Last night the club held its first “4th Wednesday” tech night. This month we turn out attention to the Raspberry Pi, and invited people to bring their projects and ideas along. Yves was kind enough to send out his take on the night This was an amazing idea! So many new faces, new interests and […]
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April 2015 Lecture – BALINT SEEBER – The ISEE-3 Rescue & Software Defi
(Lecture video) Ever wanted to communicate with a NASA space probe launched in 1978, or spoof a restaurant’s pager system? There are surprising similarities! How about use an airport’s Primary Surveillance RADAR to build your own bistatic RADAR system and track moving objects? What sorts of RF transactions take place in RFID systems, such as […]
November 2014 Lecture – Dick Smith visits MWRS
This month Dick Smith dropped by MWRS to share his stories of starting Dick Smith Electronics, flying a chopper around the world and how Amateur Radio operators kept him company on his adventures.
2014 Flagpole Weekend Results and Photos!
Firstly a huge thanks to all those who participated in the event! We had a great weekend with club members and fellow amateurs raising the jolly roger across Australia. We all got a laugh from the photos, had a few stories to tell, chucked at Patrick being quizzed by park rangers and were very impressed […]
2014 Flagpole Comp Updates
Glen (VK2FWOO) and I (VK2MXC) just fired up the SSTV receiver at VK2MB, and already we are getting images. Here is the first cab off the rank, VK2BEN who has pirated a photo of a pirate. 😛 […]
Club member Mal and his awesome home-brew magic carpet.
[tube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3FkFjN4UlE[/tube] Mal’s capabilities as a hacker are really on show here with his balancing scooter getting some airtime on YouTube!
Nick Hakko VK2DX gets some press!
For those who frequent our YouTube channel you may remember Nick Hakko giving the club a lecture recently. Much to our excitement Nick’s work has recently gotten him into the press.. Check out the article here Sydney watchmaker is refusing to call time on his career If you missed his video check it out here [tube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6MiHa47Esc[/tube]
2013 – 2014 – Presidents Report
Well my first year as president of the MWRS has flown by, and I am still humbled by your approval and trust in me taking on the role. I have always loved technology, tinkering with gadgetry and socialising and this club represents and promotes all 3 of these things to the wider community. Sure we […]
2013 – 2014 – Education Report for Up the stick!
Education report The MWRS Education team continued to provide AOCP training and Assessment services to the Amateur Radio community. A number of Foundation revision and assessment Saturdays were conducted at Terrey Hills club house with a number of others completing their higher level assessments. Please spread the word that MWRS has this capability. If there […]
VK2RL’s RETRO-STYLE CARDBOARD RADIO
THE RETRO-STYLE CARDBOARD RADIO MAKER: BOB VK2RL This highly educational and quirky project is suitable for a rainy day, and is an ideal way to use up surplus electronic components that may happen to be lying around the workshop. Basically it consists of a TA7642 integrated circuit that is constructed using discrete components – i.e. transistors, resistors […]
2013 Flagpole Comp wrap up!
What a great weekend! As the dust settled and the flags were packed away for next years activities I collected the logs, photos and evidence for review at a casual club meeting. Firstly I have to say for our first comp things went really well, we had contacts from across the land in conditions that […]
MWRS Flagpole Contest
The Manly Warringah Radio Society invite you to celebrate International Talk like a Pirate day, Amateur Radio and Flagpoles by participating in our inaugural Flagpole Contest. This is a fun and as you can see not too serious contest that will promote Amateur Radio and portable operations. So dust of your rig, get your antenna in […]
More Hams!!! 5 new foundations and two advanced upgrades!
Huge thanks goes to Mark and Chris for giving up their Saturday in the name of Amateur Radio. They have helped 5 new Amateur Radio operators get licensed, and held exams for 2 others to upgrade. Club member Lionel who only got first licensed a few months ago has already upgraded to advanced so keep […]
Lighthouse wrap up!
What a blast! Once again we had a great weekend, and while we are busy consolidating our logs I can give you a video of the event.
MWRS Features in Local Press
This weekends International Lighthouse and Lightship weekend is a great opportunity to promote Amateur Radio, and with that in mind Club Publicity Officer Richard has done a great job working with the Manly Daily to get us some local press. A journalist from the publication visited the shack to meet with Roger, see first hand the […]