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QNEWS - APRIL 24 VK4 ON AIR 2022

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WHY DIDN'T YOUR CLUB TELL QNEWS 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 @ WIA YEAR COMMENCING JULY 26 2021

SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY

VK4IW Kev Dickson 07/07/2021 (vk4dmh)
VK4JJ Joscelyn McGrath 29/07/2021 (vk4zz)
VK4NJA Alan Perkins 07/11/2021 (vk4beg)
VK4AYR Mark Bennett 26/07/2021 (tarc)
VK4YZ Charlie Strong 02/01/2022 (Redcliffe Club)
VK4BJC Jeff Cooper 11/01/2022 (vk4eka)
VK4WAL Len Walker Mid January (vk4ac)
VK4GS George Smith 26/02/2022 (vk4zz)
VK4HRP Ray Parrinder 9/03/2022 (vk4atc)




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

We are accustomed to the country participating and recognising the
importance of
ANZAC Day on the Australian calendar. For many of the younger people
listening to
the Wireless Institute News Services it may be strange that there is such
a close
relationship between amateur radio and the major military memorial day.

It is a long history but wireless was used over 100 years ago in the First
World
War. Some of those people who learned about this new technology whilst in
uniform
came back to civilian life with a wider evaluation of its worth. As the
experimenters grew in numbers, they started to form communities which grew
into
clubs and representative bodies, one of which became the Wireless
Institute of
Australia.

By the time that the Second World War came, there had been the growth of
broadcasting and many of the commercial radio stations came about from radio
amateurs starting to experiment with broadcasting music and public
announcements. A
wireless was still an expensive piece of household furniture. For the
maritime
industries, international companies had expanded services around the world to
service shipping, news services were linking countries and radio equipment
was part
of government services such as police and military.

So the growth and development of technology went on and more people used
two way
radio as part of their civilian and military lives. Naturally, the curious
who
returned to peace time and were bitten by the bug gravitated towards a
recreational
use of this marvellous tool.

Sadly it is the same technology via the internet that brings the horrors
of armed
conflict to our devices and the nightly television. We witness the
slaughter and
sanitised images of destruction at the breakfast table, during our daily
commute or
wherever we can connect to the internet. We see more that we were given
during
involvements of the armed forces overseas and if nothing else this should
be the
stark reminder of events etched into the minds of those participants and
especially
the
people in uniform.

We will hear a list of those amateurs who served and didn’t return home in
the ANZAC
Day broadcast and it is for us to remember these were people who enjoyed this
pursuit like we do. It is for them and their families and for us all to
remember the
dire events that brought us the freedoms we value today.

In an aggressive country you will be arrested for calling the current
engagement a
war but we are free to speak and debate and live our lives without the
threats of
prison or the rain of shells and death.

For what we have and the price that has secured it, let us remember on
ANZAC Day.

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



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HAPPY AND HOLY EASTER

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VK4 SILENT KEYS @ WIA YEAR COMMENCING JULY 26 2021

SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY

VK4IW Kev Dickson 07/07/2021 (vk4dmh)
VK4JJ Joscelyn McGrath 29/07/2021 (vk4zz)
VK4NJA Alan Perkins 07/11/2021 (vk4beg)
VK4AYR Mark Bennett 26/07/2021 (tarc)
VK4YZ Charlie Strong 02/01/2022 (Redcliffe Club)
VK4BJC Jeff Cooper 11/01/2022 (vk4eka)
VK4WAL Len Walker Mid January (vk4ac)
VK4GS George Smith 26/02/2022 (vk4zz)
VK4HRP Ray Parrinder 9/03/2022 (vk4atc)




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

Easter seems to have lost much of the religious significance that it was
created
upon and in the Sunshine State it is the celebration of the end of summer
with
generally slightly cooler and more pleasant weather. Just the right time for
enjoying a long weekend. A frenzied time of travel and a furious time of
brief
relaxation before the trek home for the rest of the workday week seems to
be the
Aussie mark of a good time.

Things are happening in the wider community with access to venues previously
restricted to people who met the standard of suitable vaccination. During
the week,
the walls were breached and access to New Zealand is now available to
similarly
vaccinated souls and the great floating escape machines, the cruise
liners, are now
boarding passengers after floating forlornly dormant for the past two
years. If you
didn’t know better you would believe that the pandemic has left us behind.

