Lightning and High Sites

We will focus on lightning and what it does when it interacts with radio sites.
Members are invited to bring along any lightning damaged radio (or other!) equipment. We will also have professionals explaining what current best practice is in the field of site protection.

Steve ZL2KG will be giving a photo presentation of the progress at Colonial Knob.

Date: Thursday 26 April 2018
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Tawa Community Centre

This building has been recently totally refurbished and has purpose built radio communications and operation rooms.

Branch 74 AREC is working closely with the Emergency Management Office helping to provide some of the communications infrastructure that will assist during an emergency operation.

Date: Thursday 29 March
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: 2B Raiha Street Porirua

The Wellington VHF Group & Kapiti Branch would like to invite everyone in the Wellington Area to join them for a BBQ at Queen Elizabeth II park from 12 Noon.

Picnic area 7 will be allocated to us and entry is via Wellington Road, Paekakariki.

Enter from Wellington Road Pakakariki when you enter the park head left around the large loop  and just before you get back to where you start from there  is a large open area    

Please join us for an early Christmas Dinner at Yum Yum House in Tawa.

Well reviewed by Group members and close to our normal venue.

Address: 2 Oxford St, Tawa, Wellington 5028

Update on AREC DMR as presented at NZART Conference followed by a show and tell on new DMR technology

Date: Thursday 31 August 2017
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Tawa Community Centre

Don ZL2TLL was one of the team of three New Zealand Red Cross IT & Telecom Emergency Response Unit members that arrived in Nepal on 29 April 2015, four days after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake. Don will talk about the ERU and what it did to assist the relief effort in Nepal.

Date: Thursday 27 July 2017
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Tawa Community Centre

Our Guest speaker this month is Julia ZL2HAB, she will be speaking on her High Altitude balloon projects.

Date: Thursday 29 June 2017
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Tawa Community Centre

May is the time for remits. The Committee has looked at the remits and made comments further in this Q-Bit. Please bring your Break In to the meeting. We will also be appointing a delegate for the AGM, and will discuss any issues members may want the delegate to put forward from the floor.

Stuart Watchman ZL2TW, President of NZART will be giving a talk on on "Medical imaging - Theory and Practice"

Date: Thursday 27 April 2017
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Tawa Community Centre