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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)
VK4DK Stanley 'Dave' West 08/09 (vk4zz)
VK4HAJ Merrell Coleman Sept or Oct? (vk4acc)
VK4YT Nick Watling 22/10 (vk4zz)



News of a Silent Key, Nick Watling VK4YT

Radio Amateurs across the world are coming to grips with the news of
the loss of one of the most knowledgeable tech ops in the field of
heritage and military radio equipment.

Nicholas James Gregory Watling VK4YT (and formerly VK2AWT, VK4AWT,
VK1NW and VK4WT) went Silent Key in Cairns on Saturday 22nd October
2022 following recurring bouts of illness.

RAAF Service Number O15612 as a pilot with final rank of Squadron
Leader with DFC awarded for Gallantry in Vietnam on 31st October
1968, Service as a pilot with QATB Aerial Ambulance out of Cairns,
Service as a pilot with Royal Flying Doctor Service Cairns Base on
retirement as Chief Pilot, once retired 7000+ hours on watch with
Cairns Coast Guard and all the time building a wealth of knowledge
about all manner of transmitters and receivers, sharing that knowledge
with hams and museums across the world and getting some really tricky
bits of equipment on air. For many, he was the go-to person when
they had an equipment conundrum.

Nick was a member of the Tablelands Radio and Electronics Club, a
former member of The Townsville Amateur Radio Club, a former
President of the Cairns Amateur Radio Club and participated in
events with the Tablelands Radio Group.

When travelling Nick was a regular on the Travellers Net
aeronautical mobile and did the occasional 2m contact from the
radio shack with big wings.

Many hams in the North were intrigued with the descriptions that
Nick transmitted using equipment he had refurbished on-air during
the yearly AM and CW on ANZAC Day events. His activities spurred
many other hams to get heritage and military equipment on-air.

We have lost a colossus in Amateur Radio.

Vale Nick Watling VK4YT, Silent Key

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CLUBBING


Ipswich & District Radio Club

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.

JOTA/JOTI is the annual event in which Scouts from all over the
world connect with each other by means of amateur radio and the
internet. This year the club loaned its IC-718 and FT-7700 for the
week-end. James VK4FCAV reports various contacts were made via HF,
VHF and Echolink. Plans are already underway for 2023.

JOTA/JOTI also serves to promote amateur radio to new audiences with
the hope than some join amateur ranks in the future.

This year’s club Christmas BBQ lunch is booked for Saturday November
26 at Kholo Gardens in Ipswich. It’s byo food to cook on one of
several BBQs in the park. No bookings are necessary, just turn up
from 10am.

A reminder the club holds two evening meetings at the clubhouse each
month. A social get together on the second Monday and a business
meeting on the fourth Monday with both starting at 19:30 hours.

Weather permitting the next WICEN event is the Mount Glorious Trail
Run on November 13 while The Pinnacles is on the rescheduled date of
December 11. It will start one hour earlier to take advantage of
available daylight. If you can support any of WICEN events by
volunteering at checkpoints, please email ipswichwicen@...

Reporting from Ipswich this is Allan, VK4HIT.









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

Well it is rather obvious and good manners say that one shouldn’t state
the obvious
but the past week has been interesting with the weather systems bringing
storms and
lots of rain around the VK4 area. The south and central areas have had the
threats
of flooding abate only to see the Northern Rivers area of VK2 succumb to
the heavy
rainfalls.

The hail that made thinking almost impossible as it clattered off the iron
roof was
a new experience in this location for us and the thunder and lightening have
provided spectacle but not necessarily the thrills.

Whilst this has been going on, the bands have been both good and bad and the
electrical activity has raised the radio noise levels above the poorly
suppressed
hash from myriads of cheaper and non certified bits of domestic
electronics. Still
the nightly DX seems to continue in spite of the abundant storm activity.
Such is
the way with short wave activity and we should benefit with more regular
DX on the
higher end of HF as we traverse the current sun spot cycle 25.

Amongst the update emails from the ACMA was one this week announcing a
beta version
of a new access site for clients to check details and perform routine
operations
such as pay licence fees and update contact details. Although I have
registered to
receive the update emails, to use ACMA Assist, it is necessary to have an
account
which can be set up online. If you already have a digital ID it is a
simple process
but using other documents such as a driver’s licence this process is
simple to do
and complete the process. As an aside, you have the option to download the
Australia
Post app and save your digital ID to you phone.

This is a step in the right direction for any one with internet and who is
an ACMA
client. Hopefully this service will ultimately work as efficiently as
those we read
about serving overseas amateurs and maybe it will provide incentive to
modernise the
largely manual licencing process that we currently are forced to use. With
the spate
of successful hacks of major private sector IT services, it is heartening
to know
that government sector systems seem to have better on-line security and so
that
shouldn’t be a reason to delay improving client IT services.

The time is moving on to when responses will need to be ready to go to the
regulator
concerning the Class Licencing proposals for the Amateur Service. Although
the WIA
committee is hard at work, it will benefit the whole cohort if as much
thought goes
into this as possible. Just as the changes almost 20 years ago have helped
grow our
numbers, the outcomes of this will define our pursuit for years to come.
Please give
it your best shot.

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

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