There are the reminders blowing in the wind from the medical experts that
we need to
be responsible and prepared as new variants of the virus envelope the
planet. The
process of assessing the effects of these interminably varying germs is
ongoing and
just because we are living with the virus, we have no evidence as to what the
ongoing effects of infection will be. The only seeming constant outcome of
the
research is that being fully vaccinated reduces the severity and reduces the
risk of dying.

So why spend so much time discussing the facts about something that has
closed
businesses, caused burnout amongst the health workforce and shifted the
economic
axis of the country and induced a glaring, over powering feeling of angst and
boredom? The news is, it ain’t over yet.

When I look at the images from meetings and get-togethers, it seems
obvious that as
a collective, our ages are increasing. With increasing age comes the
susceptibility
for increasing chronic illnesses and that makes we seniors easy prey to
complications from a Covid infection. Just because the current variant of
the virus
has, generally, little effect on the young members of the community we should
remember that people not showing symptoms can still spread the infection.

All I am seeking to do is remind people of the risks we still face
regardless of the
easing of restrictions to social activities. We need to follow the
doctor’s advice
of carrying a face mask for use when we can’t socially distance. Hand
washing and
sanitiser should still remain routine for us all.

Please act safely and protect yourself and your fellows and I hope to
catch you on
the air.




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



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QNEWS - APRIL 10 VK4 ON AIR 2022

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WHY DIDN'T YOUR CLUB TELL QNEWS ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK?


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THE FOLLOWING NEWS CAN BE HEARD FROM OUR AUDIO SERVICE
based in BRISBANE, OLYMPIC CITY 2031, RIGHT NOW:-


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OR

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VK4 - REDFEST IS THIS SATURDAY
Sat. April 9 St Michaels College Caboolture (vk4bz)
Sellers can start filling tables after 7am.
The venue for selling will open at 9am although
the public can gather from 8am onwards for breakfast


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


School and academy holidays are upon us and no doubt some earnest clubs
have a
program to interest young people in the fun of solder smoke and kit
building. I, at
least hope, some clubs are offering a path into amateur radio as I haven’t
heard of
any activities being conducted. We are great at talking about how great
our past
time is and yet we seem to struggle in spreading the word and offering
training
towards a licence at times that may best suit many candidates.

The news and current affairs are always a reminder to me of the
opportunities that
can be drawn from current events. I am not recommending that anyone
engages in self
sacrifice and rushes off to slay dragons on the other side of the world.
However,
even the shocking information that is coming to light gives an opportunity to
reflect on how we as individuals and group members should interact with
our fellow
humans. There are the stories of people involved in self sacrifice and
survival in
the face of events that most have never contemplated and this makes me
consider what
I could do in times of extreme hardship.

No doubt most of us have seen the post containing a chart of the forecast
sunspot
activity and the actual recorded figures which has circulated on social
media this
past week. The suggestion is that the peak of Cycle 25 is being reached
sooner than
predicted and the implication is that it will wane
sooner than expected. This would seem unlikely as the timing has been a
relatively
flexible 11 year cycle and history would suggest that the peak may be
higher than
predicted and the term still has some years to run. With some of the
openings on
short wave and higher, we can hope that optimism is the right path.

Perhaps, to touch on the somewhat controversial topic of the COVID
pandemic, the
fact there seems to be a slight friction between the public health sector
and the
epidemiologists is something for clubs and individuals to think about. We
have the
lessening of public health restrictions at a time when the infection rate
is the
highest it has ever been. We have the professionals who specialise in the
study of
diseases and their spread warning that the pandemic has not ended and that
there
could be variants of the virus that not only spread more widely than the
current one
but become more deadly, once again.

Contrary to what the hopeful politicians are saying there is still the
possibility
of needing public health restrictions and lock downs in the future. Unlike
the visit
of the Easter Bunny, there is no certainty but when we have differences of
opinion
amongst the professionals in an area, my feeling is that we should err on
the side
of caution. As the scouting movement teaches, “Be Prepared”.


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



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VK4 - REDFEST IS THIS SATURDAY
Sat. April 9 St Michaels College Caboolture
Sellers can start filling tables after 7am.
The venue for selling will open at 9am although
the public can gather from 8am onwards for breakfast


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QNEWS - APRIL 3 VK4 ON AIR 2022

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WHY DIDN'T YOUR CLUB TELL QNEWS ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK?

