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QNEWS - JUNE 6 VK4 ON AIR 2021

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QUEENSLAND (VK4) STATE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PORTAL
Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest news, key facts and figures,
contacts and answers to your questions.
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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)

VK4ZJD Paul Donovan 01/03/21 (vk4zz)

exVK4CWex Frank Hocking 27/05/21 (vk4zz)

Sad news has been received that Francis ‘Frank’ Hocking
(ex VK4CW) has gone Silent Key.

Frank was a very well known Radio Amateur in the NQ region,
residing in the Burdekin for many years, including a long
stint in Ahern Street Ayr, then when his health degraded, at
Regis Care in Home Hill.

Apart from being an avid operator on the air, Frank also
restored electrical and electronic equipment and at one stage
held one of the largest collections of heritage telephones in
the country. Frank was a member of the Townsville Amateur
Radio Club for many years right up until his passing and
thoroughly enjoyed receiving the Club magazine Back-scatter
every month.

Frank’s funeral notice was published in the Townsville
Bulletin on Tuesday June 1st reporting that Frank had passed
away peacefully at Ayr Hospital May 27, with the Funeral
Service on Thursday 3rd June at Ayr.

(theTARCinc)


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

I see lots of comments from around the world, well the
English speaking world really, that the use of repeaters on
VHF and UHF is declining. It isn’t just a phenomenon that
happens here. The thing is that over the past 50 odd years,
radio clubs have invested much time and money establishing
the repeaters that so often sit mute apart from the necessary
ident signals.

As the years have past, equipment has been upgraded and
refined and often connected to linking services allowing DX
connections into local lounge rooms, so to speak. With the
growth in interest in the various digital modes, many, mainly
metropolitan, repeaters sites are now digitally enabled as
well. The costs to the providers whether private or club
sponsored have continued to rise with the push for governments
to want full commercial rental for use of high locations and
the costs of equipment have risen too.

Anyway, last Sunday, I tried to listen to the news broadcast
via my local 2m repeater and had the frustration of not being
able to comfortably or easily follow what was being said. For
a signal report it would deserve a Q2 to 3. It is obviously
a combination of factors because with strong enough uplink
signals and along with the voice identification the downlink
was perfect. With lower powered inputs the downlink was a
disaster. Now I am aware that the club which runs the news
broadcast maintains a power level of 10 Watts to enable
Foundation call members to conduct the rebroadcasts. This
power limit, winter weather locally and a moderately long
path to the repeater all combine to confound the listener and
demonstrate the laws of physics as they apply to radio.

Now there are several individuals who give their time and
efforts to maintain the repeater and also run the news
broadcast and take the callbacks and their efforts are much
appreciated. When things go awry well the look isn’t nearly
so good. It must be the time for gremlins as another local
repeater, in a different town, seemed to be like the puppy
biting its tail. It seems there was a feedback between input
and output which put a rather high pitched screech to air.

As was once said, “such is life”.

With both these instances there has to be remediation. Just
what the solutions are will be known down the track but one
thing is for sure, some people will be spending more time
attending to the issues and maybe there will have to be
financial outlays as well. For the casual user sitting at
home or enjoying the scenery on a day trip, others will be
using vehicles, fuel and other resources to keep the
repeaters running in terms of the licences.

Maybe we need a hub and have the broadcast audio uploaded
automatically and do away with the volunteers but as nice as
that could be it would lack the personal touch that voice
call ins provide.

I’m Geoff Emery VK4ZPP & that’s what I think, how about you?


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