You can view Mal’s lecture on our YouTube channel, VK2MB-TV. During the lecture, Mal demonstrated using an XGecu T48 Universal Programmer to identify unknown logic ICs. You can find out more about it (and sibling models) at http://xgecu.com/EN/index.html. Days leading to the lecture In the few days leading to Mal’s lecture, the society’s email reflector […]
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The Society conducts lectures on the third Wednesday of every month (except December). Usually the subject is a technical topic related to radio communications or technology, but really it can be anything of interest to techno-geeks. See the VK2MB-TV channel on YouTube!
January 2025 lecture: HMAS Diamantina
For the January lecture at the Society, Mike VK2MDP spoke about a combination of family and naval history, centred around the World War 2 frigate, HMAS Diamantina, which now lives at the Queensland Maritime Museum. Mike discovered historical connections between the ship and HMS Teviot, while he was researching his father’s service in the Royal […]
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 […]
January 2024 Lecture – using LTSpice
For this month’s lecture, on 17 January 2024, Clifford VK2CLF speaks on the topic, Using LTSpice to Simulate Oscillators and Filters. LTSpice (also known as SwitcherCAD) is software provided free by Analog Devices which has a competent version of the Spice simulation engine behind an easy-to-use interface that allows drawing and simulating almost any kind […]
September 2023 lecture – Tim’s Excellent European Adventure
Tim Jensen VK2BT travelled to Germany in June for the 46th International Amatur Radio Exhibition at Friedrichshafen. While he was there, he travelled around Europe visiting museums and other places of interest As well as Friedrichshafen, and the Amateur Radio goodies on display there, Tim will talking about the technological battles from European history, with […]
August 2023 lecture – Amateur Television
Gary Shipton VK2CRJ has been active on Amateur Television (ATV) for half a century, and has seen many technological developments over that time. His talk covers everything from the early analogue days, right through to the latest digital technology, including ATV repeaters and satellites. The lecture is a mixture of theory and practical information to […]