June General Meeting Canceled
Due to the change to Alert Level 2 in Wellington the general meeting that was to be held on 24 June 2021 is cancelled.
Meetings of the Wellington VHF Group
Meetings
February 2021 Meeting - John Andrews ZL2HD - Utility scale solar in NZ
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
January Meeting - Combined BBQ with Kāpiti Branch
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
September Meeting - Join us for dinner at 6:30
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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50 Years of the VHF Group - Special Meeting to recall stories from the past 50 years
With the extension of the COVID-19 Level 2, we are not able to meet at the Tawa Community Centre. The Centre has maximum numbers for each room that are smaller than our normal meeting attendances.
July 2020 Meeting - Remit Voting and VLF Operation
This months meeting will be NZART AGM remit voting followed by a presentation from John ZL4JY on his experience with Very Low Frequency (VLF) operation
Date: 30 July 2020
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Tawa Community Centre
May Meeting - 900 MHz DMR at Colonial Knob
The general meeting this month is an online meeting with John ZL4JY talking about the 900MHz DMR repeater installed at Colonial Knob.
Date: 28 May 2020 (please note corrected date)
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Google Meet https://meet.google.com/xhi-gfnr-iba or 04 889 5237 PIN: 211 203 025#
April Meeting - Ian Hutchings ZL2HUT on the Wellington Coastguard Comms
The General meeting this month will be an online meeting.
Ian Hutchings, ZL2HUT will talk on :
Coastguard run a VHF Comms system around the Wellington Coast.
The on-line presentation and meeting will outline what was discovered when the system trouble shooters from the VHF group got busy on the network design and radio equipment.
Date: 30 April 2020
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Google Meet https://meet.google.com/zoa-bkio-noq or (09) 886 4223, pin 762 472 801#
March 2020 General Meeting Cancelled
Due to the increased risk of COVID-19 and the closure of the Tawa Community Centre by the Wellington City Council, there will be no March 2020 General Meeting.
Join us for an informal net on 710. Thursdays at 20.00 hrs.
October 2019 - AGM and Show & Tell
The October meeting will be the AGM & AREC section AGM followed by the traditional show and tell.
Date: 29 October 2019
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Tawa Community Centre