On Wednesday 10 May 2023, MWRS club member Colin “Professor Portable” Christie VK2JCC gave a presentation on Amateur Radio to the Hornsby RSL subbranch. His audio visual presentation was warmly received by 40 members. Colin outlined what Amateur Radio is all about and completed the morning with a “show and tell” of both military and […]
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Author: Richard Murnane
Setting up for 2023 Convict 100
The 2023 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 […]
MWRS Members on HMAS Vampire
If you haven’t heard MWRS members Colin VK2JCC, Carmel VK2CAR, and Stuart VK2BMX operating 40m from a park recently, it’s because they have been busy on the historic warship HMAS Vampire, activating the Special Event Station VK2VMP! They are joined on the “Vampire Team” by Mark VK2DI, Steve VK2KHA, Chris VK2VCG, and Alex VK2PRC. Congratulations […]
April 2023 lecture – Colour TV Manufacturing in Australia
In the April lecture, John Mobbs spoke about Television Manufacturing in Australia – yes, it used to be done here! John originally came to Australia when his employer, Marconi Wireless, was acquired by the medical colour TV unit of the company Smith Cline and French, who brought him out here. The rest, as they say, […]
QSL Card Archive
Like most Amateur Radio Clubs, over the years VK2MB has accumulated a sizeable collection of QSL cards from Amateur stations all over the world. Recently, Mal VK2TMF brought a document scanner to the club, and now the cards have been digitised for posterity. Thanks Mal! You can find the MWRS QSL Archives here.
New Society Business Cards
We don’t know why we didn’t think of this before… have you ever met someone, and talked about hobbies and interests, then wished afterwards you had taken the chance to promote the hobby of Amateur Radio – and your club – but you didn’t have an easy way to do it? As regulars to this […]
Lectures Online – Something Old, Something New…
Two lectures have been uploaded to VK2MB-TV today. One lecture sat unnoticed on an SD card since it was recorded in February 2022. Sorry about the delay, but better late than never! David VK2CZ did a presentation on Antenna modelling software for Radio Amateurs. The “New” one is last month’s lecture by Zara VK2ZYP, on […]
Vale Doug Mulray
Veteran Radio and TV personality, and local boy from Dee Why here on the Northern Beaches, has unfortunately passed away this week, at the age of just 71. Doug had an illustrious career, including being inducted into the Commercial Radio Hall of Fame in 2019. as detailed in the ABC news link at the end. […]
Mar 2023 – 5th Wed – Old Kits (DSE, TANDY, EA)
Here at MWRS, the Fifth Wednesday (of any month that has one) is devoted to themed Show and Tell, with prizes for the Best Display and Best Story. The theme of this 5th Wednesday was classic 70s through 90s kits and memorabilia from Dick Smith Electronics, Tandy, Jaycar, Altronics, and Heathkit. Dick Smith Electronics and Tandy (Radio […]
Centenary Party Video
We’ve just received the final cut of the video shot on the Big Day! Many thanks to Tim Webster at Dekko Media for the production. You can see the video on VK2MB-TV.
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… […]
100 Years and Counting!
On Sunday 26 Feb 2023, members turned out for a party to mark the end of the first hundred years since the formation of the Manly & District Radio Club, and its modern incarnation, the Manly-Warringah Radio Society. It was at 8pm on 26 February 1923 that the original club met for the first time: […]
MWRS Knows Balloons too…
Balloons have been in the news a lot recently, with an alleged Chinese communication surveillance balloon detected over the USA and shot down last week, another seen over Latin America… It turns out that the Manly-Warringah Radio Society is not exactly a stranger to ballooning either. In June 1993, Australian entrepreneur, and now Honorary Life […]