As all our regular visitors know, playing radios with the Scouts isn’t just a once-a-year thing for us, so we had another visit from one of the local Scout groups, this time 2nd Turramurra Cubs. As usual, we give our young visitors a taste of the hobby, and what they might experience if they come […]
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Author: Richard Murnane VK2SKY
1st Forestville Cubs Visit, 2023-07-25
JOTA comes but once a year, but at Manly-Warringah we make sure that our friends in the Scouting movement don’t have to wait a whole year for their next experience of Amateur Radio! Throughout the year, the Society hosts visits from local Scout groups – a kind of mini JOTA – when the kids come […]
Going Bush for NavShield 2023
Club members Simon VK2TW and Richard VK2SKY were again active with NSW State Emergency Services for their Bush Search and Rescue NavShield bush navigation event. The event takes place in a different location each year, within a few hours’ drive of Sydney; the location is kept secret until shortly before the event to avoid teams […]
Go West, OM!
During a July 2023 family visit to Perth, VK2AXC ran a Morse Code Activity for his grandson’s Cub group.VK2AXC’s son is also a new leader with the Greenwood WA Cub Scout Group hence the invite to help with an evening program. By all accounts the Cubs had great fun, and got in some advance preparation […]
2023 Winter VHF/UHF Field Day
The Winter VHF/UHF Field day ran over the 24/25 June 2023 weekend. Although this is a 24 hour contest, traditionally we have entered into the 8 hour section the Saturday from midday. Stunning day, great location, good view to the ocean. Gear was setup up efficiently and worked well on 6m, 2m, 70cm and 23 […]
Colin VK2JCC talks to Hornsby RSL
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 […]
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.