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QNEWS - JUNE 13 VK4 ON AIR 2021

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DID YOUR CLUB TELL ANYONE ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK?


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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.
tinyurl.com/uddvmx98


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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)

VK4AFA David Brownsey 25/05/21 (vk4ar)

VK4AFA Passed away peacefully on 25th May 2021, he was 79

Late of Kelvin Grove David Brownsey was the Son of Albert
and Katherine Brownsey (dec'd). Twin brother to Helen (dec'd),
and brother of Jenny Louis, Rodney and Albert.

He will be missed by all in the extended family and his
friends. The funeral service was held at George Hartnett
Metropolitan Funeral Chapel Kelvin Grove on Tuesday 8th June.

Publication: The Courier-Mail provided by Gary Ryan VK4AR

David had been a regular WIA Volunteer, in fact was a past
ASSOCIATE EDITOR, TECHNICAL of our AR magazine. A member of
the Brisbane Area WICEN Management Committee circa 2010 and
avid photographer with many a photo appearing in AR Magazine
and our old QTC.

During the WIA's Centenary year along with Mic VK4CRC, David
VK4AFA set up many a display in Queensland for us, some items
included 1910 diathermy units claimed to cure all diseases
known to mankind and some not yet identified, and a replica
spark gap transmitter built by the late Al Shawsmith VK4SS.

Rest in Peace David Brownsey VK4AFA

(VK4BB QNEWS)


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

One of the news and perspective sources that I enjoy is “The
Conversation”. It is a
change from, the at times, partisan commercial press to read material
written by
experts in the field and guided by journalists in presenting their ideas.
So it was
that I was jolted into thinking about the content of an essay by Professor
John
Blaxland of the ANU. Prof. Blaxland is an authority on the Australian
Defence Force
in which he has both served and written.

It has been a feature of the attitude to the Army since the Vietnam War when
conscription was in force, that its numbers should be reduced and this has
meant
with the abandonment of conscription, the reduction of both the regular
and reserve
numbers that the membership of our military is probably at an all-time low
on a
population basis. With this in mind Blaxland points out the strain that is
being
imposed on the ADF in performing essentially civilian duties and currently
this is
the support of the COVID19 deployments.

It is the Professor’s contention that the military in Australia is being
expected to
do too much with the personnel that they have available. Similarly there
is the
confusion over the role of the peace time services as to whether they are
properly a
fighting force or civilian first responders.

You might ask what this has to do with amateur radio and this is the thing
I hope to
answer. Twenty years ago plus a bit, the WICEN name was well respected in
the halls
of government and could be found officially recognised by Emergency
Management
Australia. WICEN was part of the framework that existed to support the
community in
times of emergency. Then it wasn’t.

Today we see amateur radio used by local government disaster management
groups,
bodies such as the Red Cross and the Salvation Army and in NSW, the WICEN
organisation is part of the State infrastructure that includes SES.

It has been pointed out that the management of the vaccine supply has been
far from
a success for Australia and maybe we should be asking where is Emergency
Management
Australia? We have limited resources in the volunteer sector supported by
the State
with the orange dress of the SES being the obvious sector. Go back some 60
years and
we had what was called a Civil Defence Network.

Funnily enough, if you follow the hierarchy up, you will see that each
country could
have a Civil Defence organisation skilled and supported to serve its
community and
able to designate its belongings with the green cross that we see on
modern first
aid kits. More serious commentary is being made about the lack of
preparedness for
supporting the civilian population in times of need.
The frequent and severe bush fires and the expected increase in weather
system
severity are going to demand that we have the resources to meet these
challenges.

One thing that so much of on air activity teaches us in amateur radio is
to be
effective message handlers and efficient operators of communications
equipment. We
as hams should think about what and where we can contribute these skills,
in the
future.

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


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