What a blast! Once again we had a great weekend, and while we are busy consolidating our logs I can give you a video of the event.
MWRS Features in Local Press
This weekends International Lighthouse and Lightship weekend is a great opportunity to promote Amateur Radio, and with that in mind Club Publicity Officer Richard has done a great job working with the Manly Daily to get us some local press. A journalist from the publication visited the shack to meet with Roger, see first hand the […]
Yves VK2AUJ shows off his great KX3 Carry Case
Having spent $1,800 on a radio, I wan’t a box to be able to carry it around. It had to be convenient so that I would only have to open the lid and operate! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFbuM5M3SnU
MWRS President on 2NSB FM99.3 this afternoon, 4:30pm for World Amateur...
Tune in to hear our Club President Dom Bragge talking about World Amateur Radio Day this afternoon at approx 4:30pm on 2NSB, 99.3MHz FM. Listen to Dom Bragge’s interview by clicking here To celebrate the big event MWRS is holding a BBQ this Sunday 21st April, from 3pm. Anyone is free to attend but please […]
March 2013 Lecture – Mesh Potato and wifi mesh 101
This months lecture is by Carlo & Glen who show off the Mesh Potato project to club members. The Mesh Potato is a device for providing low-cost telephony and Internet in areas where alternative access either doesn’t exist or is too expensive. It is a marriage of a low-cost wireless access point capable of running a […]
2013 John Moyle Field Day wrap-up!
This past weekend saw the annual John Moyle Field Day, which was contested by a few of our club members. Our resident contesting professor the honorable Patrick (VK2PN) was once again on the air with Horst VK2HL from the lovely Myall River on the NSW Mid North Coast. For a full write up of his weekend […]
Using your iPhone for APRS (with no internet)
I had a quick look at some iPhone APRS applications that used GSM connectivity to the Internet to publish my location, whilst those work very well when you have reception it isn’t as exciting as using RF to transmit your packets. Cue an Application called Pocket Packet. Pocket Packet uses the iPhones built in GPS […]
VK2 Repeater Map
I had a little time to spare this afternoon so I made up a simple NSW repeater map. The locations are very approximate as I had only the information on the WIA to go by. Blue is 2 Meters Red is 70 cm Green is P25 Light Blue is D-Star [cetsEmbedGmap src=https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=206565425174896461649.0004d6209d3eeb1f221ed&msa=0&ll=-33.874976,151.052399&spn=1.00222,2.113495 width=600 height=600 […]
Getting Licensed! Muggle to Foundation to Standard…
The requirements for becoming a Radio Amateur operator are very well documented by organisations such as the WIA, so much so that the whole syllabus is easily downloaded here. However I didn’t see much in the way of peoples own experiences so I figured I should contribute my own story for those who are looking to […]
40 Metre Direct Conversion Receiver
My latest project is a 40 metre band direct conversion receiver. It is based on a circuit gleaned from the internet and built entirely from junk box components. The receiver was built as a prototype because I was uncertain as to how much experimentation was going to be necessary in order to get it going. There were some […]
January 2013 Lecture – Sonar and Submarines!
We kick off the MWRS lectures for the year with Richard VK2NRA explaining some of the uses for side scanning sonar and how the Navy finds things lost under the waves. A big thanks for preparing this interview on short notice Richard. [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UOrBTWWWGA[/tube] Click here to view on You-Tube
VHF/UHF Field Day – Summer 2013
Nick VK2FS and Geoff VK2MIA activated the oval just behind MWRS’s repeater site for the last 3 hours of the summer field day (Sunday 9am-12pm). The name of the game was to get some antennas in the air, make a couple of contacts and see if we could better our last score on 23cm. Unfortunately […]
the “low key” BBQ
As the year winds down our resident club events guru Shaun (VK2XPP) pulled off a final BBQ. This one was open to all including many budding amateur radio operators. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.355623497869856.78587.298022756963264&type=1
Kid’s electronics night!
One of our youngest club members Thomas VK2FTMD organised for a group of young electronic enthusiasts to visit the club for a unofficial master class in soldering. Here is a few snaps of some of the events of the evening. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.355594664539406.78574.298022756963264&type=3
2012 Christmas Party
Members of the MWRS assembled at the Terry Hills Tavern for our annual Christmas party. We had style, we were sophisticated, and despite all that, we had a great night! As is usual, conversation flowed easily, meals were excellent and drinks a plenty. We swappd ideas, not always around ham radio, which made for a ‘Get to know you’ chat […]