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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)




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WIA Annual Conference 2020
Broadcast – 1 March 2020 in QNEWS
wia.org.au/joinwia/wia/2020agm/

This is Justin VK7TW from the WIA Annual Conference Organising
Committee.

There is no fear of this conference being cancelled due to corona
virus! Even though we did have 130 cruise ships stop in Hobart over
the 2019/20 season!. The WIA Annual Conference 2020 is only two
months away and is shaping up to be one to remember.

Let’s have a detailed look over the next few weeks of the activities
on the Sunday 10th May 2020.

Sunday is packed with half day options.

The first option we will cover this week is a trip out to the
Grote Reber Museum and Radio Telescope at Mount Pleasant - about a
20 minute bus ride into the Coal River Valley.

Grote Reber was the father of radio astronomy, being the first person
to build a "big dish" antenna for the purpose of mapping the sky at
radio frequencies. He discovered many discrete radio sources, and he
mapped the band of bright radio emission from our Galaxy, the
Milky Way. Reber came to Tasmania in the late 1950s because of its
unique location at high magnetic latitude in the southern hemisphere.
He spent 40 years studying low frequency emissions with telescopes he
built himself, first in partnership with the University of Tasmania
School of Physics, and later on his own at Bothwell. His
accomplishments are remarkable, not only in radio astronomy but also
in electrical powered transport, in carbon dating of aboriginal
settlements, and in the genetic patterns made by growing bean plants.
His creative vision had no limits.

The museum has exhibits that show Reber's telescopes, his life's
work, and his many other interests. A unique feature is Reber's
original radio shack, the control building for the radio telescope
array at Bothwell, which is installed at the Museum with Reber's
original radio equipment in place.

The museum also shows the radio frequency spectrum with graphic
illustrations and physical demonstrations of electromagnetic waves.
The radio sky is shown, with matching illustrations of galaxies as
seen in the radio and optical spectrum data acquired by the Hubble
Space Telescope.

A feature of the Museum is a Virtual Reality Theatre, provided by
the Swinburne University of Technology. The museum will show
entertaining and educational movies and demonstrations in three
dimensions.

The tour takes about 1.5 hours.

This is a very unique and one off must see museum about a fascinating
radio pioneer.

groterebermuseum.org.au/

Next to the museum is the University of Tasmania 26m radio telescope
that is used for research and you are able to get up close and
personal with the dish!

Next week Danni VK7FREQ will run through some of the other tours on the
Sunday.

wia.org.au/joinwia/wia/2020agm/
events.wia.org.au/event/wiaagm2020/
discovertasmania.com.au/about/climate-and-weather
bestwesternhotelhobart.com.au/
spiritoftasmania.com.au/offers/wia-annual-conference-2020

See you in Hobart.

73, from Justin VK7TW and the WIA Annual Conference Organising
Committee





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Caboolture


VK4 - Caboolture Radio Club HamFest July 11 (vk7jea)




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(J)
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB


The Theresa Creek Campout will be happening from Friday 29th until
Sunday 31st May 2020 at Theresa Creek Dam 22 km southwest of
Clermont. (wia events)


CHARC Inc. AGM Weekend Sept 25-27 at Fairbairn Dam (wia events)



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GLADSTONE AR CLUB "Radio_Active".

IRLP Node 6246
President John Hinde VK4JWH
gladstone_ar_club@...


VK4 - Tannum Sands Gathering (TARCinc)


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Redcliffe and Districts radio club.


VK4 - REDFEST 2020 18th April. St. Michael's College
Old Toorbul Point Rd from 8am (vk4tfn)




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Hello, I’m Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP, and I’ve been thinking.

I have been seeing reports from stations around the world that little
by little the promised improvement in operating conditions from the
Sun Spot Cycle 25 might be happening. It could be the welling
excitement that is making stations hit the airwaves and make CQ calls.
It might be co-incidence that other stations were monitoring the
HF bands and responded but it might be the atmospherics for amateur
radio are slightly improved. Why not see if you can get some QSOs in
your log book?

At the moment the Australian Health and Government are preparing for
a possible pandemic announcement as a result of the novel coronavirus
spreading through more countries. This could have even further effect
on commercial supply chains than the stringent controls the Chinese
government is using to control the spread of the virus. So many of
our goods, foodstuffs, medicines and fuel are imported so we could
not only see field hospitals trying to plug the gap for beds but
non-delivery interfering with normal commerce in this country. It
might already be too late for current orders to be delivered in the
near future should this emergency be proclaimed. The hobbyists’
sources of parts from south east Asia is already suffering and white
goods retailers are advising that certain products will not be
delivered until next year.

It would be nice to know the future and to plan accordingly but it
seems enough for the moment to see green grass instead of earth and
even lawn mowing seems less of a chore and more of a beautification
project as the warm weather and rain do their work. Still, in my part
of the world, the high humidity is difficult for people and the best
ambitions are thwarted and jobs wait for cooler and drier times.

I am trying to fathom the limited advice and wondering what
preparations are needed for a possible disruptive health scare
not known to the world since the Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918.
I trust this passes and things come back to normal and the world
resumes turning on its normal axis.

Here we are approaching autumn in the great south land and in the
northern hemisphere they are celebrating the start of Spring. It is
the symbol of the changing season with the animals appearing in the
landscape that gave us the amusing expression, “He’s as mad as a
March hare.”

If the weather is suitable you really won’t have to be mad to go out
in it with the John Moyle Field Day in the diary for this month.
Getting the gear out and operating from a portable location is
regarded as experience that can be used at odd times if the
circumstances require. So how about clearing your calendar for some
not so mad March madness and blow the proverbial cobwebs from your
operating skills. If you are so inclined, do a bit of research into
who was John Moyle and why we have an event that celebrates his
legacy in amateur radio.

I’m Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP, and that’s what I think....how about you?

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