NEWS and NOTICES

President - David King - ZL1DGK
Vice President - Neill Ellis- ZL1TAJ
Secretary - Gavin Petrie - ZL1GWP
Treasurer - Ian Brown - ZL1TAT
Committee -
Morris Beale - ZL1ANF
David McMillan - ZL1TLQ

The beacon has had a change of frequency and is now operarting on 2400.260 MHz.

The Annual Genreral Meeting was held today in the Te Aroha Events Centre, 44 Stanley Ave., Te Aroha, at 1:30pm.

The election of Officers resulted in the following being elected:-
Bulletin Editor - David King - ZL1DGK

Subscriptions for 2021 are to remain the same - $25.00 for an individual and $30.00 for a family or club. To qualify for a family membership, all family members must be living at the same address.

The Annual Genreral Meeting was held today on Zoom.

The election of Officers resulted in the following being elected:-
Bulletin Editor - David King - ZL1DGK

Subscriptions for 2019 are to remain the same - $25.00 for an individual and $30.00 for a family or club. To qualify for a family membership, all family members must be living at the same address.

The Annual Genreral Meeting was held today in the Te Aroha Events Centre, 44 Stanley Ave., Te Aroha, at 1:30pm.

The election of Officers resulted in the following being elected:-
Bulletin Editor - David King - ZL1DGK

Subscriptions for 2019 are to remain the same - $25.00 for an individual and $30.00 for a family or club. To qualify for a family membership, all family members must be living at the same address.

We're aware of at least two independent sources of interference impacting the WaiPlenty network at present. With eleven receivers across four elevated remote sites, there's plenty of open doors for interference to enter.

One source of interference is entering via the repeater receiver ay Maungakawa. This interference appears to be as a result of enhanced propagation conditons at present. The second source of interference is coming from the wind power turbines at Te Uku and is entering the network via the Maungakawa facing link receiver at Te Uku.

To keep the interference impacting the network to a minimum, Maungakawa will be de-linked/isolated when the interference is present.

27 August 2018 - the stolen Icom repeater equipment was found in a storage shed in Hamilton, after a chain of coincidences.

22 November 2018 - the new repeater equipment, purchsed prior to the recovery of the stolen repeater, was installed and made operational. However, the link to Te Weraiti was not able to be connected, due to a new feeder cable being required. The installation of the replacement cable was reliant on other commercial rigging work to be carried out there later in the year.

14 December 2018 - the new feeder cable for the UHF yagi facing Te Weraiti plus the IRLP link facing Hamilton was installed, allowing Te Uku to be linked to Te Weraiti. Unfortunately, a problem has occured at Maungakawa affecting the link to Te Uku. So in the meantime Maungakawa is stand alone, with repair expected early this year.

We would like to thank the Waihi Club (Branch 43) for making a substantial donation towards the purchase of the new Icom FR5000 repeater.

The Annual Genreral Meeting was held today in the Te Aroha Events Centre, 44 Stanley Ave., Te Aroha, at 1:30pm.

The election of Officers resulted in the following being elected:-

The latest information we have had from the Police, is that the prospect of getting our equipment back is virtually nil. From forensic tests carried out on a computer, it would appear that our equipment, along with other commercial equipment, is most likely residing in the USA.

We are now in the process of obtaining the necessary equipment to re-establish the site. So far we have been donated an Icom FR5000 repeater, but will be approaching philanthropic trusts for funds, (approx. $3500.00 required) to purchase the remaining equipment. Replacing the coaxial feed to the IRLP/Te Weraiti yagi will be part of the reinstall, as this coax has become full of water.

At the AGM today Alan Wallace, who has been the President since the 2008 AGM, announced that he would not be standing again. Alan was thanked for his contribution to the group, over the 9 years he was president. Phil King ZL1PK was elected as the new president.

The election of Officers resulted in the following being elected:-
Te Uku Site - To date (19 March 2017) the equipment that was stolen has still not been found, after the Police and other parties have been involved in trying to locate it.

Te Uku Site: As of today the missing equipment has not been located, even though various organisations have put a great deal of effort into it. To get Te Uku back on the air, it was decided to relocate the equipment at Maungakawa to Te Uku for the time being. This will restore the primary coverage to Hamilton and allow us to restore the IRLP to its normal setup. If and when the missing equipment is found, or we have to purchase new equipment, it will be installed at Maungakawa. If new equipment has to be purchased a fund raising programme will be undertaken.

Kaimai Site: There will be a working bee on Saturday 11th Feb to paint the hut, put new building paper under the roofing iron and repair the National System antenna array. The working bee will start at 9.00 am at the road gate on highway 29. A paint brush, lunch and a drink will be required. Saturday 18th Feb will be the fall-back day.

President - Alan Wallace - ZL1AMW
Vice President - Morris Beale - ZL1ANF
Secretary - Gavin Petrie - ZL1GWP
Treasurer - Ian Brown - ZL1TAT

Bulletin Editor - David King - ZL1DGK

Subscriptions for 2015 are to remain the same as this year - $25.00 for an individual and $30.00 for a family or club. To qualify for a family membership, all family members must be living at the same address.

Kaimai Hut: The hut at Kaimai is to be painted, so we are looking for volunteers.

Tom Bevan: Thanks to Tom Bevan (ZL1THG) for his generous offer in repairing the faulty Kaimai National System transmitter.

2016 AGM: The AGM is to be held in Matamata, as usual, in the Anglican Church Lounge on Sunday 20th March, 2016.

Subs are due: so please pay now so as you can vote at the AGM and avoid any possible increase in the subscription. See details on website - http://www.zl1is.info/renew.html

Te Weraiti 695 Rcvr: After receiving reports that the sensitivity of the '695 receiver at Te Weraiti had reduced, test were carried out on site and remotely, and confirmed that the receiver was up to spec. If you do not have a line-of-site path to a repeater, or are using a hand-held, many factors, other than the repeater, can change the signal received remotely.