Hello and Happy New Year!
Our only meeting this month is a BBQ with the Kapiti Branch on the afternoon of Saturday 26 January. We will be at QEII park (access from Paekakariki I think) and you will need to bring everything- even shade and a seat! There is plenty of space and last year was a lovely afternoon. If you can bring a BBQ to cook on, please do so if you don't have one, I'm sure you can share space on one.
The October meeting will be the AGM & AREC section AGM followed by the traditional show and tell.
The AGM will include voting on the proposed change to the constitution published in Q-Bit
Date: 25 October 2018
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Tawa Community Centre
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From Stuff: (the last part of the article; read the link for the full details)
Thursday 30th August 7:30 PM Tawa Community Centre
Don ZL2TYR has offered to give us an update on the recent changes with AREC, as well as tell us some of the plans AREC has for the future.
Prohibiting illegal use of two way radios
The RSM Compliance team are working on a Prohibition Notice to limit the import and illegal use of a range of low end two way radios.
There are a variety of these radios on the market, like Baofeng, Pofung and Woxun for example. They allow users to programme their own frequency from the front panel or via a USB cable. Although designed for the Amateur Radio Operator, these radios in the wrong hands have been attributed to malicious calls on police, forestry and rail frequencies.
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
