Meetings of the Wellington VHF Group
This from David ZL2SX:
The VHF Group program is for a meal & Movie on the "5th from last" Thursday in the month!
Tomorrow is such a Thursday.
I have just looked at the Te Papa web site and see they have an interesting talk by the Royal Society.
Details can be found at http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/allevents/Pages/ScienceExpress010811.aspx.
In 2007 the new school curriculum was released and has been described as "the best thing to happen to teaching".
At this months meeting John Andrews ZL2HD will describe the areas he has helped with, the subjects, the props, demonstrations, learning ideas and outcomes that he has seen
Date: Thursday 28 July
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Tawa Community Centre
This months general meeting will be a presentation from Rob ZL2WAL titled Geocaching the modern day treasure hunt.
The presentation will be an introduction to Geocaching, both the places it takes you and the technological side ranging from PC Programming to smart phones and GPS devices and how they all connect to allow the Geocacher to find treasure.
Date: Thursday 30 June
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Tawa Community Centre
Voting on remits for the NZART AGM, Please bring your Q Bit or Break In for the discussion and voting
Member's show and tell. Bring along your latest projects or make a presentation on projects you are currently working on, others will certainly find them interesting
See you then!
This month's main meeting will be visit to the GNS Radio Carbon Dating Machine at Gracefield.
We will need to be in the car park at 7:30pm sharp as access is strictly controlled.
Our host is John ZL2TUD. If you need directions please call on 710 or call as per Qbit phone numbers.
We may get time to hold a quick formal meeting and get some business done that is needed before the end of the year.
See you all there!
The October 2010 Special Interest Group (SIG) night looked at the new Opentracker units that were ordered as the APRS Bulk Purchase. Over $1000 of hardware was delivered to the eager members (or mailed out) and we looked at the hardware build quality, components, SW and configuration options. The cables provided look to be excellent value and well made. The GPS units locked on quickly and held positions even when we tried to block the signal, so are very sensitive.
Change in Program! New speaker!
Mike Mendonca from WCC City Ops will talk about his time serving NZ Forces overseas and his work with the Council, including WEMO and City Ops. Mike is a great speaker and has some good stories to tell.
24 June 2010 at 7.30pm at the usual venue in Tawa.