DARLING DOWNS CLUB DID!


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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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THE FOLLOWING NEWS CAN BE HEARD FROM OUR AUDIO SERVICE
based in BRISBANE, OLYMPIC CITY 2031, RIGHT NOW:-


www.vk7ax.id.au/wianews/

OR

www.wiaq.org.au


Importantly remember to download from the site by COT
(Close of Transmission) Mondays.


Also search QNEWS (make sure it IS the Ham Radio QNEWS)
in your podcast app..

tinyurl.com/4hnahk8p

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VK4 SILENT KEYS @ WIA YEAR COMMENCING JULY 26 2021

SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY

VK4IW Kev Dickson 07/07/2021 (vk4dmh)
VK4JJ Joscelyn McGrath 29/07/2021 (vk4zz)
VK4NJA Alan Perkins 07/11/2021 (vk4beg)
VK4AYR Mark Bennett 26/07/2021 (tarc)
VK4YZ Charlie Strong 02/01/2022 (Redcliffe Club)
VK4BJC Jeff Cooper 11/01/2022 (vk4eka)
VK4WAL Len Walker Mid January (vk4ac)
VK4GS George Smith 26/02/2022 (vk4zz)
VK4HRP Ray Parrinder 9/03/2022 (vk4atc)




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CLUBBING



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DARLING DOWNS RADIO CLUB

vk4wid@...

For the Darling Downs Radio Club Incorporated this is Dougal VK4EKA.

Bob Murton VK4ZOW will present 'How to install and setup an SDR
Dongle in any boat anchor ham radio HF/VHF/UHF'. Bob will
demonstrate how to upgrade radios to have a waterfall display
(or panadaptor) to keep up with new technology.

See the talk at the Community Venues level 3 above the Toowoomba
City Library Victoria St Toowoomba at 7:30 pm Monday 11th April".

Regards
Dougal





Redcliffe and Districts radio club.
www.wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/RedcliffeAndDistrictRadioClub/

TEXT EDITION ONLY

Hi, it’s John Saunders VK4BZ on behalf of the Redcliffe & Districts Radio
Club

Yes, that’s right – Redfest 22 is on Saturday 9th April at St Michael’s
College, The Abbey Place, Caboolture.

The gates open for sellers from 7:00am to set up tables, and for buyers
from 9:00am until 2:00pm.

Breakfast is available from 7:00am with Dougie’s famous bacon and egg
rolls and cups of tea or coffee to fuel your ham shopping stamina.

Entry is only $5.00 per person and if you’ve got some things to sell, you
can still book a table for $10.00 each. Simply contact the convener by
email to: secretary@...

There will be heaps of tables with pre-loved goodies for you to purchase,
along with commercial sellers for you to browse as well.

Navigating to Redfest is easy! You can Google “St Michael’s College” or
follow these simple directions: from the M1 turn toward Bribie Island at
the Bribie Island Road exit. Drive for 5.6kms to Old Toorbul Point Road
and turn left. Follow the Redfest signs for a few hundred meters and turn
into St Michael’s College.

Redfest comes but once per year so don’t miss it! Saturday 9th April at St
Michael’s College, The Abbey Place, Caboolture.

This is John Saunders VK4BZ on behalf of the Redcliffe & Districts Radio
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Hello, I’m Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP, and I’ve been thinking.

For the followers of the game of politics, this past week was one of the
prime
pieces of melodrama called the Budget. The government of the day attempts
to read
straws in the wind and report on the economic activity that the country has
experienced over the past year. From that the augurers in the Treasury
read the
signs and the Treasurer presents a trite speech which purports to tell us,
the
electors what it means and whether we are going to be better or worse off.

Now much of the decision making is based on perceptions of what the people
want and
or need. To get some cohesion to the thinking process, the fallback
identity is what
is called a stereotype. So all small businesses are thought to have common
features,
all big businesses are grouped as if they have a commonality and wage
earners form
the majority. Now it isn’t just the government that depends on the uses of
stereotypes and even going down in size, community organisations down to
small clubs
often depend on beliefs about groups of people, consumers, client or users
to make
decisions on many matters.

