Information for Radio Amateurs and for Candidates studying for the Amateur Radio Examination

The New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART) provides the following resources free:

http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/Exam/files/NewRules.pdf
This booklet explains New Zealand’s radio regulatory environment (300kB). This is a "must-have" for every radio amateur. Download it and print it double-sided (24 pages).

http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/Exam/files/questions.pdf
The examination syllabus and all 600-questions in the Amateur Radio Examination Question-bank (420kB). Download it and print it double-sided (44 pages).

http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/Exam/guide.html
The New Zealand Amateur Radio Study Guide. View on-line, or download it (2.6MB). It covers all exam topics and all 600 questions in the question-bank.

http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/Exam/
Tutorial Notes (250kB) and other information.

The ‘CallBook-On-Line’ and ‘Repeaters and
Beacons On-line’

The Ministry of Economic Development, Radio Spectrum Management’s ‘SpectrumOnLine’, provides two spreadsheet reports: an amateur ‘CallBook-On-Line’ and a listing of repeaters and beacons. These are updated every night.

The ZL callsigns in current use with the name and location of the holders and the repeater and beacon locations and other details are available. After downloading and sorting into callsign sequence, the callsigns that are not yet allocated can be identified.

From enquiries received it seems this facility may not be easy to find, so try this: Go to: http://spectrumonline.med.govt.nz/other-reports.html

Scroll down to the bottom of that page. Click on the ‘operator’ or the ‘repeaters and beacons’ link. You may have to temporarily turn off any ‘advert pop-up suppressing’ security software that you have installed.

Ignore what appears on the next page you see, but look for small ‘XLS" and ‘PDF’ icons that will appear in the grey bar and near the top right of that page. Click on one of these icons and download the complete file. (The ‘operator’ xls file with the full detailed ZL callsign listing is about 700 kB.)

(Be sure to add today’s current date and the word ‘operator’ or ‘repeaters’ to the filename before downloading - otherwise your earlier downloads will be overwritten.)

Open the downloaded spreadsheet and use your spreadsheet skills to sort and to electronically search this information (Ctrl+F). The search/find feature makes it more useful than the printed CallBook. Surnames and street and town names can be readily searched and it is up-to-date.

The NZART Membership Form: http://www.nzart.org.nz/NZART/join/membershipform.pdf

Join NZART! New members are welcome! Non-Transmitting members are welcome!

Purchase a Basic Radio Training Manual and more: http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/promo/promoting/orderform.html

NZART, the New Zealand Radio Amateur’s organisation!

The New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters Incorporated: www.nzart.org.nz/nzart

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