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Following on from the very succsessful 2011 award featuring N.Z. Railway Stations run by Wellington VHF Group, the Kordia National System Award will be presented this year by The Hamilton Amateur Radio Club and will run from 1 January 2012 to 6 February 2012, featuring Category 2 Historic places.

For a list of Category 2 Historic Places, see the Historic Places Trust Register at:

http://historic.org.nz/en/TheRegister.aspx

And, for full information, including rules, a list of qualifying branches, and logsheet, see Hamilton Amateur Radio Club at:

The results of the NZART Doug Gorman Memorial Frequency Measuring Contest 2011 are presented below. These results are provisional and have been checked carefully but if you think an error has crept in please let NZART HQ know as soon as possible.

This year was a very interesting turnaround from last year with several entries in the Norm Edwards category beating out Ultra entrants with Mike ZL4OL showing how it’s done. The four top scores were all better than the first place result from last year, no doubt a combination of better technique and propagation conditions.

Doug Gorman Memorial Frequency Measuring Contest Monday POSTPONED John ZL4JY apologises but for reasons beyond his control the contest will be run on Monday 12th September 2011 at 2100 NZST one week later than advertised. See earlier posting for rules.

Monday 12th September 2011 at 2100 NZST (0900 UTC)

My apologies but for reasons beyond my control the contest will be run on Monday 12th September 2011 at 2100 NZST one week later than previously advertised.

For the second year the contest will be a blend the old rules with improvements suggested by contestants. Please read the rules carefully.

We are running "get you licence" ham classes starting on 10th August at 7:00 pm, for six weeks. These are based at the Hutt Valley Branch clubrooms off Birch Street in Lower Hutt.

Cost is $95, and includes NZART membership, VHF Group and Branch 18 membership for a year, class materials, examination, licence and your callsign.

Today I was made aware that Jamie Pye ZL2NN, a friend and acquaintance through Amateur Radio and someone who I of recent years had a wee bit to do with in respects to his role as the Webmaster for NZART, has become a silent key. (More after the jump.)

The following submitted by the National JOTA Coordinator, Jim ZL2APE:

Amateur radio stations have been set up at each World Scout Jamboree since 1957. They provide live-links from the Jamboree to the home countries of the participants over short-wave radio as well as being interesting stations for other amateurs to contact.

From 27 July till 7 August 2011, the 22nd World Scout Jamboree at Rinkaby in Sweden will be on the air with the call sign SJ22S (Scout Jamboree No 22 Sweden). This is a special event call sign.

The station will offer an exciting radio-scouting programme including kit building and fox hunting to the Jamboree participants.

Jim, ZL2APE, who is the NZ National Organiser for the Scout Jamborees on the Air, will be one of the station operators.

Google SJ22S, and go first to the QRZ listing for details of frequencies etc.

Each year on 18 April, radio amateurs celebrate World Amateur Radio Day. On that day in 1925 the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) was founded.

In 2011, the theme for this year’s celebration is Amateur Radio: The First Technology-Based Social Network.

In ZL-land, our own radio network is the UHF National System, so the Group is issuing a QSL card for contacts with the special event station ZL2WARD.

Listen for the Special Event Station ZL2WARD on the National System on World Amateur Radio Day, Monday the 18th of April 2011.

UPDATE SATURDAY 9th APRIL. The 7075 voice & data service has been resumed today. Thanks to John ZL4JY, Steve ZL2KG, & Paul ZL2BEZ. (See original notice below). Performance reports would be appreciated, please email zl2wa@clear.net.nz attention Colonial Knob 7075 trustees.

Saturday 2nd April 2011. Today, the Trustees removed the Colonial Knob 7075 repeater equipment for repair. It will be replaced as soon as repairs are complete, on either 9th or 10th April, weather permitting.

It is expected that the repeater will again be fully functional in time for the VHF Convention at Easter.