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NZART Headquarters Infoline Issue 214From: jamie.pye@pyenet.co.nz (jamiepye) NZART Headquarters Infoline Issue 214 05-SEPTEMBER-2010 NZART Website: AREC at The Ready Following Big Earthquake Date : 04 / 09 / 2010 Author : Jim Linton - VK3PC So far AREC (Amateur Radio Emergency Communications) volunteers have not been required in any major way to assist, following the earthquake that hit Christchurch in New Zealand. The magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurred at 4.36am local time Saturday 4 September, while most people were asleep in their homes. The result was extensive Storage Building">building damage in New Zealand?s second largest city, Christchurch, with only two people seriously hurt and no one reported trapped or missing. AREC Deputy Director, Geoff Chapman ZL3PX who lives in Christchurch, said that while AREC was at the Civil Defence Headquarters, there has been no requirement for it to pass any emergency traffic. That is due to restoration of telephone and power to the majority of the affected areas. While water and sewerage systems have been affected there has been no reported major loss of roads or bridges. However AREC is ready, as the situation could worsen with the weather bureau issuing a warning of very strong winds with gusts up to 130km/h and heavy rain posing new threats to already damaged buildings. Adding to the danger are numerous after shocks with authorities advising that these will continue for many days or weeks. The quake is New Zealand's most damaging since the one which hit Napier (Hawke's Bay) in February 1931, that saw radio amateurs extensively provide emergency communications. That led to the formation of the Amateur Radio Emergency Communications, of what is today known as AREC. Jim Linton VK3PC, Chairman, IARU Region 3, Disaster Communications Committee. Used with thanks and permission of Jim Linton VK3PC Jamie Pye ZL2NN The Start of The Christchurch Earthquake PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT GNS SCIENCE GeoNet Data Centre Lower Hutt, New Zealand The following earthquake has been recorded by GNS Science: Reference number: 3366146/G Universal Time: 3 September 2010 at 16:35 NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 4:35 am Latitude, Longitude: 43.54°S, 172.23°E Location: 30 km west of Christchurch Focal depth: 33 km Richter magnitude: 7.4 Web page: Widely felt throughout New Zealand. The GeoNet project is core funded by the Earthquake Commission (EQC) and is being designed, installed and operated by GNS Science on behalf of EQC and all New Zealanders. Greetings Welcome to Headquarters-Infoline a twice-monthly bulletin of news from NZART Headquarters e-mailed directly to Branches, the amateur radio packet Bulletin Board Service and to others that subscribe through the LINK BELOW or the NZART Website at: Past and present Infolines can be found at: Where HTML, PDF and DOC formats can be found for the 2010 e-mailed Issues of Infoline. In This Issue *From The Business Manager ZL2TDM *New Zealand Amateur Radio Day *Doug Gorman Frequency Measuring Contest *NZART Council Working Action Points *Did You Know That Exam Candidates Can Join NZART and Get One Year Free? *Upcoming Events *WESTERN SUBURBS RADIO CLUB INC, BRANCH 03, NZART *UPPER HUTT NZART Conference 2011 - Pre-registration *Contest News ==VHF/UHF/SHF Contest Notes ==HF Contests *General Information For Break-In and HQ Infoline *Attachment(s) for Branches: NZART Headquarters Infoline 214.doc ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ******* From The Business Manager ZL2TDM Debby Says... SUBSCRIPTION PAYMENTS by direct credit If paying your membership subscription for 2011 by direct credit to our bank account, please remember to include either your call sign or membership number, so I know who the payment is from. To pay direct to our bank account, the details are as follows: BNZ 02 0772 0209760 00. New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters Inc. HAMADS If you are wanting to place an advertisement in the HAMADS, you need to forward this directly to the Break In Editor, John Walker ZL3IB. The address details can be found inside the front cover of your magazine. EXAMINATION SUPERVISOR APPLICATIONS There is now a new policy under which Examination Supervisor applications are to be received. If your branch is nominating a member, please include the branch minutes where this nomination has been made and entered, plus a covering letter from the Branch President/Secretary, together with the new application form. If you need a copy of this, I can forward one to you. Remember the Pictures of People">person you are nominating does need to be a financial member of NZART. Talk soon...Debby ZL2TDM ******* New Zealand Amateur Radio Day Purpose The purpose of the New Zealand Amateur Radio Day is to promote our hobby to the public so that some may be encouraged to join the local club, take on classes and become amateur