Papakura Radio Club

Address:
• Wellington Park, 1 Great South Road, Papakura.
ZL1VK Location

Meeting Information

• General Meeting: General Meeting, held the 1st Wednesday of each month starting at 19:30 hours.
• Projects evenings / Technical Night: on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays at 19:30 hours.
• AREC: Any 5th Wednesday reserved for AREC meeting at 19:30 hrs.
• Committee Meeting: Every 3rd Wednesday of each month at 19:30 hrs
• Annual General Meeting (AGM): Held on the 1st Wednesday in November at 19:30 hours.

Weekly Net's on Air:

• ZL1VK on VHF - Auckland 6625 repeater (146.625MHz) Sunday mornings starting at 08:00 hours, local time.
Followed by
• ZL1VK on HF - on the following frequencies -
  40m (7.120 Mhz) Winter times
  80m (3.755 Mhz) Summer times
  The HF net is also linked via the VHF Repeater (146.675 Mhz) and on the UHF Repeater (438.775 Mhz), with both links requiring a CTCSS Tone of 141.3 on Tx.
  
  NOTE: Due to QRM on 80m, during winter times, we are experimenting on changing the HF net over to 40m on 7.120
  Once daylight saving starts we will check to see if signals improve, and will switch back to 80m. Please listen to our VHF net for announcements to confirm the HF frequency the club net will be using.
  NOTE: The VHF/UHF link for HF is down at the moment for maintenance.
  
• The HF net starts at 09:00 hours local time, or following the VHF net, should this net be running late.

NOTE: If the 6625 repeater is not available or offline, please listen on 146.475MHz FM simplex.

Membership.

To become a member of the club please contact, the club secretary, ZL1AOX (Just click on his callsign) by email.
Subscription: Full membership and newsletter $30.00 Family Membership and newsletter $45.00

New Bank Details.

Account: PAPAKURA RADIO CLUB INCORPORATED
Bank Account number: 12-3031-0108608-00
Bank: ASB
For this year's subs, (due November) and hall hirer's, PLEASE NOTE: Our NEW Bank Details above are effective from the 1st October 2026.

Visitors.

ALL VISITORS are welcome to attend any of our Wednesday nights, main meeting or project / technical nights.
Please remember to make yourself known once you arrive.

What's happening next time at the Clubrooms.

Wednesday 16th September is a Committee Meeting.

Looking Forward to seeing you there.

Next Project / Technical Night.

Wednesday 23rd September.
We will be continuing looking at Meshcore, programming and the operation.

If you have any project / repair that you need help on or something of interest to show, please bring it along.
There should be someone there that can help or advise.

This will start at 7.30pm

OCTOBER 2026 MAIN MEETING.

Our next General Meeting will be on the 2nd October

This Months Topic: Talks and planning for the Papakura Open Day on the 17th October 2026 and maybe a video of interest afterwards.
Speaker: David ZL1DK
See the club's newsletter for more details when it comes out.

UPCOMING MAIN MEETING.

November's Main meeting will be on the 4th November

Topic: Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Speaker:

⚠ Important Notice! ⚠

UPCOMING EVENTS for OCTOBER 2026.

The Papakura Radio Club is Planning an OPEN DAY On Saturday the 17th October 2026

Please save the date in your diary.



Saturday 17th October 2026, the Papakura Radio Club are planning to show live demonstrations of Amateur Radio, being held from 10.00 am - 4:00 pm.
Venue: Wellington Park, 1R Great South Road Papakura. (Entrance is Next to Pak n Save, Opposite the Gull Service Station.)
Watch this space for further updates...

• Demonstrations including HF (high frequency) communications over SSB (single sideband - voice), CW (morse code), FT8 (digital mode).


• There will also be demonstrations of VHF (very-high frequency) and UHF (ultra-high frequency) radios over simplex (radio to radio or direct line of sight) and repeaters (radio to repeater/repeater to radio) to increase distances of communications.


• On VHF we will have a repeater in action and over UHF we will have a link to the Winlink network.
  Winlink is a system where we can send messages for emergency communications.
  
