SAR Ex – 4th/5th/6th July 2025
Nine Manawatu AREC Members participated in the local SAR Ex with 4 lost persons being found. Four portable repeaters were deployed to provide radio coverage for the search area.
Club Night – Celebrity Tells All – Region Flood Monitoring Telemetry Upgrade – Wednesday 2nd July 2025
Damon ZL1ELC gave a good presentation of the recent telemetry network upgrades for monitoring the environmental data in the Horizons Region following Cyclone Gabrielle.
Working Bee – Saturday 28th June 2025
A quick hour at the club, a few jobs ticked off and the place looking good.
Fox Hunt – Sunday 22nd June 2025
1st Pete ZL2AUB 2nd Ryan ZL1RKW 3rd Richard ZL2RGB 4th Barrie ZL2BJA. Fox Jack ZL2JAK at Alexander Park
SAR Quiz Night – Wednesday 11th June 2025
Six AREC members participated in the annual Palmerston North Land Search and Rescue Quiz Night, split between 2 teams and placing 3rd and 4th place.
Workshop Night – Monday 9th June 2025
This workshop night Graeme ZL2GZ showed off the recently deployed NZ Coverage Maps website.
Club Night – Pizza Night – Wednesday 4th June 2025
Pizza was had and NZART AGM was discussed, people chinwagged for a couple hours.
Workshop Night – Antenna Analyser Night – Monday 26th May 2025
Damon ZL1ELC demonstrating checking the tune of various antennas.