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QNEWS - DECEMBER 19 VK4 ON AIR 2021

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DID YOUR CLUB TELL ANYONE ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK?
REDCLIFFE 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 07/07/2021 (vk4dmh)
VK4JJ Joscelyn McGrath 29/07/2021 (vk4zz)
VK4NJA Alan Perkins 07/11/2021 (vk4beg)
VK4AYR Mark Bennett 26/07/2021 (tarc)


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


REDFEST will be held on Saturday the 9th April 2022.

Merry Xmas from the Redcliffe and Districts Radio Club,
Robert Thomson VK4TFN here.

So, here we are again,
eating and drinking and merry making.

For you see:
There is this fella Chris Krinkle,
Whose eye has a bright merry twinkle.

For merry mirth and good cheer,
He spreads far and near,

To all with a generous sprinkle.

If you plan to drink don't drive
and if you plan to drive well then don't drink.

Like the lady says in the song:
"Have yourself a Merry Little Xmas."

Thank you and 73's,
from the Redcliffe and Districts Radio Club.
End of Text.

Thanks and 73's and Merry Xmas
RRT VK4TFN



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


It’s not long to go now when youngsters will be seeking out what the boxes
and socks and pillow cases might contain on Christmas morning. Hopefully
we can all look forward to pleasant weather that memory records as being
appropriate for the great summer holiday. The forecasts, such as they can
be, that I have seen suggest it
should be nice weather to celebrate in and let’s hope that this is the way
it will be.

I wonder how many people have been sight seeing the visual overdose that
people display with lights, music and animations on houses and yards. Even
in my small area there are few clusters of led’s blinking away to mark the
Christmas season. My listening and operating, for a while, has been
limited to VHF/UHF so I don’t have any reason to complain about
interference on short wave. Hopefully, as the years
progress, more of the decorative trinkets will meet the EMC standards as
the ubiquitous strings of cheap led’s are discarded to landfill or stashed
in some hobbyist's junk box for the time a certain coloured light is
needed.

I was tempted to start with a story of this week but I didn’t know whether
to say Santa came early or to suggest that we had a serendipitous win. One
of the minor on going projects is to rig the household vehicle for
operating mobile on something other than VHF or UHF. A small inventory of
parts has been building up ready for the
time we can at least pull off the road and call CQ or better still use the
radio whilst actually driving. Now for what it is worth, the Terlin brand
of antenna has quite a following in this country and to a lesser extent in
the US and the UK. It has been on the potential list of purchases to get
one of these famed Outbacker antennas.

This day was sort of one of minor misery as the changed wind direction had
carried some foreign matter which set of the wretched running and itching
eyes, running nose and sneezes that are the hallmarks of a decent dose of
hay fever. Needless to say I
was probably behaving as if I had the “man flu” as I attempted to quell
annoying symptoms. I was looking through local ads on a social media sale
site when what smacked me in the head like a cold mullet was an add for
one of these elusive mobile antennas.

A couple of hundred or more kilometres of driving and I arrived home with
the precious item in its nice carry bag. Some time spent doing searches
gave me more information on the model as the enclosed thermal photocopy
page of instructions was so faded as to be useless. So now I can start a
rethink on the mobile installation to include this Yuletide bargain.
However, it is a bit like the old man in the red suit leaving entertaining
gadgets and no batteries. A few years back I lost the base needed for
mounting this glorious device when we moved house. So Santa, can you leave
us an antenna base on Christmas morning, please?

I’m Geoff Emery wishing you all a very Merry Christmas from all at QNEWS.

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REDFEST will be held on Saturday the 9th April 2022.

Due to the COVID-19 situation, please check these events'
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Covid dates have an uncanny knack of being changed at last
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