The JOTA/JOTI event was held over the 18-20 October 2024 weekend. The activities at the MWRS’s club venue were held on Saturday 19-October with the usual Battleship game over 2way radio, introduction to HF radio communications, build an emergency portable radio station from the ground up (literally) and introduction to morse. Most stations worked on […]
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Author: Yves Bernier
Jul 2024 – 5th Wed – Mechanical Controls
The Society’s Fifth Wednesday Show and Tell Night for 31 July was advertised this: “Prior to the microchips era, most controls were by means of mechanical interfaces. Even today’s mechanical potentiometers have been replaced by digital encoders, and on/off switches by logic switches. This evening is dedicated to the displays of simple and very complex […]
19-21 July 2024 – Trans-Tasman Low Band contest – Berrima
Goooooood Moooorning Berrima! Cold again this year. A contingent of 4 brave members spending the 3 days/night at the Berrima scout hall represented the MWRS fro the Trans-Tasman Low Band Contest. An addition 4 members came for a visit on Saturday. It was cold but luckily the fireplace and plenty of firewood helped survive the […]
Jim Kimpton G4WAO/VK2WAO – SK
Jim’s first visit to the MWRS was in April 1997. It all started with a visit to Australia to see his daughter Lorraine and meet his first grandchild. Being a UK Ham, a quick search for a local Radio Club directed him to the Manly-Warringah Radio Society, meeting weekly only few clicks from his daughter’s QTH at […]
June 2024 Lecture – Journey to the Red Centre and WA
Brian and Sue Bailey spoke about their road trip from Sydney to Western Australia via the Red Centre. This lecture was of particular interest to Amateurs who are keen on Four Wheel Driving. The trip was marred by their Prado’s engine blowing up on the border of WA and SA. They recounted how that had to get […]
on/off toggle switch to a push-on/push-off switch
I needed to convert from an on/off toggle switch to a push on/push off switch with discrete components from my junk box. Basically, the old system uses a simple on/off toggle switch: when the toggle is on, the system is on, when the toggle is off, the system is off. The new system has one […]
Barrenjoey Headland earning global recognition for starry night skies
Not only this is the banner on our website, our own Life Member Phil Angilley VK2BDF made it to the evening news on Channel 9, check the clip!
June 2024 ADX Buildathon
It all started with very good lecture by Richard Hinsley VK2ARH/W5ARH on the ADX (the Arduino Digital Transceiver) in April 2024 followed by an email to all from Michael VK2MDP asking around about interest for a club buildathon, very quickly the list of interested members grew to 28 people wishing to grab a kit, many […]
May 2024 – 5th Wed – Enclosures, Cabinets, and Carry Cases
Having the best radio and test equipment enclosure requires a combination of ingenuity and art. Appearance and practicality are as important as the actual function performed by the equipment. We are looking for big & small, artwork, robustness, embedded functions, old, modern, classic, generic, jiffy, portability and more. There are prizes for the Best Display […]
Jan 2024 – 5th Wed – Solar projects
The brochure said: “What do you do under the sun? Burn or recharge? Best display by vote, best story judged by our last winner.” As always a very entertaining evening, five very interesting displays including a full solar driven boat on site. And did you know a simple LED produces power when exposed to light. […]
WOWIT Indicator
We’ve got 2 rigs in the car, a 70cm/UHF-CB combo and a 2m. A green light on the rig goes on to show it is receiving, however if you were not quick enough to see it, then you go “which one was it?” (WOWIT). So, using a latch relay and a couple of resistors, I […]
Sun 17-Dec-2023 Christmas BBQ
Sat 18-Nov-2023 – Summer prep working bee
Several members came to the club to prepare the clubhouse and grounds for fire season. The group managed to: Thank you Richard VK2SKY, Leo VK2LEO, Mal VK2TMF and Samuel, Phil VK2XPL, Geoff VK2TGO
Message of good news over the radio (1987)
Society member Jim Kimpton G4WAO came across an old newspaper browsing some photos on an ageing iPad. It was the JOTA of 1987, the year of the hurricane in southern England, when Jim was living in Chichester then and was with the local club. Jim had forgotten about the event but thought it might be […]
Building an outdoor ADS-B receiver
Article by Simon Mitchell – VK2YU Overview The aim of this project was to build an ADS-B receiver using the popular PiAware implementation (created by FlightAware). The installation and configuration of PiAware is very well documented so I will not elaborate on this in this text only to point interested people to FlightAware’s PiAware URL: […]