I’ve got many VHF aerials with a 5/16″ 26TPI fitting. They are typically only good on a car (middle of the roof!?!). They are difficult to use at field days. I’ve used mounts with radials before but the radials became a hazard or annoyance. I decided to build a VHF Elevated Feed Ground Independent Aerial […]
2m member RF survey
Since all meetings at the club house had to be cancelled for few months, members decided to meet on the air with a weekly net ran on our club’s 2m repeater. This has opened the opportunity to perform a 2m RF survey between the member’s QTHs by having each members listen on the repeater input […]
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 […]
Yaesu FT-60 screen protector
The Yaesu FT-60 is one of the rare radio which has attracted mainly positive reviews (FT-2900 is another one). In addition to all the good things about this radio, the following features not often mentioned were on my selection list: Mechanical on/off switch, when the radio if off, it is off! Real squelch and volume […]
John Moyle Field Day 2020
Over the 21-22 March 2020 weekend, the MWRS activated a “portable” station at the Polblue Campground in the Barrington Tops National Park. Where present: Andrew VK2EAH Connie VK2CON Greg VK2XE, Declan & Cara Nick VK2FS Phil VK2APL Rod VK2ZZM Ross VK2FRET Tim VK2BT Yves VK2AUJ Zara FZYP We piled up 229 contacts thanks to Ross […]
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 […]
February 2020 Lecture – HF Magnetic Loop Antennas
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, […]
January 2020 Lecture – Fixing Switchmode Power Supplies
Watch on VK2MB-TV! For more information about the circuit examined in this lecture, please refer to the following diagram, which Dave created:
Jan 2020 – 5th Wed – AM only
The first wireless (and wired, for this matter) tele-communications required skills to transmit and receive, mainly using dits and dahs! Then came Amplitude Modulation allowing phone communication. If you were able to talk or listen, you could operate a radio … or a phone. Car radios became popular with many portable units you could use […]
Fri 3-Jan-2020 Paint Working Bee
Work started at 0745 and was finished by about 1000. Many hands made quick work. Thanks to: Carmel Phil Charlie Grant Connie Yves Richard
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 […]