radio operators. Time From 1000-1200 hours local time annually on the 3rd Saturday of January Location Any prominent and public location where there is plenty of public foot traffic. The location will most likely require council (or other landowner) approval. Make sure this is sought and obtained in plenty of time as councils often have minimum notification times. Logs You are required to keep a log of all stations worked during the 2 hours. Logs must include the callsign of the station worked, time, frequency, and any other information you may like to include. Callsign Use of club callsigns is encouraged, however individuals may also set up a station using his or her own callsign. Prior Publicity For this exercise to be a success prior publicity is essential. Make ever effort to publicise the event through local club magazines, local newspapers and other media outlets as much as possible. Publicity on the day As the aim of this exercise is to promote our hobby to the public, have material to hand out on the day. A liaison person or persons should be nominated for this task. People with good communication skills are recommended to take on this role. This person should have a thorough understanding of the systems and modes being used on the day as they will be inundated with questions. Cards, pamphlets and other such giveaways, with club representative contact details are a must. Get copies of the latest amateur radio promotional brochure from Debby at NZART HQ. If you have a class coming up make sure the details are included on any handout material. Take down details of people who express an interest in the hobby and follow them up. Contacts Contacts are to be made with other NZARD stations, or home stations willing to work NZARD stations. Interested public should be encouraged to have a go on the air under direct supervision. Bands and Modes Operation on the day can be on any band and any mode. The national system, IRLP nodes, 80 and 40m would be recommended as a starting point for New Zealand based contacts. Digital modes and CW may also be used to attract interest. Other Rules While this is a field type operation, mains may be used if available. Make sure your equipment is working and presentable to the public before the event. Afterwards Please write an activity report and submit it with your log to warren@zl2aj.com. There is no scoring of contacts made during the day. Activity reports will be submitted to Break In. It is imperative to follow up any names collected on the day. Invite them to a club night, or get them involved in activities. Encourage them to study and get a callsign. All this will help boost club membership. ******* Doug Gorman Frequency Measuring Contest Doug Gorman Frequency Measuring Contest This contests runs again on Monday 6th September 2010 at 2100 NZST (0900 UTC). The revised rules brings the contest up to the modern standard that amateurs can now reach with home brew equipment. Gone is the measuring of three frequencies spread across the 80 m amateur band. For maximum points a total of five frequencies must be measured within +/-5 kHz of 3895 kHz. There are now three grades of measuring, John McKim Cup (Simple equipment to 100 Hz readout resolution), Norm Edwards Shield (equipment better that 10 Hz readout resolution), or Ultra Category (equipment directly referenced to an atomic standard during the contest) The Branch award is still available and certificates will be provided to all entries with an average deviation of 100 Hz or better. The contest takes care of all measuring methods now available to the amateur. How about giving it a go again this year, to celebrate the 58th year of running this contest! Jamie Pye ZL2NN For full details please see: ******* NZART Council Working Action Points Updated August-2010 a.. Repeater and beacon financial processes, b.. Constitutions: Branch and NZART, c.. Review of submissions to NZART future, d.. Amateur Radio and the Rugby World Cup, e.. Preparation of a national examination-training program, f.. Expenditure revision, g.. Updating the NZART examination database, h.. Preparation of a council policy document on digipeaters, i.. Training Officer position, j.. Procedure/Policy for appointment of new officers, and k.. Members/Branch correspondence. ******* Did You Know That Exam Candidates Can Join NZART and Get One Year Free? For details see the last section of the Radio 4A Form at: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ******* Upcoming Events WESTERN SUBURBS RADIO CLUB INC, BRANCH 03, NZART PO BOX 15-122 NEW LYNN 0640 WAITAKERE CITY ANNUAL NEW and USED EQUIPMENT SALE SATURDAY 9th October 2010 ROSEBANK ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL HALL 217 ROSEBANK ROAD, AVONDALE IT IS A LOVELY BIG HALL AND HAS PLENTY OF PARKING $2-00 entry for buyers TO PRE-BOOK A TABLE Please call one of the following. IAN (ZL1RCA) 09 814 9597 ROY (ZL1WI) 09 814 9550 ROSS (ZL1VRR) 09 629 0504 Email sangsfam@clear.co.nz FLOOR spaces are $10.00 PRE-PAID