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posted Nov 5, 2011 4:51 PM by Hamish Dobson
On a very fine day in the park a good try out of the system on 310MHz was possible including Alan mobile with the test transmitter to and from Kaiti Hill. A second receiver was available and this allowed everyone to try tracking a person wearing one of the transmitter pendants.
Much was learnt about use of the receivers and aerials and several amateurs are keen to have a fox hunt soon on 2 meters which will provide even more expertise in this field
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posted Oct 19, 2011 11:59 PM by Hamish Dobson
Please note that the museum has a new web site www.ecmot.org.nz
The site has several pages of pictures and text of information about the museum.
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posted Oct 19, 2011 12:40 PM by Hamish Dobson
Ian, Peter and myself have removed the aerials from Basil's tower so it can be lowered. Henry has dismantled and removed aerials and equipment from Rob's station. Ross has supplied the paperwork on known silent keys in this area to NZART so corrections may be made to the MED records and thus the next call book. More examples of assistance to local amateurs provided by branch members
Please note that changes of address to the MED are the responsibility of the amateur concerned
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posted Oct 11, 2011 5:44 PM by Jim Tittsler
AREC have been asked to have trained operators available for using
radio location equipment used for tracking lost persons. A small radio
transmitter is attached to people who are likely to wonder off and get
lost. Each transmitter is on a different frequency and Search and
Rescue have purchased a tracker.
All interested persons are welcome to meet at Anzac Park at 1.30pm on
Sunday 30th of October to try out the tracker and run tests.
The club also hopes to run some hidden transmitter hunts now
the weather is finer
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posted Sep 9, 2011 5:46 PM by Hamish Dobson
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updated Sep 10, 2011 5:09 AM
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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 be involved |
posted Aug 31, 2011 1:36 PM by Hamish Dobson
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updated Sep 4, 2011 5:58 PM
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The white object on the highest point of the island is the solar powered lighthouse |
posted Aug 24, 2011 6:17 PM by Hamish Dobson
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updated Aug 27, 2011 5:51 PM
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A very interesting and enjoyable weekend. Arnie was there setting up well before the rest of us, making sure no one went hungry and was able to provide much information about the area. Alan brought a trailer with the generator (not needed) and a two element 20 meter beam. Rolly showed his experience in AREC by bringing all that might be needed much of which I never would have thought of . Peter had his very well engineered support mast and together with Arnie's UHF and 80 meters aerials and Alan's beam a very impressive aerial set up. (pictures to follow) Saturday was wet but Sunday was fine apart from a cold wind however the facilities were all that were needed and I think no one was cold or went hungry as everyone seemed to have brought enough for a week and there was no shortage of gear. A very hospitable place to hold a branch event and much thanks to Ross for arranging it and the station staff for making it available.
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posted Aug 19, 2011 2:50 AM by Hamish Dobson
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updated Aug 19, 2011 3:08 AM
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A REMINDER TO ALL GISBORNE AMATEURS THAT THERE WILL
BE A CAR RALLY ON SATURDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER.ANYONE THAT HAS NOT BEEN
CONTACTED AND IS AVAILABLE TO HELP PLEASE CONTACT ALAN..Anyone to accompany
operators would be welcome PH.8686267. THIS IS BEING HELD LOCALLY AT PEHIRI WHAREKOPAE.WHAKARAU RAKAUROA. TRAVELLING EXPENSES WILL BE
REIMBURSED
REPEATERS…….WE ARE WORKING ON AN UPGRADE OF THE AROWHANA SITE. IT IS
IN NEED OF A NEW ANTENNA COAX AND REPLACEMENT BATTERIES. WE ARE STILL AWAITING
INFORMATION ON PRICES AND AVAILABILITY OF POSSIBLE NEWER STAINLESS TYPES THAT MAY BE MORE
STURDY IN THE EXPOSED SITUATION. HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO WORK IN WITH THE SITE OPERATOR WHEN HE IS TRAVELING TO THE HELICOPTER ACCESS SOLAR POWERED SITE
LIGHTHOUSE WEEKEND……FIVE OF US RECENTLY VISITED ONENUI STATION AT
MAHIA.THEY OWN AND FARM PORTLAND ISLAND. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO VISIT THE ISLAND
BUT THE CLOSEST WE CAN GET IS ON THE MAINLAND JUST LOOKING DOWN ON THE ISLAND.
