QNEWS - NOVEMBER 15 VK4 ON AIR
------------------------------------------------------------*
DID YOUR CLUB TELL ANYONE ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK?
------------------------------------------------------------*
THE FOLLOWING QNEWS CAN BE HEARD FROM OUR AUDIO SERVICE
Available in Audio RIGHT NOW
wiaq.org.au
OR
vk7ax.id.au/wianews/
Also search QNEWS in your podcast.
(make sure it IS the Ham Radio QNEWS using capital letters)
shorturl.at/uBT17
------------------------------------------------------------*
VK4 SILENT KEYS @ JULY 2020- MAY 2021 WIA YEAR
SK CALL SK NAME ADVISED BY
ex-VK4KJO Joachim Ostrenski (Joe Ski) 9/9/20 (vk4zz)
VK4CNP Norm Philips 20/10/20 (vk4bat)
ex-VK4FPJT Paul J Turner 22/10/20 (vk4bb)
------------------------------------------------------------*
CLUBBING
Ipswich & District Radio Club VK4WIP
wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/IpswichAndDistrict/
For a full list of repeaters - vk4wip.org.au
After a COVID-19 interrupted schedule this year Ipswich and
District Radio Club¡¯s WICEN group coordinated by Robert VK4HBW
enlisted the support members and associates to provide safety
communication checkpoints for the Ultra Guzzler marathon on
the weekend of November 7 and 8.
A total of six checkpoints were manned along the 50 & 100 km
events.
In what could be described as a more than a little extreme
fun run - around 600 runners took part. The course took
participants from Mt Coot-tha along rugged bush tracks
towards Mt Nebo, out as far as Lake Manchester and back to
the finish line at Mt Coot-tha.
Feedback from the organisers is that there were very happy
with the efforts of the WICEN support.
Meanwhile, Ipswich club members and friends are remined the
annual Christmas lunch BBQ will be held in Kholo Gardens
Ipswich on Saturday November 28 from 10am. This is the same
location as previous years ¨C BYO everything except BBQs.
Reporting from Ipswich this is Allan, VK4HIT.
------------------------------------------------------------*
Redcliffe and Districts radio club.
wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/RedcliffeAndDistrictRadioClub/
Greetings from the Redcliffe & Districts Radio Club VK4RC.
Right here in south East Queensland.
Robert Thomson VK4TFN here.
We have not forgotten REDFEST 2021.
We hope, that we can depend upon your support next year.
Barring all unforeseeable vicissitudes, it will be held at
St Michael's College in Caboolture Shire.
Go to: redclifferadioclub.org.au
We're also on Facebook.
Bye for now and 73s from the Redcliffe and Districts Radio
Club VK4RC.
------------------------------------------------------------*
Hello, I¡¯m Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP, and I¡¯ve been thinking.
Those of us that use YouTube as a way of following various
aspects of amateur radio will undoubtedly have stumbled
across a British larrikan called Callum, M0MCX, the brain
behind the DX Commander range of vertical HF antennas.
Callum has developed a world wide following on his YouTube
channel and one of his most recent videos has been receiving
comments beyond the English shores.
A topic which bemuses us and on which I have reflected is how
do we successfully attract young people into the hobby and
how do we retain them. As part of Callum¡¯s journey he was for
a number of years involved as a Scout Leader and was able to
conduct amateur events for his scouts. He mentions the
numbers that he was successful in recruiting, in that time,
and I expect it would compare with outcomes in VK-land and
elsewhere. However, he makes the observation that for many
people, study, adulthood, family and career take precedence
over recreation and it is not perhaps for some 30 to 40 years
after the introduction, when life has stabilised, that people
reflect on the good time they had as a youngster and they
consider involving themselves in amateur radio as a serious
pursuit.
I would suggest that you watch his video which is not too
long and you will get a better understanding of Callum¡¯s
message than from my paraphrase. For me, this is a point that
we can all think upon and perhaps it may temper our efforts
in successful recruitment.
Search YouTube under M0MCX, DX Commander or Callum McCormack.
