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QNEWS JANUARY 21 2024 - VK4 ON AIR

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DID YOUR CLUB TELL ANYONE ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK?


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VK4 SILENT KEYS @ WIA YEAR FROM MAY 13 2023

SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY
VK4OD PETER HARDING 10 JULY 2023 vk4bab
VK4SOA SYD ABRAHAMS 18 AUGUST vk4eka
VK4KCC GRAHAM ANDERSON 9 SEPTEMBER vk7ev
VK4CCF JEFF STINSON 1 OCTOBER vk4zz
VK4FZAK MAREE CHURCHILL 8 OCTOBER vk4djc
VK5QD x VK4AFO
AUB McKIBBEN 21 NOVEMBER vk4yt
VK4SL SYD LYON 9 DECEMBER vk4hit
VK4MRC ROD CARDELL 17 DECEMBER vk4kx
VK3FPL/4 PETER LORD 17 DECEMBER vk4eo



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


Soon we should know if the weather is giving us another featured event
with the
formation of a new cyclone on the east coast. It seems that the el Nino
pattern has
confused many into thinking it must be dry. Like so much about the natural
world,
the climate sciences are dealing with unthinkable numbers of variables
when they
look for patterns and then develop predictions over long and short terms.


In some ways it would seem that predicting space weather for electromagnetic
spectrum users is an easier task in that the dynamics can be better observed,
clarified and outcomes predicted. The fun for us radio enthusiasts is
being able to
pick the results that we experience and the calls we get in the log as a
result.


Now that the educational world is resuming classes, many people will be
resuming
patterns left behind for some weeks and others will be engrossed in new
experiences
whether as new students or as new parents fledging their off-spring. Life
that is
predictable within a framework tends to be more comfortable to the human
psyche and
we all look forward to that stability.


As the pattern of life resumes after a nominal holiday period, forward
planning
should be on the minds of hams with change of propagation patterns with the
revolving seasons and contests to engage the competitive spirits amongst
us. I
wonder how many have their calendars marked for events they hope to enjoy,
this
year?


Around my part of the world, the mundane seems to be overwhelming the need
for
relaxation. As I have mentioned before, the grass keeps growing in the
warm and
humid weather. I spoke with one person during the week who is having to
get behind
the lawn mower up to three times a week. There seems to be a reason for
enjoying
apartment living even with the limitations in mounting antennas which that
lifestyle
imposes.


It seems that as we age, unless we have inherited an estate worthy of a
lord, many
of us have to learn new survival skills by downsizing our belongings and
activities.
We move into smaller accommodations, perhaps with restrictions on what we
can erect
and even whether we can pursue recreations that have given us pleasure in our
younger lives. This is the benefits of belonging to social groups such as
radio
clubs where issues can be discussed and hopefully solutions found.

The lifestyle benefits of senior enclaves are portrayed on expensive TV
ads but the
limitations are often profoundly missing.


Perhaps we should, as a dispersed community, be looking to ways of supporting
different sectors of the amateur cohort. Rather than take the approach
that we are
all one group with one pursuit in mind, maybe we can try and gear
activities towards
the different age groups we seek to encourage and support.


I suppose what I am suggesting is that we need some imaginative thinking
to sustain
amateur radio

today.

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



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