�� QNEWS - MAY 31 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 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 @ 2019-2020 WIA YEAR SK CALL SK NAME ADVISED BY VK4CL (Aug 2 ) Chris Lowe (vk4vp) VK4VTE (Aug 5 ) Terry Eastlake (Gonzo) (tarc newsletter) VK4UV (Aug 6 ) Don Chatfield (vk4fuq) VK4GT (Aug 8 ) Warren Heaton (vk4hit) VK4GM (Aug 12 ) Gordon Adams (vk4acc) VK4CDL (Sep 15 ) Brad Booth VK4CDL/VK2BJB (vk4zz) VK4GL (Oct 7 ) David Gemell (vk4yac) VK4WB (Nov 6 ) Bill Booth (vk4kx) VK4SU (Dec 28 ) Arnold Youngberg (vk4zzp) VK4FUY (Jan 1 ) Dave Edmunds (vk4zz) VK4KVT ( Jan 6 ) Victor Tarhanoff (vk4hit) VK4TEC (Jan 24 ) Andrew Rich (vk4na) VK4DMC (Feb 18 ) Dale McCarthy (vk4sdd) VK4AA (Mar 22 ) Samantha Scafe (Colleen Scafe) VK4VRS (?) Reg Sothman (vk4zpp) ---------------------------------------------------------------------* ---------------------------------------------------------------------* CLUBBING Well, have I got news for you! For all you publicity officers and people involved in sharing the news and information for their clubs, you are missed. Over the years, the QNEWS team have invited, challenged and cajoled clubs to submit their audio news items for broadcast. There has been a general lack of response to this prodding and the people who are SWLs, interstate or overseas who like to keep up to date on happenings in the amateur radio world are missing out on hearing from you. Hello, I m Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP, and I m calling you. The News team received a reminder when an email lobbed into the inbox asking where are the clubs? We really don t have an answer but to let you understand, I would like to introduce Ed Durant, DD5LP, to ask you directly. Hello Ed and can you explain your interest& & . " ... Thanks Geoff You know "Self-isolation" is not meant for clubs. While those at risk during the Coronavirus Pandemic should self-isolate, this is the time that clubs should be reaching out to their current members and possible new members who now have some extra time, while stuck at home. While we have to obey the physical distancing rules, contact is possible over social media channels and over the air, whether through repeaters or simplex nets. Clubs should publicise these ways to meet and communicate during this difficult time. QNEWS offers a very good method to get the news out about how to "virtually meet-up" across Queensland and beyond. So how about it? Grow your club, support your members and help the Amateur Radio community as a whole. Let s pull-together to get through this difficult time. Send information about what YOUR club is doing to QNEWS, ideally as a self-recorded audio file and in text, send it to qnews@wia.org.au What? your club or group has no publicity officer? It has now - you're IT! This was Ed VK2JI. ---------------------------------------------------------------------* TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA HERE ARE THE CLUBS WHICH WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM. ---------------------------------------------------------------------* (j) BARC wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/BrisbaneAmateurRadioClub/ or, by E-mail to vk4ba@qsl.net (J) BANANA SHIRE wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/BananaShireRepeaterAssociationInc/ (j) BAYSIDE wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/BaysideAmateurRadioSociety/ (J) BORDER RANGERS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/BorderRangesAmateurRadioClub/ (J) BUNDABERG www.wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/BundabergAmateurRadioClub/ (J) Bunya Mts & District AmCom Inc wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/BunyaMountainsAndDistrictAmcom/ bunyaamcom.org.au (INPUTS) Caboolture wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/CabooltureRadioClub/ (J) CABOOLTURE SPECIAL SCHOOL AR CLUB wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/CabooltureSpecialSchoolAmateurRadioClub/ (J) CAIRNS wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/CairnsAmateurRadioClubInc/ (J) CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/CentralHighlandsAmateurRadioClub/ (J) CENTRAL QUEENSLAND AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/CentralQueenslandAmateurRadioAssociation/ CITY OF BRISBANE RADIO SOCIETY COBRS wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/CityOfBrisbaneRadioSociety/ (I) DARLING DOWNS RADIO CLUB wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/DarlingDownsRadioClub/ vk4wid@gmail.com (J) GLADSTONE AR CLUB "Radio_Active". wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/GladstoneAmateurRadioClub/ IRLP Node 6246 President John Hinde VK4JWH gladstone_ar_club@yahoo.com.au (J) GOLD COAST AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/GoldCoastAmateurRadioSociety/ IRLP Node 6702 (J) GYMPIE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS GROUP wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/GympieCommunicationsAndElectronicsGroup/ (J) HERVEY BAY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/HerveyBayAmateurRadioClubInc/ (J) MACKAY AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/MackayAmateurRadioClub/ MARYBOROUGH ELECTRONICS AND RADIO GROUP wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/MaryboroughElectronicsAndRadioGroup/ (J) Redcliffe and Districts radio club. wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/RedcliffeAndDistrictRadioClub/ (J) ROCKHAMPTON AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/RockhamptonAndDistrictAmateurRadioClub/ (J) SOUTHSIDE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/SouthsideAmateurRadioSociety/ (INPUTS) SUNSHINE COAST wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/SunshineCoastAmateurRadioClub/ Maleny VK4RSC 146.850 and 438.075 VK4RSN 53.7 Noosa Heads VK4RSL 146.825 and 438.175 (J) TABLELANDS RADIO AND ELECTRONICS CLUB wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/TablelandsRadioAndElectronicsClub/ vk4wat@wia.org.au VK4 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ATV SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND ATV GROUP wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/SouthEastQueenslandATVGroup/ VK4 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- DIGITAL QUEENSLAND DIGITAL GROUP wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/QueenslandDigitalGroup/ 438.200 MHz IRLP Node 6964 President: Alan Wills VK4YAR (J) VK4 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- HISTORICAL RADIO HISTORICAL WIRELESS SOCIETY OF SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/HistoricalWirelessSocietyOfSouthEastQueensland/ VK4 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- LEARN OUR CRAFT RADIO AND ELECTRONICS SCHOOL wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/RadioAndElectronicsSchool/ (input) VK4 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- NOELS NUTTY CAMPERS (input) VK4 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- VHF BRISBANE VHF GROUP wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/BrisbaneVHFGroup/ VK4 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- WICEN wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/WICENBrisbane/ ALARA - SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - VK4 AREA INPUT ---------------------------------------------------------------------* Hello, I m Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP, and I ve been thinking. There are a lot of sayings that have been passed down from parent to child and then to their child and these sayings try to say in plain language what can be seen as important messages on behaviour and life. One which is perhaps not so well known these days of throw away consumerism is,  a stitch in time saves 9 . This may come from repairing clothes or even the sails of boats but it says if you maintain your goods it will be easier and perhaps cheaper than neglecting them. Being  penny wise and pound foolish , apart from the change in currency names, suggests that when we buy goods we can go for the cheap items with a characteristic of early failure or take the more expensive choice which should give reliability.  Don t put all your eggs in one basket might apply to investments of money or other things but the warning is having no diversity is dangerous if things go wrong.  You don t kick a man when he is down is some sort of respectful behaviour to not take advantage of another when they are at a disadvantage. These are known as saws, these pieces of potted wisdom, but for many of us these are expressions which are reminders of what to do in life. More than that they can apply to our hobbies and work as much as general activities. For instance, you have a choice of buying a complete amateur station in one rig but you have a special reason to utilise one band for local communications. Suddenly you find the radio has developed a fault on another set of bands. To get a repair done you have to send this radio away and you no longer have you local comms. This is having all the eggs in one basket. So you decide to upgrade your main station rig and you have enough money put away that with a bit of a stretch you can go for brand name with warranty or you go to a swap meet and take a chance on an unknown radio that is 30 plus years old but half the price. This is what would be penny wise and pound foolish. Likewise you see your antenna guy is frayed and coming apart. You can ignore it for the sake of replacing it one weekend or take the risk of the antenna failing and putting you off air. A stitch in time saves nine is the rule here. Lastly we have you don t kick a person when they are down really speaks to the moral character we call rectitude. If you spend time on social media, you will see it is some sort of sport in ignoring this old saw. If the stories are true there are people who do put the boot in, as the saying goes. We need to remember the features of the Amateurs Code in our conduct. I m Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP, and that s what I think....how about you? ---------------------------------------------------------------------* TO SUPPLY QNEWS ITEMS:- Send SCRIPT to qnews@wia.org.au send audio to wia.org.au/members/broadcast/upload/ QNEWS Tips to get MORE out of your weekly newscast on VK4WIA If you would like to submit club news items for inclusion in QNEWS broadcasts, please email your item in text to:- qnews@wia.org.au THEN submit audio:- To submit audio email qnews@wia.org.au and ask for the current password then read "how to submit items" in the weekly news page on wia.org.au/members/broadcast/contribute/ Remember the sooner you submit audio material the more the likelihood of it being broadcast in the very next edition QNEWS. Each item will only be broadcast once, if you want a couple of mentions, please submit different slants to keep your event 'fresh . 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