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August Meeting - Update on AREC national and in Wellington from Don ZL2TYR
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
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.
April Meeting - Colonial Knob Update
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
August Meeting - Porirua Emergency Management Operations Centre (Civil Defence)
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
BBQ 27 January (Saturday)
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
Christmas Dinner 30 November 7:30 Yum Yum House Tawa
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
August Meeting - AREC DMR Update & DMR Technology show & Tell
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
July Meeting - NZ Red Cross IT & Telecom Assisting Nepal Earthquake Response
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