Quartz Hill User Group comes to an end! The Quartz Hill User Group is to be disestablished. As indicated a year ago, the resources of the The website will remain active for the forseeable future, but to see...
PRESENTATION TO VK3 RADIOFEST Brian ZL1AZE (now also VK3MI) delivered a presentation about the ZL6QH Super Station Story at the Victoria Centre RadioFest at Kyneton Racecourse (near Melbourne) on Sunday 12 February 2012. The...
QUARTZ HILL by Bill McMillan ZL2HO Bill McMillan ZL2OH was stationed at Quartz Hill. In a personal history that he produced for his family, one of the chapters gives an account of his time at Quartz...
RESULTS OF RF NOISE MEASUREMENTS Members of the Wellington Amateur Radio Club visited the West Wind project site on 10 May and 15 August 2009 to measure the level of HF radio frequency noise radiated...
EARLY DAYS AT QUARTZ HILL Vic Stagpoole, ZL2ACF, has provided us with a history of his Early Days at Quartz Hill....
2007 QUARTZ HILL ANNUAL REPORT The 2007 annual report on our activities at Quartz Hill was tabled at the Wellington Amateur Radio Club AGM on 19 February 2008. Click here to view a PDF copy...
Visitors to Quartz Hill News of Quartz Hill has spread far and wide. Visiting radio amateurs from outside Wellington and overseas have planned their itineraries to include a visit to Quartz Hill. Some have...
QUARTZ HILL ANNUAL REPORT - FEBRUARY 2007 Link to Quartz Hill Annual Report - February 2007...
Our Antenna Farm 20 metre poles, lots of Vee beams and a rhombic and assorted specialty antennas make up the Quartz Hill Antenna Farm.
2005 QUARTZ HILL ANNUAL REPORT It is now 8 years since we started developing our “radio playground” at Quartz Hill. The project continues to be a source of challenge and enjoyment for everyone involved -...
GREETINGS FROM DK1II (ZL2III) Hi fellow contesters and dxers, friends I wish you all a merry christmas and a happy new year. I enjoyed receiving the very nice trophy from the Quartz Hill...
2003 QUARTZ HILL ANNUAL REPORT 2003 QUARTZ HILL ANNUAL REPORT Our “radio playground” at Quartz Hill is now 7 years old and continues to be a source of challenge and enjoyment for everyone involved -...
PACTOR mailbox/gateway An unattended PACTOR mailbox/gateway operates from Quartz Hill, under the callsign ZL2PQH. The purpose of the Gateway is to allow DX stations to perform two-way propagation tests with New Zealand....
Low-cost 600:50 Ohm Baluns Used at Quartz Hill By Andrew Corney ZL2BBJ Perhaps the most challenging task in converting the antennas at Quartz Hill from receive-only to transmit-and-receive was finding low-cost transmitting baluns to replace the low power...
What is Quartz Hill? Quartz Hill is located at Makara - near Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand.
Starting out A chance discussion between Brian Miller ZL1AZE and Bob Stewart ZL2AMI, both members of WARC, led to the discovery that Radio New Zealand was about to close down its remote receiving facility at Quartz Hill and sell the site.
Our Operating Facilities Facilities at Quartz Hill are great!
Our Range of Activities Quartz Hill provides for a wide range of activities from DX to ragchewing, LF to UHF, to contests and antenna construction.
Weather Exposure is a big problem at Quartz Hill