It is almost inevitable that as we consider matters of importance to us or
our body
that we do group others and regardless for the differences we share, our
characteristics are conflated to help make choices. For instance, when I
speak of
young people it seems to be inevitable that our mind moves, to perhaps,
recognition
of family members of a certain age. Old people are perhaps other family
members or
neighbours and the memory of individuals colours our thoughts in making a
decision.
The point is and we all know this, our neighbours are not the same as our
parents in
so many ways.
So the question must be, how do we make a considered choice when there is
so much
difference?

If we are sitting around with family and friends it is so obvious that we
don’t even
think about the process. We ask them. From the responses we can then move
along with
a discussion or let the answers stand and quietly consider them. To me the
critical
part of this is to ask the question. Without having understanding of other
辫别辞辫濒别’蝉
perspective we can only fall back on our own beliefs and biases. That is
hardly the
way to get good data.

When tuning an antenna, we use the best instruments we can to take the
readings and
we can be pretty certain we will get a good result. When it comes to group
development it is perhaps too often that an idea gets put out and the
immediate
mental reaction is what determines the response to that idea. Without
investigation,
without instruments, we try and tune into a subject and then later wonder
why the
outcome was less that was planned for.

It is much easier for a club to poll its members on a subject and proceed
to make
decisions once it has some good information than it is for the government
to project
the state of the economy in 3 years time. We can and should put in the
work instead
of depending on just opinions.


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



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REDFEST Saturday April 9 St Michaels College Caboolture (vk4bz)

Sellers can start filling tables after 7am.
The venue for selling will open at 9am although
the public can gather from 8am onwards for breakfast



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QNEWS - MARCH 27 VK4 ON AIR 2022

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WHY DIDN'T YOUR CLUB TELL QNEWS ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK?


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THE FOLLOWING NEWS CAN BE HEARD FROM OUR AUDIO SERVICE
based in BRISBANE, OLYMPIC CITY 2031, RIGHT NOW:-


www.vk7ax.id.au/wianews/

OR

www.wiaq.org.au


Importantly remember to download from the site by COT
(Close of Transmission) Mondays.


Also search QNEWS (make sure it IS the Ham Radio QNEWS)
in your podcast app..

tinyurl.com/4hnahk8p

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VK4 SILENT KEYS @ WIA YEAR COMMENCING JULY 26 2021

SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY

VK4IW Kev Dickson 07/07/2021 (vk4dmh)
VK4JJ Joscelyn McGrath 29/07/2021 (vk4zz)
VK4NJA Alan Perkins 07/11/2021 (vk4beg)
VK4AYR Mark Bennett 26/07/2021 (tarc)
VK4YZ Charlie Strong 02/01/2022 (Redcliffe Club)
VK4BJC Jeff Cooper 11/01/2022 (vk4eka)
VK4WAL Len Walker Mid January (vk4ac)
VK4GS George Smith 26/02/2022 (vk4zz)
VK4HRP Ray Parrinder 9/03/2022 (vk4atc)




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

Ambition, goal setting or aspiration, the name really doesn’t matter but the
outcomes certainly do. One thing that is important in getting places is
having a
direction in which to travel and the same applies to recreational and service
pursuits too. For people joining the activity popularly called ham radio, for
groups, clubs and advocacy bodies, being able to follow a set of
guidelines to
achieve the goals is a great and necessary motivator.

We have just passed over the calendar where one of the popular summer
contests has
been held. There have been many clubs running stations, largely as social
events, to
enjoy the activities contesting provides. There were individuals out in
different
locations to home taking part and enjoying the spirit of the contest and
they both
shared a common set of features, that of needing preparation and
participation.

This is what our bodies and we as individual radio amateurs do in rising
to the many
things that are necessary. For me, it may be gathering the materials that
allow me
to complete a home brew project and for a club it might be researching
what is
needed to submit an application for a grant to upgrade facilities. Each
demands a
certain level of preparation and individually or collectively it requires
us to do
something.

So how does this work in your shack and does it work in your club, also? I
get the
impression that many of us and lots of clubs find ourselves in a rut
because we lack
the drive to actually think out what our ambition is. Doing the same thing
time
after time might make us the talk of the area as the fastest person in
winding
baluns, for instance, but where does it take us after that?

