MWRS hosted a test for the Sydney ATV group, as they have lost their Lawson repeater and are trying to find another site. The initial test used a 9dBd 6-element Yagi, pointed SSW, and 20W FM. FM was used for convenience (equipment is easy to access). The Yagi was located on our tower, below the […]
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23cm fun in the fog
On 27 April 2022, Steve VK2KFJ and Dom VK2JNA headed up to Mt Coree (Summits on the Air VK1/AC-023, on the ACT/NSW border) to do a 23cm test with Dave VK2JDS at Gowan, near Orange, some 250km away. Dom reports: We drove our 4WDs in from the west & the east via Piccadilly Circus in the Brindabella […]
2013 John Moyle Field Day wrap-up!
This past weekend saw the annual John Moyle Field Day, which was contested by a few of our club members. Our resident contesting professor the honorable Patrick (VK2PN) was once again on the air with Horst VK2HL from the lovely Myall River on the NSW Mid North Coast. For a full write up of his weekend […]
VHF/UHF Field Day – Summer 2013
Nick VK2FS and Geoff VK2MIA activated the oval just behind MWRS’s repeater site for the last 3 hours of the summer field day (Sunday 9am-12pm). The name of the game was to get some antennas in the air, make a couple of contacts and see if we could better our last score on 23cm. Unfortunately […]
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 […]
VHF/UHF Winter Field Day 2012
Well the field day was fun, we operated 6m through 23cm from the oval just behind the scout hall near the club. We had one contact on 23cm, it’s the first time Nick VK2FS has activated 23cm in Oz since he came from England over 20 years ago. Well done Nick! Of course, these things […]