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The Official Newsletter of

the

Papakura Radio Club Inc.

December 2019

Sending out our besh wishes to you all

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CONtents ...

Contents 2

Minutes 3

Club Activity 4

Upcoming Activities 4

DXpeditions & Contests 5 & 6

from the editors desk 7

AREC and Member Activities 11

Heard about the scenes 13

Nets List (reach out and touch someone)

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Club Contact Information 16

This Month’s Meetings:

Wednesday 4th of December at 7:30pm will be our General Meeting. Following General

Business, David Probine will speak to us on Electric Car battery charging.

There are 4 meetings this month, and there will not be a general meeting in January, There will

however be some informal meetings. Our first General meeting for 2020 will be on February 5th

at

7:30pm, Sunday VHF and HF nets will continue over the holiday period and will be our primary

method of informing members of any special events. – Details on page 4

There will be a short newsletter for January 2020, so if you have any news send it to the editor as

normal.

Club Activity returns to Normal in February 2020.

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Papakura Radio Club (Inc.) Minutes of General Meeting 6

th November 2019 at 19.36

Clubrooms, Wellington Park.

President Richard ZL1BNQ welcomed the 20 members present.

Apologies: ZL1AUG, ZL1RP, ZL1IRC, ZL1ING, ZL2SEA

ZL1GIT/ZL1RJS

Minutes of the October General meeting as printed in newsletter were reviewed..

Matters arising: Nil

ZL1BNQ/ZL1DK

Inward Correspondence:

Newsletter from Branch 29

Mercury Energy $151.18

Westpac-00 $3,828.85

Westpac Online account - $7,755.81

South Auckland Plumbing – Calendar

ASB AREC bank statement

Auckland VHF Group requested we publicise the Sunday night net.

Auckland VHF Group checking what our donation was to be used for.

Outward Correspondence: Auckland VHF Group Treasurer re donation 2018.

ZL1AOX/ZL1RJS

Finances: Dave ZL1MR reported balance of cheque account $3,828.85

Accounts to pay: Mercury Energy November $151.18

To Dave ZL1MR Floor Polishing refund $600.00

Subtotal less payments $3077.67

Plus Savings at Westpac $7,755.81

Plus ASB Term Deposit $36,201.35

Total Funds $47,034.83

Moved ZL1MR, seconded ZL1DK that accounts for payment be approved. Carried.

General Business:

1. Meetings 2019:

November: AGM

December 4th

: David Probine on Electric Car battery charging

December 6th

: Xmas social at Pukekohe Cosmopolitan Club 6pm

2. Bushcomm antenna: East and West end posts installed. Centre pole next?

3. Floor Polish: Completed and paid for. Dave ZL1MR had paid polisher from his own account

on line.

4. North/North Shore Contest Sat 16th

November

5. Space Teddy: Ian ZL1AOX reported that Space Teddy was planned to fly by end of November

with tests tomorrow, 7th

November from Mt Eden.

6. Papakura Rod and Custom Club: Requested that our Hirers on November 24th

leave the car

park area free for their display. Richard to liaise.

7. Life Member Certificate: President Richard ZL1BNQ presented David ZL1DK a framed

certificate of his Honorary Life Membership for long service to the Club. It was received by

acclamation by Members present.

Meeting closed at 19:58 and was followed by the AGM.

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Club Activity:

With the summer months now bringing better weather, progress should continue to complete the

installation of the wideband antenna. There has been some progress, and more will be seen soon.

We have planned for a club working bee to give the site a spring clean, on Saturday 14th

of

December. Hopefully there will be many hands attending, and we can get a good number of

minor jobs sorted on the day.

04th

– General Meeting – David Probine will speak to us on Electric Car battery charging

11th

– Project Night

18th

– Committee Meeting

25th

– Christmas Day – No Formal Meeting at the Clubrooms

Upcoming Projects:

The Club has 2 project nights per month. These are on the 2nd

and 4th week of each month

Feel free to suggest something if you have a topic you would like to see covered.