During the week, I watched the most recent Youtube video from the English
ham radio
store, Waters and Stanton. I would recommend people who have a spare 17
minutes free
go and watch this discussion piece as it draws on the Ukraine invasion to
highlight
the value of HF radio as a communications medium when other sources are no
longer
available. This is a topic which I have addressed before in suggesting
that our
stations can be a valuable resource in times of emergency.

On watching news footage from Ukraine it is amazing how many of the people in
uniform are using the cheaper handheld radios from Asia. There are reports
that
because of disruptions to military communications, the Russian commanders
have
resorted to using 3G mobile phones and non-encrypted transmissions allowing
interception of some intelligence and information for targeting attacks.

It would seem that some of the things that we do and use in this activity
are the
fallback position for some military operations when the planning has been
inadequate.

If we wish to make a success of our activities, it really seems to me that
we should
have the forward planning and the ambition to complete the task. >From the
small
steps of preparation and participation the larger tasks can really happen
for us.


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



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QNEWS SOCIALLY SPEAKING


REDFEST Saturday April 9 St Michaels College Caboolture (vk4bz)

Sellers can start filling tables after 7am.
The venue for selling will open at 9am although
the public can gather from 8am onwards for breakfast



Due to the COVID-19 situation, please check these events'
direct for up-to-date status information and even without
Covid dates have an uncanny knack of being changed at last
moment.


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TO SUPPLY QNEWS ITEMS:-

Send SCRIPT to qnews@...
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If you would like to submit club news items for inclusion in
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qnews@...

THEN submit audio:-

To submit audio email qnews@...


Remember the sooner you submit audio material the more the
likelihood of it being broadcast in the very next QNEWS.
Each item will only be broadcast once, if you want a couple of
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Help: [email protected]

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QNEWS - MARCH 20 VK4 ON AIR 2022

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WHY DIDN'T YOUR CLUB TELL QNEWS 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


------------------------------------------------------------*

THE FOLLOWING NEWS CAN BE HEARD FROM OUR AUDIO SERVICE
based in BRISBANE, OLYMPIC CITY 2031, RIGHT NOW:-


www.vk7ax.id.au/wianews/

OR

www.wiaq.org.au


Importantly remember to download from the site by COT
(Close of Transmission) Mondays.


Also search QNEWS (make sure it IS the Ham Radio QNEWS)
in your podcast app..

tinyurl.com/4hnahk8p

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VK4 SILENT KEYS @ WIA YEAR COMMENCING JULY 26 2021

SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY

VK4IW Kev Dickson 07/07/2021 (vk4dmh)
VK4JJ Joscelyn McGrath 29/07/2021 (vk4zz)
VK4NJA Alan Perkins 07/11/2021 (vk4beg)
VK4AYR Mark Bennett 26/07/2021 (tarc)
VK4YZ Charlie Strong 02/01/2022 (Redcliffe Club)
VK4BJC Jeff Cooper 11/01/2022 (vk4eka)
VK4WAL Len Walker Mid-January (vk4ac)
VK4GS George Smith 26/02/2022 (vk4zz)
VK4HRP Ray Parrinder ?/03/2022 (vk4atc)


Ray Parrinder VK4HRP (loco Ray was a cherished member has now gone silent
key last week. He joined BARC a long time ago in the early formation days
of the club

Ray kept a low profile in the club but was vocal when he related all his
engineering accomplishments over the years which was many and various with
a heavy leaning to steam power

He had several homemade antennas at his QTH that was quite amusing to see
how he operated them with his radios set up in a bedroom and the coax
going through the windows

He was regularly involved with the club nets and repaired a lot of his
early gear when he could but as he got older the club loaned him some gear
to keep him on the air

His major love was being involved with restoring steam equipment and other
industrial equipment

Also mad keen on model trains to ride on with his son with several
projects under his belt

Ray managed a tremendous amount of welding and fabrication done in his
garage and the tools he had was extensive

Ray would run open days with the large Steam engine that he restored in
his front yard whenever he could

Rays warm and happy demeanour will be long missed by all that knew him

His Funeral will be Mt Gravatt Crematorium Mains Rd Macgregor at 10;30
on Monday 21/3/22

(Peter Forbes VK4ATC)


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

As someone who grew up in the north coast of New South Wales and lived
through
cyclones and flooding, even before starting school, it was perturbing to read
reports of communications isolation in areas affected by the recent
weather events.
Back then we had land line telephones connected to exchanges that had battery
storage to keep the local lines running for up to about 4 days. We live in
an era
when mobile nodes and NBN are lucky to stay operational for hours if the
power is
removed.

