QNEWS - MARCH 5 2023 - VK4 ON AIR ---------------------------------------------------------------------* DID 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 VK4ZHL Errol Hopper June 2022 (vk4vp) 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) VK4HS Howard Stephenson 06/01/23 (vk4acc) VK4IX Ian Creighton 03/02/23 (vk4vp) ---------------------------------------------------------------------* ---------------------------------------------------------------------* Hello, I’m Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP, and I’ve been thinking. Doesn’t it get annoying? I mean you have a question that needs an answer which isn’t readily to hand and you turn to the fount of all modern knowledge, the internet. You choose your words carefully to inveigle the correct response from your favoured search engine and you get a screen full of links. Now comes the fun trying to get to the wheat and discarding the chaff. At a lesser level, you have favourite groups that you follow and you are interested in the answers to particular posts. You find that up to 9 out of 10 responses are either made up of trite and off topic nonsense or trash that is meant to be humorous. I suppose this has a long history on the internet with acerbic and sarcastic replies having been the stock in trade of a lot of old time forums. For those who enjoy current affairs, the disparity between legitimate news sources, reactionary channels that push particular agendas and the propaganda outlets spawned by the conflict in Europe is hard to sort out. Just to make sure we amateurs aren’t left out of the mix, it gets obvious that if you believe you have the facts, then the internet provides the platforms for you to spread your opinion whether it is right, almost right or totally wrong. One of the most used methods of deception is to set up a false premise as fact and then develop an argument based on this falsehood. We need to be on the lookout for this as at times it can really seem plausible. A while ago, I read a post in an overseas group that follows a particular design of antennas. The reason was to disparage some video posted by a senior and well respected amateur not for the content but because of his age. The response seemed to continue this put down by suggesting that the older generations had no place in promoting to the younger. It seems that experience and knowledge count for little amongst these people and we can hope and pray that this level of ageism is very much a negligible occurrence. It is the reason that we see some form of aspirational guide such as the Amateurs Code being promoted for a century. We have a form of words, an expression, of what makes the amateur operator and his peers achieve a harmony and attitude of mutual support. To have some promise that things can be better is a far better solution than living in some dystopian world. What I suppose I am getting at is that we need to use our critical minds when getting information from untested and unknown places. The internet is marvellous for all the good things it provides but it is dangerous if we let ourselves not think about what we are doing. It is not simply the scam emails but the blatantly false that can trap us into making poor choices. I’m Geoff Emery and that’s what I think�.how about you? I’m Geoff Emery VK4ZPP and that’s what I think....how about you? ---------------------------------------------------------------------* 2023 Social Scene Clubs are welcome to submit text with audio for this section VK4 - REDCLIFFE - REDFEST APRIL ONE (vk4tfn) St. Michael's College, Caboolture. VK - WIA AGM May 13 at 10:30am AEST proposed for Canberra (vk8zz) A hybrid event conducted both in person and by video conference and able to be viewed on an internet streaming platform. VK4 - SUNFEST - SEPTEMBER 9 (vk4an) At Mountain Creek State School’s massive air conditioned auditorium, just off the Sunshine Motor Way. 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