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QNEWS JUNE 16 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 6 2024

SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY

VK4PS ALAN STEPHENSON 23/05/24 (vk4zz)


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CLUBBING

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TOWNSVILLE

vk4wit@...
4773 1196 or 0408 001142
po box 333 Garbutt East, QLD 4814
www.tarc.org.au

WAR on TOWNSVILLE: 29th. July 1942.

In the early morning hours of the 29th. July 1942 a Japanese aircraft
dropped eight x 250 lbs. bombs, supposedly on Townsville Q. Seven of
the bombs fell in Cleveland Bay and the eighth bomb fell on Oonoomba,
a suburb of Townsville. Thankfully the damage caused was a crater and
the destruction of one palm tree.

After moving to Townsville in 1979, we, as a Family did visit the
Bomb Site on several occasions. On ANZAC DAY 2014, I transmitted
(AM on ANZAC DAY) from the Site. Since that time the Oonoomba bomb
site was granted a Heritage listing of the Historical WW2 Bombing of
Townsville. I, with other Members of TARC, operated two stations on
ANZAC Day 2024 , Net Control by Gavin, VK4ZZ from the Green St.
Headquarters.

Over the years since 2014, the original tenants (Dept. Primary
Industries) have vacated and the land has become an overgrown area
with a swamp surrounding the Bomb Site. My inquiring mind led me to
investigate just what was the future of our WW2 Heritage-listed Site.
A great deal of the then vacant land had been developed into Housing
and Commercial estates. I found that Plaques, that had been laid at
the Bomb Site were missing and one was removed to an area well away
from our Heritage Listed Site.

Investigation into the three levels of Government regarding; the
future of our Site clearly proved that our Heritage Listed Site
was about to be built over and lost forever!

NOT ON MY WATCH.

A lot of work has gone into dealings with the three levels of
Government: TV and other media interviews with our Local opposition
Member have all helped with securing written documentation of future
support to preserve the Site in "some" form from destruction. It has
not been made clear to what level the preservation will be, this is
why we must get behind the support of the Bomb Site for current and
future residents and visitors to Townsville to witness and enjoy our
History at War.

( Ray will be calling VK4OIL )

Our transmission on the Anniversary of the Bombing, 29th. July 2024
from the Site will be -
Transmission Start: 2.00 pm EST
Transmission Finish: 4.00 pm EST
Freq. 7.100 + or - LSB.
Net Control VK4ZZ - Gavin from TARC H'quarters.

TARC Members who would like to erect a portable station are all
welcome. Any helpers or visitors, all welcome to attend.

I also ask that we be inundated with DX stations from all over our
Great Country to call into the Net and give us moral support.

LEST WE FORGET.

Kind regards,
Ray & Wendy Schinkel



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

round my part of the world, despite what has been forecast, we are having
delightful weather with blue skies, fluffy clouds and cool mornings. Only
a few weeks go, I was reporting that we were in for a drier winter and a
warmer one. With most days getting into single figure temperatures as the
sun comes out I really can’t say it has been warmer than average. Just
like getting the sunspot figures, we will learn the truth as time goes on.

I haven’t been noticing that portable activity has increased, now that the
rain has eased, and I wonder if many amateurs are prepared for activities
away from the shack. There seems to be a level of people following the
POTA and SOTA activities but maybe my sources aren’t getting the whole
picture. Here are ways of flying the flag for amateur radio when we appear
in public and our equipment stands out like a super hero costume to the
lay visitors.

I am from the era when you caught up on the stories of fictional heroes at
places like the barber shop with a better selection of recent but not new
on the shelf magazines and comic. It made a trip to the barber much more
entertaining than the outdated and dog eared collection in the doctors’
surgery waiting room.

This brings up the idea that has been raised over the years of getting
places such as these to have material such as Amateur Radio magazine added
to the collection of 4X4, fishing and other coffee table material
available to read. There are plenty of places that we all visit
periodically and where a variety of the local population also pass
through. Just think of business and health services that have waiting
rooms and here is an opportunity to spark the interest of someone new.

There are is the fact that we don’t currently have any body which will
supervise the donation of material. This is something that surely can be
rectified.

Similarly, we don’t have promotional material which could be distributed
and placed for free in these venues. I am sure that in my region which is
popular with tourists, that camping areas with areas such as laundries
would appreciate some nice material for their clients to browse.

What I am suggesting is that there are many opportunities to spread the
word and even demonstrate our passion to the passing people who come for
other reasons. The mechanic’s waiting room benefits from the caravaning
and camping magazines, along with the fishing and boating material. The
hairdresser doesn’t only have fashion on display and what you find at a
dentist and doctor’s surgery can be an odd mishmash of reading material
which is no doubt dictated by what is unsold at the newsagencies.

So who can think of a good way of putting something like this into action?

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 - Caboolture Radio Club HamFest is to be held on Saturday 13th July.
The venue, a new one, the Caboolture Uniting Church Hall, 257 King street.
That's the corner of King and Smiths Road.

Breakfast will be served from 8 am, with the Hamfest opening at 9 am.
Admission is $5.

For further information see the Club's Facebook page
facebook.com/vk4qd

(Alan VK4TG Secretary, Caboolture Radio Club Inc.)



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





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