Following the July 2026 Buildathon at the club, some members stayed on to take part in the Trans Tasman contest. In previous years we have travelled to Berrima and the Watagans for this contest held Saturday 18-Jul-2026, however as it clashed with the Buildathon, it was decided to run the contest from the club house. The […]
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Items relating to radio contests in which the club participates, especially, the Flagpole Contest.
2026 Winter VHF/UHF Field Day
A team of hardy souls took the club station VK2MB portable to participate in the Winter VHF/UHF Field Day 20-Jun-2026 at the JJ Melbourne Hills Memorial Reserve, just north of the Forest Hills Pony Club at Terrey Hills. The goal of the Field Days is to contact contest operators on 6m, 2m, 70cm and 23cm. […]
John Moyle Memorial Field Day 2026
The Society couldn’t pass the excitement of participating to this year’s John Moyle Memorial Field Day contest held on the 20-22 March 2026 weekend. Following the success of last year’s site, VK2MB/p decided to operate from Tommy VK2AHA’s place in the Watagans, about 90 minutes drive from Sydney. Camping and operating was all HF Bands available […]
2025 Trans Tasman Low-Band Contest
Following the success of the 2025 John Moyle Memorial Field Day operations at the Watagans, the VK2MB/p contest contingent decided to use this site again the for this year’s Trans Tasman Low-Band Contest instead of the usual Berrima site. Some members decided to travel in convoy after meeting on the Telegraph Road Turramurra at 10am. […]
2025 Winter VHF/UHF Field Day
On the shortest day of the year and probably the coldest one too (8C at meeting time), the MWRS was looking for a nice sunny spot to participate to the VHF/UHF season contest. Armed with all the available masts and aerials, a field operation site was established near the BMX track at Terrey Hills (NSW). […]
John Moyle Memorial Field Day 2025
The Society again decided this year to participate to the John Moyle Memorial Field Day. This year VK2MB/p operated from Tommy Cassidy’s new place in the Watagans, about 90 minutes drive from Sydney. Camping and operating was all HF Bands available to the contest: Single Transmitter, Multiple Operators. As usual we picked a 6 hour […]
2024 Spring VHF/UHF Field Day
The last two VHF/UHF contests that we have tried to run have been met with bad rain, this time around a perfect day was on the agenda. The contest starts at 0100UTC 23-Nov-2024, which is midday in Sydney. The location was again be the Pony Club/BMX track with meeting at the club house at 9:30 […]
19-21 July 2024 – Trans-Tasman Low Band contest – Berrima
Goooooood Moooorning Berrima! Cold again this year. A contingent of 4 brave members spending the 3 days/night at the Berrima scout hall represented the MWRS fro the Trans-Tasman Low Band Contest. An addition 4 members came for a visit on Saturday. It was cold but luckily the fireplace and plenty of firewood helped survive the […]
VK2MB/p on air for John Moyle Field Day 2024
Members of the Society once again headed south to Culburra Beach NSW to participate in the annual John Moyle Memorial Field Day Contest on 16-17 March. The JMFD team comprised: A Lesson Learned… One of the first rule of portable operation is: before you leave home, thoroughly check that all gear is in good working […]
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 […]
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. […]
26-Nov-2022 Spring VHF/UHF Field Day
VK2MB/portable was active in this year’s Spring VHF/UHF Field Day; details are still coming in, so watch this space… The contest team started arriving at the clubhouse about 9.30am, to sort out the radios and antennas to be used, then headed off to the JJ Melbourne Hills Reserve, about 1km to the south. Locator QF56OH. […]
15-17 July 2022 – Trans-Tasman Low Band contest – Berrima
Jeff VK2MZZ raised the idea of MWRS heading to Berrima Scout camp to enter the Trans Tasman contest of 2022. A bunch of us signed on for a full weekend – many of us have done it before & the challenges are there (but small) & the reward is high. The w/e starts with pub night on Friday […]
VK2MB 3rd Place in JMFD!
Back in March, the Society participated in the 2021 John Moyle Memorial Field Day. VK2MB/p came third in the Multi Operator, Phone Only, HF Bands, 6-Hour categories, scoring 238 points for 119 contacts. Word is that another two contacts would have earned us 2nd place! The certificate for the event arrived in the post recently, […]
2/3 Oct 2021 Oceania Contest
By Dom VK2JNA After the fun 7 weeks ago of the Australian based RD contest I thought I’d have a crack at the Oceania DX contest (phone). AntennasLots of dreaming & a little last minute 2nd antenna building happened to complement my main endfed 40/20/10 dipole. I again used the 12m spiderbeam popup mast, this […]