Once there was a sense of responsibility to preserve services which
preserved safety
and life. Obviously if reticulation lines are damaged electricity and
communication
services no longer work in that part of the system. When there is an
immense weather
event and people become trapped and in need of rescue access to emergency
services
and first responders becomes imperative. When the means of communication
is no
longer available that becomes a matter of responsibility to those who
install and
maintain the system.

The decision making process in large bodies is often constructed around a
committee
process. The intrusion of political decisions into the process seems to
distort
outcomes which may otherwise have been based on sound economic and
professional
advice and principle. To many people the change of government with a
change of
perspective saw the introduction of a new model for the NBN and the change
of senior
members of the NBN management. The hybrid mixture of technology and the
cost cutting
seems to have brought us a system which is already considered obsolescent,
according
to some commentators.

As much as our communications systems develops with the introduction of 5G
technology by two of the major carriers and the move away from landline
connections,
we have to acknowledge the fragility of the system that we currently use.
Should we
as users be demanding a system that is fit for purpose that won’t cause
loss of
service because of lack of redundancy or an old fashioned blackout? We
operators who
use the internet linked digital modes have another cause to be upset when
service is
lost.

Stemming from comments made by the survivors of the flooding in northern
VK2, we can
ask are the rescue responses adequate as we face what the insurance
industry has
been predicting for twenty years? That is the weather patterns bringing
more extreme
occurrences such as flood, fire and storms, both in frequency and
intensity? Gone
are the wooden flood boats powered by oarsmen and tinnies and inflatable
craft now
ply the muddied swirls of rising water. Gone is the dependence upon land line
telephone services with extended broadcast coverage from local radio
stations with
local networks supporting the SES who have replaced the civil defence
forces. Then
we have to ask, is our large dependency on volunteers such as rural fire
fighters
and SES suitable in the changes of climate coming?

What can be the role of what formed as WICEN but never managed to
encompass the
country and in the light of the quality of our commercial data and phone
services
can we, the amateur radio community, perform worthwhile services within the
emergency systems that we currently have? Is amateur radio a community
resource and
if we are, what can we do?

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

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VK4 SILENT KEYS @ WIA YEAR COMMENCING JULY 26 2021

SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY

VK4IW Kev Dickson 07/07/2021 (vk4dmh)
VK4JJ Joscelyn McGrath 29/07/2021 (vk4zz)
VK4NJA Alan Perkins 07/11/2021 (vk4beg)
VK4AYR Mark Bennett 26/07/2021 (tarc)
VK4YZ Charlie Strong 02/01/2022 (Redcliffe Club)
VK4BJC Jeff Cooper 11/01/2022 (vk4eka)
VK4WAL Len Walker Mid January (vk4ac)
VK4GS George Smith 26/02/2022 (vk4zz)



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www.wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/IpswichAndDistrict/
Web – www.vk4wip.org.au
Email - vk4wip@...
For a full list of repeaters - www.vk4wip.org.au


This is Allan VK4HIT with news from Ipswich and District Radio Club.

In what members hope was the last Zoom meeting for a while, the club held
it monthly business meeting on February 28 with 15 members online.

The meeting heard the club’s community service role can take on many and
varied tasks – most recently as floodwaters were rising, the clubhouse was
made available to temporally store fabrics from a local quilting shop. As
luck would have it the shop did not flood, and the clubhouse has returned
to normal use. The shop owners were extremely grateful of the community
support shown by the club and its members.

The current Ipswich linked repeater system could soon be expanded from
three to five. Under the guidance of station manager Rob VK4AB, two
additional sites have been earmarked for new repeaters which will be on
70cm. While still only in the planning stages the new locations are in the
Somerset and Scenic Rim council areas and will add significantly to the
existing coverage of VK4RAI, and once on-air will hopefully encourage new
members to the club.

We’ll have more information in the coming months with the project
timetable currently estimated to be in the range of six to eight months.