We have plans for making a “Flower Pot” antenna there is choice of ½ wave or for the brave, a

5/8th

version. And Richard will be showing how to make a “Slim Jim” from TV 300 ohm ribbon

cable, Handy for field activations, so a good chance to get your two meter performance

optimized. We are also investigating a number of designs for Field HF suitable for SOTA,

POTA or beside the car. We will be looking at expressions of interest for these projects, more

discussion on this at the meeting Wednesday.

Upcoming Activities: Joint Franklin – Papakura Christmas Function

Members of the Papakura Radio Club are invited to join with our friends at Franklin for the combined

Papakura-Franklin Radio Club dinner to be held on 6 December at the Pukekohe Cosmopolitan Club,

Nelson Street, Pukekohe arrive at 6 pm for 6.30pm seating to dine.

The price for a Christmas style dinner is $28.00. Please advise your number attending by 3 December,

to Tom ZL1TO or Ian ZL1AOX. If you require transport please let us know, so that we can arrange

this, we would hate anyone to miss out for want of a ride.

Club Working bee

There will be a working bee at the clubrooms on Saturday the 14th

of December to finish some antenna

work, have a spring clean, and perform some cleaning and maintenance at the clubrooms, the more

hands the merrier, and it’s a great opportunity to talk radio with good company.

H-Night

Sunday 8th December on 3.850 AM mode, just think of Pearl Harbour Dec 7th (8th for us), then dial

up AM (that’s LSB and USB at the same time and come join the fun. Remembering when we were

allowed back on air post WW2, Several older rigs will be on Air too, ZC1’s anyone? But newer rigs

are welcome too.

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Astronomical events this month.

December 13 & 14 - Geminids Meteor Shower. The Geminids is the king of the meteor showers. It

is considered by many to be the best shower in the heavens, producing up to 120 multicoloured

meteors per hour at its peak. It is produced by debris left behind by an asteroid known as 3200

Phaethon, which was discovered in 1982. The shower runs annually from December 7-17. It peaks this

year on the night of the 13th and morning of the 14th. Unfortunately the nearly full moon will block

out many of the meteors this year, but the Geminids are so bright and numerous that it could still be a

good show.

December Solstice. The December solstice occurs on December 23rd

at 04:19 UTC. The South Pole of

the earth will be tilted toward the Sun, which will have reached its southernmost position in the sky

and will be directly over the Tropic of Capricorn at 23.44 degrees south latitude. This is the first day of

winter (winter solstice) in the Northern Hemisphere and the first day of summer (summer solstice) in

the Southern Hemisphere.

December 21, 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower. The Ursids is a minor meteor shower producing about 5-

10 meteors per hour. It is produced by dust grains left behind by comet Tuttle, which was first

discovered in 1790. The shower runs annually from December 17 - 25. It peaks this year on the night

of the 21st and morning of the 22nd. The waning crescent moon should not interfere too much this

year. Skies should still be dark enough for what could be a good show

December 26 - Annular Solar Eclipse. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon is too far

away from the Earth to completely cover the Sun. This results in a ring of light around the darkened

Moon. The Sun's corona is not visible during an annular eclipse. The path of the eclipse will begin in

Saudi Arabia and move east through southern India, northern Sri Lanka, parts of the Indian Ocean, and

Indonesia before ending in the Pacific Ocean. A partial eclipse will be visible throughout most of Asia

and northern Australia. So we may get a partial glimpse.

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Click on the link (CTRL + Click for some PDF readers) in the PDF versions for information on the Expeditions

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Or check them out at DX News.com

Upcoming Contests – December 2019

Date-Time Date-Time Bands Contest Name Mode Exchange Sponsor’s Website

3 0200 3 0400 3.5-28 ARS Spartan Sprint CW RST + SPC + Power arsqrp.blogspot.com

5 0000 5 0300 1.8 QRP ARCI Topband Sprint CW ARCI: RST + SPC + ARCI No.; non-ARCI: RST + SPC + power qrparci.org/contests

