� QNEWS NOVEMBER 3 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 6 2024 SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY VK4PS ALAN STEPHENSON 23/05/24 (vk4zz) VK4FANG ROGER HARNDEN 22/07/24 (vk4zz) X/VK4TC Terry Harding Cain 30/07/24 (vk4zz) VK4CWJ GORDON WEBSTER July 2024 (vk4vp) VK4SWR JOE SEBAST5IANI 03/07/24 (vk4zz) VK4TE ALEX McDONALD 27/09/24 (vk4ra) VK4NL NOEL DES JADINS 16/10/24 (vk4vp) --------------------------------------------------------------------* DARLING DOWNS RADIO CLUB http://www.wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/DarlingDownsRadioClub/ vk4wid@gmail.com Hi - John VK4JPM with the Darling Downs Radio Club update for Sunday 3rd of November. I'd like to start with a question. Are you a member of a radio club - ANY CLUB - and why would you join us? Let's look at a few good reasons for being involved: * you get to meet like minded people who can help you when it counts, and you can always get great advice and guidance. We're a community. * we run activities, club meetings, and social events - don't forget how important it is to connect to chat and have a good time * we focus on education and training, and we can help you develop tech skills that will be highly useful in your day job and home life. Trust me, that's a promise! So think about your club as putting you in touch with a broader involvement - no matter who you know, the group will connect you with more knowledge and helpful people when it counts. There are active ham radio clubs all across the country. Check the WIA website to find one near you, or drop a line to Secretary@ddrci.org.au and we'll help you find one locally to you. The Darling Downs Radio Club serves the entire region from the plains right through the granite belt. If you're listening to this and not currently a member, what does it cost to join Darling Downs Radio Club? Only $30 a year, and less for concessions. Six cups of coffee for the whole year. Plus if you're just getting started or young: we can and will help you get going because that's what clubs do. Our next regular meeting on 11 November covers a really great piece of experimentation, which is what amateurs do best. Put 11 November in your diary and come along to here the story about the Bundaberg Amateur Radio Club's High Altitude Balloon Experiment. David VK4DN is coming up from Brisbane to tell us how it went down - and up. You'll learn a bit more about ham radio, and some useful stuff about atmospherics and driving. Never know when that would come in handy. Monday 11 November at the Toowoomba Library starting from 1900 local time. But you don't have to remember all that, because it's all on our calendar of events on the website at ddrci.org.au Repeating the important stuff: the club net on VK4RDD every Sunday at 1000, ddrci.org.au for the website, and 11 November at 1900 for the next meeting. Ok, I think that's enough repeats. Until next week, 73 from John VK4JPM for the team at the Darling Downs Radio Club. --------------------------------------------------------------------* Hello, I’m Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP, and I’ve been thinking. As we rush through Spring the rising temperatures and the more frequent storms are a reminder that we have entered the official cyclone season. As I prepare this segment, the ceiling fan is valiantly chasing the warmth out of the room and allowing the body to feel closer to comfortable. November is really the start of the Summer season for buying presents for the Christmas celebrations. I have been noting that overseas events are having the inevitable effects on monetary conversion rates and the US election, later this week, could have a dramatic result as the US dollar shifts against other currencies as well as our own. As time goes on and more and more advances are made in technology, it is obvious that mankind is more aware of events around the globe and more influenced quickly by changes in other countries. It has been position that radio amateurs have sought demonstrate that we live in a large community and using our equipment, skill and enthusiasm we can bring more people from distance into our lives. When the conflict in Central Europe broke out with the invasion of Ukraine, many amateur were faced with moral choices as to whether they could still interact with people living within the boundaries of the invading regime. This was an issue in the world of sports and commerce as the good nature of acceptance of others was challenged by the actions of the government. On a person to person level, it was equivocal to say the least. I am old enough to have known people who were engaged in the Second World War. The atrocities that happened to both service personnel and civilians were fresh in their minds and acceptance of people born in the countries which were our nation’s enemies was impossible for many who had been through the hell that happened. Since then we have seen military engagements in many parts of the world and today we greet people from so many ethnic and cultural groups just walking down our streets. We have been fortunate to share not only the growth of radio and electronics generally but live through and enjoy the establishment of the internet. We have devices that give us almost instantaneous communications and access to news, music and culture as the world has never known. So what I feel is that we hams have been a small but significant group who have fostered the breakdown of geographical and cultural boundaries and brought a level of acceptance and friendship a bit closer to our families and communities in a specific way. I like to reflect on how we can continue to engage with the world from my home. It is something that can be enjoyed when other things prevent travel. I would like to think that radio amateurs have a meaning in life which benefits us all. I’m Geoff Emery VK4ZPP and that’s what I think�.how about you? -------------------------------------------------------------------* Social Scene TO SUPPLY QNEWS ITEMS:- Send SCRIPT to qnews@wia.org.au send audio to http://www.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 http://www.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. 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