be more on this in the
March-April edition of Break-In but specifically Council is dead keen to
appoint a person with suitable experience to this position.



Weekend courses. Last year saw a record number of examination passes: in
the eighties. This is largely due to the success of weekend courses
being run by several branches. Council will soon be promoting the
package that was originally devised by ZL2AJ and the late ZL2AL. Council
is also grateful to some key members of those branches who have made
themselves available for advice to branches wanting to run their own
courses.



Stuart Watchman

ZL2TW

NZART President





3. Debby says…



Happy new year everyone. I hope you have enjoyed a nice relaxing break
and ready to get started on promoting amateur radio in 2016? Hopefully
branches will do well again this year in holding classes and introducing
newcomers to the hobby.

Just a few wee reminders…All officers, it’s that time of
year that I need your annual reports. You should all have been contacted
by the Councillor acting as Officer Liaison, Phill Dodds ZL4XYZ, with a
reminder to please forward your reports as soon as possible.

Conference is fast approaching, so time to put your thinking caps on for
nominations for the following awards; Life Membership of the
Association, Amateur of the Year, Young Amateur of the Year, and the
ZL1HV Jumbo Godfrey Branch award. This is the perfect opportunity to
recognise people who have generously donated their time and talent for
the good of amateur radio and the Association.

Lastly for this issue, headquarters will be closed on Tuesday and
Wednesday 8th & 9th February.

Talk soon…Debby ZL2DL



4. VHF-UHF-SHF-EHF Contest news



This Weekend…



DX Weekend Contest:

All bands 6 m and up, on Saturday the 6th and Sunday the 7th of February
2016

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/contest-rules/rules-vhf-and-above/

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


or to





5. Official Broadcast



Next Official Broadcast will be made on Sunday…...



The broadcast is made on 3900 kHz, and on the National System and local
VHF repeaters.

The broadcast is made at 2000 hours (8:00 pm), with a repeat at 2100
hours (9:00 pm).

Members and Branches are welcome to submit material for inclusion in the
Broadcast to the e-mail or postal address shown below.

ZL2BHF
NZART Headquarters
P O Box 40-525
UPPER HUTT 5140

E-mail

73



Jim ZL2BHF






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Off Shore News Links



• ARRL News & Features
• RSGB News
• IARU Region 3


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Wednesday 17 February.









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