5 1800 5 2200 28 NRAU 10-Meter Activity Contest CW Ph Dig RS(T) + 6-char grid square www.nrau.net 5 2000 5 2200 1.8-50 SKCC Sprint Europe CW RST, SPC, name, mbr or power www.skccgroup.com 6 2200 8 1600 1.8 ARRL 160-Meter Contest CW W/VE: RST, ARRL/RAC Section; DX: RST www.arrl.org/160-meter 7 0500 8 1000 3.5-28 UFT Contest CW RST, mbr or “NM” www.uft.net

7 0600 7 0800 7, 14 Wake-Up! QRP Sprint CW RST, serial, suffix of previous QSO qrp.ru/contest/wakeup/333- wakeup-eng

7 1200 8 2359 1.8-50 SKCC Weekend Sprintathon CW RST, SPC, name, mbr or “none” www.skccgroup.com 7 1600 8 1559 3.5-28 International Naval Contest CW Ph RS(T), mbr or serial www.rnars.org.uk 7 1600 8 1559 3.5-28 PRO CW Contest CW RST, serial, “/M” if member procwclub.ro/TAC%20Rules.html

7 1800 8 2359 3.5-28 FT8 Roundup Dig RST, state or province/ter- ritory or serial (if DX) www.rttycontesting.com

7 2000 8 1959 3.5-28 EPC Ukraine DX Contest Dig RSQ, Ukraine Admin Region or serial epc-ukraina.ucoz.com

8 2000 8 2300 1.8-28 QRP ARCI Holiday Spirits Homebrew Sprint CW RST, SPC, mbr or power qrparci.org/contests

9 0100 9 0300 1.8-28 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint CW Ph RS(T), SPC, mbr or power www.4sqrp.com

11 0130 11 0330 3.5-14 NAQCC CW Sprint CW RST, SPC, mbr or power naqcc.info

14 0000 15 2359 28 ARRL 10-Meter Contest CW Ph W/VE: RST + State/Province; XE: RST + State; DX: RST + serial www.arrl.org/10-meter

14 0000 16 2359 1.8-7 PODXS 070 Club Triple Play Low Band Sprint Dig RST, SPC www.podxs070.com

14 0600 15 1800 3.5-28 TRC Digi Contest Dig RST, serial, “TRC” if member www.trcdx.org/trcdxc 15 2100 15 2259 14 CQC Great Colorado Snowshoe Run CW RST, SPC www.coloradoqrpclub.org 16 0200 16 0400 1.8-28 Run for the Bacon QRP Contest CW RST, SPC, mbr or power qrpcontest.com/pigrun 18 0130 18 0330 3.5-14 NAQCC CW Sprint CW RST, SPC, mbr or power naqcc.info 20 1600 20 1700 3.5, 7 AGB-Party Contest CW Ph Dig RST, serial, mbr (if member) www.ev5agb.com 20 2000 20 2359 1.8 Russian 160-Meter Contest CW Ph RS(T), Oblast code or serial www.qrz.ru/contest 21 0000 21 2359 1.8-50 Feld Hell Sprint Dig RST, mbr, SPC, grid sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub 21 0000 21 2359 3.5-28 OK DX RTTY Contest Dig RST, CQ zone okrtty.crk.cz 21 1200 22 1159 3.5-28 Padang DX Contest Ph RS, serial padangdxc.com 21 1200 22 1159 3.5-28 Gedebage CW Contest CW RST, serial olkb.or.id 21 1400 22 1400 1.8-28 Croatian CW Contest CW RST, serial 9acw.org 22 0000 22 1159 3.5-28 RAEM Contest CW Serial, latitude, longitude raem.srr.ru/en/main

22 1800 22 2359 3.5-28 ARRL Rookie Roundup, CW CW Name, 2-digit year first licensed, state/province/XE area/DX www.arrl.org/rookie-roundup

25 0000 25 0200 1.8-28 SKCC Sprint CW RST, SPC, name, mbr or power www.skccgroup.com

26 0830 26 1059 3.5, 7 DARC Christmas Contest CW Ph RS(T), DOK or serial darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/ weihnachtswettbewerb/en

