� QNEWS MARCH 24 2024 - 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 QNEWS thanks to Tony VK7AX can be found on www.vk7ax.id.au/wianews/ 203.31.7.19/wianews/ QNEWS audio ready to download thanks to Brendan VK4BLP from www.wiaq.org.au Also search QNEWS (make sure it IS the Ham Radio QNEWS) in your podcast. --------------------------------------------------------------------* VK4 SILENT KEYS @ WIA YEAR FROM MAY 13 2023 SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY VK4OD PETER HARDING 10 JULY 2023 vk4bab VK4SOA SYD ABRAHAMS 18 AUGUST vk4eka VK4KCC GRAHAM ANDERSON 9 SEPTEMBER vk7ev VK4CCF JEFF STINSON 1 OCTOBER vk4zz VK4FZAK MAREE CHURCHILL 8 OCTOBER vk4djc VK5QD x VK4AFO AUB McKIBBEN 21 NOVEMBER vk4yt VK4SL SYD LYON 9 DECEMBER vk4hit VK4MRC ROD CARDELL 17 DECEMBER vk4kx VK3FPL/4 PETER LORD 17 DECEMBER vk4eo --------------------------------------------------------------------* --------------------------------------------------------------------* Hello, I’m Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP, and I’ve been thinking. One of the great things about institutions is that they carry their foundation history with them as they grow and develop to meet the changes that come with time. So I think it is a good thing that amateur radio manages to integrate so much of it history as it embraces the development of communications available to us. When we use “Q-codes� we are maintaining a link with the telegraphists of almost 200 years ago. When we operate digital modes we are linking with recent developments in radio. We have just witnessed the John Moyle Field Day with a number of clubs going portable for the event. John Moyle was well known figure in the amateur world when I was still in short pants and as editor of “Radio and Hobbies� magazine he was responsible, in a distant way, to my gaining a better understanding of the technical side of radio as well as the techniques of the pursuit. It seems fitting that an event should celebrate this person for the contributions and leadership that he gave the field of electronics and amateur radio in particular. As I looked at the many social media posts it was very evident that the median age of the club members would bring them close to retirement. This raised the very obvious question of “where are all the young operators?� Yes it was the day of the local government elections around the State and family commitments would have determined who could have come along. But still there were no really young faces beaming from the photos either and surely we have many operators who are of school or college age? It seems that, as an institution, we are lacking leadership in sustaining the growth of the hobby. Perhaps there will be more opportunities under the new regime following the introduction of the class licence. This change seems to have raised a lot of conundrums which yet have to be figured out to solve issues that operators have recognised or already experienced. It is the time for our leadership at club and national level to see this is the time for opportunity and growth rather than perpetuating the stodginess of past glories. There have been muted calls for a campaign to promote amateur radio and I believe these should now be loud and clear. To gain the interest of younger members of the community we need to encourage involvement in the use of the materials at hand. What I mean is that the technology that we use and which is used in education is derived from the equipment technology that we were using 30 to 40 years ago but our adoption seems to have stalled around the same time. Have we the inspiration and creative juices to take on reform of amateur radio or are we stuck in some time warp of repeating the past? This is a challenge for us all and realistically we have to know if we are capable of meeting it today or just retreating into the darkness of oblivion. I’m Geoff Emery VK4ZPP and that’s what I think�.how about you? -------------------------------------------------------------------* Redcliffe and Districts REDFEST April 6 (vk4tfn) WIA AGM held MAY 4-5 2024 in BUNDABERG. 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