QNEWS - DECEMBER 4 - VK4 ON AIR ---------------------------------------------------------------------* WHY DID'NT YOUR CLUB TELL ANYONE ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK? ---------------------------------------------------------------------* THE FOLLOWING NEWS CAN BE HEARD FROM OUR AUDIO SERVICE Available in Audio RIGHT NOW http://www.wiaq.org.au/ftp/vk4_qnews_64.mp3 Also search QNEWS (make sure it IS the Ham Radio QNEWS) in your podcast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------* VK4 SILENT KEYS @ WIA YEAR COMMENCING MAY 2022 SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY VK4MBH Keith Allison 03/06/2022 (vk4vp) VK4AVF Des Flor 13/06/2022 (vk4hit) VK4DV Merv Deakin 18/06 (vk4cnq - vk4zz) VK4SO Les Parker 21/06 (vk4atc) VK4AJL George Glendinning 22/06 (vk4zz) VK4NW Warwick Marshallsea 14/07 (vk4vp) VK4ET/5WC Tony Van Lysdonk 16/07 (vk4vp) VK4SF Jack Ford 18/07 vk4hit) VK4AVS Jim Storch 22/07 (vk4zz) VK4AGS Geoff Strom 23/08 (vk4zz) VK4HGT George Turner 02/09 (vk4gcr) VK4DK Stanley 'Dave' West 08/09 (vk4zz) VK4HAJ Merrell Coleman Sept or Oct? (vk4acc) VK4YT Nick Watling 22/10 (vk4zz) ---------------------------------------------------------------------* Hello, I’m Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP, and I’ve been thinking. Around my part of the world, if you haven’t got the outside chores done you will have to hold off for some days. Mowing grass when the ground is sodden is not on the agenda and all good amateurs will have done their summer preparation for rain, wind, storms and the like. With 10metres and 6 metres crating some excitement, in the past week, it is good news that we can sit inside the shack and enjoy the fun without worrying too much about the effects of the weather. We just can’t take things too easily with a couple of low pressure systems effecting the coast and a watch on the northernmost one in case it decides to turn nasty in the Coral Sea. The expectation was for the coast of the country to receive around 11 cyclones this summer. I hope that your Christmas events aren’t too much upset by inclement weather as clubs and workplaces share the festive spirit of the Christmas season and parents and grandparents prepare for the traditions of Christmas Day. Perhaps the current climate is a warning to be prepared for different conditions this year, I don’t know. But ever cautious we perhaps should be looking for alternative venues for the cold meat and fruit pudding and custard if we have plans to share with the ant colonies out doors. The winds that whip sand in your face and the rain that washes away the enjoyment of the happy gathering are points for us to consider as possibilities. One of the many concerns for the radio using community is the influx of untested and uncertified electrical and electronic festive decorations. The electrical noise that radiates from modern household attachments such as solar photo voltaic systems is currently being enhanced by the plethora of flashing and blinking decorations people adorn their living areas with. It maybe a gift to the radio hobbyist world if when we come across particular devices that do not radiate that we record the details in a data base. I see that our WIA has said the ACMA is under resourced and that is a major driver of its efforts to institute the class licence system. So many have been pointing out the poor resourcing and lack of activity in dealing with EMI for several years. It is little wonder that many radio amateurs are sceptical of the claim that ACMA will continue to act in the prevention of interference to the amateur service. However it doesnt take much reading to realise that spectrum regulators around the world are regarded as inept or negligent in this part of their defined duties. Maybe I shouldn’t worry about what goes in the mythical stocking or what is under the Christmas tree but just pray that the genie of the eather grants my wish and gets rid of the damned interference because our regulators certainly won’t. I’m Geoff Emery VK4ZPP and that’s what I think....how about you? ---------------------------------------------------------------------* 2022 Social Scene VK4 - Redcliffe & Districts Radio Club Car Boot Sale Saturday 10th Dec. Macfarlane Park, Klingner Road Kippa-Ring. (vk4tn) ---------------------------------------------------------------------* Hi, this is John Seamons, vk3jls, from the National Inwards QSL Bureau. I am calling for any amateur, or Radio club in VK4 who is willing to undertake distributing QSL cards to VK4. This WIA volunteer position will help out your fellow VK4 amateurs, who are patiently waiting to receive their Bureau QSL cards that are stuck in VK3 land. Currently over 3,000 cards are awaiting. 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