Watch the video at https://youtu.be/cG4vHLs39iU. For our April lecture, Richard Hinsley VK2ARH/W5ARH talked about the ADX (the Arduino Digital Transceiver) and the buildathon program he ran in 2023 for the Cowtown Amateur Radio Club in Forth Worth, Texas. His presentation includes a live demonstration of the transceiver.
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Category: Lectures
Presentations usually held on the 3rd Wednesday of the month
March lecture on YouTube
The March 2024 lecture, Views of the Past, is now up on the VK2MB-TV YouTube channel. Rod Miller VK2ZZM delves into history, how it sometimes gets manipulated for political reasons, and how evidence can be misinterpreted due to cognitive biases. Rod is the author of the book, “Lost Women of Rabaul”, which was adapted into […]
February 2024 lecture: HMAS Vampire Project
Colin VK2JCC leads of team of Amateurs, including several MWRS members, who operate the Special Event Station VK2VMP from HMAS Vampire’s HF Communication Centre, and who talk to visitors about the ship and about Amateur Radio. The Vampire is moored at the Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour in Sydney. Watch Colin’s lecture at […]
January 2024 Lecture: using LTSpice
For this month’s lecture, on 17 January 2024, Clifford VK2CLF speaks on the topic, Using LTSpice to Simulate Oscillators and Filters. LTSpice (also known as SwitcherCAD) is software provided free by Analog Devices which has a competent version of the Spice simulation engine behind an easy-to-use interface that allows drawing and simulating almost any kind […]
November 2023 lecture now on YouTube
Underwater Explosions, or How to Sink a Submarine, is now available on the club’s YouTube channel.The Society’s resident explosives expert, Mike VK2MDP, talks about how underwater testing is used to measure the energy output of explosives. The science upon which this is based, comes from military research on how to sink a submarine. Mike has […]
October 2023 lecture – Laser Communications
October’s lecture is now available on the Society’s YouTube channel, VK2MB-TV.Free Space Optics (FSO) uses light propagating in free space to wirelessly transmit data for telecommunications. “Free space” means air, outer space, vacuum, or something similar. This lecture by John Cummins highlights some of the engineering challenges in designing and building a commercial laser communications product […]
September 2023 lecture – Tim’s Excellent European Adventure
Tim Jensen VK2BT travelled to Germany in June for the 46th International Amatur Radio Exhibition at Friedrichshafen. While he was there, he travelled around Europe visiting museums and other places of interest As well as Friedrichshafen, and the Amateur Radio goodies on display there, Tim will talking about the technological battles from European history, with […]
August 2023 lecture – Amateur Television
Gary Shipton VK2CRJ has been active on Amateur Television (ATV) for half a century, and has seen many technological developments over that time. His talk covers everything from the early analogue days, right through to the latest digital technology, including ATV repeaters and satellites. The lecture is a mixture of theory and practical information to […]
June 2023 Lecture – Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)
According to the provisions of Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) 1974, all ships of 300 gross tonnage and upwards, and passenger ships irrespective of size, engaged on international voyages, shall be equipped with the radio equipment of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). This equipment must undergo an annual comprehensive inspection performed […]
April 2023 lecture – Colour TV Manufacturing in Australia
In the April lecture, John Mobbs spoke about Television Manufacturing in Australia – yes, it used to be done here! John originally came to Australia when his employer, Marconi Wireless, was acquired by the medical colour TV unit of the company Smith Cline and French, who brought him out here. The rest, as they say, […]
March 2023 Lecture – History of Luna Park
Lecture by Zara VK2ZYP, on the History of Luna Park, the place Sydneysiders have gone “Just for Fun™” since 1935.
Lectures Online – Something Old, Something New…
Two lectures have been uploaded to VK2MB-TV today. One lecture sat unnoticed on an SD card since it was recorded in February 2022. Sorry about the delay, but better late than never! David VK2CZ did a presentation on Antenna modelling software for Radio Amateurs. The “New” one is last month’s lecture by Zara VK2ZYP, on […]
February 2023 Lecture – Lost Women of Rabaul
Lecture from Rod Miller, VK2ZZM about his new book, The Lost Women of Rabaul. An early draft of the book became the basis for the ABC’s award-winning production, Sisters of War. Watch Rod’s lecture on VK2MB-TV. You can also watch Sisters of War on ABC iView.
January 2023 Lecture – Troubleshooting Roman Dodecahedrons
The club’s first lecture for 2023 was presented by Gavin Smith, who spoke on the topic, “Troubleshooting Ancient Roman Dodecahedrons”. Most of us know that a dodecahedron is a three-dimensional shape having twelve faces, each of which is usually a pentagon. But, did you know that many mysterious bronze dodecahedrons, dating back to the Roman […]
September 2022 Lecture – Test & Measurement
Philip Leong VK2APL reports: The Club was pleased to welcome Mr Chi Xu, Sales Director, AppVision Australia. Chi has been working in the RF industry for 15 years, as an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) engineer, RF System Integration Engineer (National Instruments) and RF Specialist (National Instruments Australia). Chi gave an enlightening talk on electronic […]