28 0000 28 2359 1.8-144 RAC Winter Contest CW Ph RS(T), province/territory or serial wp.rac.ca 28 1500 29 1500 1.8 Stew Perry Topband Challenge CW 4-char grid square www.kkn.net/stew 28 1500 29 1500 3.5-14 Original QRP Contest CW RST, serial, power category qrpcc.de/contestrules 30 1300 31 0400 1.8-28 QCX Challenge CW RST, name, SPC, rig qrp-labs.com/party.html 31 0900 31 2359 3.5, 7 Bogor Old and New Contest Ph RS, operator age www.orari-bogor.org

All dates and Times are in UTC and are not adjusted for local time

Mbr = Membership number. Serial = Sequential number of the contact. SPC = State, Province, DXCC

Entity. XE = Mexican state.

Listings in blue indicate contests sponsored by ARRL or NCJ. The latest time to make a valid contest QSO is

the minute listed in the “Finish Time” column. Data for Contest Corral is maintained on the WA7BNM

Contest Calendar at www.contestcalendar.com

Check for updates and a downloadable PDF version online at www.arrl.org/contests.

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Ramblings from the Editors Desk

As we wrap up the year, we find ourselves again looking at the time of

hot ham shacks, sporadic openings on 6 and 10 metres and of course,

Family commitments, too much food and perhaps some other over

indulgences.

It’s bizarre that at the time we hang signs of peace and goodwill, our

shopping malls are packed, sales and brochures promote every possible

product as the ultimate Christmas gift, and we seem to find ourselves

in need of a holiday to get away from the holiday season, of maybe

you just love the whole season, and can sit at home binge watching all

the old Christmas movies, drinking hot chocolate or eggnog (even if

it’s already 30 in the shade) and wishing it would snow.

So I find myself flat stick at work, and wondering if I’ll somehow

manage to get the workload (or at least some of it) sorted before the

shutdown hits, and they close he building. And right now, it’s not

looking good.

Maybe, there’s a bit of a humbug in me, but for some reason, I find the commercialism a bit much, and

the focus on symbols that seem wrong in a country where the summer BBQ and a trip to the beach

seems more in keeping with our seasons, than hot drinks and sugary sweets.

A sausage wrapped in bread and covered with tomato sauce (extra

onions too) and a coleslaw and cold drink, may not sound like a family

Christmas dinner, But you have to say that on the beach, the snag and

sauce, or if you feel the need for something more substantial, then a

burger, fresh off the BBQ, with lettuce, tomato and beetroot, seems

more like our summer fare.

And it’s a sight better fare than the Australian

classic the shrimp on a barbie

(or does it just mean she’s paying,)

Of course, this will not be my Christmas dinner, We will like many others have family visiting and

staying, and tradition dictates that we have the roast meats, chicken or turkey, probably, beef or lamb

maybe, ham seems to sneak in somehow, and some sort of vegetable will be there, Of course we will

have some salads, but far cry from the humble salad these will be exotic, highly decorative and

specialised, and we will follow with a desert that none of really have room for; and this will tradition

be satisfied. Then we can spend the next week eating leftovers.

I have to admit, that in terms of Ham radio, I haven’t been around

long enough to have traditions (and being a bit of a rebel, according

to the ZYL) I just sort of fumble my way through certain things,

Like when you call for check-ins on a net do you call CQ or not, or

how do you give a frequency, or how often do you give your

callsign, how long a break should you leave, and does it change.

Now good practice is good practice and there are reasons for all

these things, as principles, and rules state you give your call every

10 minutes, but to some, they only way to do it, is the way they were

taught and there will not be any deviation. So every over is the call, and the pause shall be exactly

three seconds (They may well be timing you)

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The same is true of the ham shack, the equipment, and its configuration is a jumble of things I’ve seen

in other shacks, because, if it worked for them ... But lately I have found myself asking Why?

Why that setup?

Why that band?

Why that mode?

Why that hardware?

