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QNEWS - OCTOBER 17 VK4 ON AIR 2021

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DID YOUR CLUB TELL ANYONE ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK?
THE BRISBANE VHF GROUP along with RDARC DID

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QUEENSLAND (VK4) STATE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PORTAL
Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest news, key facts and figures,
contacts and answers to your questions.
tinyurl.com/uddvmx98


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THE FOLLOWING NEWS CAN BE HEARD FROM OUR AUDIO SERVICE
based in BRISBANE, OLYMPIC CITY 2031, RIGHT NOW:-


www.vk7ax.id.au/wianews/

OR

www.wiaq.org.au


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VK4 SILENT KEYS @ WIA YEAR COMMENCING JULY 26 2021

SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY

VK4IW Kev Dickson 7/7/2021 (vk4dmh)
VK4JJ Joscelyn McGrath 29/7/2012 (vk4zz)

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CLUBBING



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Redcliffe and Districts radio club.
www.wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/RedcliffeAndDistrictRadioClub/

"122GHz Testing & Tune-up Day.

Greetings from the Brisbane VHF Group
and the Redcliffe & Districts Radio Club VK4RC.
Robert Thomson VK4TFN here.

The Brisbane VHF Group will hold a
122GHz Testing and Tune-up Day
starting at 10:00AM on Sunday 24th October 2021.
At the Club house of the
Redcliffe and Districts Radio Club.

Go to: Triple W dot redcliffe radio club dot org dot au,
there's a link which will help you find us.

The VK3CV 122GHz Transverter System will be demonstrated.

This is a chance to learn about microwave technology.

Mark Roberts VK4AN will be there with a full range
of his RF connectors etc.

So come along, say hello set up your equipment
show us what you can do.

It'll be a good day out.

Thank you and 73's from the Brisbane VHF Group
and the Redcliffe & Districts Radio Club VK4RC."


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

Let me start by saying WELCOME. I know we don’t usually do that but it is
a word that tells us so much. Welcome says we are pleased to see you and
we want to share with you. So today I say Welcome to all the listeners and
readers of QNEWS whether you are new to shortwave listening, amateur radio
or it has been in your blood for ever.

Of course this is the type of greeting we like to receive from our
friends, our families, our fellow enthusiasts and our fellow club members.
Too often the stresses of life close in on us and we fight to keep things
focused and the friendly greeting gets reserved for immediate friends and
others just get a mental nod. It is a shame
that opportunities get missed in not getting to welcome people around us,
especially when we are involved in a common activity. Broad family
gatherings and large club meetings can impose upon the feelings of the
anxious and the shy but by breaking the ice can often bring a warmth of
friendship as a result.

As the freedom of movement is expanding whilst the effects of the virus,
SARS-Cov2, are weakening, the ability to get together getting greater and
greater. As people share their social time and clubs get fully functional,
we can not only remember to ask, R U OK?, but also remember to include a
welcome too.

This past week, more evidence was coming that we can expect the warmer
part of the year to be sodden as the Bureau of Meteorology has announced a
watch for the start of the La Nina weather pattern. Along with the rain,
it is expected we will have to deal with more constant and serious storms.

Yes I seem to be labouring the point on these issues but we are running
out of time to prepare, tidy up and batten down before these events catch
us. Whilst I put this together, there are warnings for severe storms and
possible super cells to occur over the next couple of days.

Well from the reports that I have seen, the Sun is giving us the
interesting start to Sunspot Cycle 25 with a direct hit from a solar flare
on our duly excited planet.
There were some astounding periods of operating on HF with low noise and
signals pegging S-meters around the east of VK-land. and this included the
signals from Northern America.

The Australian Maritime College has released the 2 X 1 call signs and it
was interesting to read comments that were posted as people fought the
overloaded AMC web site for the opportunity to snare one of these rare
items. At the end of the day it seems that honour has been satisfied and
numerous donations of $70 have been exchanged for a contest call. Now we
wait to see when these valued calls will be
able to be used in the heat of battle, so to speak.

Enjoy the improving radio conditions and you are welcome to join us for
QNEWS again next week.

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



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