Meetings

The BBQ today has been canceled due to the weather

30th - Main : 7:30pm, Tawa Community Centre, Cambridge St, Tawa.
Ian Hutchings, ZL2HUT with give us a talk on :

• Finding a frequency that works
and
• What to do if it doesnt!
A look at finding a link frequency for NZ Coastguard linking in Wellington, and
making it work!

This months general meeting will be Troubleshooting TCP/IP by Ron Zoest ZL4TDR

Date: 28 April 2022
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Tawa Community Centre

This month’s meeting is an update on the work being done by the Wellington mesh steering group. The group has put together a plan to reactivate and enhance the various nodes around Wellington with the aim of making it reliable and a valuable asset for remote operations and AREC use. There are mesh nodes on many of the VHF Group’s sites and members’ homes, so it will be good to have them working again.

As we are still at level 2 this months meeting will be online, Paul Miller - ZL2BEZ will be presenting on programming DMR hot Spots.

You can either join using the following link https://meet.google.com/xmt-twha-cgd
Or you can dial in with these details +64 4-889 5036 (PIN: 696018756)

Our speaker for the month Fraser Hughson  will speak to us online on  "Water Based Electrolytes for Batteries & Super-capacitors", after the talk there will be an opportunity for an informal catch up

We will be using Google Meet, it is easy to connect online by clicking on the link or you can use the phone with the details below:

• Wellington VHF Group General Meeting - Fraser Hughson  Water Based Electrolytes for Batteries & Super-capacitors

• Thursday, 26 August · 19:30 – 21:30

• Google Meet joining info

Due to the change to Alert Level 2 in Wellington the general meeting that was to be held on 24 June 2021 is cancelled.

There is a race on to get solar farms consented in NZ with high power prices and the falling cost of solar. John will give an overview of his company’s progress to get a 16MW plant going.

Date: 25 February 2021
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Tawa Community Centre

The January meeting is a combined meeting is a combined BBQ with Kāpiti Branch at QE2 Park Paekākāriki, enter via Wellington Road then Queen Elizabeth Road and meet in the open area indicated by the red cross in the photo .

BYO food, drinks , portable chairs , ground rug etc. There is some seating in the park. For those bringing a BBQ it must be GAS (no wood or charcoal).

XYLs YLs & family also welcome.

Bring bikes to explore the tracks around the park .

Date: Saturday 30 January 2020

Time: From midday

Location: QE2 Park, Paekākāriki

Breaking News: 

With the return to level 1 this week, we are going to have our 50th celebration dinner at 6:30 pm at the meeting room in Tawa on Thursday 24 September.

We will have a few pizzas there, but feel free to bring something to eat. We will have soft drinks, tea and coffee, but you can bring anything you like.

This will be followed by our main meeting and special guest speaker, Shalini Divya who will be giving a presentation on her research into Aluminium-ion batteries.

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