Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution LicenseHello, Welcome to the Gisborne Amateur Radio Club
Why You Might Like to Join Our ClubWe are a diverse group of young and not so old members who are dedicated to fostering and promoting the hobby of amateur radio , electronics and computers to anyone interested regardless of their skill, background, age or sex.The club meets monthly at the Bryce Street Scout Hall Gisborne, on the second Monday of each month. Meetings start at 19:30 (7.30pm) and everyone is welcome to attend. Dues for 2011 remain at $35, with a special $10 rate available to students. Additional family members are also $10. Dues may be paid to the treasurer at any meeting. RepeatersThe club owns and operates three 2 metre voice repeaters and a local node repeater for the national system (co-sited with the 690 repeater) on 439.875MHz. The club also has a digirepeater on 144.575MHz (intended for APRS use). (There are also two privately owned and operated repeaters in the area, one on 439.5MHz and the other a digrepeater on 144.575MHz) If you are a visitor or new resident, our local VHF frequencies are as follows: 146.800, 146.850 and 146.900 MHz with -600KHz offset. The local calling frequency repeater is 146.800 (680) . Our IRLP calling node is 6105 on the 680 repeater. . |
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Rally 2011 A beautiful day for the rally. Difficult to get up at six but home by eleven to listen to the radio traffic from the later stages. HF gave good usage for the first stages and later a portable repeater was heard in use. The local repeaters at least in the early stages were mainly used as backup and were especially useful during the set up of the HF station The set up at the rally start, six stages with many of the local amateurs assisting the Hawkes Bay amateurs who were responsible for the rally comms which also involved portable repeaters and which should provide good experience for the week long North Island rally next year for those who will ...
Posted Sep 10, 2011 5:09 AM by Hamish Dobson
