Ahoy, ye scurvy swabs! The Manly-Warringah Radio Society Flagpole Contest be fast approaching. It be taking place Saturday 17th September, 0000-2359UTC, to coincide with International Talk Like a Pirate Day. The Contest Rules be here: http://www.mwrs.org.au/flagpole-contest/. Get ready or we’ll keel haul ye! Arrrrr!
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2014 Flagpole Weekend Results and Photos!
Firstly a huge thanks to all those who participated in the event! We had a great weekend with club members and fellow amateurs raising the jolly roger across Australia. We all got a laugh from the photos, had a few stories to tell, chucked at Patrick being quizzed by park rangers and were very impressed […]
2014 Flagpole Comp Updates
Glen (VK2FWOO) and I (VK2MXC) just fired up the SSTV receiver at VK2MB, and already we are getting images. Here is the first cab off the rank, VK2BEN who has pirated a photo of a pirate. 😛 […]
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 […]