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29-April-2007

Official Broadcast

NZART's Official Broadcast April 2007 - details presidential update from NZART President Bruce Douglas ZL2WP. NZART Headquarters update from the General Secretary, Debby Morgan ZL2TDM... all this and much more in this months Official Broadcast. Click on the above link to navigate to the Official Broadcast page to download the full broadcast in MP3 format (approximate. size 5.3 MB - about 14-18 minutes at 56K dial up speed or faster by broadband).

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25-April-2007

New Zealand Amateur on Pitcairn Island as VP6TD

Tom Dixon ZL2HGR advises of his upcoming operation from Pitcairn Island. Tom states he will operating from Pitcairn Island as VP6TD from 7 May 2007 and will be there until early September 2007. Tom will be operating his preferred mode, namely PSK31 and CW (if his morse is up to the mark!). His station will consist of Yaesu FT-857D, Z11-Pro ATU, Longwire and a Buddipole Antenna's. Tom, is looking forward to working as many operators as possible, especially those from New Zealand.

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25-April-2007

Clandestine broadcaster, jamming station back in Amateur Radio band

ARRL Monitoring System/Intruder Watch Liaison Chuck Skolaut, K0BOG, confirms reports that a clandestine broadcaster and a jamming station again are competing on 18.160 MHz. The 17-meter band is a worldwide exclusive Amateur Radio allocation. Following up on reports, Skolaut says he's able to hear the "Sound of Hope" broadcast station from Taiwan as well as the so-called "Fire Dragon" jammer, broadcasting music from the Hainan, Peoples' Republic of China, at ARRL Headquarters station W1HQ. The Sound of Hope transmits news unfavorable to the PRC, while the Hainan music transmissions attempt to block the transmission, pausing for four minutes each hour, apparently to check the frequency. When the same two competing signals showed up on amateur frequencies last year, International Amateur Radio Union Secretary David Sumner, K1ZZ, requested the clandestine broadcaster avoid use of Amateur Radio frequencies. Skolaut has received reports about the clandestine broadcaster and music jammer interference from all over the US as well as Europe, Africa and the UK. IARU Monitoring System Region 1 Coordinator Wolf Hadel, DK2OM, in Germany has documented the intruders on 18.160 MHz (and others) on his Web site.

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19-April-2007

Exam Supervisors

General Secretary, Debby Morgan ZL2TDM - advises that the Examination and Supervisors list has been updated and is correct as of 17 April 2007. Click on the above link to download the PDF (approx. 32kb).

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15-April-2007

Headquarters InfoLine No: 136 ()

NZART's Headquarters Info-Line Issue Number 136. General Secretary, Debby Morgan ZL2TDM advises:

100 Basic Electronic Projects - on CD-ROM

Radio Licenses: Security Of Tenure

2007 Jock White Memorial Field Day Contest Results

VHF Convention 2007

Break-In Closing Date Reminder

NZART Conference 2007 - Palmerston North

Contest News

Auto-Subscription and Un-Subscribe

Dates for Official Broadcast (OB) and Head Quarter's Info-Line (HQIL)

And much more... click on the above link to download the PDF (approx. 115kb) by clicking on this LINK, and viewing the PDF file.

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15 April 2007

Jock White National Field Day Contest 2007 Results

Thank you to all branch team members along with home stations for making the effort to participate in this great NZART event. This year all valid field stations submitted logs, including one branch that has not done so for years. Hamilton even submitted their logs printed and spiral bound! A big thank you to everyone for making this effort. 47 logs in total were received along with some home station check logs. It is nice to read the comments submitted with the entries, it makes the task of log checking a lot more interesting!

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9-April-2007

The BPL War: Australian BPL Interference Video Released

The BPL War: Australian BPL Interference Video Released (9 April 2007) The fight against interference caused by access B-P-L continues down-under. This with the release of a new 8 minute documentary video dealing with the interference potential of Broadband Over Powerline technology in Australia. The show is a virtual tour video of the Mt Nelson B-P-L trial area and contains a visual and audible representation of the interference potential of the B-P-L technology deployed in the area. It also contains commentary and background information on B-P-L technology.

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9-April-2007

International Marconi Day 28 April 2007

International Marconi Day will take place on Saturday 28 April this year. Although the event is not a contest, participants can qualify for award certificates by contacting special stations. These stations must operate on or close to a site where Guglielmo Marconi carried out experiments or where Marconi equipment was used prior to his death in 1937. If you would like to operate one of these special award stations, it is essential that you register the station by emailing webmaster@gb4imd.org.uk prior to the event with full details of the station.

Further information can be found on the web at www.gb4imd.org.uk.

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9 April 2007

World Amateur Radio Day 2007 Award 18 April 2007

International Marconi Day will take place on Saturday 28 April this year. A new amateur radio award has been launched to commemorate the World Amateur Radio Day celebrated by the International Amateur Radio Union on 18 April each year. The WARD 2007 Award - as it is called - is the brainchild of the Polish Radio Amateurs’ Journal. It is also supported by the Polish Amateur Radio Union. The award is available for either 10 QSOs on the HF bands or five QSOs on the VHF bands. All contacts must be made between 0000 and 2400UTC on 18 April 2007. The award is also available to SWLs for the same numbers of reports.