HAMNET STORE UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Shown below are some pictures of the HAMNET GS store being refurbished .

Some time ago we decided at HAMNET meeting, that we need a central store to place .

OM Koos  ZS6JPY  placed a container at my plot some years ago, and this bin is now the shell for the new store being developed. These are the before  pictures.

Radio Museum Construction going strong

Here are some pictures of the progress of the Ditsong Radio museum exhibition which will include HAM Radio.

HAMNET Gauteng South Springs Girls High Mountain Bike Race

HAMNET GS offers community communications support to Springs Girls High School

HAMNET volunteers offered community support through communications to the Springs Girls High Mountain Bike race on 24 August 2013 from 06:00 - 14:00.

Communications capabilities provided include point communications from 6 positions on the race and tactile communications capabilities to the Helivac Marshals and race organisers at the venue.

 Race coordinator Koos ZS6JPY of HAMNET GS standing at JOCC.

OM Willem ZS6WIM manning JOCC during the race event.

A special word of thanks to the volunteers that manned the outposts during the race. These are:
JOCC

• Michelle ZS6TO, Koos ZS6JPY, Willem ZS6WIM

Outposts

• Pieter ZS6PHL, Glynn ZS6GLN, Shal ZS6MED, Marc ZS6MDH, Silas ZS6YFH, Johan ZS6DMX, Hentie ZS6HPL, Pieter ZS6VRK

If I missed anyone, please e-mail me at zs6cog@gmail.com

HAMNET GS meets regularly on the first Thursday of each month at the 9th Benoni Scout Hall at 19:00.

If you want to come to a meeting feel free to contact me at the mail adress above.

Radio Museum gets a cool design!

Radio Museum at Ditsong

Display Design Completed

The Ditsong National Museum on War History is adding a radio exhibit to it's display.

 You can see the design rendering of the space where the radios and history will be displayed in.

 Amateur Radio will also find it's place in this space with a fully functional radio station operating on ZS6NOM to be established on the display floor. Radio amateurs will be invited to operate from here and QSL cards will be exchanged.

 The space will be interactive and will showcase radio to the youth with an interactive display and kids will be able to learn more about radio and amateur radio as a hobby and means of communication.

The project involves the role played by radio in the freedom struggle. It will feature radios and stories related to the apartheid era and will host military radios.

We are still looking for military style radios and specifically radios from Russian origin. If you can donate or loan equipment to the museum, please come in contact with myself or take your items directly to the museum in Johannesburg, behind the Johannesburg ZOO.

My e-mail is zs6cog@gmail.com.

A special thanks to the Convergence Partner Team and the DOC, Patrick Msomi who is spearheading this endeavor.