Sadly, this past week, I have missed the openings that have
been happening on 10 and 6m with excitement also noted
amongst 11m operators. People have been working into northern
Europe on 15m and above using various modes and it seems some
of the most successful contacts have been on the digital
modes. For those lucky enough to be able to monitor the bands,
the excitement of the early stages of Sunspot Cycle 25 has
got the blood pumping a little stronger.
With our Foundation licence colleagues able to use digital
modes, it should make for more signals on the bands and more
people able to claim the various awards for contacts with
different entities, call zones etc. Collecting awards can be
part of developing skills in general DX operations and this
can lead into the heady, at times, fast paced activity of
contesting. This is the beauty of enjoying a pass time that
is so diverse, the paths to enjoyments are so many.
I trust that the storm activity doesn¡¯t spoil the low bands
and the openings work for you.
Enjoy amateur radio with me.
I¡¯m VK4ZPP Geoff Emery and that¡¯s what I think¡.how about you?
------------------------------------------------------------*
2020 Social Scene
Due to the COVID-19 situation, please check these events'
direct for up-to-date status information.
2020
TARC Social Meeting this Tuesday November 17th will be
happening at the Club Rooms, Green Street West End 7-30pm.
If you would like to participate on the Zoom platform please
send a request to vk4wit@... (tarc)
Ipswich Radio Club Christmas lunch BBQ Kholo Gardens
November 28 from 10am. (vk4hit)
Rockhampton Amateur Radio Annual Dinner Sat Nov 28 (vk4acc)
TARC AGM November 29 at Rossiter Park Aitkenvale (tarc)
TARC Xmas Party - Sun 13th December from 2pm (tarc)
TARC Xmas Lights Tour - Fri 18th December (tarc)
2021
TARC Australia Day Long Week Family Radio Camp
Thursday afternoon 21st to Tuesday afternoon 26th
January at Girl Guides Association of Queensland
Campsite and Training Centre Bluewater. (vk4zz)
WYONG FIELD DAY February 28 ( vk4zz)
REDFEST 2021 April Ten (vk4tfn)
AND HERE IS WHAT'S IN THE WIA NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK
COMMENCING NOVEMBER 15 2020 IN OUR 25th YEAR OF
NON STOP NEWS IT'S THE BEST NEWS YOU'LL GET ALL WEEK.
( 1937 in a mention we've come across relating to weekly
broadcasts of information prepared by VK4 was a plea to
restart the weekly news service which was on air in the
late 1920's )
NOW, FROM AUSTRALIA, FOR WEEK COMMENCING NOVEMBER 15 2020:-
WIA Director Phil vk2cpr checks in with the International
Radio Amateur Union (IARU)
Jason VK2LAW looks at comments focusing on draft
recommendations for World Radiocommunication Conference 2023
Multiple callsigns to be on the air with a SERIAL NUMBER
changed daily, these serial numbers tacked to the callsign
changing daily, count down the days until the actual
celebration day of March 25th, 2021. Confused? so are we
but Felix VK4FUQ tries to unfathom this special special
event.
During the Second World War German intelligence deployed
wireless teams throughout occupied Europe; and, secret agents
were also sent to Britain to spy on British military activity.
This fascinating era of our dark past is in the book
RADIO WAR and Nic VK7WW flicks through its pages for us
as he reviews the book.
Bevan VK5BD The man himself responsible for the video you
see when viewing this news through your local ATV repeater
or YouTube has had a big week, over 200 views and over
120 subscribers - learn more when in special interest group
news another videographer joins us, one with a GREAT TV
Callsign, that¡¯s Col, VK3GTV
THESE STORIES AND MORE WILL BE IN THIS WEEKS EDITION OF
NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA and VK1WIA.
ATV (Every pixel tells a story) VERSION
tinyurl.com/WIA-News-Videos
AUDIO and TEXT (the written word)
wia.org.au/members/broadcast/wianews/
-----------------------------------------------------------
------------- A PODCAST IS AVAILABLE HERE-------------------*
shorturl.at/ilpO7
------------------------------------------------------------*
-------------------------SDNE--------------------------------*
