Raw video from the field here. The John Moyle Memorial Field Day roared into life at midday on 18 March, as did the Society’s centenary Special Event Station VI 100 MB /portable. Dom VK2JNA, Leo VK2LEO, and Nick VK2FS set up the club’s portable station, at Culburra Beach just east of Nowra NSW, locator QF55JB. […]
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VK2MB 3rd Place in JMFD!
Back in March, the Society participated in the 2021 John Moyle Memorial Field Day. VK2MB/p came third in the Multi Operator, Phone Only, HF Bands, 6-Hour categories, scoring 238 points for 119 contacts. Word is that another two contacts would have earned us 2nd place! The certificate for the event arrived in the post recently, […]
John Moyle Field Day 2021
(Update, 20 April: Rod VK2ZZM has uploaded a video of the event.) The worst rainstorm weekend of the century was not going to put a damper on the MWRS attempt at the John Moyle Memorial Field day 2021 the 20-21 March 2021 Thanks to Rod (and his magnificent shed) for hosting us! We could operate […]
John Moyle Field Day 2020
Over the 21-22 March 2020 weekend, the MWRS activated a “portable” station at the Polblue Campground in the Barrington Tops National Park. Where present: Andrew VK2EAH Connie VK2CON Greg VK2XE, Declan & Cara Nick VK2FS Phil VK2APL Rod VK2ZZM Ross VK2FRET Tim VK2BT Yves VK2AUJ Zara FZYP We piled up 229 contacts thanks to Ross […]
VHF/UHF Summer Field Day 2016
After an embarrassing realisation that it had been 2 years since our last VHF/UHF Field day, Nick VK2FS and Geoff VK2AVR activated the hill behind our repeater site for this year’s summer field day. Greg VK2XE met us on location in the morning to help set up and grab some early contacts. We used the […]
Flagpole 2015 – Results!
Amid much laughter and some fanfare, the judging was completed and presented at the recent MWRS Business Meeting. We had a number of great entries this year, and bonus points once again became an important factor for the victors. Peter Parker VK3YE made a dominant effort by going pedestrian mobile, and takes the winner’s trophy. In a surprise […]
Flagpole 2015 – Submit your logs!
Ahoy maties! Th’ weather in Sydney shivered me timbers but couldn’t drive away this old salt. We heard Peter Parker VK3YE on air, with pics emailed and youtube video already online! Submit your logs! Contest page is HERE (log sheet down the bottom). Don’t forget to send in pics of your flagpole station and costume for extra points! Email […]