It has now been 6 months since we had the internet installed at the hall. HF (VK2MB-6) and 2m VKF (VK2MB-2) APRS IGates were also commissioned at the hall to support the APRS traffic. Note that the club has also been running a 2m APRS IGate (VK2MB-1) at the repeater site since April 2013. The […]
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Author: Yves Bernier
14/15 Aug-2021 Remembrance Day Contest
2021 RD Contest in a Covid lockdownby Dom Bragge, VK2JNA.21aug2021 We’re all trying to be good citizens & staying at home as much as possible. When not at home, we’re masked up or exercising alone or just in family groups of one household. This has become a bit tiresome 7 weeks in with no end […]
June 2021 Lecture – Sir John Madsen (1879-1969) – Radio & Radio Resear
In 1927 Sir John returned to research work having made original contributions to physics in conjunction with W H Bragg (1905-1911) starting in Adelaide at the University involving radioactivity & Rutherford’s nuclear atom in 1911. At Sydney University Sir John, as first & only Professor of Electrical Engineering in any Australian University until 1946, was […]
May 2021 Lecture – Ice Boat
We had a blockbuster lecture lined up for Wednesday 19th May 2021, Professor Simone Douglas, daughter of our honourable member John Douglas VK2ZWD. Watch video of lecture on VK2MB-TV Check out Professor Douglas’ details here: https://www.newschool.edu/parsons/faculty/simone-douglas/ Professor Simone Douglas will talk about her art + science project Ice Boat. Situated near Broken Hill and 7 years in R&D, Ice Boat will […]
1-May-2021 – The Convict 100 race & radios
My weekend radio adventure at the Convict 100 by Dom VK2JNA A successful event. Some incidents but nothing major: broken thumbs, collar bone, many scrapes & scratches & broken bikes. Didn’t have to evac by helicopter anyone (this time). I took out a few people by road from CP18 with roof rack stuffed with bikes. […]
John Moyle Field Day 2021
(Update, 20 April: Rod VK2ZZM has uploaded a video of the event.) The worst rainstorm weekend of the century was not going to put a damper on the MWRS attempt at the John Moyle Memorial Field day 2021 the 20-21 March 2021 Thanks to Rod (and his magnificent shed) for hosting us! We could operate […]
August 2020 Lecture – Commercial Blasting with Explosives
The 19 August 2020 MWRS lecture was held … as expected … on a video conference platform! Check it out on VK2MB-TV.
VHF Elevated Feed Ground Independent Antenna Base
I’ve got many VHF aerials with a 5/16″ 26TPI fitting. They are typically only good on a car (middle of the roof!?!). They are difficult to use at field days. I’ve used mounts with radials before but the radials became a hazard or annoyance. I decided to build a VHF Elevated Feed Ground Independent Aerial […]
2m member RF survey
Since all meetings at the club house had to be cancelled for few months, members decided to meet on the air with a weekly net ran on our club’s 2m repeater. This has opened the opportunity to perform a 2m RF survey between the member’s QTHs by having each members listen on the repeater input […]
Yaesu FT-60 screen protector
The Yaesu FT-60 is one of the rare radio which has attracted mainly positive reviews (FT-2900 is another one). In addition to all the good things about this radio, the following features not often mentioned were on my selection list: Mechanical on/off switch, when the radio if off, it is off! Real squelch and volume […]
John Moyle Field Day 2020
Over the 21-22 March 2020 weekend, the MWRS activated a “portable” station at the Polblue Campground in the Barrington Tops National Park. Where present: Andrew VK2EAH Connie VK2CON Greg VK2XE, Declan & Cara Nick VK2FS Phil VK2APL Rod VK2ZZM Ross VK2FRET Tim VK2BT Yves VK2AUJ Zara FZYP We piled up 229 contacts thanks to Ross […]
February 2020 Lecture – HF Magnetic Loop Antennas
January 2020 Lecture – Fixing Switchmode Power Supplies
Watch on VK2MB-TV! For more information about the circuit examined in this lecture, please refer to the following diagram, which Dave created:
Jan 2020 – 5th Wed – AM only
The first wireless (and wired, for this matter) tele-communications required skills to transmit and receive, mainly using dits and dahs! Then came Amplitude Modulation allowing phone communication. If you were able to talk or listen, you could operate a radio … or a phone. Car radios became popular with many portable units you could use […]
Fri 3-Jan-2020 Paint Working Bee
Work started at 0745 and was finished by about 1000. Many hands made quick work. Thanks to: Carmel Phil Charlie Grant Connie Yves Richard