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QNEWS FEBRUARY 25 2024 - VK4 ON AIR

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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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Redcliffe and Districts radio club.


Redfest 2024 Update

Greetings from the Redcliffe and Districts Radio Club VK4RC.

Robert Thomson VK4TFN here.

REDFEST 2024, 9 am Saturday the 6th of April at St Michael's College
Caboolture.

Our website is redclifferadioclub.org.au

Breakfast is at 8 and there will be a cafe serving coffee, tea, cakes,
slices and cookies.

Vendors start booking now. $10 per table,
redfest@...

Raffle prize is the ICOM ID 5100A VHF/UHF dual band digital TxRX as
well as lucky door prizes. Tickets $5 each on sale now.

There will be tables and displays especially for the ladies and
ALARA will be there.

Thank you and 73's from the
Redcliffe and Districts Radio Club VK4RC.


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


This month is rushing to it climax as it marks the Leap Year that heralds the
Olympic Games in a few more months. Colleges and schools have resumed the
order and
the routine of life is only interrupted by the changes in the weather.


I thought I would indulge in some retrospection. My younger self was
intrigued and
engaged by the now antique creation of the crystal set radio. The first
one that I
remember was in a nicely constructed wooden case which was polished to a
high shine
in the style of good quality furniture. My home built unit was on pieces
of wood
salvaged from boxes that had transported fruit and was not polished, just
rough cut
unvarnished wood. But that was the baptism into the indulgence and
enjoyment of
radio and amateur radio in particular.


Recently the control buttons on my TV remote started to fail internally
and after
removing the cover for an inspection and checking the cost of a
replacement, I opted
for the easy fix of buying a new remote. Now this was from a seller in
Victoria and
it ended up taking 8 days for it to arrive to alleviate my increasing
frustration
with the ever more failing unit it had to replace. The tracking was good
until the
parcel arrived at the mail sorting centre for southern Queensland where my
much
needed remote rested for four days out of the 8. It then arrived on the
eighth day
with the fanfare of an SMS and an email but no more tracking. Relief from
the faulty
unit had come at last.


Around the same time, I had been looking at the very popular dual band
hand held
radio which is a toy of choice for many amateurs around the world. What
caught my
interest was the range of amateur bands that it covered on receive and the
fact that
a previous HT of the same brand had given good service. Then an add popped
up for an
on line site with what seemed a fair price for one of these radios. It
turns out the
sales site is located in the State Capital, Brisbane, and with the appeal
of fast
delivery and free postage as part of the deal, I succumbed to the
temptation and
invested in one Chinese made radio.


The tracking was superb as the parcel travelled from mainland China to the
Brisbane
International Airport and thence to the Redbank Mail Centre. Once again it
seemed
that my agony was going to be prolonged as nothing happened until the next
day and
without announcement the radio was delivered to my front door. It had
taken just six
days from when I paid for the radio to when it was delivered beating the
local
purchase by 2 days.


I don’t know if there is a moral to all this other than to stay calm and
not fret
when your goods are being transported by the local postal service. I am
now getting
acquainted with the button presses and getting closer to some old
fashioned SWL type
monitoring.



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



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Social Scene

Clubs are welcome to submit text with audio for this section

VK4 - Gladstone Amateur Radio Club BBQ 9th March (vk4xmc)

Redcliffe and Districts REDFEST April 6 (vk4tfn)

WIA AGM held MAY 4-5 2024 in BUNDABERG. (barc)

GOLD COAST HAMFEST OCTOBER 13 (Venue to be announced) (vk4DMH)





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