The USB uplink handles voice, telecommand (low bandwidth), and ranging signals. The downlink handles voice, telemetry (lots, including astronaut biometrics) and either ranging or video. The ranging code system is quite interesting and is relevant to an understanding of GPS. It relies on the Chinese Number Theorem, which is also widely used in cryptography. Also […]
19-Nov-2019 Roseville Cubs Night
Another successful Cubs’ evening with 2 of the boys who could only speak french … somehow we were lucky enough to QSO with a french speaking station de la Nouvelle Calédonie!
23-Nov-2019 VHF/UHF Spring Field Day
The Spring VHF/UHF Field day ran over the 23/24 November weekend. Although this is a 24 hour contest, traditionally we have entered into the 8 hour section either on the Saturday from midday or on the Sunday from early morning. This year MWRS ran on the Saturday afternoon covering 6m/2m/70cm/23cm. For the last couple of […]
Oct 2019 – 5th Wed – QRP
This quarter, the 5th Wednesday was dedicated to QRP rigs and aerials: SOTA gear, portable operations, stories such as Around the World in 90mW! homebrew, off-the-shelf products, CW, SSB, crystal locked, valves, QSOs, QSLs. Carmel took out first place with her fabulous 80 and 40 mtr portable kit radios. Roger got an honourable mention for […]
JOTA/JOTI 2019
The JOTA/JOTI weekend was held the 19-20 Octobre 2019 with the MWRS hosting activities at the Terrey Hills Girls Guide Hall.
October 2019 Lecture – Wildlife Tracking
We were honoured to have A/Prof Clare McArthur and A/Prof Cathy Herbert, both from the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney, give talks about the use of technology in the tracking of wildlife. A/Prof McArthur spoke about her work on the ecology of brushtail possums. Surprisingly, individual possums have personality, which can be […]
Edward (Ted) Bastow VK2WL – SK
Edward (Ted) Bastow was a Radio Telegraphist in the Royal Australian Navy from 1950 to 1957, and worked from both ships and naval wireless shore stations. After leaving the service Ted worked on commercial coast radio stations VIS, VIG, VJZ, VIR, VIH and VIB until about 1980. He has had a few callsigns since first licensed – VK2QM in 1964, VK2BAS in 1965, VK9TBin 1965-1970, operating from Port Moresby from 1965 to 1969, and Rabaul in1970. His […]
MWRS @ Sydney Uni open day (Aug-2019)
International Lighthouse Weekend 2019
VK2MB at Barrenjoey Lighthouse 17-18 August The Manly-Warringah Radio Society has participated in the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend since 2003. We were back again this year again! As in previous years, we activated the historic Barrenjoey Lighthouse at Palm Beach, some 30km north of Sydney (lighthouse code AU0046). We were a bit short-handed this year, as a number […]
Jul 2019 – 5th Wed – 50 MHz and up … and Apollo
Theme: VHF and up – anything that works on or above 50 MHz. Radios, antennas, test gears, door bells, car remote, microwaves, UHF CBs etc. Yet another great Show and Tell night was had by all. The VHF/UHF gear was in abundance. Nick put on a great display of gear and the demonstration of Phillips […]
Thu 25-Jul-2019 midweek working bee
Thanks to all those who joined in the great adventure working bee yesterday. We got far more done than I expected. Besides cleaning up all the grounds of sticks and leaves, we cleaned the gutters, replaced numerous tiles, removed the logs from around the fence perimeter, and removed the dangerous dead tree near the gate.Many […]
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 […]
ARNSW/WIA Club Expo, 26 May 2019
The Wireless Institute of Australia’s held its Annual Conference and AGM in Sydney this year, in association with the Waverley Amateur Radio Society‘s centennial celebrations. As part of this weekend event, Amateur Radio New South Wales hosted a Clubs Expo at the VK2WI site in Dural. Of course, local clubs were invited to attend, and […]
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 […]