Workshop Night – Monday 10th November 2025
A nosy at a speaker amp that had a chip fail, making antenna baluns and digital and D-Star radio overview.
Activity Contest 2025
The activity contest is coming up starting from Friday 17th October 2025 to Tuesday 21st October 2025 (inclusive). See the Activity Contest 2025 page for details.
Fox Hunt – Sunday 28th September 2025
Kaimanawa Park 1st Jack ZL2JAK 23 mins 2nd Pete ZL2AUB 40mins The rest followed
Workshop Night – Monday 25th August 2025
More TYT MD-UV390's were programmed, testing Nano VNA on duplexer and a general chat.
Fox Hunt – Sunday 24th August 2025
Fox Location: Kanuka Grove Park 1st Ryan ZL1RKW - 31m 2nd Charlie ZL2CTM - 32m 3rd Pete ZL2AUB - 1hr 3m 4th Jeremy ZL2DEF - 1hr 10m 5th Hugh ZL2BFB and Alice ZL2AJW - 1hr 17m
Workshop Night – Monday 11th August 2025
TYT MD-UV390's were firmware upgraded and programmed. Antenna ideas were discussed.
Longburn Table Sale – Saturday 4th October 2025
Coming up on the first weekend of October we will have our annual Longburn Table Sale. Saturday 4th October 2025 with the rope dropping to start trading at 10.00hrs. PDF attached with further details including table booking instructions. Longburn Table Sale - Saturday 4th October 2025 v1Download
AGM 2025
Great turnout. President - Grant ZL2XZ Vice President - Giovanni ZL2GX Secutary - Jason ZL2JLA Treasurer - Ryan ZL1RKW AREC Group Leader - Darren ZL2DAZ Committee Charlie ZL4CDWDamon ZL1ELCAlice ZL2AJWPete ZL2AUBHugh ZL2BFBWarren ZL2FEGraeme ZL2GZIan ZL2IANPaul ZL4PKAl ZL4QTLachie ZL2XD
HamCram – What’s Next – Monday 4th August 2025
Operating procedures and some first contacts on radio where made.
KiwiSDR Live – Sunday 3rd August 2025
Yesterday we installed Warren ZL2FE's KiwiSDR at Jack ZL2JAK's place. Initial antenna was problematic so it is currently connected to a 80/40m fan dipole. It is now listed on the KiwiSDR public listings and there is a link to it on the club website and ZL WAN Dashboard Here is the link: http://kiwisdr.tko.zlwan.net:8073 No doubt we will make some improvements in time.