Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) is an annual event in which about 500,000 Scouts and Guides all over the world make contact with each other by means of amateur radio. Radio signals carry their voices to virtually every corner of the world! The MWRS will once again be supporting this global event over the weekend […]
VK2ACL Portable Operating from Long Reef
Having had my Elecraft KX3 ultra-portable radio for a few months now, I felt it was high time to take it out into the field. In particular I was curious to see how it would perform with my Alexloop magnetic loop antenna. This antenna covers 40m-10m, and while it clearly isn’t going to compete against […]
September 2012 Lecture – Helicopters 101
Always wanted to get helicopter lessons but couldn’t afford it … come to the September lecture, you’ll get your first lesson for free … the classroom lesson that is. Yves had to deliver 22lectures to gain his helicopter instructor rating. The first lesson is the most often given lesson as many people get this as a gift, or […]
Bob Hawksley VK2GRY / G3GBP – SK
It is with great regret that we note the passing of Bob Hawksley VK2GRY. Bob passed away peacefully at his home last Saturday, 18 August 2012, surrounded by his family. Bob, who also sported the callsign G3GBP, was raised in the village Bulmer, near Sudbury, Suffolk, in the UK. He moved to Australia in 1957, […]
International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 2012
With lighthouse weekend behind us for another year I can confidently say the weekend was a great success. Once again the Chase Alive team helped us gain access to the Barrenjoey Lighthouse and it’s keepers cottage. This was a huge bonus as it allowed us to comfortably run multiple stations from the elements, which this year included […]
August 2012 Lecture – Now we are thinking with Hydrogen!
This weeks lecture is explosive. Our guest speaker presented his prototype for a system that converts water and electricity into Browns Gas, a form of Hydrogen. This rig can cut steel and melt glass and tungsten like butter. A technology that could revolutionise how industries carry out their work whilst reducing emissions of CO2 and NOX […]
July 2012 Lecture – Balint Seeber & Matt Robert – what you can do with
This months lecture was a little different to the usual. Mal (VK2TMF) brought along a great presentation by Balint Seeber and Matt Robert who discuss what you can do with Software Defined Radio. Balint runs the spench.net website and created the awesome RFMaps tool: Balint Seeber’s Aviation Mapper lecture. Whilst you’re at it, here is […]
VHF/UHF Winter Field Day 2012
Well the field day was fun, we operated 6m through 23cm from the oval just behind the scout hall near the club. We had one contact on 23cm, it’s the first time Nick VK2FS has activated 23cm in Oz since he came from England over 20 years ago. Well done Nick! Of course, these things […]
Look out for VK9PN
Patrick VK2PN, along with Miro OK1NG, will be active on Lord Howe Island from 23-30 May, operating as VK9PN. They will also take part in the CQWW WPX CW contest. Chris VK3CY will also be there from 27 May – 2 June for the contest. Operations will be from 160m through to 10m, mainly on […]
MWRS lectures on YouTube
As you probably know already, the third Wednesday of every month is given over to a lecture, usually to a technical topic, something related to Amateur Radio, or some other subject of general interest. Recently, the club decided to restore the old, but sporadic, tradition of recording lectures on video, for later viewing and to […]
January 2012 Lecture – DXepedition to Timor-Leste by Bernd VK2IA
VK2IA tell’s us about the 4W6A DXpedition to Timor-Leste at the January 2012 Lecture night held at the Societies Terrey Hills radio shack. For more information visit the DXpedition site at http://www.4w6a.com/. You can see the lecture here: [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMDKIeOpBH8&feature=plcp[/tube] https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.298628616902678.61853.298022756963264&type=1
10th annual Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend
To celebrate International Lighthouse and Lightship weekend on 20-21 August 2011, the Manly-Warringah Radio Society once again operated a portable shortwave radio station from Barrenjoey Lighthouse at Palm Beach. The Society aims to make radio contact with as many lighthouses and lightships as possible over the course of the weekend. Last year, we took to […]
2011 AGM
Thus spaketh MWRS President, Tim Jensen VK2BT: As you all may be aware, instead of our “normal” Business Meeting, we will be holding our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 13th July 2011. The location will be the Terrey Hills Girl Guide Hall (i.e. our usual meeting venue). The time will be from 8 pm. […]
Antenna Wire: Stainless Steel vs. Copper
Recently, the club’s email reflector has been buzzing with discussion of the best wire for use in dipoles, both temporary and permanent installations. Many opinions were bandied back and forth, the details of which can be found in the reflector archives of YahooGroups under the subject line, “Dipole Wire”. Tim VK2BT offered some of the […]
Geoff VK2MIA’s Time Lapse experiment
Geoff VK2MIA brought his fancy camera and tripod up to the club on Wednesday, and did some time lapse photography outside the club house, while the others were inside playing on the HF radio. He uploaded the resulting video to YouTube, which you can see below. The object of attention is the club’s TH-6 tri-band […]