Editor: - Don MacDonald ZL3DMC



Distribution: - Alan Wallace ZL1AMW



NZART Website: www.nzart.org.nz






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Issue 332
Friday, 4 March 2016


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In this Issue



1. IARU Invitation

2. 9cm Band Plan

3. ELG Report



Official Broadcast

Off Shore News Links

NZART Housekeeping




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1.

Dear All,



HAM RADIO 2016 and the 67th Lake Constance Convention, both organised by
DARC, Germany's most prominent amateur radio club, will take place



from Friday, June 24th until Sunday, June 26th, 2015 in Friedrichshafen
on Lake Constance.





Please note that on June 25th and June 26th there will be also a MAKER
FAIREâ„¢ exhibition at the same location.
Seehttp://www.makerfairebodensee.com/ (in German language) for further
details.





We very much hope that again many representatives of the IARU member
societies will be able to attend HAM RADIO.



As in previous years we have been able to obtain a discounted rate for
you at the “Seehotel�. Further details can be found in
the attachment.

You can register and also make a hotel reservation by emailing or faxing
the attached registration form to Mrs. Simone Blümer at DARC.



In case you require a visa for your travel to Germany we would like to
remind you to apply for it as soon as possible as the visa screening and
issuing process can take quite some time.



The Informal International Meeting for representatives of IARU member
societies will be held on Friday, June 24th at 16:00.



On Friday 24th June at 19:00 DARC is inviting you to an International
Reception at the Seehotel.



We would be very pleased to welcome you at both events.



Looking forward to meeting you in Friedrichshafen!



Vy 73,



Thomas DF2OO



DARC Secretary International Affairs



Thomas Wrede
Birkenweg 2
D-54439 Saarburg
Telefon: +49 6581 2389
Handy: +352 621 161 269

2.

9 cm Band Plan



At the Queen’s Birthday council meeting 2015 it was decided to
form a group to update the



9 cm band plan to incorporate changes to current national &
international usage.



Since the last version of the band plan, the international weak signal
segment including EME



has become 3400-3401 MHz (1). The Wellington VHF Group beacon on
3400.275 MHz has



been approved & licensed into this segment.



The satellite allocation has changed to 3404-3408 MHz (SAT). This is the
best projection as



this time. There has never been satellite activity in this band. This
will be non exclusive until



when & if there is satellite use (AW+SAT).



Since the council meeting, Australia has lost spectrum above 3400 MHz in
metropolitan



areas. 3398-3400 MHz will also be weak signal & narrow band modes (1) to
harmonise with



weak signal tropo & EME to Australia.



The exclusive repeater segments have been removed as there has never
been usage & this



allows for greater flexibility with 3300-3498 MHz. This all becomes all
modes including



wideband (AW). Current modes such as mesh networks require very large
bandwidth & it is



desirable to have large continuous blocks that can be used. This not
does not preclude



(1) Weak signal & narrow band modes up to 25 kHz bandwidth.



(AW) All modes including wideband.



(SAT) Satellite, non exclusive.



ZL2ASF & ZL2TWS on behalf of the 9 cm band plan group.

February 2016.








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3.

..Ivan Nelson ZL1OTF has applied for a 2 meter voice repeater at 177
Mcleod Road Waioneke,



Helensville. ( In progress).



..Christchurch Branch 05 has applied for a 70 cm D-Star repeater to be
located at their club rooms.5



Idris Road Christchurch. (In Progress)



..Christchurch Branch has applied to move location of their 439.700 MHz
DMR repeater to the top



station of the Christchurch Gondola, Mt Cavendish. This is a location
modification only to the



existing 5 Idris Road approval. (External ARE038) - completed






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Official Broadcast


The Official Broadcast is made on the last Sunday of each month except:

December when the Broadcast is made on the Sunday before Christmas.

January when there is no broadcast

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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NZART Housekeeping



Next HQ-Infoline:- Friday, 18 March 2016. Closing date is Wednesday, 16
March 2016.






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