And from the Ipswich WICEN group, the next event is a joint exercise with
Brisbane WICEN and that’s the Cooyar Horse Ride on March 19. Operators
have been assigned to their various checkpoints. However due to the
uncertainty with weather conditions, this event may be cancelled. Robert
VK4KHW will keep in touch with everyone, and if the event is cancelled,
you’ll be notified immediately.

Reporting from Ipswich this is Allan, VK4HIT.

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

It is fascinating for we nerdy communications types to watch the way news is
gathered and disseminated these days. A lot of us can remember how in
times of great
urgency and drama that the first place to go was the local picture
theatre. How
wonderful it was to see things within a week of happening being projected
on a big
screen.

Then came television and this was basically the death knell of the news
reel when
items could be watched in the comfort of the family lounge room. The
conflict that
became the Vietnam War brought an urgency for people to follow how the
neighbours
and relatives that were involved were faring. From the withdrawal of the
French
forces, the countries of the South East Asian Treaty Organisation moved to
try and
stem the advance of the North Vietnamese forces into the south of the
country.

Not only were there great numbers of reporters phoning and faxing images
back to
their editors but there were the reporters with movie cameras wanting to
get their
stories back to home stations for inclusion in the nightly news. There was
a level
of competition to be the first into print and with needing to send cans of
film via
air freight there was no competition. . . And then came satellites.

What brought this to mind is the fact that people are dying in the north
of the
world and we get to see the tragedies and speeches in almost real time.
The weather
events have created much harm but between broadcast radio, TV and
streaming services
we have been alerted with the great speed. The weak links appear to some,
to be the
forecasting imprecision with rapidly varying complex systems.

However, I want to return to the international turmoil which I have been
following
on a number of services meaning that I have not stopped at local
broadcasting but
have used international services quite a bit. The obvious fact is that no one
service has enough resources to cover the country being invaded. Some have
multiple
crews giving snapshots of activities in isolated areas and others have a
minimal
footprint with reporters trying to travel by magic carpet to as many
locations as
they can.
I have not seen any sign of media being embedded with the Ukrainian forces
and I
have not been able to work our whether the one Russian English speaking
reporter
that I have seen is working independently of the military.

Now there is no obvious news hub where reports are gathered and shared
around and
each network seems to have its own collection of on-call commentators. The
result is
that it is very hard to gain an overall and coherent picture of what is
actually
happening. Because of the restrictions that the reporters face, the lack of
co-ordination of reporting and the divergent commentary, it would be a
brave soul
who can honestly give an opinion which would be unbiased and remain true
for any
time.

Simply because we have a multiplicity of sources does not mean we are
getting the
full story. The same can be said of the internet and what is published
there. We all
need our thinking caps on when dealing with a lot of detail.

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



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SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY

VK4IW Kev Dickson 07/07/2021 (vk4dmh)
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VK4NJA Alan Perkins 07/11/2021 (vk4beg)
VK4AYR Mark Bennett 26/07/2021 (tarc)
VK4YZ Charlie Strong 02/01/2022 (Redcliffe Club)
VK4BJC Jeff Cooper 11/01/2022 (vk4eka)
VK4WAL Len Walker Mid January (vk4ac)
VK4GS George Smith 26/02/2022 (vk4zz)

has gone Silent Key.




News of a Silent Key

George Smith ex VK4GS



Hi everyone, this is Gavin/VK4ZZ, Secretary of The

Townsville Amateur Radio Club Inc and I am here today

with some sad news.

Notification has been received that George Smith, ex VK4GS

has gone Silent Key.

Ross/VK4RO, a very good friend of George, noted that George

went Silent Key on Saturday 26th February following a very

long illness.



George was a long time former member of The Townsville Amateur

Radio Club, travelling from his home QTH at Giru with Ross

to Townsville to attend Club Meetings. His main line of work

was Accountancy, working for the Haughton Mill Supply Committee

(which used to co-ordinate Invicta, Pioneer and Kalamia Sugar Mills).

However he and his wife Norma also got into the hospitality industry

owning and running the Shamrock Motel in Queen Street Ayr

(now the Plantation Park Motor Inn) with George still doing his

job with the Committee.



A leg amputation following a shotgun accident did not stop George,

still doing the Motel business and the Committee accountancy work and,

in 1969 when the Club decided that a Magazine was required to

record happenings and to inform members, George put up his hand

to be the first editor of what is now known as the Magazine of Renown,

Back-scatter.



