Hoërskool John Vorster Amateur Radio Club
ZS6VOS
The first club of it's kind in the whole of SA and even maybe the world.
HJVARC is a member society of the S.A.R.L and we are PROUD of it too!!
A club of young pupils of H/S John Vorster in Nigel exploring electronics
and the wonderful world of AMATEUR RADIO!
Club Activities
The HJVARC is actively involved with ANTENNAS.
Recently OM Hans Potgieter ZS6ALJ asked us to fetch and clean a TH3 Thunderbird antenna that was donated to the SARL by OM Sam Ford. Well here is the progress report.
On the left is
the boys cleaning the elements.
On the right is the cleaning liquids etc.
Some more of the
boys cleaning like mad!!
The brackets and BALUN all shiney and clean!
NEW "VOSWA" (Fox wagon)
The members of the HJVARC are currently busy constructing a trailer that will be used for competitions and EMERGENCY communication. We have no funds.. so we are building from what have you's......
The construction crew...
not all of them...
Kurt, Joost ZR6JPH, Gideon ZR6MON, Mils ZS6MJK and Xander ZR6JEA. OM Gideon ZR6SDA joined in a little later with Michael ZR6MLB and Dirk arriving later still.
This is the "before"
picture..
Well as you can see. Even I had a go at
the working bit. HiHi
All of this accomplished using up only...... 6 litres of Coke. 1 kg of boerewors and 2 dozen rolls. Oh Yes... I must not forget 1 grinder disk..... a couple of HAMmers and some sweat but luckily no TEARS.
NEED A TRAILER........??? Join us!
Callsign at last
At long last the H/S John Vorster Amateur Radio Club has recieved it's callsign. ZS6VOS is now operational and will be causing RF on the Bands and not QRM!!! Listen out for the ZS6VOS callsign!
REMEMBER - As a clubstation we will have ZR lisencees operating on HF under the close scrutiny of a ZS lisence holder. We do not allow non Amateurs to operate the ZS6VOS callsign and never let a ZR lisence holder operate the station without supervision. If you ever work our clubstation, feel free to ask for the ZS in charge, you will not be dissappointed. This policy is within the Radio Act 103 of 1996. Feel free to e-mail us at gryffie@yebo.co.za if you do not agree.
ZS6VOS at the Vossie Festival 2000
ZS6VOS will be QRV at the Vossie Festival. This is the third year we are putting up a station at the festival and it will be the FIRST year with our new callsign.
Special QSL Cards for the festival will be exchanged on receipt and the Special Event will take place from 19 - 21 October 2000.
We will be QRV on packet, HF, UHF and VHF.
See you at the Festival!!!
Chairman: OM Gideon van Staden ZR6MON
Secretary: OM Mils Kruger ZS6MJK
Social Director: OM Xander Arlow ZR6JEA
Guardian: OM Chris Gryffenberg ZS6COG
Links
Please send a QSL Card to:
HJV Amateur Radio Club
P.O. Box 36
Nigel
1490
Republic of South Africa
Achievements
We are very proud of OM Henro ZR6RIT: Henro was awarded the Junior Radio Amateur Award of 1999 by the South African Radio League.
Henro recieved this award for passing the RAE exam on his own, building his own handheld transciever, delivering newspapers to buy his first radio and living according to the Radio Amateur Code. Henro is also a member of the Student Representative Council in the school and in his matric (Grade 12) year.
Henro is currently the top achiever in his class and is busy building his first laserlight effect for a practical project. Henro is interested in electronics, robotics and Ham Radio. If you want to sponsor Henro for his studies in electronics next year in 2001 please feel free to write to me at gryffie@yebo.co.za .
ZS99VOS Special Event
The special event station ZS99VOS was manned by our juniors during the Vossie Festival of 1999 that was held at the John Vorster Stadium in August 1999.
E-mail us at gryffie@yebo.co.za
OM Mils Kruger ZS6MJK operating HF at
the Vossiefestival.
OM Jaco ZR6XTC making use of the opertunity to work the HF Bands whilst he can. Next week is back to the VHF bands. HiHi.
The reason OM Gideon ZR6MON is smiling
is because he just bought that radio on the Fleamarket.
This is how the ZS99VOS QSL Card looked like.
This card was sent out to stations all over the world that contacted us during the Vossie Festival 1999.
OM Martin ZR6HFC (left) with OM Joost ZR6JPH (right) both looking very mean indeed... HiHi