Were present (the list is not in alphabetical order not in order of appearance or signal strength…. of beauty VK2MZ VK2NRA VK2HL VK2HX VK2BYN VK2HU VK2RL VK2SKY VK2ZY VK4MQ VK2BT VK2THT VK2MZZ VK2CON + VK2AUJ on webSDR! (where’s the PPT on that thing???) The strongest in my QTH was VK2THT at +20 over Been great […]
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Author: Yves Bernier
Nov 2017 – 5th Wed – Portable Lights
What do you use to light up your field day operations and camping, or fixing the car at night in the middle of the Nullarbor? We want to see: Led, dolphin, smallest, biggest, floor, 2 stroke flashlight “Absolutely no practical use but brilliant all the same!”, gas powered, liquid fuel powered, wax powered (candle!) … that was […]
25-Nov-2017 VHF/UHF Spring Field Day
This year’s Spring VHF/UHF Field Day enabled the Manly Warringah Radio Society to put into action some of our new field equipment which has been purchased as a result of club funds and the recent grant from ARNSW. We all wish to thank ARNSW once again on such a great initiative to the development of […]
Bernie Saward VK2KAD – SK
Born on 21 November 1951 Passed away on 15 May 2015 Aged 63 years I’m really sad to let you all know former club member Bernie Saward VK2KAD passed away from liver disease a few weeks ago. It’s been some years since Bernie was at the club but he was a long term and very […]
Mark Crozman VK2ZLZ – SK
Silent Key 17-Sep-2001. It is with great regret we note the passing of Mark Crozman. Marque was an extremely talented person and keen electronics experimenter. He was president of the Society during 1996-1997. He lived locally at Terrey Hills and wrote many technical articles for Silicon Chip magazine. In addition to amateur radio, his other […]
Jim Moran VK2FJM – SK
Silent Key 22 June 2006 I remember Jim well. Jim attended club meetings regularly and was a true gentleman. We invariably gave him the job of net controller at the equestrian events where the club provided radio communications, and he performed admirably in this role. I can also recall that sometimes he used to […]
VK2XE in November 2017 AR
ARNSW Grant – AR Nov 2017 Greg has made page 42 of the November 2017issue of Amateur Radio magazine being shown receiving the ARNSW grant.
JOTA 2017
Another year of Jota finally wrapped up! This year we had approximately 240 scouts and guides come through our club, even so we handled it with ease. The scouts and guides had a fantastic time and we managed to hand out a heap of pamphlets. We also had some official visitors from guides and scouts, […]
24-Sep-2017 – ARNSW Grant!
After applying earlier in the year. The Manly Warringah Radio Society was recently the recipient of a grant from ARNSW for the sum of $2,474 to assist the club to fund some major components of one of the club initiatives. The grant will form part of the funding for the project with the remainder coming […]
16-Sep-2017 – Working bees at the repeater Hut!
We completed some work at the hut today. Thanks to Dave CZ and Lewis VK2GZZ in the morning and Tim BT in the afternoon. Work Done: Dusted and sweptd. Restarted and checked the D-Star (Thanks for your help Horst) – Now on air. Replaced the power supply on the Quantar 70cm FM / P25 repeater – Now […]
Welcome to Ozy Radio
11-May-2018 – OZ Radio is back on air http://tecsunkiwisdr.hopto.org:8073/?f=4835.00amz9 At a September 2017 MWRS meeting discussions about a new SW broadcaster got our short wave listeners all excited. It seems that *Ozy Radio* is starting up on some recently vacated Radio Australia frequencies of 3210 kHz (night) & 5045 kHz (24hr). It seems they are just warming up […]
Terrey Hills Cubs Evening – 11-Sep-2017
* I want to say thanks to all for help with the cubs last night. Good turnout from members including Greg VK2XE, Mal VK2TMF, Jeff VK2MZZ, Richard VK2NRA, Rob VK2MZ, Des VK2TGJ, Robert VK2DH & 18 eager Terrey Hills Cub Scouts. We were able to talk with Noel VK2HU on 40m at Hervey Bay QLD […]
Aug 2017 – 5th Wed – Cameras
Another 5th Wednesday, another amazing collection of displays. Camara winner was Ted VK2FLB with his Pin hole camera display, 25 points. Closest second and third had 8 points each. Phillip had the best story around a never ending roll of film for his wedding pictures. We collected 82.9 points in the evening. From Ted VK2FLB Hi all, […]
August 2017 Lecture – 3D printing
3D PRINTING – LECTURE AND DEMONSTRATION BY MAL FAED Mal is bringing his own 3D printer to our club and will be telling us a little bit about design and a lot more about the printing of designs using the Aldi Cocoon Create Touch available from https://cocoonproducts.com.au/ Watch in on VK2MB-TV
July 2017 Lecture – Digital Radio Broadcasting
DAB Radio – Ian Mackenzie VK2ZIM – Manly-Warringah Radio Society lecture. Digital Radio Broadcasting on VK2MB-TV