Manly Warringah Radio Society VK2MB HF Nets

 Manly Warringah Radio Society VK2MB HF Nets :

• “Early Bird” net: daily from 6:30 am local time on 3690 kHz. 
• “Morning” net: daily from 8:00 am local time on or near 3696 kHz, or 7189 kHz, depending on propagation.
• “General” net: any time on the general HF chat frequencies of 7085 kHz.
• “Christmas Day” net: at 9am on the 40 metre band “General” net frequency, on Christmas Day
• “Club Traveller Freqs” when travelling primary 7085,  alternates 10.130 14.130 18.130 21.130

https://www.mwrs.org.au/

Manly Warringah Radio Society - operating WIA Winter VHF UHF Field Day Contest - 24th June 2023

 some photos of the WIA Winter VHF UHF Field Day contest activity from Manly Warringah Radio Society  operating portable at Terrey Hills QF56oh on Saturday afternoon 24th June 2023

run special event callsign of vi100mb

https://phwl.org/2023/vhf-field-day/

WIA VHF/UHF Contest 24th/25th June 2023

 Manly Warringah Radio Society will be operating the WIA VHF/UHF Field Day contest this weekend from Terrey Hills QF56oh , 6,2,70,23 on Saturday afternoon under callsign VI100MB

VI100MB operating on the John Moyle Field Day (JMFD) Contest 18th/19th March 2023

 

update below  from Dom VK2JNA and team, operating VI100MB Centennial Anniversary  callsign for VK2MB Manly Warringah Radio Society (1923-2023): 

We have setup horizontal OCF antenna about 35ft & predominately using that. 

We have also setup 18m vertical with radials at edge of salt water mangroves.  Will use on low bands tonight

Running on batteries on club IC-7300

Great sigs

Nice & rf quiet here at Culburra Beach (near Nowra)

Taking turns & Leo has participated in his first contest. 

We had to build a long feedline, so Nick volunteered his 100m roll of Benelec coax.

We intend to go 24hr & just plod along waving the MWRS flag 

It’s nice that every so often we get asked what the special call is for giving us a chance to explain our MWRS Centenary 

Currently 14190

Operators :
Dom VK2JNA

Nick VK2FS

Leo VK2LEO

2022 VHF-UHF Spring Field Day Contest - VK2MB Manly Warringah Radio Society

 Spring 2022 VHF/UHF Field Day - Manly-Warringah Radio Society - YouTube  6minute video summary, 26th-27th November, 2022

VK2MB - Manly Warringah Radio Society - historic web pages

 I had forgotten about these, but they archived away for prosperity.

https://www.qsl.net/vk2mb/old/pages/   drill down from here 

The Manly-Warringah Radio Society - Interference Reports (qsl.net)

The Manly-Warringah Radio Society - VK2RMB Repeater Update (qsl.net)

The Manly-Warringah Radio Society - Special Events (qsl.net)

David VK2CZ has conducted numerous DXpeditions, including:

https://www.qsl.net/vk2mb/old/pages/SpecialEvents/ContestStations/vk9aa/vk9aa.html

https://www.qsl.net/vk2mb/old/pages/SpecialEvents/ContestStations/vk8aa/vk8aa.html

https://www.qsl.net/vk2mb/old/pages/SpecialEvents/ContestStations/vk9xd/vk9xd.html

Manly Warringah Radio Society (MWRS-VK2MB) club auction 5th June 2021

 

if you in Sydney, you may wish to check out this catalogue,  a tonne old of gear, valves, test equipment ,

look at the catalogue on the following page  

Sale of the (Last) Century – 5th June-2021 – VK2MB: Manly-Warringah Radio Society (mwrs.org.au)

CCARC Wyong Field Day 2021

 

The Central Coast Amateur Radio Club (CCARC) held its 2021 Field day last weekend  30th May 2021, 

it was held later than normal, due to Covid disruptions.   Here are a few pics from Wyong by Phil VK2APL, one photo showing members of Manly Warringah Radio Society (MWRS-VK2MB) having a catchup, including visitor and past member Bruce VK4MQ who travelled down from VK4. 

Wyong Field Day - Life, the Universe and Fishing (phwl.org)

John Moyle Field Day Contest 20th-21st March 2021

 the heavy rain and wind has made a mess of going contest portable on eastern seaboard,  

but at least two groups out there portable :

Manly Warringah Radio Society (MWRS) gone portable  to Gundaroo NSW QF45oa just north of VK1

to operate HF to 23cm   as club callsign VK2MB/p

and  also  the 

Eastern & Mountain District Radio Club (EMDRC)  operating portable  near Blackwood (n.w. of Melbourne)  QF22dm15  operating as VK3ER/p  160m to 47GHz

VK2MB - MWRS John Moyle Field Day Contest March 2020

Here are photos from the Manly Warringah Radio Society blog for when they operated portable for the  John Moyle Field Day Contest  on 21st & 22nd March 2020, just as the Covid lockdown began.

They still had good fun and did some radio contesting.

They operated from the Polblue Campground, Barrington Tops, NSW,  QF58RB  since they working HF,

however there are some nearby high spots, clear and worthy of  VHF, UHF and SHF activity.

see the photos here :

 https://www.mwrs.org.au/2020/03/22/john-moyle-field-day-2020/

John Moyle Field Day 2018

I actually went portable for John Moyle Field Day this year,  held across Saturday 17th March and Sunday 18th March, I operated just for the 6 hour session on the Saturday.
I had just over half a dozen contacts, not that I was not really trying hard, as I was also testing equipment, checking for beacons and trying a couple sites, helping a few people get some contacts, get some fresh mountain air.

I operated from two spots, QF56cm, near Zig Zag Railway at Clarence, I had a look at a few spots around, before settling on one site at approx 1150m ASL, nice clear mountain top, low level scrub, it was actually discovered by some friends Geoff VK2AVR and Dom VK2JNA, who had stopped  by when I was operating at a nearby location for a 23 on 23 Microwave Day last year.

After a couple hours, I was not having much luck with making some contacts to some specific people, so I packed up and moved to Mt Lambie QF46xm, it is about 1350m ASL, from here I could actually make some successful contacts.

I'll get all this documented on my website with more photos and map details soon.
The first pic at QF56cm,  the 2nd pic at QF46xm.

www.qsl.net/vk2kfj

Flag Pole Contest

my local club  (Manly Warringah Radio Society) VK2MB ran their inaugural Flag Pole Contest last weekend, where you go setup a portable station with something like a flag pole and make contacts with it.

I think they planning to make it coincide with 'Talk Like a Pirate Day' each year.

see   http://mwrs.org.au

ILLW - International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend - newspaper article for this weekend

Newspaper article: 

http://tinyurl.com/pkxk7am

The Manly Warringah Radio Society (VK2MB) operating ILLW this weekend from Barrenjoey Lighthouse, at Palm Beach, northern beaches of Sydney.