New Zealand Amateur Radio Day Thank you

Accommodation was provided by 2 promotional tents / Gazebo's zl2ko, one from Professionals Real Estate and the other from the REST team. HF antenna was a full wave 80 metre loop supported as a triangle from 2 scissor lifts supplied and delivered cost free from the the “Hire Pool Ltd” and the branch tower. Also a 6 metre beam with rotator was atop the beam for visual effect. Mains power was easily accessible for a nominal charge. A pre recorded APRS demonstration was played from the computer as well as a short audio recording of conversations from the local repeater which was piped into the PA system around our location.

The weather for the event was delightful with full sunshine and little wind – please arrange the same for next years event.

Contacts

80 metre contact was established with the Hawkes Bay as well a number of local stations, the ambient noise level was acceptable on 80 and non existent on 40 metres. A 40 metre sked into Northland for a members net (non open day) was also completed with good signals.

Public

We did have conversations with a small number of people who passed by. Included were hams from overseas, inactive hams back in the area, CB'ers and general public. NZART promotional material was available and these we distributed to those interested.