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QNEWS OCTOBER 6 2024 - VK4 ON AIR

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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)
VK4FANG ROGER HARNDEN 22/07/24 (vk4zz)
X/VK4TC Terry Harding Cain 30/07/24 (vk4zz)
VK4CWJ GORDON WEBSTER July 2024 (vk4vp)
VK4SWR JOE SEBAST5IANI 03/07/24 (vk4zz)
VK4TE ALEX McDONALD 27/09/24 (vk4ra)

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Alex McDonald VK4TE passed away on 27th September

Alex's radio interest as a boy came from the humble crystal set,
this was followed by six years in the RAAF as a radio technician,
during this period he gained his amateur limited licence followed
by the unrestricted licence about four years later.

Alex was secretary of the Queensland branch of the WIA for many years
until it was absorbed into the current national WIA, also during this
period he was instrumental in the recording of morse practice tapes
and sending hundreds of them to Queensland radio amateurs who wished
to upgrade their limited licence.

In his early years Alex was mainly interested in the competition side
of the hobby, he achieved his DXCC and loved radio field trips with
his family.

After a 45 year period of not using CW he regained proficiency and
focused on CW contacts until his passing.

Amateur radio was a significant part of Alex's life, it gave him great
entertainment and created many friendships.


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CLUBBING

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DARLING DOWNS RADIO CLUB

vk4wid@...

Hi. I'm John, VK4JPM with this week's update from the Darling Downs Radio
Club. Check your diary now for the two upcoming club events in October:

It's social lunch month, and next Saturday the 12th we meet at the
Southern Hotel in Ruthven Street Timing is 1130 for a 1200 o'clock start.
Everyone is welcome including YLs and YOTA types. You'll find us at
tables around to the right as you come in from the carpark.

The next club meeting is on Monday 14 October in the Toowoomba Library at
1900, and we're all about 3D printing this month, with Steph Piper from
USQ's Maker Space and 3D printing lab. And, I hear you ask, how is that
relevant to ham radio? OK, use a search engine to look for "3D print ham
radio" and you'll find over 10000 3D models on the Yeggi site alone.
Remember that pesky Baofeng belt clip that broke? Yep, it's there, and
Steph will show you how you could print a replacement quick smart.

Our website at ddrci.org.au has everything you need to know: on the home
page click through the View Detail buttons under "upcoming events". And
check out the newsletter and other club info while you're there.

That URL again: ddrci.org.au Catch us on 12 and 14 October, and if
you're listening to this on Sunday morning, the club Sunday 2M net starts
in about 30 minutes.

I'm John VK4JPM. You can drop me a line by sending a note to
Secretary@... and I'd love to help you get your Garden City
award.




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

The images of destruction from various parts of the world seem to have been
proliferating in the past few weeks. Sadly the news doesn’t seem to be
improving
with wars and natural disasters claiming headlines.

It has been a feature of the amateur community to offer assistance to the
community
in times of distress and following the devastation that Hurricane Helene
has wrought
through parts of the south eastern US, we have seen mainstream media
picking up on
some hams using their stations to pass welfare messages. There is a long
history of
this in the United States and even in this Land Down Under many man hours
have gone
into community support with amateurs using their equipment and skills during
cyclones, floods and fires and also working in volunteer bodies in their home
communities.

Most of the OTs are familiar with the WICEN acronym and there are several
bodies
operating under the WICEN name scattered around the country.

Seventy years or so ago, Australia had a strong volunteer body known as
the Civil
Defence. This body performed multiple functions but it had a strong
government
supported ethos of looking after the civilians which was shaped by the
lessons of
World War 2. Today there is much less emphasis on civil defence with
bodies such as
Salvation Army, Red Cross and SES performing many of those functions.

You will find amateur operators working quietly within these bodies and
many other
groups. However, just because there are formal structures doesn’t mean
that we as
individuals cannot help if the situation demands. Certainly the training
which these
bodies and professions such as the military provide can smooth the way
messages are
handled but really, if we think about what our regulations exams covered,
we all
have the basics of being effective message handlers.

With more and more equipment being available for camping and other
recreations, most
of us can have things like back up power to run rigs and computers. The
thing is
that amateurs have the option to be versatile in what they do and what
bands that
they use. That versatility can link low and high power, DX and NVIS,
simplex and
repeater operations into very effective communication networks.

I certainly would like to see promotion of activities like WICEN and
things such as
message handling tools and operating manuals as it would improve the flow of
information to those who need it and it would also make operations
consistent and
better able to be logged. It seems that much effort has been put into
promoting
other areas of the hobby when community support could be more valuable.

As we head into daylight saving in other parts of the country, we on the
east of the
country especially along with the north and north west are welcoming the
start of
cyclone season.
It is also the time when bush fires are at the most damaging in the run up
to the
great mid-summer season.

I reckon we can all be ready to do a bit if needed as in times of
emergency every
little bit helps.

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



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Parklands 231 Beaudesert-Nerang Road Nerang. (vk4DMH)





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