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QNEWS - APRIL 5 VK4 ON AIR

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VK4 SILENT KEYS @ 2019-2020 WIA YEAR

SK CALL SK NAME ADVISED BY

VK4CL (Aug 2 ) Chris Lowe (vk4vp)
VK4VTE (Aug 5 ) Terry Eastlake (Gonzo) (tarc newsletter)
VK4UV (Aug 6 ) Don Chatfield (vk4fuq)
VK4GT (Aug 8 ) Warren Heaton (vk4hit)
VK4GM (Aug 12 ) Gordon Adams (vk4acc)
VK4CDL (Sep 15 ) Brad Booth VK4CDL/VK2BJB (vk4zz)
VK4GL (Oct 7 ) David Gemell (vk4yac)
VK4WB (Nov 6 ) Bill Booth (vk4kx)
VK4SU (Dec 28 ) Arnold Youngberg (vk4zzp)
VK4FUY (Jan 1 ) Dave Edmunds (vk4zz)
VK4KVT ( Jan 6 ) Victor Tarhanoff (vk4hit)
VK4TEC (Jan 24 ) Andrew Rich (vk4na)
VK4DMC (Feb 18 ) Dale McCarthy (vk4sdd)




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

The new normal is descending like a summer fog shrouding the world
before COVID19 in a vapour of memory. The world has changed and the
broadcast news and speaking topics centre around the changes to what
we can safely do and the numbers of those who no longer have to care.
The world will be a smaller place as more people leave it and it will
be a different place for those of us left.

These are the givens as our leaders in so many fields race to find
solutions to issues that are real and modelled by some arcane pieces
of software. The best knowledge that so many have is that gathered
daily and entered into the models. Like the weather forecasters, the
best knowledge is that yet to come. The certainty is currently that
slowly the store shelves are refilling with the necessities of daily
living and even those things bought, shipped or squirrelled are
coming back. We have food and shelter and for the most, income and
for visitors, living amongst us, when their saving have gone the
prospect of destitution. This is just to remind us that the solutions
are not perfect and improvements can be expected to come in the
future.

So as we all adapt to this new normal, I have noticed a few items
which may titillate the restricted lifestyle of a radio amateur.
If you enjoy YouTube you will be pleased that the Radio Society of
Great Britain has released talks from the 2019 annual convention.
If you enjoy the homegrown, our own prolific writer and video maker
Peter Parker, VK3YE, has new material for us to enjoy as well.

This past week there have been reports, not only from VK-land but
North America and the United Kingdom that some nice openings are
happening on 10m. We can have some armchair learning with video-casts
and some excitement playing on the HF bands.

From Townsville, there was a nice story about the local amateurs
preparing to resurrect the ANZAC spirit for this years ANZAC Day
commemoration. On April 25, there will be no marches and gatherings
this year but we, the radio operators can join in activities which
show our past has not been forgotten. Brush up on the CW and learn
how to tune up on AM and join the activity, this year.

If all the posts that I have been seeing are an indication, there
are going to lots of spruced up shacks and stations as a result of
the pandemic lockdown. If conditions continue to improve, we will
have an amazing start to the 25th Sunspot Cycle.

I’m Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP, and that’s what I think....how about you?
How are You going?



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