Over the Christmas 2025 / New Year 2026 break, a group of MWRS members are on their annual Victoria High Country outing. First few days are held at the Native Dog Flat Campground, accessible by 2WD. During the stay, some participants venture on daily 4WD expeditions, or worst, climb mountains to tryout their rigs! Apart […]
MWRS Christmas Net 2024
MWRS members met up at 9am on Christmas morning for the traditional HF and VHF net. Conditions on 40m (7085kHz) were pretty reasonable though with a bit of fading. Dom VK2JNA took on net control. You can see a short video clip of Dom in action here. The rollout this year was pretty large compared […]
2024 Xmas BBQ
After some correspondence about whether to BBQ or not BBQ, the annual xmas BBQ was held a week earlier this year (Sun 15-Dec) as many members got rostered on Father Christmas duties on the usual last Sunday prior to Christmas. We’ve heard that some kids may be getting iambic keys for Christmas! The BBQ was […]
November 2024 lecture: Precision ADS-B
In November, we had a special visit from Mogens Bradley Andersen of ADSB Support in Billund, Denmark, home of another well-known company that makes plastic bricks or something… Mogens and his Australian wife were here on holiday, and he took some time out to give us a presentation about his company’s work in Automatic Dependent […]
29-Nov-2024 Xmas Dinner
Annual Christmas Dinner at the Belrose Hotel From left to right, clockwise: Des VK2TGJ, Julie, Phil VK2BDF, Phil VK2JPK, Geoff VK2TGO, Nicholas VK2MYK, Phil VK2XPL, Russell VK2BYN. Nick VK2FS, Zara VK2ZYP, and Jeff VK2MZZ after this photo.
Father and Son Team up for the Foundation License
Congratulations to father and son team, Shaun VK2DWS and Charlie VK2TDC who both recently (Nov-2024) qualified for their Foundation License. Charlie is also undertaking the Duke of Edinburgh Award (DofE), and chose to study for the Foundation License under the skills category for the award. Within the first few weeks of Charlie commencing his studies, Shaun […]
23-Nov-2024 Spring VHF/UHF Field Day
The last two VHF/UHF contests that we have tried to run have been met with bad rain, this time around a perfect day was on the agenda. The contest starts at 0100UTC which is midday in Sydney. The location was again be the Pony Club/BMX track with meeting at the club house at 9:30 to […]
Oct 2024 – 5th Wed – 100% recycled
The Fifth Wednesday (of any month that has one) is reserved for themed Show ‘n’ Tell Nights. 30 October was another such night… “100% Recycled” was a tough theme this time, as most of us are more used to buying shiny new gear than repurposing old stuff. There were only 3 displays this time, but […]
JOTA/JOTI 2024
The JOTA/JOTI event was held over the 18-20 October 2024 weekend. The activities at the MWRS’s club venue were held on Saturday 19-October with the usual Battleship game over 2way radio, introduction to HF radio communications, build an emergency portable radio station from the ground up (literally) and introduction to morse. Most stations worked on […]
September 2024 lecture: Fiskville
In the club’s September lecture, Warren Lang spoke about Fiskville, a site once owned and managed by Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd. It was used as a long-distance radio communications station, part of the Imperial Wireless Chain. The name Fiskville of course came from AWA’s chairman, radio pioneer Ernest Fisk. You can also read about the […]
31-Aug-2024 University Sydney Open Day
The University of Sydney held its annual open day on the 31 August, and members of the Society came along to operate the club station VK2MB/p. Professor Philip Leong is the Director of the University’s Computer Engineering Laboratory. He’s also VK2APL, and a member of the Society, so VK2MB was there to help him tempt some of […]
Radio by Candlelight
“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds”, goes the motto of the United States Postal Service. The same could be said of the Manly-Warringah Radio Society. Well, we don’t deliver mail , but last night (27-Nov-2024) we did experience some minor […]
Jul 2024 – 5th Wed – Mechanical Controls
The Society’s Fifth Wednesday Show and Tell Night for 31 July was advertised this: “Prior to the microchips era, most controls were by means of mechanical interfaces. Even today’s mechanical potentiometers have been replaced by digital encoders, and on/off switches by logic switches. This evening is dedicated to the displays of simple and very complex […]
19-21 July 2024 – Trans-Tasman Low Band contest – Berrima
Goooooood Moooorning Berrima! Cold again this year. A contingent of 4 brave members spending the 3 days/night at the Berrima scout hall represented the MWRS fro the Trans-Tasman Low Band Contest. An addition 4 members came for a visit on Saturday. It was cold but luckily the fireplace and plenty of firewood helped survive the […]
July 2024 lecture: VK2MB KiwiSDR
If you haven’t yet tried the Society’s KiwiSDR receiver, you’re in for a treat. We’ve “customised ours for Australian conditions” so you’ll find features there that you won’t find on other web SDR receivers. This lecture by Richard VK2SKY explores everything from basic use to some of the lesser-known functions, and reveals many handy shortcuts to […]