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JOTA 2016 Wrap-Up
JOTA has come and gone for another year! We put on another high quality event testament to the enthusiasm of our volunteers Sat/Sun 15/16 Oct 2106. Approx 160 Scouts and Guides came through this year, with the following activities: Electronics kit building (at the Narrabeen campsite) Battleships HF Build-a-station Morse Code Geocache Echolink This year […]
MWRS WebSDR Build Completed
The MWRS WebSDR is now online! After a year-long effort by generous volunteers, all the bits are connected together, a linear power supply has been built and the loop antenna is professionally installed. A huge thanks to everyone who has helped with this project, it’s great to see it online. Matt VK2RQ, Phil VK2BDF and Horst VK2HL helped […]
Prep for Jota 2016
We spent the “free bee” Wednesday evening of the 28-Sep-2016 preparing the kits for JOTA 2016. This involved opening packs, programming the devices for JOTA, testing and repacking. The evening was quite entertaining with David Hayes M0GDX and Bea, visiting from Sheffield and members of Sheffield & District Wireless Society (www.sheffieldwireless.org). Group picture from the […]
Sat 8-Oct 2016 – Summer Prep Working Bee – from noon
Saturday 8-Oct-2016 has been declared the Summer Preparation Working Bee. It is also a good timing to get the place in good shape for JOTA. Showed up: Connie CON, Yves AUJ, Mal TMF and Samuel, John ZWD, Richard NRA, Richard SKY, Tim BT, Charlie GMT, Bob RL, Michael UCT, Geoff AVR On the list so far: Hall’s general indoor clean up, including dishes (cups, cups and more […]
Mon 19-Sep-2016 – Terrey Hills Cub Night
We had another great Cub night, Terrey Hills troop (resident in the hall next door) walked down the hill to see what we could offer. We could hear them gearing up in their hall and they sounded like (and proved to be) an energetic bunch. We must be doing something right because they left with even […]
Scout Donation received
On the 10th August 2016, MWRS received a donation of APRS and voice radio equipment for our continued assistance with JOTA. Glenn Satchell and Phil Donald from Scouts were present at our monthly business meeting to present the equipment to MWRS. The donation consisted of an APRS transmitter and also a VHF/UHF mobile radio to be used for […]
29-Oct-2005 – Tribes of Sydney – MWRS
Each Saturday the Daily Telegraph peels back the veil to reveal Sydney’s societies. From groups of just a dozen to organised clubs with hundreds of members, these associations go unnotices by the majority of Sydney residents … until now. MWRS – These guys are a chatty bunch, albeit slightly nerdy (picture is a giveaway!!!). They […]
Sat 17-Sep-2016 Flagpole Contest on the horizon!
Ahoy, ye scurvy swabs! The Manly-Warringah Radio Society Flagpole Contest be fast approaching. It be taking place Saturday 17th September, 0000-2359UTC, to coincide with International Talk Like a Pirate Day. The Contest Rules be here: http://www.mwrs.org.au/flagpole-contest/. Get ready or we’ll keel haul ye! Arrrrr!
Nov 2016 – 5th Wed – Military Communication Gear
35 people attended the evening with a total of 112 votes. We had quite a collection, including a WWI spark radio transmitter and its receiver. The winner was Bob Anderson with a briefcase size steam powered generator to recharge the radio batteries. Get ready for our 5th Wednesday of the quarter! Wednesday 30-Nov-2016 […]
Mon 29-Aug-2016 Brookvale Cubs
The Brookvale Cubs paid the MWRS a visit! Were presents: Des TGJ, Jeff MZZ, Geoff AVR, Yves AUJ, Dom JNA, Richard NRA, Rod MZ. Glen Satchell sent us the following review: I’d just like to thank you for a wonderful evening tonight. Really great to see the cubs so engaged – you seem to have the […]
W/E 20-21st August 2016 – ILLW
We had a great weekend up at Barrenjoey, filled a few pages of the log book and ticked off a bunch of lighthouses. Richard NRA had some early success with his portable SOTA station while the rest of us battled high winds putting up the main station antennas. We got on air a bit late, but we […]
8-Aug-2015 Radio Society’s wave weekend
14-Aug-2014 Lighthouse Station to make waves
August 2016 Lecture – Can Home Solar Power and Ham Radio Coexist?
Watch on youtube The August 2016 lecture will be given by Graham Town. We invited him to talk on renewable energy (mostly solar) and RFI issues this generation produces…. The idea for this talk came from the April QST article “Can Home Solar Power and Ham Radio Coexist?” More background at: https://web.science.mq.edu.au/directory/listing/person.htm?id=gtown