Education report The MWRS Education team continued to provide AOCP training and Assessment services to the Amateur Radio community. A number of Foundation revision and assessment Saturdays were conducted at Terrey Hills club house with a number of others completing their higher level assessments. Please spread the word that MWRS has this capability. If there […]
2013 – 2014 – Social Report for Up the Stick!
Social Report for Up the Stick! BBQs. We love a good BBQ at the MWRS and thanks to my blowing the budget last year with the Coles Country Beef sausages we have had a few BYO BBQs to get us financially back on track. BYO BBQs are extra special as the personalities of the members really shine. There […]
Lazy Sundays (hunting QRM)
Everyone has a different idea of Lazy Sundays. For Tim VK2BT, Geoff VK2AVR, Charlie VK2GMT and El Presidente (Carlo) VK2MXC, this past lazy Sunday was an opportunity to chase some interference problems. Our VHF repeaters (analog and DSTAR) have had an issue recently – when both are keyed there is audible “splatter” on the analog tail […]
Elecraft K2 Amplifier Keying Circuit
As some of our members will be aware, I have been building an Elecraft K2 kit radio, and I completed construction this Easter weekend. When I ordered the kit, I didn’t order the internal ATU or the 100W amplifier option, as I already have an Elecraft KXPA100 amplifier with KXAT100 ATU. However, this amplifier is […]
April 2014 Lecture — Beverage antennas
When someone mentions “Beverage Antenna”, if you think of towers of beer cans or picture fountains of coca-cola, then you need to come to this month’s lecture at the Manly Warringah Radio Society. Find out what a beverage antenna really is, why you need one, how it works, and how to make one yourself. 8pm […]
February 2014 Lecture – 630m band
On Wed 19th Feb Nick VK2DX gave a technical lecture on the 630m band (472-479kHz). His lecture covered suitable transmit and receive antenna options (they are different!), as well as hardware and software for scanning the band visually. He also spoke of propagation characteristics, usually this band propagates via ground wave with a path loss […]
January 2014 Lecture – Packet Radio Overview
On Wed 15 January 2014, Matt VK2RQ gave a lecture on packet radio, which provided an overview of what is packet radio and how it works, and described some of the applications for which packet radio is used. Here is a link to the presentation slides in Slideshare. A video recording of the lecture is […]
VHF/UHF Summer Field Day 2014
MWRS operated portable during the Sunday morning segment of this year’s Summer Field Day, from the oval behind our club rooms. This oval is at a high point in Terrey Hills and provides a good outlook in all directions. Operators were Nick VK2FS, Geoff VK2MIA, Matt VK2RQ and Carlo VK2MXC. In addition we had several […]
VK2TMF’s 555 Contest Entry
555 Contest Entry Maker: Malcolm Faed Background. I was excited when the 555 contest was announced to recognize the most used Integrated Circuit ever. After considering for a while what I could do for the competition, I started thinking about how best to celebrate the 40 years that the device has been around and the 10s of […]
VK2RL’s RETRO-STYLE CARDBOARD RADIO
THE RETRO-STYLE CARDBOARD RADIO MAKER: BOB VK2RL This highly educational and quirky project is suitable for a rainy day, and is an ideal way to use up surplus electronic components that may happen to be lying around the workshop. Basically it consists of a TA7642 integrated circuit that is constructed using discrete components – i.e. transistors, resistors […]
2013 Jamboree On The Air (JOTA)
JOTA time already?? MWRS has hosted activities for the Scouts and Girl Guides for several years and this year was another busy and fun experience! We had around 180 kids come through the hall over the weekend of 19th-20th October. MWRS put on a variety of activities such as: Build a VHF station – Connect […]
2013 Flagpole Comp wrap up!
What a great weekend! As the dust settled and the flags were packed away for next years activities I collected the logs, photos and evidence for review at a casual club meeting. Firstly I have to say for our first comp things went really well, we had contacts from across the land in conditions that […]
MWRS Flagpole Contest
The Manly Warringah Radio Society invite you to celebrate International Talk like a Pirate day, Amateur Radio and Flagpoles by participating in our inaugural Flagpole Contest. This is a fun and as you can see not too serious contest that will promote Amateur Radio and portable operations. So dust of your rig, get your antenna in […]
More Hams!!! 5 new foundations and two advanced upgrades!
Huge thanks goes to Mark and Chris for giving up their Saturday in the name of Amateur Radio. They have helped 5 new Amateur Radio operators get licensed, and held exams for 2 others to upgrade. Club member Lionel who only got first licensed a few months ago has already upgraded to advanced so keep […]
MWRS President on 2UE, wrapping up ILLW for 2013
Listen to 2UE interviewing MWRS President Carlo Nizeti after International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (ILLW) After a very successful weekend up at Barrenjoey Lighthouse, we had a chance to talk with 2UE about ILLW and ham radio in general. Listen to the interview by clicking here