And it seems that sometimes the answer is simply ... well that’s how it’s always been done. It’s a

tradition, the danger is if the how has become more important than the why. But in fact I’m starting to

realise there might be better ways, especially if I want to make better use of the space. Doing

something, just because you have to is a rut, and as someone recently reminded me, A rut is just a

grave without clearly defined ends. Get stuck in it long enough and you’ll never get out.

This summer we have a number of great events on the calendar, and any of these could be just the

thing for shaking you out of your rut, and into something else. And they don’t require a big spend up,

maxing the credit card, or taking out a loan, But they may be addictive. So caution is advised.

The YOTA (Youth on The Air) activities are happening, and they remind us that our hobby is not all

just old men is the shack, following the schedule first published in 1945 (and yes they have a printed

copy on the wall) the website https://events.ham-yota.com/ has plenty of information in what is

happening, and you can make contacts with a number of YOTA special event stations. ZL6YOTA has

already been on air on the 6625 and National system repeaters, and is going be on the HF bands too, so

keep your ears (or eyes if you’re operating digital modes) for this special call station, or any one of the

43 registered special callsign stations operating around the world. (Might find some unregistered ones

too)

H-Night 2019 – H Night is the annual event to

mark the return of New Zealand radio

amateurs to the airwaves following World War

2. Contacts must be made using true AM

(carrier and two sidebands) on 80 metres. It is

run by the Society for the Preservation of

Amplitude Modulation (SPAM).

Sunday Night, December 8 2019

commemorates not only the return to air of NZ

amateurs following WW2, but is also the

anniversary of the pearl harbour attack

(December 7th

in the U.S. is the 8th

here).

So dust of the AM mode on your rig, or fire up a ZC1, or a valve set, or whatever you have, and turn

the dial to get 3.850Mhz, and join the friendliest contest you’ll ever participate it, Listen out for

ZL6AM as this is special score station. (who says you can’t go ZC1 Mobile HF)

The basic rules are: (Subject to change, and unconfirmed at time of printing)

Mode: Amplitude Modulation phone only, that is a carrier and two sidebands (No CW is not AM)

Time: 7.30 to 10PM, in 5 half-hour periods

Work individual stations once in each period, unless they are able to change radios and operate in

another category, eg. use a ZC1 for 15 minutes then change to a modern radio for 15 minutes.

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Transmitting Categories

Vintage: radios of all valves, WW2 or earlier

Hybrid: Radios with valves, at least in the finals stage

Modern: solid state, DSP, etc.

SDR: Radios that are fully software defined, Flex, KX3, etc.

Home Brew: where Tx, Rx or both have been fabricated in the home workshop

QRP: less than 5 watts carrier power

Exchange

Signal report and type of equipment you use, eg. ‘59 ZC1’ (An unlikely combination – Ed!).

Scoring

Points will be awarded for each station contacted, based on the equipment THE STATION YOU

CONTACT uses. Use the following extensions when calling, and claim the points for each station

worked:

/V = Vintage (3 points)

/H = Hybrid (2 points)

/M = Modern (1 point)

/S = SDR (2 points)

/W = Homebrew (2 points)

/Q = QRP (3 points)

Working ZL6H: 5 points

Frequencies

Suggested QRP calling frequency: 3750

Suggested QRO calling frequency: 3850

Running AM can take a bit of setup if you’re not used to it anymore, so a practice run on the AM net

on Friday at 8:00pm on 3.850 MHz is advised. There will be plenty of helpful enthusiasts who will

help you get the audio level just right.

Finally NZART Portable Activity Day. 1 January 2020

The goal here is to simply operate outdoors; how is left to you.

With POTA, SOTA and just go somewhere, and get on air options, there is no excuse to just throw

yourself into a car / van / jeep / boat / cycle / wheelchair .... / whatever, and take your radio / handheld

/ vehicle mobile / SOTA rig ... whatever and operate from a park / beach / hill / Club Activity ... again

whatever. And if you are thinking POTA, there is a special award for operating on 1 Jan 2020 UTC, So

if you work past 1pm on Jan 1 to 1pm Jan 2 then you get extra merit. SOTA activators get to work

either side for different years, but under SOTA rules. So there are lots of reasons to get out and take

the hobby for a spin.

