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QNEWS MAY 5 2024 - VK4 ON AIR

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DID YOUR CLUB TELL ANYONE ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK?


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

Welcome to the new WIA Board who have been getting the feel of the mood in
Bundaberg
at the Annual General Meeting and associated events. We wish them a very
productive
and successful year ahead. With the benefit of the experience of the
longer serving
members the new members face the task of assuming the roles of directors
and also
the thrill and pressures of being advocates of the Australian Amateur Radio
Community.

One of the tasks that we all have is planning ahead for the activities that
stimulate the juices and strengthen the hunger in this great activity. For
those who
have had the opportunity to attend Bundaberg, this weekend, I hope the shared
experience has brought new thoughts and strengthened friendships. Some of
us have
had to sit out this event with other responsibilities taking precedence
and we await
the reports to our clubs and hopefully the written words in Amateur Radio
magazine.
WIA News depends on its contributors and I for one will be eagerly waiting
for the
reports.

I wonder how many clubs have managed to formulate plans to grow the
membership and
increase the involvement of current members? This is more than an idle
musing but
the hope that people have the capacity to pull something worthwhile out of
the
collective hat. It is the case that if we don’t try we will never succeed.

Now is the time that we must realise that for amateur radio to remain a
thriving
community activity, there has to be no “them and us” mentality. It is the
time when
we need to agree that it really is all about us. Individually and
collectively it is
our participation that marks this pursuit as and enjoyable influence
around the
world. We have wars being fought and contacts are continuing to
demonstrate the
spirit of amateur radio in countries which are involved.

We have had disputes about politics and which is the superior marque of
car but when
we get on air, the rules that have governed procedure for so many years
have helped
to reinforce the amateur spirit of respect for our fellow amateur
operators. I see
that some of the older members of our community and some of the more
serious younger
ones, too, are extremely cautious of the supposed laxity of the Class
Licence and
what it can introduce.

Those of us old enough to have lived through the introduction of the CB
Service have
also witnessed the anarchy which overtook that activity with the
introduction of
class licensing. There are good reasons to take this as an object lesson
and to
ensure the regulator does not let go of the reins of the amateur service.

This brings me back to the need to input, to share ideas and to participate.
Collectively we are a community and we share the responsibility for growth
and
recognition. If we don’t take the first step in supporting our hobby,
don’t expect
they will do it for us.

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



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Hallo everyone, this is Graham VK4BB reminding you that today,
being the first Sunday of of the month, it's time for the QNEWS
Social Calender for VK4 to go to air.

Social Scene

Clubs are welcome to submit text with audio for this section

Caboolture Radio Club Hamfest July 11 (vk7jea)

GOLD COAST HAMFEST OCTOBER 13 at Nerang Country Paradise
Parklands 231 Beaudesert-Nerang Road Nerang. (vk4DMH)





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