Our club station callsign is ZL1AB.
Our meeting place at the North Shore City Civil Defence HQ.
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The Branch is located in Auckland, the largest city of New Zealand (pop. 1 million). The Branch is an incorporated society for Radio Amateurs and interested persons. Meetings are held at the Civil Defence centre 400 East Coast road on every Monday at 1930 hours (7.30pm), on a monthly cycle, and every Saturday at 0900 hours. 1st Monday -- General meeting. 2nd Monday -- Communications Group 3rd Monday -- Committee meeting 4th Monday -- Ragchew 5th Monday -- Special technical topics. The Saturday morning sessions are a kind of "clinic" for solving member's problems. Demonstrations of radio equipment, principles and techniques by guest speakers are a feature of the meetings. Visitors are most welcome. Full information about Amateur Radio in New Zealand can be obtained from the N.Z.A.R.T web site (click on the N.Z.A.R.T. diamond logo below). |
A monthly newsletter called the "29er" is posted out to members.
Radio frequencies used in Emergencies:- 3.9 MHz USB, 147.425 MHz FM
Club meetings on the radio AIRwaves:
VHF 147.425 MHz FM 1945 hours, Wednesday evenings.
HF 3775 kHz LSB 0900 hours, Sunday mornings.
The branch participates in the Auckland VHF Groups' VHF News & Net 146.625 MHz FM (Klondike repeater), 2015 hours Sunday evenings. Listen to what all the clubs in Auckland are doing in the comming month.
Would YOU like to become an Amateur Radio Operator? Would YOU like to sit the exam? Would YOU like to learn about the requirements? Go to www.nzart.org.nz/nzart for information
or contact the North Shore Examiners: Ralph ZL4AG or Rosemary ZL1RO Phone 09-4445735
Newsletter Editor : Henry Falkner ZL1AAN hfalkner@internet.co.nz for items to go into the monthly "29er" newsletter.
The Branch has a progamme of events and meeting topics for 2005.
Click for the Meeting programme page.
The Branch has a radio equipped caravan for special events & emergency communications.
Click for the Emergency Caravan page.
The Branch has a long history of meetings and activities in the North Shore area of Auckland city.
Click for the North Shore Branch history page.
The Amateur radio BBS for the Auckland region is operated by the North Shore Branch.
Click for the North Shore Branch BBS page.
Recent digital photographs of branch members at meetings.
Click for the North Shore Branch Member photograph page.
New Zealand Amateur Radios' Home Page
Radio Society of Great Britain
American Radio Relay League - The home page for Amateur Radio in the USA
Michael Sheffields' Home page| E-mail me at zl1abs@nzart.org.nz |
Link to North Shore City Civil Defence.
Links to other Amateur Radio sites on the Web
Links to Slow Scan TV and Fast Scan ATV sites
Michael Sheffields' New Zealand news & links
World Amateur Radio links
American Amateur Television links
British Amateur Radio links
British Amateur Television Club.
Fuzzy modes - ZL1BPUs home page for PSK31, Hellschreiber, MFSK16 & MT63
Auckland VHF Group 50th Anniversary web page. Programme & pre-registration form
For information about becomming a Radio Amateur refer to the NZART website.
The Western Suburbs Branch 03 NZART Home page.
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