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QNEWS - JANUARY 10 VK4 ON AIR

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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)

VK4HBN Alan Whiting 20/11/20 (vk4zz)

VK4KAL Gordon Loveday 24/11/20 (vk4zz)





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Ipswich & District Radio Club VK4WIP
wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/IpswichAndDistrict/
For a full list of repeaters - vk4wip.org.au

Reporting from Ipswich this is Allan, VK4HIT.

President Peter VK4SIR reminds members to note the swapping
of days for business and social meetings. Next business
meeting will be Monday 11 January at 1930 hours, with the
next social meeting Monday 23 January at 1930 hours.

There’s no digital group meeting this month. They kick off
again 1st February also 1930 hours. And Ipswich WICEN has a
big year planned to support several marathon events with
communications. The first will be the Pinnacles Classic on
Sunday 21st February. Before that on Saturday 13th February
between 1000 and 1400 hrs members can check out a WICEN event
at the clubhouse. Various operators will setup and
demonstrate portables and base stations with portable masts,
antennas and more.

Reporting from Ipswich this is Allan, VK4HIT.





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

Sometimes serendipity occurs and not only does something
happen at the right time and it also says what you would like
to have said. Today was just such a day when I read a post
that at least two other amateurs thought worthy of sharing.

“I’m an engineer, I understand the technology, but when I sit
down at my radio and put those headphones on, I am in a world
with no war, no politics, nothing but friends, and it’s that
magic of what I built, and what they built that enables us
to talk.”

Dick VE1AI
( Richard Grantham )

I'd suspect that it comes from the same era as the Amateur’s
Code and it encapsulates the ethos of our hobby, amateurs are
“nothing but friends”.

This is really something to think about at the start of another
year and seek to refine our thoughts and practices for the
best outcomes. The week that people discuss their New Year
Resolutions has past and now is the time we consolidate our
choices for the months ahead.

One of the issues that we personally and collectively have to
deal with is discussions of things that matter. It may be the
preference of operating modes, whether we should run a club
station in a contest or are open line feeders better than
coaxial cable. The subjects are as varied as you like. Now I
did say discussion and I think we have all fallen foul of the
person or clique that likes to justify themselves by
belittling those with whom they disagree. The subject may be
quite uncontentious in itself but the reaction is
disproportionate.

In politeness, we may suffer the first couple of outbursts but
there comes a time when further interactions are futile and
just time wasting. How much more beneficial to all concerned
if we got on with dealing with our friends? Of course, this
is a form of bullying and this behaviour is not tolerated at
schools, in workplaces and in public. So realistically we
should not tolerate bullying in our private lives and
definitely not in our clubs.

For the self absorbed bully, being ignored is a form of
punishment. The narcissistic personality flourishes on being
acknowledged as that feeds their sense of self importance. If
we have to stop personal interactions and even suspend or
expel someone from our club, it is the best remedy to a
totally unacceptable behaviour.

We don’t have to be sitting at the rig for this sense of
friendship to exist but that is perhaps the pinnacle. We
don’t have to be concentrating on the signal we are copying
to escape the bad things of life but having friends gives us
comfort. We don’t have to exclude the world to dismiss the
trivia of politics to engage with real friends. I believe we
need to behave with respect to others and those that
disrespect us we ignore. I believe we can share ideas and
discuss differences and still differ but hold the others in
our esteem. I believe we can all contribute to a better life
in amateur radio, this year, by practising mutual respect and
disregarding those that try to provoke us.

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


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QNEWS Social Scene

Due to the COVID-19 situation, please check these events'
direct for up-to-date status information.

TOWNSVILLE

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)


Want to sit an the exam for an Amateur Radio Operators
Licence here in VK4?

If you are wishing to sit exams and / or upgrades then these
can be organised – Contact the Secretary of the Sunshine Coast
Amateur Radio Club for examination Saturday January 23
Club rooms are located at 85 Godfreys Road Bli Bli QLD.

vk4wis.org

Deadline to advise will be Friday NEXT the 15th January.



IPSWICH

13th February between 1000 and 1400 hrs a WICEN event at
the Ipswich and District Radio Clubhouse.
Operators will setup and demonstrate portable and base
stations with portable masts, antennas and more. (vk4hit)




VK2 - WYONG FIELD DAY February 28 ( vk4zz)

Central Highlands Amateur Radio Club will participate in
the John Moyle Memorial Field Day Contest March 20 and
21st at the Model Aero Club, Mosquito Creek. (vk4zz)


REDFEST 2021 April Ten (vk4tfn)

The Clairview Gathering where Radio Amateurs meet
between Rockhampton and Mackay is one of the main
revenue raisers for the Rockhampton and District
Amateur Radio Club and Mackay Amateur Radio Association.
30th April to Monday morn 3rd May
(vk4zz)

Central Highlands ARC Theresa Creek Campout is from
Friday 28th 'til Sunday 30th May at Theresa Creek Dam
southwest of Clermont (vk4zz)


VK3 - ALARAMEET 2021 Bendigo VK3 October 1 - 4 (vk5yl)








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