ZL75

The national body for Amateur Radio in New Zealand is the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters, NZART. The year 2001 is NZART's 75th Anniversary year having been formed in 1926. As part of the celebrations, it was decided to apply for a special callsign in recognition of the importance of the occasion. Application was made to the Ministry of Commerce, our licensing authority, for the use of the special callsign ZL75. The interest this callsign created had been exceptional and the use of the callsign was made available for all branches of NZART through the later half of 2001.
Our Papakura Radio Club inc. was eager to use the call and a number of our members took advantage of the short time we had its use. John ZL1BYZ and John ZL1ALZ, both SSB and CW operators clocked up many of the 4000 plus calls that our club members logged. Operation was from home QTH's as well as our clubrooms. The picture below show the clubs station being used during one of these ocassions. The following link shows all the callsigns that Papakura members have logged. Check and see if you are listed below.