WE INTEND SETTING UP IN THE SHEARERS QUARTERS.THERE WILL BE 5 OR 6 MEMBERS. WE
HAVE APPLIED FOR AND BEEN ALLOCATED A CALL SIGN WE HAVE USED BEFORE ZL6LEC.
LIGHT HOUSE EAST COAST…..THE STATION WILL BE IN OPERATION FROM EARLY AFTERNOON
SATURDAY TILL AFTERNOON SUNDAY.(this coming weekend)IF YOU ARE ABOUT PLEASE
LISTEN OUT AND GIVE US A CALL.80.40,20M. 2MTRS THROUGH WHAKAPUNAKAE. CLUB SUBS.
THE COMMITTEE WISHES TO THANK ALL THAT HAVE PAID IF YOU ARE A BIT LATE IT IS
NEVER TOO LATE. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT
PUBLIC LIABITITY… THIS WAS RECENTLY DISCUSSED BY THE COMMITTEE AND NZART
WERE ASKED FOR ADVICE, AS OUR BRANCH HAS NO INSURANCE TO COVER THIS. WE WERE ADVISED
THAT PROVIDING MEMBERS WERE INVOLVED IN CLUB ACTIVITY AND THAT THEY WERE ALSO FINANCIAL MEMBERS OF NZART THEY WOULD BE COVERED FOR UP TO TWO MILLION. IN THE NEAR FUTURE THE CLUB IS HOPING
TO ARRANGE A HIDDEN TRANSMITTER FOX HUNT. WE ARE ALSO HOPING TO ARRANGE AN
EVENING WITH THE COUNCIL CIVIL DEFENCE ALL FOR NOW….73S SECRETARY
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posted Jul 30, 2011 3:12 PM by Hamish Dobson
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updated Jul 30, 2011 3:38 PM
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Peter has a fox hunting / directional finding transmitter control kit he obtained from overseas and built up. This allows remote control of the transmitter thus allowing, amongst other controls, the reduction or increase of transmission times as required during the hunt
He has interfaced it to a Icom portable 2 meter rig to operate as a fox / hidden transmitter. When the weather is better the plan is to have this hidden somewhere in Gisborne in a public place for club members to have a fox hunt on 2 meters. No definite plans on the actual frequency at present but several club members are keen and are looking up or building suitable equipment. Note the fox is a hidden low powered transmitter and no animals are involved in spite of the name
There are now believed to be fifteen financial members of the club. Hopefully the letter sent out by the treasurer will result in more additional members. The secretary has applied for and obtained the call sign ZL2LEC for the Mahia trip. It lasts for four months and is the same as when the club went to East Cape but now the EC stands for East Coast.
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posted Jul 19, 2011 2:44 PM by Hamish Dobson
The visit to the Fire Station to see the new Command Vehicle was well attended in spite of the weather. The new vehicle is most impressive with what appears to be every possible form of communication and everything else that could be needed. Generators, masts, satellite dish, internet displays all well interconnected are only some of the facilities. A bonus was the additional display of some of the equipment now used in fire fighting etc. Also very impressive. Thanks must go to the secretary for arranging the visit and the members of the Fire Service for their time and efforts to make the visit so impressive and informative
Several members have been to Mahia to check on the possible club station for the lighthouse activity. From all accounts a good day was had by all and every thing looks good for a enjoyable club activity including location and facilities. Contact was was also made with other amateurs in the area. Plans are for a special call sign and an impressive pictorial QSL card.
With more club members in areas south of Gisborne the repeaters are getting more use and use of IRLP around 7.30pm on Sunday allows members from out of Gisborne to take part on the club net on 680.
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