QST63 Newsletter of Upper Hutt Branch 63 NZART

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QST63 Newsletter

QST63 is the official newsletter of NZART Branch 63, the Upper Hutt Amateur Radio Club.
Since May 2024, it has returned to a monthly issue.

Prior to this it was a quarterly newsletter for few years, or produced when there was news.

Next Newsletter will be out on 1 February 2025 for members and updated here on 10 February 2025. If you wish to receive the Newsletter on the first of the month then you need to be a financial member of the club.

2026 QST63 Newsletter

  • March
  • February

    • 2025 QST63 Newsletter

  • November
  • October
  • September
  • August
  • July
  • June
  • May
  • April
  • March
  • February

    • 2024 QST63 Newsletter

  • December
  • November
  • October
  • September
  • August
  • July
  • June
  • May

    • 2023 QST63 Newsletter

  • December
  • September
  • June
  • March


    • Archived QST63

    The entire QST63 archive can be accessed here.

    D-Star Newsletter

    The D-STAR Newsletter was started in 2015 and continued until 2017, where it then took a break until 2023. It has continued since 2023 into 2024 and now 2025. The newsletter is produced as and when information becomes available. It is not produced every month.

    The 2025/2024 D-Star scene newsletters are listed below. Click on the month name to view the newsletter or right click to download it. Earlier issues are listed by scrolling to the bottom of this page.

    March 2025

  • Icom D-Star transceiver FM deviation tests using DV modulation - by John ZL2TWS
  • D-Star web sites of interest

    • December 2024

  • Hotspot and Gateway Repeater active watch Updates - with Dashboard hosting
  • ZL2VH - ircDDB Update
  • Pi-Star not responding to my first key up with an ID-52A and ID-52A Plus (60th) - by ZL2TWS

    • November 2024

  • Hotspot and Gateway Repeater active watch Updates - Dashboard hosting
  • ZL2VH - ircDDB is online by request or for test purposes
  • ZL2VH Mount Climie is now using the Mixed DV/FM mode new generation D-Star repeaters
  • Terminal/Access Point Mode using RS-MS3A and RS-MS3W Applications by ZL2TWS
  • Gateway Function Document for Terminal/Access Point Mode use by Icom

    • March 2024

  • Hotspot and Gateway Repeater active watch Updates - with Dashboard hosting.
  • ZL2VH-B KiwiDstar Update

    • February 2024

  • Pi-Star XU4 Updated - John ZL2TWS.
  • Pi-Star Auto-update disable - by John ZL2TWS.
  • SDR-Mobile Control of Icom Radios - by Mark ZL2UFI
  • Hotspot and Gateway Repeater active watch Updates - with Dashboard hosting.
  • ZL2VH-B KiwiDstar Update.

    • January 2024

  • Icom - Terminal / Access Point Mode by - John ZL2TWS.
  • MMDVM updates via WPSD Pi-Star dashboard - by John ZL2TWS.
  • Hotspot and Gateway Repeater active watch Updates - with Dashboard hosting.
  • ZL2VH-B KiwiDstar Updated.

    • The entire D-STAR Newletter can be accessed from the year links below.

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