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). […]
June 2025 – Lecture – Build Projects for the Shack
The June lecture, Build Projects for the Shack by Richard VK2ARH and Simon VK2YU, introduced two new club projects: an NTP (Network Time Protocol) Clock for the shack, and Pi-PicoRX, a software-defined radio receiver based in the Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller. You can watch the lecture on VK2MB-TV. The lecture proved very popular, and another […]
May 2025 – Lecture – Spy Radio, the Special Operations Executive, and
Held 21-May-2025, presented by Colin Christie VK2JCC Covert communications played a crucial role during World War II. Colin’s lecture will focus on the use of spy radios by the French Resistance. These radios were essential for transmitting critical information to Allied forces, often under life-threatening conditions. The Special Operations Executive, a secret British organisation, played a […]
June 2025 – Lecture – Build Projects for the Shack (preview)
Lecture will be held Wednesday 18-Jun-2025, here is what to expect. NTP Clock and Pi-Pico Rx – 2025 Build Projects for the Shack? By Richard VK2ARH and Simon VK2YU Richard VK2ARH and Simon VK2YU will present a couple of projects for consideration for a 2025 build project which they have been working on in recent […]
MWRS in VHC May-2025
Dom VK2JNA, Greg VK2XE and Geoff VK2WA have decided to spend few days in the Victorian High Country. Currently on the Billy Goat Bluff track (20-May-2025). Many armchair and mobile members have been in contact with the group on HF, mainly on the club’s preferred frequency 7085 khz. See what it looks like driving on […]
John Douglas VK2ZWD – SK
It with sadness we’ve learned of the passing of John Douglas VK2ZWD Sunday 4-May-2025 in Northern Beaches Hospital. We are currently in touch with family and will publish details of a celebration of life when available. Here is John presenting his display at the Mar 2023 – 5th Wed – Old Kits (DSE, TANDY, EA) From Bob […]
MWRS Assists CREST for 2025 Convict 100 Setup
CREST NSW is providing safety communication support for next weekend’s Convict 100 mountain bike marathon. On Saturday 26 April 2025, as yet another excuse to get out portable and play radio, several MWRS members assisted setting up fixed and mobile repeater sites to provide reliable coverage for the 100km event. Teams were deployed to several […]
April 2025 – Lecture – Dom VK2JNA trip to the tip
This April lecture was an impromptu one by Dominic, so actually happened on the fourth Wednesday (23-Apr-2025). Dom reports on adventure and the trials and tribulations that invariably come with a 3500km drive from Sydney to “The Tip”, i.e. Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland (https://maps.app.goo.gl/CQaxeqhsh4956…. If you’re into travel, 4WD adventures, and of […]
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 […]
VK2AXC’s Visit to Army Museum of WA
In March 2025, our Membership & Training Coordinator, Brian VK2AXC was out west. While he was there, he dropped into the Army Museum of Western Australia. Here’s his report… I thoroughly recommend a visit to the Fremantle Army Barracks Museum. I met up with a friend’s cousin who is a volunteer. He arranged for Igor VK6ZFG, […]
HamClock Configurathon
Following feedback received from a very good HamClock lecture and the urge from many members to build their own, a “Configurathon” evening was organised for Wednesday 26-Feb-2025, basically BYO hardware and lets configure together, first one to tell the time from his/her clock … helps the other ones to finish. Richard VK2ARH kindly organised the […]
February 2025 Lecture: HamClock
For the February 2025 lecture, Richard Hinsley VK2ARH/W5ARH and Simon Mitchell VK2YU presented an introduction to setting up and using HamClock, an application that provides real time space weather, radio propagation, and many other points of information for use in the shack. The lecture includes a live demo of the application and brief explanations for […]
2025 New Year kick off Working Bees
2025 started with some storms, flooding some equipment, bringing down trees and creating some power outages, typically accompanied with power surges. Our resident Godzilla was also very busy in taking down a couple of our security cameras. Few impromptu working bees were organised. In January, a power surge destroyed a “vintage” Cisco switch and a […]
Jan 2025 – 5th Wed – Data Storage
At the Society, the fifth Wednesday of the month (for months that have one) is Show and Tell night; the theme for January was Data Storage: The invite said: “Who remembers punched cards and magnetic core memory? Tape in all formats, USB sticks, chips, floppy disks, laser etc. ROM … à la read only memory […]
January 2025 lecture: HMAS Diamantina
For the January lecture at the Society, Mike VK2MDP spoke about a combination of family and naval history, centred around the World War 2 frigate, HMAS Diamantina, which now lives at the Queensland Maritime Museum. Mike discovered historical connections between the ship and HMS Teviot, while he was researching his father’s service in the Royal […]