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What's News Here?

Welcome to the Auckland VHF Group web site.

Here you will find information about the clubs activities, repeaters and contact details. The VHF group has members who are active in many facets of Amateur Radio. The group was formed in 1956 and recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. There have been many mile stone achievements along the way. From the long term lease held on the clubrooms in the park at Hazel Ave to the lofty heights of the Klondyke repeater site. Members are encouraged to promote membership of the group and to support the upkeep and enhancement of club resources. Our thanks must go to those who founded the group and those with the vision and commitment to make the Auckland VHF Group what it is today. Enjoy your visit to this web site. Click Here To Become A Member.

News

General Meeting Monday, July 13th 2009. The 23cm Band The “what and how to”!

The 23cm band is under utilised, and yet it has a lot of space to play in. It does have activity, and very few operators appear to realise what activity is on, how easy it is to get on this band and how effective it can be. To over come some of the myths, this meeting is dedicated to the 23cm band, with the assistance of Simon ZL1SWW, and possibly Stephen ZL1TPH and others.

Its one of those practical evenings where what appear to be secrets are revealed to be simple and easily achievable goals with a lot of interesting fun in between.

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EVERYBODY WELCOME

The Auckland VHF Group has also invited the NZ Electronics Institute to join us at this meeting.

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Working Bees at the clubrooms, on Saturday 11th and 25th July. 9.00am till midday.

Also, We are collecting metal work, good quality plastic and reasonable condition used PCB's for recycling. Drop off bin available in the scout den. (all recycling including PCB's can now be done in NZ!) Funds going to repeater upgrades and maintenance.

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DStar DStar.

The Auckland VHF Group had a fruitful meeting on the subject of DStar in February. The Auckland VHF Group has released this prepaired statement. Click Here

Data Modes CD.

Doug ZL1AVY advises that a new version of the Branch 66 Data Modes CD will be released in time for the December meeting of Branch 66. This will make an excellent present to give to your ham mates - keep it in mind! It does contain a lot of new programmes and many updates. If you are unable to attend a meeting or live outside Auckland you may contact either Doug ZL1AVY or anyone of our committee members to arrange a copy to be sent out. Please see our Contacts page.

690 Fire

As many have already heard the 690 repeater was destroyed by fire on the 19th of August 2007. At the general meeting held on the 10th of September 2007 there was a discussion about the future of the repeater and the committee will be investigating the possible relocation of 690. It is not certain at this point if we are able to get the repeater back on the same site.

Update June 7th 2009. Replacement equipment has been purchased from Tait and site negotiations have been completed to have the repeater housed at Puketutu. Antenna and duplex hardware are yet to be purchased.

Become A Member.

It has never been easier to join the Auckland VHF Group. There are two stages to becoming a member of the VHF group.
Stage one is to complete the online registration form here. Once your application has been processed you will receive
a confirmation email which will allow you to log in. Stage two. Is to add Membership to your online shopping cart
and follow the instructions to complete the transaction. If you are not logged in you will be asked to do so.

* Activities *

The group meets every month on the 2nd Monday at its Hazel Ave clubrooms starting at 7:30pm.

* Spectrum *

Every month the group publishes a newsletter with a round up of news, information and technical articles. It is also published on this web site one month after it is first released to members. Members are encouraged to contribute. See the Contacts page for the Spectrum Editors email address.

* Repeaters *

The VHF group maintains several repeaters in and around the Auckalnd area. The largest of these is the Klondyke site. Situated just south of Auckand at Port Waikato this site has 2 meter voice and data repeaters, the 70cm national system link and many other repeaters. Further details can be found on the repeater page.

* Contributing *

If you would like to add something to this web site please do not hesitate to write material. All contributions will be greatfully accepted. This site makes use of style sheets therefor material is best sent to the webmaster in plain text. Images at 800 x 600. See the Contacts page for the web masters email address.

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