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QNEWS NOVEMBER 17 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)
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)
VK4NL NOEL DES JADINS 16/10/24 (vk4vp)

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

We like to be able to identify and put a face to bodies with which we
associate. At
times the face is that of a person who has power to influence outcomes and
at other
times it is a willing spokesperson, a media face.

Within our club structures, the group that forms the executive is usually
supporting
the leader or chair person in public statements. Unlike politicians we
don’t and
can’t justify having a media spokesperson in a not-for-profit body. But at
times the
very important role of publicity officer is the unsung hero who gets the
message out
to the membership, the TV and print and broadcast media and, of course, to
other
clubs and enthusiasts.

Normally we don’t get to see or hear much of publicity officers except for
perhaps
their name on the bottom of a post or news release. Yet it is this person
who can
provide a wide range of support to our body not only with the necessary
dispersal of
information but making sure that the name of our club is “out there”.

These days there are many platforms which people use for sourcing news and
information. Once we depended on books, libraries and newspapers but these
days the
internet gives us instant access to many opportunities. To this end, do
you know
what your membership turns to for entertainment, news and messaging? Once
it was web
pages that carried the traffic but these days we have numerous social media
platforms and they tend to be used by different segments of the community.

Has anyone gone to the trouble of finding out what club members are using
regularly
or what family members are chatting with from school ages through to
grandparents? I
bet you will find that many households are represented on several of these
apps.

Then naturally we have to include our specific avenues which are dedicated to
supporting amateur radio. We have club pages on net platforms, the bi-monthly
Amateur Radio magazine and of course our weekly news service provided by
the WIA. As
a regular listener have you taken the time to count the number of clubs
who provide
material to QNews? The regular number would probably amount to the fingers
of one
hand with maybe two or three appearing more than a couple of times each year.

This is why I believe the publicity officer is the unsung hero because
they take the
time to answer those questions I have asked and they endeavour to get
their messages
out on all the appropriate platforms. It was whilst I was at school that I
started
listening to the weekly news broadcast and I continued doing so as I became a
shortwave listener and then a licensed amateur. If my experience stands for
anything, it is that we never know who is listening and with the world
wide spread
of amateur radio and the internet we never should be surprised where these
listeners
are. We are a community of enthusiasts and we should know how to speak to
each other
and include those we don’t know as well.

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



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