While the club has no formal plans for this year, let me know if you’re interested in an informal one,

and we can discuss it Wednesday, we could set up a club station at one of the parks, and you still can

get individual credit for the contacts you make under the club callsign too. Or you can just use it as an

excuse to go to a beach and eat and ice-cream, and log some contacts each side.

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So why not?

As George Bernard Shaw once wrote : “You see

things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that

never were; and I say, "Why not?"

Why not do something next year in radio that you

have never done before.

Build something

Try Something

Go somewhere

I know I will be, I will be attending my first

conference, and I have plans to make a journey out

of it, and do some parks along the way. I have no

idea if it will be great to awful but until I try, how

will I know ?

Don’t sit around with old excuses, Like:

It’s not fair

This is how it’s always been done

I’ll Try But

Not in my Job description

Not my Fault

I can’t

It may be a silly idea, but ...

It will never be fair, or perfect, or too hard, or assigned to you personally, or anyone’s fault, or silly.

Life is none of things and our hobby isn’t either. We fallible human creatures will always be on the

back foot, But if we’re having some fun along the way. What does it matter?

SO as we close out 2019, whether it’s been great, or whether it’s been tough makes little difference,

we can think about the things we might like to try in 2020 and I know that I won’t be using the normal

excuses and I won’t be sitting on the sidelines taking pot-shots. I’ll be in there making mistakes, But at

least I’ll be making something. Hopefully we will see a few of you coming along for the ride, Or at

least watching the show, It should be good for a laugh.

If you have an interesting story to tell, or enjoy an unusual part of the hobby,

maybe you would be willing to share it with others. We always have room for

your story, and if you don’t feel you can write the story yourself; then get in

touch, and we can do it together.

This hobby is too big for me to cover it all alone. Your input may help another

ham!

Email me: zl1nux@outlook.com and share your story, not matter how big

or small.

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AREC & Club Members have been busy with Comms support

With Car Rallies and Boats racing up and down the Waikato River, many of our members have been

busy, you may have noticed the new, or missing net controllers on some of the days. The river

challenge was particularly difficult as you have to operate from a boat, on a low river, with riverbanks

on either side between you and the repeater, but worse, at least on the Sunday, for me as the rain came

in, and the only cover on my boat was a small sunshade, So I had to hide the radio in the battery box,

and operate wearing in wet weather gear, Then the sun came out, and you overheated, so dropped the

wet weather gear, and then the rain hit again is a sudden squall. But as always lessons were learnt and

at the end of the day, you have a better idea for next time. (The extending aluminium 4.5 metre pole is

now a must for any future event). And the battery box has some antenna connectors being made for it.

The car rally was a lot better as you can use your car rig, and battery I took the van, and you have all

the comforts of ... Oh who are we kidding? but the problem then is Dust, Dust, Dust and more Dust

The stones fly around, and that’s fun on its own, but the dust gets into

everything, and everywhere. And it’s the dust that your still cleaning

up a month later. But the events are fun as you get to spend time with

others, and put the hobby to use, but I have yet to figure out how to

explain to a “Rally Marshall”, how driving on a forest track in a car at

80-100 Km/h around tight bend might be fine in a family car, The van

does not corner with the same dexterity, So they quickly discovered

that they had to wait for me to catch up,

But once on site , we were able to set up the station, and the equipment and after good signal checks,

settled into short periods of high activity, and long breaks while they set up for the next one.

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The van allowed us some much needed shade, and we took advantage of this in the hotter parts of the

day, But it was a good chance to try out the new 4.5 meter pole,, seen here on the right front (just

behind the driver’s door ) with the Fiberglas dual bander on top. So full 5/9 from everyone, was

managed, and I even got to deploy the solar panels, Just for fun to see how they held up the batteries,

and I think we put in, much more charge than we took out, and with very little RF noise either. So

...So-far, So-good, Now I just need a long HF test – Jock White anyone?

