Meetings

This Thursday (5 March) is the March SIG, and we will be building the 10MHz reference oscillator kit as described in Q-Bit. We have a kitset supplied by Tim ZL2RST that will be available on the night, as well as power, soldering irons, freq counter and a spectrum analyser to see the output. Plenty of hands will be available to help, and if you have not done surface mount device (SMD) work before there will be boards and components to learn on.

The meeting will be at the Tawa Community Centre, in the AREC room. Supper will be provided, and we will be there from 7:30pm.

Thursday 4th Dec 2008 was the Annual Christmas Meeting at Ricks QTH. Rick is a great host and with the addition of Peter's Chillie we ate and drank in style! Fancy coffees and plenty of food! Thanks again Rick.

In the tradition of the Annual Meeting at Rick's, a white board session was lead by Brian looking at what the Group should achieve for the next 12 months.

Rob has documented this and it will be published soon. But in summary, sorry if it is not 100% correct:

Sorry for the relatively late notice.. but as tonight is the last Thursday of the month, the Wellington VHF Group is holding its Monthly General Meeting Tonight at its venue in Tawa. More information on our regular meetings can be found here.

Tonight's presentation is on LandSAR Communications. Bryan, ZL2BRF will be presenting on various aspects of LandSAR communications in the region.

All are welcome to join us at the Tawa Community Centre at 1930hrs tonight.

The Committee of the Wellington VHF Group provide notice of a Special General Meeting of the Group, for the purpose of changing the Group’s Constitution regarding the appointment of Life Members to the Group.

This Special General Meeting is to be held during the 2008 Annual General Meeting of the Group, to be held on Thursday 30 October 2008 at the Tawa Community Centre.

The next SIG, is planning for the Onslow College Adult Education Programme Ham Radio Classes. Due to the non-availability of our leader John ZL2HD on the original SIG date, it has been decided to swap the Meal & Movie and the SIG dates.

The Ham Radio Classes planning SIG will now be 7:30pm 3 July at the QTH of David ZL2SX. The Meal & move will now be 6:00pm 10 July at the Reading Cinema, Courtney Place.

Regards
Brian ZL2BRF

Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) are essential safety equipment that can save your life if you get into trouble at sea or on land. When a beacon is activated, Maritime NZ's Rescue Co-ordination Centre receives the satellite information, finds and locates the beacon, and co-ordinates a rescue mission.

This month we are very fortunate to have Rodney Bracefield from the Maritime New Zealand Rescue Co-ordination Centre coming to speak to us about EPIRBs and how the related systems work. This promises to be a fascinating evening.