or $15.00 on the day. Make out cheque to WSRC (Inc) send to P.O. Box 15-122 New Lynn 0640 Waitakere (Some space may be available at 0800hrs on the day.) SELLERS please arrive by 0800hrs BUYERS 0900hrs $2 entry) The sale closes at Midday. There are some Commercial Dealers coming, CAFETERIA will have, hot sausages, Tea, Coffee & biscuits to buy from $2-50. EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT BUYING OR SELLING COME ALONG FOR THE FUN AND MEET FELLOW ELECTRONIC ENTHUSIASTS ALL N.Z.A.R.T. BRANCHES AND PRIVATE VENDORS ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO BRING AS MUCH EQUIPMENT FOR SALE AS THEY WISH ALLTHINGS ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC, ANTENNA, COMPUTER, TOOL, RADIO AND TV RELATEDPRODUCEIS THE BASIC IDEA FOR SALE ITEMS. Note to Sellers: As there are limited power outlets available, please bring own power board and leads if required. All un-sold equipment must be removed, at close of sale. The Western Suburbs Radio Club Inc, is a non-profit Amateur Radio club, this sale is way we raise some funds for our technology projects and upkeep of our facilities. Donations gratefully accepted, receipts available John ZL1JT ******* 2010 Silverfern Rally 14-20 Nov 2010 ******* New Zealand Amateur Radio Day Purpose The purpose of the New Zealand Amateur Radio Day is to promote our hobby to the public so that some may be encouraged to join the local club, take on classes and become amateur radio operators. Time From 1000-1200 hours local time annually on the 3rd Saturday of January... Full information can be found at: ******* UPPER HUTT NZART Conference 2011 - Pre-registration Details can be found at: Conference-2011-pre-registration-form.pdf ******* Contest News VHF/UHF/SHF Contest Notes The next contest is the MICROWAVE CONTEST, all bands 614 MHz and up, on Saturday the 2 and Sunday the 3 of OCTOBER 2010. The operating times are: Saturday 1700 to 2300 NZT and Sunday 0700 to 1300 NZT. The rules are available at: Logs should be sent within two weeks, to: zl2wa@clear.net.nz with Contest Log in the subject line, or by post to: Contest Manager, Wellington VHF Group, P.O. Box 12-259, Thorndon, Wellington Wellington VHF Group Website ==== HF Contests ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Doug Gorman FREQ MEAS 06-SEP Rules » Nostalgia Night 11-SEP Rules » VHF/UHF/SHF Contest Microwave Contest 2/3-Oct To Rules » ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- For contests not mentioned here and for a list of contests that have ZL participation in, please see the NZART Web Contest page at: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ******* General Information For Break-In and HQ Infoline Break-In - From the Break-In Editor John ZL3IB a.. Closing love shack">Date Reminder: Copy for the SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER issue of Break-In closes on 10-SEPTEMBER-2010. b.. Document File Format: Please do not send copy for publication as Word 2007.docx files; they cannot be processed. Please send in Word 2003 (or earlier).doc or *.rtf file format. c.. Early receipt of copy is much appreciated. d.. Break-In Contents Index from 1947 can be found at: e.. To search the COMPLETE CONTENTS from 1947, use the page menu entry of: "Search all index pages up to Jan 2010 HTML 435 kB" Found on the "Index for Break-In Volumes 20 to 82" page. All the yearly pages have been combined into one page for your convenience. 433 kB Contact Infoline Editor, if copy of articles are wanted, at: ZL2NN@nzart.org.nz f.. Copy for the AREC Break-In Column - From Geoff ZL3QR: The close-of-copy date is the 03-SEPTEMBER-2010 for articles for publication in the AREC COLUMN OF BREAK-IN. Photos, if available, to be on a separate floppy or CD (with captions), posted DIRECTLY TO US Call Book address. All other material can go to e-mail: zl3qr@nzart.org.nz or zl3ov@nzart.org.nz. ==== The WIA Weekly News Bulletin and The ARRL Letter can be found at: WIA Weekly News Bulletin: ARRL Letter: These are updated weekly, normally p.m. Friday. ==== Subscribe to and Un-Subscribe From Infoline PLEASE NOTE: The links below are e-mails with pre-defined subject-line text Select the format you like from the following: 1. Subject:SUBSCRIBE TO HQ INFOLINE HTML-infoline 2. Subject:SUBSCRIBE TO HQ INFOLINE ATTACHED PDF-infoline To Unsubscibe from HQ Infoline please use the e-mail below: Subject:UNSUBSCRIBE_FROM HQ_INFOLINE-infoline ==== Dates for Official Broadcast (OB) and Head Quarter's Infoline OBs FOR 2010 28-FEB 28-MAR 25-APR 30-MAY 06-JUN 27-JUN 25-JUL 29-AUG 26-SEP 31-OCT 28-NOV 19-DEC *Next NZART Official Broadcast is on 26-SEPTEMBER-2010* *Next HQ-Infoline e-mailed on SUNDAY 19-SEPTEMBER-2010* INFOLINE 2010 SUNDAY 17-JAN 07-FEB 21-FEB 07-MAR 21-MAR 04-APR 18-APR 09-MAY 23-MAY 13-JUN 27-JUN 04-JUL 18-JUL 08-AUG 22-AUG 05-SEP 19-SEP 03-OCT 17-OCT 07-NOV 21-NOV 05-DEC 19-DEC Infoline on the web Regards, Jamie Pye ZL2NN, Editor zl2nn@nzart.org.nz
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