Certainly this setup was warmer, Drier and more comfortable than the boat, But dusty too.

And we get to do it all again on the 8th

of December for the South Auckland Car Club Hill Climb

Oh yes – Did I mention the Dust?

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Seen or Heard around the scenes New Life Member

Congratulations to David ZL1DK who has joined the

list of Papakura Life Members. This is a well earned

recognition of long service to the club, and in many

roles, including President.

David continues to be active in many parts of the

clubs life, and brings his experience to all he does,

We thank him for past and present service, and

welcome him to his place on the life member role.

Well done David.

Remember its life Membership, Not a Life Sentence

Special Callsign on Air for December ZL6YOTA

The entire month of December several youngsters

will become active with YOTA as suffix in the

callsign. The idea for this is to show the amateur

radio hobby to youth and to encourage youngsters to

be active on the ham radio waves.

Give a demonstration in a school or local club, gather

together with your friends, grab a pizza and make

some QSOs or enjoy a great pile-up. Let us all show

this great hobby to the world!

Feel free to make a QSO with the youngsters, they

are happy to get some attention and exchange

information. Licensed and unlicensed youth will be

making QSOs, be aware this could be their first radio

contact ever and give them a chance to experience a

possible new hobby.

Any youth members of our club – We have a few, can also add the suffix /yota to their own callsign

for the month if they fell like promoting the event, and maybe we can even (if requested) operate the

club callsign with a /yota if they feel like operating as part of the event. Youth are an important part of

the life of our hobby, and our club. Let’s get out and support them.

SO listen out, and maybe your callsign can also appear here:

https://events.ham-yota.com/participants/zl6yota

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Antenna Spring Clean

Pieter, ZL1PDT, is well known to many in our club, and shared why he was missing our nets in

November, He did a small spring cleaning job on the antennas

I won’t be complaining about my requirements again, (yes I probably will) but well done Pieter.

From the Humour Corner

JS8 Call goes V2.0 Jordan shearer has updated JS8 call (think a RTTY QSO based on FT8) so talking well down into the

noise floor, with new turbo modes, and simultaneous decodes (even on older hardware) this is a big

leap for the JS8call software, with the relay messages and message store, it’s even more about

communication, than contesting. – Very Interesting if you like digital modes.

Jaycar’s Maker Hub Jaycar have a new source of interesting factoids and information that may be worthy of a look. Thanks

graham for this interesting link: https://www.jaycar.com.au/makerhub Plenty of articles and guides to

keep you busy when it’s too hot to be outside

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Some Nets – For when you are looking for company

Day Time (Local) Freq (MHz) Group

Sunday 08:00 3.750 Southern Net

09:00 3.700 Bch 10. Franklin.

09:00 3.755 Bch 65. Papakura.

16:00 7.125 SPAM Net (AM Mode)

19:00 146.900 YL Net

20:00 3.710 Bch 42. Titahi Bay

21:30 3.595 Duran WIA Net.

21:30 3.595 VK2WI

Monday 19:30 3.757 Bch 12. Hamilton

20.00 3.540 CW Practice Net

20:00 3.687 Br 80. Hibiscus Coast

20:00 3.695 W.A.R.O

20:30 3.870 O.T.C (Old Timers Club)

Tuesday 09:00 7.096 Ex Post Office Techs

21:00 1.850 160m Net _ Ron ZL4JMF

19:30 3.690 QRP ZL2BH

20:00 3.581 CW improvers Net

Wednesday 20:00 3.660 Geek Net

20:00 3.645 Bch 02. Auckland

20:00 3.745 Bch 84. Bay of Islands

20:30 146.525 W.R.S.C

Thursday 09:00 7.096 Ex Post Office Techs

19:30 3.690 QRP ZL2BH

20:00 3.540 CW Practice Net

20:00 3.615 Bch 89. REG

20:30 3.696 ZL1OA

20:30 3.666 LF Net ZL2CA

20:00 3.690 ZL QRP SSB Net

Friday

20:00 3.850 SPAM (AM Mode)

20:30 3.650 W.S.R.C.

