Heaps of clearing around hall. Jobs done included: all gutters cleaned out; 3/4 rooftop on Southside cleaned off (all that could be reached from the ladder); Shed roof now spotless (you could eat off it); Some branches trimmed, loose timber; 4 bazillion pine needles taken to the tip; more stuff piled on outdoor fireplace; other general […]
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 […]
15-Sep-2021 Lecture – Gliding off to War (WWII)
1-Sep-2021 lecture – The Side Slippers
RAAF 3 Squadron “The Side-Slippers” – James Oglethorpe – Manly-Warringah Radio Society lecture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKXiLUlbfaA
APRS iGates 6 months on (Sep 2021)
It has now been 6 months since we had the internet installed at the hall. HF (VK2MB-6) and 2m VKF (VK2MB-2) APRS IGates were also commissioned at the hall to support the APRS traffic. Note that the club has also been running a 2m APRS IGate (VK2MB-1) at the repeater site since April 2013. The […]
Lights off again at Barrenjoey
Dammit, COVID-19, you’ve done it again! Sydney’s lockdown has been extended until the end of September, which means that our activation of Barrenjoey Lighthouse for the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend on 21-22 August has been cancelled for the second year running. While we won’t be at the lighthouse, some of our members will be […]
14/15 Aug-2021 Remembrance Day Contest
2021 RD Contest in a Covid lockdownby Dom Bragge, VK2JNA.21aug2021 We’re all trying to be good citizens & staying at home as much as possible. When not at home, we’re masked up or exercising alone or just in family groups of one household. This has become a bit tiresome 7 weeks in with no end […]
COVID restrictions ease!
Update, 18 October 2021: Good news at last! Because NSW has passed the 80% fully vaccinated milestone, COVID lockdown restrictions for fully vaccinated people have eased up further. Details at https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/stay-safe/rules/fully-vaccinated. As a result, meetings at the clubhouse have resume. Up to 20 people can be in the clubhouse at a time. You need to […]
June 2021 VHF/UHF Winter Field Day
Nick VK2FS reports… We met at the club website to collect antennas, the gazebo and the club’s IC7300. A quick drive up to the Pony Club/BMX Track by the Terrey Hills weather station was followed by two masts being erected. Mast 1 at 8m with the 6m yagi. The second mast had the combined 2m/70cm […]
June 2021 Lecture – Sir John Madsen (1879-1969) – Radio & Radio Resear
In 1927 Sir John returned to research work having made original contributions to physics in conjunction with W H Bragg (1905-1911) starting in Adelaide at the University involving radioactivity & Rutherford’s nuclear atom in 1911. At Sydney University Sir John, as first & only Professor of Electrical Engineering in any Australian University until 1946, was […]
The Sale of the (Last) Century is Over!
At long last, the great auction has been and gone. Delayed for over a year by our “friend” COVID-19, vintage radio enthusiasts turned up at the club on a beautiful sunny (if chilly) Saturday morning to bid on the offerings. Our resident auctioneer Rod VK2ZZM would have given Leroy Van Dyke a run for his […]
May 2021 Lecture – Ice Boat
We had a blockbuster lecture lined up for Wednesday 19th May 2021, Professor Simone Douglas, daughter of our honourable member John Douglas VK2ZWD. Watch video of lecture on VK2MB-TV Check out Professor Douglas’ details here: https://www.newschool.edu/parsons/faculty/simone-douglas/ Professor Simone Douglas will talk about her art + science project Ice Boat. Situated near Broken Hill and 7 years in R&D, Ice Boat will […]
1-May-2021 – The Convict 100 race & radios
My weekend radio adventure at the Convict 100 by Dom VK2JNA A successful event. Some incidents but nothing major: broken thumbs, collar bone, many scrapes & scratches & broken bikes. Didn’t have to evac by helicopter anyone (this time). I took out a few people by road from CP18 with roof rack stuffed with bikes. […]
Our Online Services…are back!
Update, 9 April, 11:45: our NBN service has been restored. Our new modem has some extra lightning protection for next time, so that hopefully there won’t be a next time. All services should be back to normal. Thunderstorms passing through northern Sydney around 6pm on 7 April seem to have taken our NBN connection out […]
John Moyle Field Day 2021
(Update, 20 April: Rod VK2ZZM has uploaded a video of the event.) The worst rainstorm weekend of the century was not going to put a damper on the MWRS attempt at the John Moyle Memorial Field day 2021 the 20-21 March 2021 Thanks to Rod (and his magnificent shed) for hosting us! We could operate […]