Dammit, COVID-19, you’ve done it again! Sydney’s lockdown has been extended until the end of September, which means that our activation of Barrenjoey Lighthouse for the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend on 21-22 August has been cancelled for the second year running. While we won’t be at the lighthouse, some of our members will be […]
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Barrenjoey Lighthouse cancelled for ILLW 2020
Unfortunately, due to a last minute logistical problem, the Society is unable to activate Barrenjoey Lighthouse for this year’s Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend. All the best to everyone activating the other lighthouses around the world, and we’ll see you on air next year! Thanks to NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, who had once again granted […]
International Lighthouse Weekend 2019
VK2MB at Barrenjoey Lighthouse 17-18 August The Manly-Warringah Radio Society has participated in the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend since 2003. We were back again this year again! As in previous years, we activated the historic Barrenjoey Lighthouse at Palm Beach, some 30km north of Sydney (lighthouse code AU0046). We were a bit short-handed this year, as a number […]
ILLW 2018: VK2MB at Barrenjoey Lighthouse
Report by Philip Leong VK2APL and Tim Jensen VK2ETJ The Manly-Warringah Radio Society has participated in the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend since 2003. This year we hosted our friends Lindsay VK2AMV, Dave VK2JDS and Garry VK2FGAZ from the Amateur Radio Central West Group. As in previous years, we activated the historic Barrenjoey Lighthouse at Palm Beach, […]
W/E 20-21st August 2016 – ILLW
We had a great weekend up at Barrenjoey, filled a few pages of the log book and ticked off a bunch of lighthouses. Richard NRA had some early success with his portable SOTA station while the rest of us battled high winds putting up the main station antennas. We got on air a bit late, but we […]
14-Aug-2014 Lighthouse Station to make waves
ILLW 2015 Wrap-up
Another great year at Barrenjoey, with the traditional start at the coffee shop for a perk up. Starters Dom VK2JNA, Geoff VK2TGO, Mike VK2UCT, Clint (VK2SOON!!) and Geoff VK2AVR met at the traditional rally point (coffee shop). This year we augmented coffee with bacon and egg rolls, but our NPWS escort was waiting for us at Palm Beach […]
MWRS goes to Barrenjoey!
Sat-Sun 15-16 August 2015 We will once again make the 93m vertical ascent to Barrenjoey Lighthouse, Palm Beach for International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (ILLW). This is a fun weekend playing radio in a very scenic location, the climb is worth it! Come see us, find out a bit more about amateur radio or […]
ILLW 2014 Wrap-Up
ILLW – International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend Personally, I think ILLW stands for It’s Likely Lousy Weather! This year was no exception. Dom VK2JNA, Geoff VK2TGO and Geoff VK2AVR assembled at Staging point #1 (the coffee shop) just before 8am Saturday morning. We continued to Staging point #2 (Palm Beach carpark) where we met […]
MWRS President on 2UE, wrapping up ILLW for 2013
Listen to 2UE interviewing MWRS President Carlo Nizeti after International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (ILLW) After a very successful weekend up at Barrenjoey Lighthouse, we had a chance to talk with 2UE about ILLW and ham radio in general. Listen to the interview by clicking here
Lighthouse wrap up!
What a blast! Once again we had a great weekend, and while we are busy consolidating our logs I can give you a video of the event.
MWRS Features in Local Press
This weekends International Lighthouse and Lightship weekend is a great opportunity to promote Amateur Radio, and with that in mind Club Publicity Officer Richard has done a great job working with the Manly Daily to get us some local press. A journalist from the publication visited the shack to meet with Roger, see first hand the […]
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 […]
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 […]