12 July saw the Society’s Annual General Meeting at (actually, outside) the clubhouse at Terrey Hills. Luckily, the day was warm and sunny, and rain predicted for early afternoon did not eventuate. Of course, COVID-19 is still in full swing, so the usual Wednesday night format indoors was not (legally) possible, so the Club decided […]
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Author: Richard Murnane VK2SKY
VI250COOK/p Special Event Station
Station active 1-6 May 2020 The Cairns Amateur Radio Club has granted us the use of the special event callsign, VI250COOK/p, to mark the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook’s voyage from Sydney to present day Cooktown in 1770. More info at QRZ.com. Members of the Manly-Warringah Radio Society are activating this special event callsign […]
COVID-19 and Club Meetings
Club meetings suspended until further notice. Instead, join the weekly radio net every Wednesday, on the VK2RMB 2m FM repeater: 7.30pm on the 2nd and 3rd Wednesday of the month – business and lectures; 8pm other nights. Meetings continue on Zoom from 8pm. (16th March 2020) Dear MWRS members, With the support of President Rod VK2ZZM […]
Once Upon a Podcast…
The current Coronavirus pandemic now has many of us “working from home”, a situation that could go on for weeks or even months, depending on how it progresses. Thankfully, most of us can monitor the bands or have the odd contact (while “working”, of course), but it’s also nice to have something interesting to listen […]
Sale of the (Last) Century – 5th June-2021
The Great MWRS Vintage Radio Auction is Nearly Here! It’s been over a year in the making (thank you, COVID-19!) but the time has nearly come! The Society will host an auction of Interesting Museum Quality Items, Collectables, Valves, Early Light Globes, Silent Key Transceivers, and more, from the deceased estate of one of our long-standing members, […]
2019 Christmas Net
Well, it looks like nobody wished for a functioning 40m band this Christmas. Local band conditions were noisy with relatively few stations heard. 40m checkins VK2WPJ Peter VK2EAH Andrew VK2SKY Richard VK2NRA Richard VK2CAR/QRP Carmel VK4MQ Bruce came in late at 0930 for a QSO with VK2EAH 2m repeater checkins VK2MZZ Jeff VK2LEO Leo VK2BDF […]
Your Fire Season Toolkit
20/21 July 2019: Trans-Tasman Low Band contest report.
(by Greg Lee VK2XE) Once again, the Manly Warringah Radio Society decided to operate the Trans-Tasman Low Band contest as a portable station. This year we operated again from the Berrima Scout Camp which is just outside of town and located along the bank of the Wingecarribee river. In conjunction with the contest we held […]
May 2019 – 5th Wed – A QSL card to remember
(from information supplied by Robert VK2DH) On the fifth Wednesday of the month (for those months that have that many) the Society runs a themed “Show and Tell” night, with a prize given for the best exhibit and the best story. The theme for the May 2019 Show and Tell was “Interesting QSL Cards”. With […]
May 2019 lecture – RASA visit
On 15 May 2019, in place of the usual third-Wednesday lecture night, the Society hosted Chris VK3QB and Ian VK3BUF, representing the Radio Amateurs Society of Australia. They spoke about the vision and aims RASA had for Amateur Radio in Australia. After the presentation, Ian presented the Society with a QRM.guru “Kill QRM Kit”, a troubleshooting toolkit […]
ARNSW 40m dipole “buildathon” — 10-March-2019
Amateur Radio New South Wales held a 40 metre dipole “buildathon” at Dural earlier this month. The event was aimed at helping Foundation licensees get onto HF, though some Amateurs with other licence grades turned up too. From our club, Sajith VK2FAST and Shaun VK2XPP participated, and Richard VK2SKY came along to “hold hands” and […]
Vintage Radio hacking
The latest club project is to get this old box singing again… …and no, it doesn’t do D-STAR. Not yet, anyway! 6-feb-2019 Our Valve radio expert, Roger VK2GHB, visited the Historical Radio Society meeting last Saturday & bought them out! We now have a great kit of parts for refurbishing the STC Model 549. Roger […]
Tue 25-Dec-2018 – Christmas net checkins
The club’s annual Christmas net was held as usual at 9am (Sydney local time) on 7045kHz. Stations checking in, in order of appearance: VK2PN Patrick on net control VK2ZZM / mobile 7 Rod VK2MZ Rob VK2HU Noel VK2MZZ Jeff VK2JNA Dom VK2NRA Richard VK3KJB John (former MWRS President) VK2HL Horst VK2DF David VK2MZ Rob VK2OL […]
November 2018 Lecture – Honeysuckle Creek
November 2018’s club lecture, Honeysuckle Creek, is now available for viewing on YouTube. The lecture is given by Andrew Tink AM, who previews his upcoming book, Honeysuckle Creek: the Story of Tom Reid, a Little Dish and Neil Armstrong’s First Step. Honeysuckle Creek tracking station, with its 26 metre dish (now decommissioned), is most famous for being […]
Education & Assessment Day, 10 November
If you’d like to earn your Amateur Radio licence and become a “ham”, or perhaps upgrade your existing licence, then join our next Education and Assessment Day on Saturday, 10 November. To secure your place, email Mark Plowman VK2MP as soon as possible at education@mwrs.org.au For more information about our Education Days, click here.