QNEWS - FEB SEVEN VK4 ON AIR 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------* 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 OR www.vk7ax.id.au/wianews/ Also search QNEWS (make sure it IS the Ham Radio QNEWS) in your podcast. listennotes.com/podcasts/q-news-ar-news-from-queensland-qnews-vk4bb-SHd0OpZILt1/ ------------------------------------------------------------* VK4 SILENT KEYS @ JULY 2020- MAY 2021 WIA YEAR SK CALL SK NAME ADVISED BY ex-VK4KJO Joachim Ostrenski (Joe Ski) 9/9/20 (vk4zz) VK4CNP Norm Philips 20/10/20 (vk4bat) ex-VK4FPJT Paul J Turner 22/10/20 (vk4bb) VK4HBN Alan Whiting 20/11/20 (vk4zz) VK4KAL Gordon Loveday 24/11/20 (vk4zz) ------------------------------------------------------------* Hello, I’m Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP, and I’ve been thinking. Time is ticking and the subject is detailed and excites many people even into their wallets. I am speaking of the consultation paper from the ACMA with the preferred option of placing the Amateur Radio Service into the Class Licence category. Now most of us will have received the email announcing this process, if we have registered with the ACMA. For others the link is below:- shorturl.at/tzEL4 That is almost a book by itself and if you don’t feel up to reading the Consultation Paper and the suggested legislation, I suggest that you sit down and take in the video presentation from VK3YE. www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dVHhE528Nag There is a lot of matters to consider and the more people who are involved in thinking over what the benefits and drawbacks of the options are the better the input to guide the regulator. To this end, Peter, VK3YE, goes through the consultation paper easing us into the process of consideration. I believe that every radio club should, NO MUST, spend the time to go over this paper. Those of us who are not affiliated should spend the time to at least watch the video and decide if they have any points to make. Then, most importantly, clubs and individual amateurs, need (as they used to say) put pen to paper and submit our ideas prior to the cut-off date of 2nd April, 2021. For the users of social media, this has been a hot topic during the first day of release of the discussion paper and no doubt the heat will remain for the next few days. However, I would like to think that cool reflection will come to bear and the inconsistencies and possible threats to our hobby will be extracted and well mulled over. With the remainder of February and all of March to assess the implications of the preferred changes and the alternatives presented, it should give all clubs time to hold discussions and get a formal response prepared. At the time of preparing this segment, I have no indication whether the WIA will be calling for clubs to support a common response or polling amateurs in order to collate submission which represents a large body of opinion. Please, my fellow amateurs, don’t leave this until the last minute and don’t just put it in the too hard basket because woven into the structure of this consultation is the reform of not only licencing but also assessment and certification. Reading between the lines, there could be the promise of on-line testing and assessment along with rapid issue of your operator’s certificate. As I have said, there is a lot in this paper and it is our responsibility to give it our best thought and reply. I’m Geoff Emery and that’s what I think�.how about you? ------------------------------------------------------------* QNEWS Social Scene Due to the COVID-19 situation, please check these events' direct for up-to-date status information. 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