20:30 3.560 Digital Modes Net

Saturday

10:30 28.530 10-10 Down Under

19:30 3.650 Christian Fellowship

20:00 3.760 ???

20:30 3.600 Ch 62. Reefton/Buller

Daily or Other 07:30 3.696 ZL2OA

08:30 3.730 ZL3RP

15:00 14.300 Pacific Seafarers

17:30 3.760 Home Brew

17:30 14.183 ANZA DX Net

18:00 7.115 VK7OB

19:30 3.720 ZL1MO

18:30 3.766 ZL3LE

08:30/20:00 3.730 ZL3RP

20:30 3.725 ZL2HN / ZL4RF

21:00 3.677 Counties Net ZL2MA

This is designed to be a living list, Please update whenever you are able:

Also: Calling Frequencies: Daily Sunset-Sunrise 3580 USB NZ FSQCall Courtesy of Murray ZL1BPU Daily Sunrise-Sunset 7105 USB NZ FSQCall

Daily 24/7 7104 USB International FSQCall I’m told the last of these sees some amazing DX, especially around sunset.

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Papakura Radio Club Inc.

Branch 65 NZART Club Directory 2017

Wellington Park, 1 Great South Road.

PO BOX 72-397 Papakura 2244

PHONE 09 296 5244

Westpac 03-0399-0019896-00

Club website: http://www.qsl.net/zl1vk

Club email: zl1vk.club@gmail.com

Elected Officers President ZL1NUX Gavin Denby Ph 09 299 3415 021 1046946

Vice President ZL1BNQ Richard Gamble Ph 09 5371238 021 729270

Secretary ZL1AOX Ian Ashley Ph 09 2981810 021 1981810

Treasurer ZL1MR David Wilkins Ph 09 2999346 021 1857903

Committee ZL1RJS Rob Stokes Ph 09 2961152 021 307005

ZL1IRC Ian Clifford Ph 021 8248400

ZL1ASN Rolly Adams Ph 09 2966107 021 0427760

ZL1DK David Karrasch Ph 09 296 8264 021 560180

ZL1RIC Ricky Hodge 021 666421

AREC Section Leader ZL1BNQ Richard Gamble Ph 09 5371238 021 729270

CD Liaison ZL1AOX Ian Ashley Ph 09 2981810 021 1981810

Newsletter Editor ZL1NUX Gavin Denby Ph 09 299 3415 021 459 192

Hall Custodian ZL1AOX Ian Ashley Ph 09 2981810 021 1981810

Newsletter. Contact: zl1nux@outlook.com

Our newsletter is published monthly and normally distributed just prior to the club meeting. Please

forward articles etc to editor Wednesday 1 week prior to the general meeting. Do notify any change of

address.

Meetings General Meetings are held at the Club rooms on the 1st Wednesday of each month, starting at 7.30pm.

Look at your calendar and mark these nights. The speaker follows the General Meeting.

Project Evenings are on the 4th Wednesday of each month.

Committee Meetings are held on 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm, unless advised.

Activity Nights are held on the 2nd Wednesday starting at 7.30pm.

AREC Meetings are on the 5th Wednesday night, also starting at 7.30pm

AGM: Held in November

Subscription: Full membership and newsletter $20.00

Family Membership and newsletter $30.00

Student or Country DX membership $10.00

Bank Account number: 03-0399-0019896-00

Working Bees As required.

Branch 65 21 Award: For contacts with ZL1VK (5 Points) and 8 Papakura Radio Club Members (2

Points each) after January 2011. Total 21 Points. Cost $5-00. Certified list and $5-00 to Secretary,

Papakura Radio Club. Address above.

ZL1VK Club Nets 146.900 MHz Sunday at 8.30am. Controller ZL1NUX, Gavin Denby. If the repeater is not available,

listen 146.475 simplex.

3.755 MHz Sunday at 9.00am. Controller ZL1BNQ Richard Gamble. (Linked to 146.675 & 438.775)