QNEWS - AUGUST 29 VK4 ON AIR 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------* DID YOUR CLUB TELL ANYONE ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK? ------------------------------------------------------------* QUEENSLAND (VK4) STATE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PORTAL Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest news, key facts and figures, contacts and answers to your questions. tinyurl.com/uddvmx98 ------------------------------------------------------------* THE FOLLOWING NEWS CAN BE HEARD FROM OUR AUDIO SERVICE based in BRISBANE, OLYMPIC CITY 2031, RIGHT NOW:- www.vk7ax.id.au/wianews/ OR www.wiaq.org.au Importantly remember to download from the site by COT (Close of Transmission) Mondays. Also search QNEWS (make sure it IS the Ham Radio QNEWS) in your podcast. tinyurl.com/4hnahk8p ------------------------------------------------------------* VK4 SILENT KEYS @ WIA YEAR COMMENCING JULY 26 2021 SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY VK4IW Kev Dickson 7/7/2021 (vk4dmh) -------------------------------------------------------------* -------------------------------------------------------------* CLUBBING -------------------------------------------------------------* Ipswich & District Radio Club http://www.wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/IpswichAndDistrict/ Web � www.vk4wip.org.au Email - vk4wip@wia.org.au For a full list of repeaters - www.vk4wip.org.au Ipswich and District Radio Club held its annual general meeting via Zoom on Saturday 21st August with 20 people joining online. All positions of the executive committee were declared vacant then followed the election of office bearers for 2021-2022. The four key positions are President; Peter VK4SIR Vice President; Mark 4SMA Treasurer; Robert VK4KHW and Secretary Greg VK4GJW. So we have not so much a changing of the guard, but continuity in leading the club forward into 2022. In his annual report president Peter highlighted the healthy state of the club’s accounts largely due to WICEN events supported by members and friends. The clubhouse now has the internet, thanks to Rob VK4AB and security cameras will be installed soon. Over the last year there has been an increase in membership which Peter said was due in part to club members being proactive in promoting amateur radio and the club through different forms of media, word of mouth and website. Training is also on-going with a good turn out for Foundation classes resulting in a good percentage of students passing exams. There were many other highlights and members acknowledged in the president’s report including support for the repeater networks, website, and the hosts and participants in the various nets � every morning at 8am, the 6M net, DMR net, Feather Duster net, Newbie Net and with our sister club in Canada � the Maple Ridge Net. All net details are on the club website. Reporting from Ipswich this is Allan, VK4HIT. -------------------------------------------------------------* Hello, I’m Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP, and I’ve been thinking. Huh Yu, goodday cobber. How do we choose to address each other can depend on the situation that we are in. The indefinite greeting being used by younger checkout operators seems to be the current equivalent of hello. It serves the purpose of not being gender specific and non-offensive whilst also being easy to ignore. The older Aussie type of greeting seems to be disappearing from common use but it serves to show us the change is language. The rise of the CB culture brought with it a certain jargon which was popular amongst devotees and we do hear some of it, from time to time, on the amateur bands as people broaden their activities. The amateurs have held onto certain traditions of voice operating and have resisted changes. During World War 2 there was a standard phonetic alphabet in use amongst the allied forces and naturally it was popularised in amateur radio when peace came. I remember teaching myself Apple, Baker, Charlie and so on. Then in the 50’s the NATO phonetic alphabet became standardised amongst radio users and it became the Alpha, Bravo et cetera that is still in use today. So enough of word usage and history and on to the thoughts around how we communicate and with whom we need to communicate. These days so much of our comms go via the internet, from emails to instant messaging apps with text, graphics like emoji’s, other visuals and voice and combinations of all of these. There is still a place for the printed newsletter or journal and there are the radio specific broadcasts of radio and amateur TV. Each of these modes has its own quirks and much of the language is common. The means of describing equipment, gear or kit, call it what you will, remains relatively standard in order that everyone gets a common understanding of the material. Personal messages can be fluid, dynamic, unpunctuated and offensive without causing shock or guilt. Public messages have to be easy to understand and polite as the message is more important than any shock value of the material. So we have a number of social media platforms, web based resources and these days less paper based communications along with specific radio based gatherings such as broadcasts with callbacks and nets. As a general rule, we don’t seek to offend our readers, listeners or participants and how we write, present and speak should remain within the normal operating procedures and common bounds of courtesy. It would generally be a jar to the listener to hear a spiel of "10-4 good buddy" vernacular on a weekly net. As the number of active amateurs become more aged, we mustn’t forget that there will be younger people, perhaps listening on scanners or shortwave receivers who will find the style to be quaint, to say the least. When a message is to be circulated, we need to know on what platforms it will be read. It is simply not going to hit the mark if it goes up on the web site and the bulk of people are using social media platforms and messaging apps. We need to check what will be the best way of doing things to get the best coverage for the most people. I’m Geoff Emery VK4ZPP and that’s what I think�.how about you? ------------------------------------------------------------* QNEWS SOCIALY SPEAKING Due to the COVID-19 situation, please check these events' direct for up-to-date status information and even without Covid dates have an uncanny knack of being changed at last moment. Boyne Island’s Bray Park Stage is where Gladstone Amateur Radio Club will be hosting its� fun day 10am Saturday 11th September 2021. (mark) Cardwell Gathering October1 to 4 at Beachcomber Motel and Tourist Park. ( BackScatter ) Sunfest 2021 Field Day Monday October 4, Nambour Showgrounds, Queensland. 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