(note: work in progress)Members of the Society once again headed south to Culburra Beach NSW to participate in the annual John Moyle Memorial Field Day Contest on 16-17 March. The JMFD team comprised: A Lesson Learned… One of the first rule of portable operation is: before you leave home, thoroughly check that all gears is […]
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VHC Pilgrimage 2023
The annual post-Christmas trip to the Victorian High Country was kicked off by Andy VK2EAH and Geoff VK2WA, with Dom VK2JNA in hot pursuit. Dom caught up by Jindabyne and we headed down the Barry Way. We paused at Ingeegoodbee to take in the first scenic lookout: After a quick swim in the fast-flowing (and […]
The French Atlantic Affair
You won’t find too many novels that include a passage like this: Yes, Dr. Berlin, but what do you hams talk about? Is what they usually said to him, and he’d realize then that they’d never understand, and he’d change the subject. But sometimes, though rarely, he’d come across someone who really dug his hobby, […]
Dom @ Mt Coree (ACT) 25-Oct-2023
Dom VK2JNA was heading up to Mt Coree (in The Beast) Wed evening 25 Oct with a couple of ACT ham mates, Peter VK1PHR & Mick VK1MIK to enjoy the drive up & hang & play some radio, 40m in background while driving and up there. A great time had by all. We met at Duffy Shops […]
26-Aug-2023 University Sydney Open Day
The University of Sydney held its annual open day on the 26th, hoping to entice a new crop of students to pursue their higher education there. There was something of a carnival atmosphere to the event, with most faculties having a light-hearted element to their displays, such as LEGO tables and fairy floss offerings somehow […]
Going Bush for NavShield 2023
Club members Simon VK2TW and Richard VK2SKY were again active with NSW State Emergency Services for their Bush Search and Rescue NavShield bush navigation event. The event takes place in a different location each year, within a few hours’ drive of Sydney; the location is kept secret until shortly before the event to avoid teams […]
VHF portable operation with range
Portable VHF/2m operations can often be a challenge when range is required: Here is a simple and economical portable set-up providing you do not have to run into the bush. Except from the length of the RG58 cable, all the components were picked up from the local council clean-up! The aerial is a ground independent […]
24-Jun-2023 Winter VHF/UHF Field Day
Stunning day, great location, good view to the ocean. Gear was setup up efficiently and worked well on 6m, 2m, 70cm and 23 cm. Present: Nick VK2FS (Organiser), Geoff VK2TGO, Geoff VK2WA, Michael VK2MDP, Phil VK2APL, Phil VK2JPK. Dom Visitors VK2JNA, Mal VK2TMF. Downside – nobody on the air. Only made contact with three stations […]
Setting up for Convict 100
The Convict 100 mountain bike marathon is on at St Albans on 6 May, and CREST NSW is providing communications support. MWRS members Des VK2TGJ, Dom VK2JNA, Geoff VK2WA, Richard VK2SKY, and Scott VK2SMF, along with Brendan VK2YMI, Craig VK2BTQ, Dean VK2DAC, and John VK2JV went bush to set up the repeater masts ahead of […]
John Moyle Memorial Field Day 2023
Raw video from the field here. The John Moyle Memorial Field Day roared into life at midday on 18 March, as did the Society’s centenary Special Event Station VI 100 MB /portable. Dom VK2JNA, Leo VK2LEO, and Nick VK2FS set up the club’s portable station, at Culburra Beach just east of Nowra NSW, locator QF55JB. […]
Another walk in the park
Several members of the club (Carmel VK2CAR, Colin VK2JCC, and Richard VK2SKY) were active portable at Rofe Park in Hornsby Heights today, 17 March. The aim this time was to call in to the Westlakes Amateur Radio Club net (Mon/Wed/Fri at 9.30am on 7115kHz), just for the fun of it. The Westlakes folks were happy […]
A Walk (and a Net) in the Park
The Hornsby and District Amateur Radio Club holds its weekly Morning Tea with HADARC net on 7106kHz every Friday morning from 9am. MWRS members Carmel VK2CAR, Colin VK2JCC, Stuart VK2BMX and others call into the net from different parks around northern Sydney each week. This morning Richard VK2SKY came along to do a photo essay… […]
26-Nov-2022 Spring VHF/UHF Field Day
VK2MB/portable was active in this year’s Spring VHF/UHF Field Day; details are still coming in, so watch this space… The contest team started arriving at the clubhouse about 9.30am, to sort out the radios and antennas to be used, then headed off to the JJ Melbourne Hills Reserve, about 1km to the south. Locator QF56OH. […]
27-Aug-2022 Sydney Uni Open Day
(WIP – waiting for more photos and comments from others who were there.) It was a rainy Saturday morning in the city as the University of Sydney held its annual Open Day, and hordes of potential students (and their parents) descended on Camperdown to check out the academic offerings. Philip VK2APL, who is Professor of […]
NavShield 2022 at Tarlo River National Park
While many club members were burning up the 160m band at Berrima, some 36km to the west sou’west, Richard VK2SKY and Simon Brown VK2TW donned their WICEN uniforms to assist with Bush Search and Rescue (BSAR) NSW’s annual NavShield event. As is normal for this event, multiple emergency service agencies were involved, both as competitors […]