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QNEWS - OCTOBER 24 VK4 ON AIR 2021

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DID YOUR CLUB TELL ANYONE ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK?
Ipswich & District Radio Club 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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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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Ipswich & District Radio Club
www.wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/IpswichAndDistrict/
Web – www.vk4wip.org.au
Email - vk4wip@...
For a full list of repeaters - www.vk4wip.org.au


This is Allan VK4HIT with news from Ipswich and District Radio Club.

Every year during the third weekend in October, JOTA, the world's largest
scout participation event takes place over the air. It brings together
more than 2 million young people, who can learn about communications
technology and connect with other Scouts.

In Ipswich last weekend we had three groups attend during the day - Girl
Guides from the Ipswich, Forrest Lake District Girl Guides and Venturers
and Rovers from the Jindalee District.

The day began 1230pm and finished at 7pm.

Four radios were in service - one Digital DMR, one Analogue VHF
(Repeaters) and two HF radios.

Contacts were made on all radios ranging from Tasmania, WA, Victoria, New
South Wales and Queensland.

Nearly everyone got to talk to someone on the radios. Not much mike
fright, and they found it easy to talk and ask questions.

Propagation faded in and out at times, which made things a tad difficult
but bearable. Many contacts were made on DMR TG30, and the audio was
excellent in most cases.

JOTA just don’t happen – it needs club members to volunteer – thanks must
go to

Greg VK4GJW
Eric VK4BBK (JOTA Coordinator)
Doug VK4HDO
John VK4MUD
Kevin VK4KK
Bob VK4EK

All groups enjoyed themselves as did the leaders, and they promise to be
back again next year.


Reporting from Ipswich this is Allan, VK4HIT.





ROCKHAMPTON AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
www.wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/RockhamptonAndDistrictAmateurRadioClub/

BRIAN and Merrell VK4LH and VK4HAJ have always been members of Radar
club Rockhampton since arriving from Mackay many years ago.

A wonderful couple to know and be friends with.

Brian turns 90 years in November and the CLUB was thinking how to
celebrate the event.

Life membership was a unanimous call!

Brian VK4LH has run the WIA News with Mike VK4JT and runs the RADAR CLUB
80 m nett on Tuesdays.

Wife Merrill is fighting cancer and we wish her the best.

I sprung Brian still mowing his lawn the other day in our warm weather.

Brian is an excellent tradesman and machine operator and has manufactured
many item for the club and others over the years.

I always go to Brian when I bugger something and it needs repair.

Congratulation Brian and we all recon it was well deserved.

Regards

Clive SAIT VK4ACC

RADAR CLUB SECRETARY


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

It wouldn’t be polite to suggest that I told you so but this past week
managed, in most parts, to prove the Bureau of Meteorology correct.
Wild summer weather has been running along the east coast of the continent
with more predicted in a month or so when we enter the true storm season.
The coastal areas of New South Wales and Queensland have suffered an
onslaught of hail and as a result another shopping centre has had its roof
collapse in the Coffs Harbour area and the Mackay region has a claim to
the largest hail stone to hit the ground in Australia. Interestingly, I
haven’t heard of too many incidences of storm damage to amateur
installations.

It is interesting to note that in some ways the Australian postal system
seems to be working again. Regardless that pictures of stacked to the
ceiling parcel sorting areas claimed to belong to Australia Post continue
to appear on social media, my recent experiences have been genuinely good.
I ordered a piece of equipment from a retailer on
the Sunshine Coast and it arrived the day following it being posted. I
bought a bit of gear to go with a vintage transceiver that I have from an
amateur in VK3 and it took no more than 3 days to arrive and a circuit
board from an Asian vendor took about a week. All these purchases were
radio related, you gather.

So with the impending destruction of the public health barriers for the
majority of us, it is a relief to see areas of commercial activity getting
back on their feet. The other question is just what goods will be
available and which will be unavailable for the Christmas cash splash
season? We know that integrated circuits are in short supply and are
limiting the delivery of motor vehicles and the wholesale and retail
sectors are warning that many goods that would normally be on
the shelves for Christmas shoppers to buy will just not manage to reach
us. One issue is the sky rocketing sea transport costs brought about with
the bottle necks in shipping containers and available container ships. It
seems that we might be wise to prepare for a more frugal festive season
than previous summers have provided.

Years ago the local telephone exchange had a large space dedicated to wet
cell, lead-acid batteries. This was when we depended on a pair of copper
wires to connect us to the outside world and not the wonderful and
powerful computers with radio communications we call mobile phones. The
great thing was that these batteries could keep subscribers connected for
several days during periods of blackouts, cyclones and fires. We now have
a system with the NBN where the service may go down in short time from a
couple of hours to a couple of days, if we are lucky, if mains electricity
is removed from the networks. I have a backup battery for a piece of
medical equipment that will keep me breathing for a couple of days or more
but
without a working UPS, the incoming welfare checks can only be done via an
extra piece of equipment, a mobile phone, and not the internet or land
line.

Such is the price of progress. I’m Geoff Emery and that’s what I
think….how about you?









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



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