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QNEWS - SEPTEMBER 11 VK4 ON AIR

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VK4 SILENT KEYS @ WIA YEAR COMMENCING MAY 2022

SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY

VK4MBH Keith Allison 03/06/2022 (vk4vp)
VK4AVF Des Flor 13/06/2022 (vk4hit)
VK4DV Merv Deakin 18/06 (vk4cnq - vk4zz)
VK4SO Les Parker 21/06 (vk4atc)
VK4AJL George Glendinning 22/06 (vk4zz)
VK4NW Warwick Marshallsea 14/07 (vk4vp)
VK4ET/5WC Tony Van Lysdonk 16/07 (vk4vp)
VK4SF Jack Ford 18/07 vk4hit)
VK4AVS Jim Storch 22/07 (vk4zz)
VK4AGS Geoff Strom 23/08 (vk4zz)
VK4HGT George Turner 02/09 (vk4gcr)

It is with great sadness, that the Bayside and District Amateur Radio
Society announces the passing of *George Turner VK4HGT*

George passed away suddenly on Friday September 2 having reached the
age of 101.

VK4HGT was a well respected member of the Club who had joined BDARS
in the early years of the Clubs formation, having started his
interest in the hobby with Citizen Band Radio back in its Hay Days,
George was a somewhat late starter into Amateur Radio having only
gained his Foundation License at the age of 74 and upgrading to
Standard Level at the age of 91.

That alone could show you how tough and determined George was.

To say George had led an interesting life would be an understatement
to say the least. At 101, George Turner was one of the only surviving
veterans of the 39th battalion that served in the Kokoda campaign in
Papua New Guinea, having recently attended a ceremony on the
Gold Coast, marking 80 years since the Kokoda campaign.

At the recent Kokoda ceremony, George stated;

"I was only about 20 when I was up there. I got to 101 — lucky
wasn't I"

"I was a truck driver … one of two truck drivers … the other one was
sergeant by rank. He got killed in the first bombing raid. He was
sleeping beside me at the time, about six feet away."*

George was very generous with his time, always willing to help with
Club activities back in those early years. He was a friendly and a
likeable bloke as well. For many years he was the voice behind the
microphone on the HF Traveler’s Net across Australia.
Operating Daily with other relays to ensure the safety of other
Amateurs travelling around Australia and being there to provide
support should it be required. He was still doing this at the age of
101 until very recently.

George was also active on the 2 meter band via the local repeater
and could be often heard talking with his friends and his son who is
also a local Amateur Operator. George would often be seen riding his
scooter to the local Coffee shop for his daily outing. George was
still very much independent , still living on his own and enjoying
life and his radio.

George will be greatly missed.

Vale George Turner - VK4HGT





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

A big shout out to the various people who are posting to web sites and
social media
accounts with content showing all sorts of club activities. I wonder if
you have a
few minutes more in your week that you could put a small segment together
for the
state news bulletin? Often what I see is written in a way that you can
record the
audio directly to your phone and the text just has to be copied into an
email.

The reason that I mention this again is that there are listeners to the news
broadcasts and we don’t get to see them reflected in the call back
numbers. Then
there are the people on their own who don’t belong to clubs or who are
unable to
attend meetings and they like to know of what is going on around the
ridges. There
are lots of things happening but we aren’t getting to learn about them
perhaps until
they have concluded with the bi-monthly publishing schedule of Amateur Radio
magazine. A spot on the news broadcast tells every listener how vibrant this
activity really is.

Our News Editor, Graham, VK4-Baker-Baker will be only too pleased to
receive your
segments and if they can become regular so much better. Check the details for
lodging material on the WIA web site and the end of each bulletin or email

qnews@...

One of the stories of the past week has been the release by the ACMA of its
prospective work schedule for the next 5 years. The obvious areas of
interest for us
are the transitional changes from spectrum to class licensing. We have
already had
some previous notices from the regulator of the way it views the changes
for the
Amateur Service and we should see the culmination of the regulatory
framework in the
coming months.

The other area of importance is the preparatory work for the next World Radio
Conference. This is really the Olympic Games of the regulatory system with
contingents from around the world and most countries attending. The idea
is to reach
agreement on standards and spectrum usage so that harmful interference is
minimised
to users in adjacent areas. It has been the position that Australia has
been able to
have amateur radio operators attending as part of the official contingent
at these
conferences. It has also been the responsibility of the amateur community
to fund
the expenses of those delegates. This is something to be kept in mind for the
future.

Maybe there is the opportunity for clubs to use the locally sponsored sausage
sizzles to raise funds to ensure our voice is heard in Geneva at the next
WRC. I can
remember listening to calls for donations from individuals during state news
broadcasts from long ago. More recently I can recall requests for support
in the
printed material arriving in the letter box. Perhaps now is the time to
think of
funding our delegates as a way of ensuring the growth and participation of
our hobby
here and world wide.

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

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