  
• There will also be an active workshop where all the construction / repairs are carried out.
  On the construction side, we will be making a J-Pole antenna to suit the 2 metre band out of 300 Ohm TV ribbon...


• There will be static displays of SSTV (slow scan television), examples of earlier radios used by amateur radio operators, some modified for amateur use, and some commercially available.


• The Papakura Coastguard will have a display up.
  
  
• The Papakura Fire Service will be there.


• The Scouts, Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) will also joining in with the fun.


• You can learn more on how to become an Amateur Radio Operator.


• AREC - Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Demostration.

Everyone is Welcome and this is a Free event, so why not come along and take a look at the OPEN DAY held by the Papakura Radio Club ZL1VK.

2026 CHRISTMAS DINNER.

Every year, we have a get together combined with the Franklin Radio Club and take it in turns to host this event.
This year it's the Papakura Radio Clubs turn to host the Christmas Dinner.
If you would like to attend, to please let Ian know ZL1AOX (Just click on his callsign) and email your booking or via the club net on a Sunday, on how many will be attending.
NOTE:
It is important that final numbers are accurate as the Blacksmith may charge a $10 no show fee for guests confirmed that fail to show on the day of the booking with no notice.
If you have booked and your name is confirmed as coming, and if your plans have changed for whatever reason and are unable to attend, to please let Ian know as soon as
possible so he can notify the resturant and avoid any charges to you.

Venue:

This year we will be hosting it again at The Blacksmith's Walters Road, Takanini.
The date is Friday the 27th November 2026
The resturant has requested to pre-book meals. More to follow on this later once I get the infomation.
Please watch here, news letters or listen to the nets for updates.
So if you fancy a night out with some good company, contact Ian and don't miss out on what is normally a great night out.
The Blacksmith Menu
WARNING: This shopping center's car park has a 3 Hour (P180) time limit.
See the image below to scan this QR Code. It does work...
For peace of mind, not having to keep on checking the time, just scan this barcode upon arriving, (Sign is outside the blacksmiths) to allow 5 hours Parking. or use the link below.
Enter you Rego and email proof to yourself to avoid any fines.



Takanini Village Derby Square Car Park 5hr Link

PROJECT KITS.

There are a few AllStar kits still available, so if you are interested please let me know.
The cost of the kit is $35
Full details of the kit is listed in the link below. NOTE: You will still need to supply a Raspberry Pi and UHF Radio. We are using the Baofeng BF888S, David ZL1DK has a few of these left at $30 to club Members.
Everything you need to know is listed on this website under projects/Allstar, or click on the link below.
AllStarLink Building your Node

ZL1VK Kitsets Still available.

• Anderson Power Pole Distribution (PCB Only) $5.00
• 2 into 1 Headphone set switching between radios. (PCB Only) $5.00
• USB Radio Interface for Digital modes. Complete Kit. $69.00
• Tait Radio TM8100 Series VFO head unit with 100 memories. $120.00
• Tait Radio VFO Escutcheon. (Clips onto the main radio and used with the above Tait kit)(Sold separately) $15.00

The above kits are supplied by David ZL1DK
If you missed out on these projects or would like to build one then contact David directly via email on ZL1DK (Just click on his callsign) to email your interest to David.

Please state which kit you are interested in.

Other Kits available.

Contact Rob ZL1RJS who is running the below projects.

• Diplexer kits Complete $35.00
• AllStar Kits (Requires Raspberry Pi & Radio + Case) $35.00 See the AllStar Project for more details

If you missed out on these projects or would like to build a kit, then please contact Rob directly via email on ZL1RJS (Just click on my callsign) to email your interest.

Please state which kit you are interested in.

The diplexer can run 2 aerials, VHF and UHF into 1 radio or 1 dual band antenna which goes to 2 radios, VHF and UHF

Upcoming projects

Voice Keyer by Keith ZL1BQE
Keith is still developing and fine tuning this project, and will be available soon.

If you have any projects you would like to see, or ideas for a project, but not sure how to do it, then please forward your request or idea to the club to take a look or advise.

There is always something going on at the club, so please come along for a visit.

Watch this space for further updates.
73 de Rob ZL1RJS