Now I need to buy one! View the lecture on VK2MB-TV! The ICOM 7300 session/lecture was originally planned for the HF Month – March 2017 – however as the Wyong field day is at the end for February and many members wanted a reason to grab one at the field day, a lecture/review of the […]
You are browsing archives for
Category: Lectures
Presentations usually held on the 3rd Wednesday of the month
December 2016 Lecture – FlexRadio 6000
On Wed 21 Dec 2016, Steve Kennedy VK6SJ attended the MWRS to show the FlexRadio 6000 series to club members. Steve is the distributor for these new SW defined radios in Australia as well as being a Hustler Antenna distributor. Members who came along heard & saw what all the fuss is about with SW defined […]
October 2016 Lecture – Quad-copters
On Wednesday 19-Oct-2016, Simon Mitchel vk2yu gave us a lecture on the Quad-copters and drones. Watch it on VK2MB TV.
August 2016 Lecture – Can Home Solar Power and Ham Radio Coexist?
Watch on youtube The August 2016 lecture will be given by Graham Town. We invited him to talk on renewable energy (mostly solar) and RFI issues this generation produces…. The idea for this talk came from the April QST article “Can Home Solar Power and Ham Radio Coexist?” More background at: https://web.science.mq.edu.au/directory/listing/person.htm?id=gtown
April 2016 Lecture – Mad Max Fury Road – Behind the Scenes
The April 2016 lecture, Mad Max Fury Road – Behind the Scenes, by Greg Roberts VK2TPL and Jack Swart VK2TRF, is now available on the club YouTube channel, VK2MB-TV. Greg is the MD of Lateral Linking, which provided sound mixing for the film, winning one of those Oscars. Jack was cinematographer on the film, which also picked up a nomination for […]
May 2016 Lecture – Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Erika Davies from Macquarie University presented our May Lecture on MRI machines: “Have you damaged your knee? Slipped a disc? Regardless of the specifics, many of us have had first-hand experience with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), but not many of us are aware that this extremely pricey bit of kit is essentially a collection of amplifiers […]
March 2016 Lecture – History of AR in NSW (Tim Mills VK2ZTM)
January 2016 Lecture – VLF signals, receivers and antennas
A very interesting lecture from Geoff VK2TGO this month on what can be heard on the VLF band (below 22kHz, which is essentially the audio band except in RF!). Sferics, Whistlers, the Dawn Chorus.. our planet makes a lot of noise!! Unfortunately the video cut off at the 18 minute mark but it is a great […]
October 2015 Lecture – Jo Harris – History of Wireless in Australia
Jo Harris (ex VK2KAA) shared a history of early wireless in Australia with us, including the first direct contact between Great Britain and Australia. Check it out here!
September 2015 Lecture – Mike VK2UCT on Electronic Blasting
Mike VK2UCT talks about the advances in electronic blasting in the mining industry. Watch on Youtube! Watch Lecture
April 2015 Lecture – BALINT SEEBER – The ISEE-3 Rescue & Software Defi
(Lecture video) Ever wanted to communicate with a NASA space probe launched in 1978, or spoof a restaurant’s pager system? There are surprising similarities! How about use an airport’s Primary Surveillance RADAR to build your own bistatic RADAR system and track moving objects? What sorts of RF transactions take place in RFID systems, such as […]
November 2014 Lecture – Dick Smith visits MWRS
This month Dick Smith dropped by MWRS to share his stories of starting Dick Smith Electronics, flying a chopper around the world and how Amateur Radio operators kept him company on his adventures.
April 2014 Lecture — Beverage antennas
When someone mentions “Beverage Antenna”, if you think of towers of beer cans or picture fountains of coca-cola, then you need to come to this month’s lecture at the Manly Warringah Radio Society. Find out what a beverage antenna really is, why you need one, how it works, and how to make one yourself. 8pm […]
February 2014 Lecture – 630m band
On Wed 19th Feb Nick VK2DX gave a technical lecture on the 630m band (472-479kHz). His lecture covered suitable transmit and receive antenna options (they are different!), as well as hardware and software for scanning the band visually. He also spoke of propagation characteristics, usually this band propagates via ground wave with a path loss […]
January 2014 Lecture – Packet Radio Overview
On Wed 15 January 2014, Matt VK2RQ gave a lecture on packet radio, which provided an overview of what is packet radio and how it works, and described some of the applications for which packet radio is used. Here is a link to the presentation slides in Slideshare. A video recording of the lecture is […]