Meetings of the Wellington VHF Group
Following on from last months DAB update article in Q-Bit come along to hear (and question) one of New Zealand's leading Digital Broadcast Engineers.
Date: Thursday 25 September Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Tawa Community Centre
This months meeting will be John Yaldwyn, ZL4JY Chief Technical Office of 4RF Communications: Talking on state of the art microwave radio.
Date: Thursday 26 June Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Tawa Community Centre
This months meeting is Simon ZL2UIV talking on his trips to the Philippines. Simon has many years experience in the installation, commissioning and trouble shooting of microwave radio links, and has really "been there, done that" in the best and worst countries in the world.
Simon will be covering his work and other activities in the Philippines and it should be an entertaining and informative evening!
In addition to Simon's talk we will also be voting on the two remits at this months meeting.
Date: Thursday 29 May Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Tawa Community Centre
John has recently joined his MotoTurbo repeater as a node on the worldwide MotoTrbo network. This enables easy communications to nodes around the world using pre-set talk groups. MotoTrbo and P.25 continue the amateur tradition of converting commercial gear to amateur use in a way that takes it beyond the original use. There is also gear from amateur suppliers and plenty of used gear on Ebay and TradeMe. This is quite an exceptional direction for digital comms and an exciting direction for the amateur world.
See you all at the BBQ on Thursday 30th, from 6:30 at Khandallah Park. Entrance is from Woodmancote Road, past the swimming pool and head about 100m towards the TV tower.
This is a BYO, but there should be a bbq to cook on for you.
Chairs or a blanket or something to sit on is recommended, as is a drink, sun hat and any toys that are suitable to show off.
Call on 710 if you get lost.
Bad weather? Probably just stay at home, but if it is not raining, we'll be there.
Randall ZL2RJP will present and demonstrate the new currency of choice for the internet generation. Bitcoins have varied in value and one consumer purchased a pizza for 10,000 bitcoins. Today That would buy you a nice house! At the time, it was about the right price
Bitcoins can be mined, earned, traded and converted to/from cash. See below for the audience requirements be be ready to trade with Randall on the night.
Date: Thursday 31 November
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Tawa Community Centre
Demonstration: Audience Participation Requirements
The October meeting will be the Annual General Meeting of the VHF Group and the AREC Section. This will be followed by a show and tell session so bring along any projects you have been working on and share them with the group.
Date: Thursday 31 October
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Tawa Community Centre
The special interest group meeting this month will be a follow up from the August Single Board Computer presentation.
Date: Thursday 10 October
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Tawa Community Centre
From the simple - checking the location of a site, to the complex - mapping all of the Amateur repeaters in the country Rob ZL2WAL will give an over view of some of the ways of using online maps for amateur radio, including an overview of the development of his automated system for producing online maps of the licensed NZ Amateur Radio Repeaters, Beacons & Digipeaters.
Date: Thursday 26 September
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Tawa Community Centre
New offerings in the single board computer have opened up a world of opportunities for experimentation, projects and even new products. From the PIC processor, the PICAXE, the AVR, then the Arduino, Beagle Board and the Raspberry Pi, we have a range of power, complexity and cost. Wayne ZL2BKC will talk about the offerings and how they can be used to do amateur radio and show off some of his projects. This is a not-to-miss talk on the state of the art in amateur radio construction.
Date: Thursday 29 August
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Tawa Community Centre