George found a skerrick of time to join in on the boom mode of operating

during the late '60s and most of the 70s, 6metres SSB DXing,

utilising a Yaesu FT200 with FTV650 transverter and a 6 element Yagi

at 25 feet to be part of the fun.

In retirement George moved to Townsville to be closer to medical

facilities and towards the end of his life George was a resident

at Good Shepherd Hospice in Douglas.



George's Celebration of Life was conducted at The Lakes Chapel,

Townsville on Friday afternoon 4th March with family, friends,

colleagues and Radio Amateurs marvelling in the full life he led

and agreeing that in his passing he will be sorely missed.



Vale George Smith ex VK4GS, Silent Key



for QNEWS this is Gavin VK4ZZ in sweaty Townsville



[with thanks to Ross/VK4RO for the heaps of help in compiling this

tribute to George.]


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DARLING DOWNS RADIO CLUB

vk4wid@...


At the next meeting of the Darling Downs Radio Club Inc Paul VK4CPS
will present "From the hands of Mankind come the Satellites", talking
about the development and functions of orbiting satellites.

To hear Paul and catch up with local Amateurs come to the Community
Venues, Level 3, City Library Building on Victoria St Toowoomba. The
presentation will be at 7:30 PM Monday 14th March.

This is Dougal VK4EKA for the Darling Downs Radio Club Inc.'



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

Welcome to the joys of Autumn with balmy weather and gentle breezes in
this sub-tropical paradise.

I’m sorry but that isn’t the proper greeting for so many people in the
central parts through to southern New South Wales. With memories of the
1974 Brisbane area floods and the 2011 floods and more, it is a sad time
watching the television reports of the forces of nature and la Nina
washing away so many supports and memories of so many people. The terrible
thing is that people continue to die in these weather events.

Our thoughts are with you.

It has been an interesting week of education for me with an article on
space weather grasping my attention. Then the ABC Catalyst program

iview.abc.net.au/show/catalyst

was devoted to the subject and particularly the effect of coronal mass
ejections or CMEs. As users of the upper atmosphere to get our radio
signals around the globe, this documentary is perhaps close to
required viewing. Expanding on the history and effects of CMEs that have
been recorded from the Carrington Event in the 19th century

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event

to the present day capacity for monitoring, this is something worth an
hour of our time.

If you enter Carrington Event into your preferred search engine you can
find multiple entries which go into various levels of detail.

The important take home message is that a major CME reaching earth can let
all the magic smoke out of so much of the electronics technology that we
depend upon. Goodbye internet, computers, radios, avionics, engine
management systems and where will we be without a protective Faraday cage?
This is just something to ponder……..Did I hear someone say, “keep a
vintage transceiver that uses valves and a
generator without electronics”?

Of course the other situation that we have to consider is the one facing
the world in crisis over the invasion of the Ukraine. With at least 30
countries applying sanctions and giving aid to Ukraine there is the
implicit threat to those countries’ cybersecurity by way of retaliation by
Russia. Targeting infrastructure such as electricity generation and
supply, water purification and reticulation and
disrupting communications systems including transport would cause extreme
anxiety to the population. With such dependence on computing and IT, the
world has become more vulnerable to attacks and attacks on systems
maintained behind poor security walls. We have even seen the plans of the
new intelligence headquarters in Canberra stolen
before construction was complete.

Should access to the internet be prevented, many commercial and
proprietary radio modes and encrypted communication links would be
rendered useless. The world linking digital modes that come with so many
new VHF and UHF radios would not be there to use.

I remember reading that in the race for superiority between the Soviet
regime and the US military there was great guffaws when a captured Mig
aircraft was found to contain avionics based around thermionic valves. It
was later realised and confirmed from sources in the USSR that the humble
radio valve had one advantage over the
newer, weight reducing solid state equipment. Should there be a nuclear
explosion, the tube equipment would survive the electro-magnetic pulse,
EMP, and the transistors would be extinct.

Interesting times;

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

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Hello, this is John Saunders VK4BZ from the Redcliffe and Districts Radio
Club.

Redcliffe Club’s annual REDFEST is just around the corner - Saturday 9th
April 2022 at St Michael's College, Caboolture.

Our brand spanking new shed at the Club Rooms is bursting at the seams
with pre-loved goodies all waiting for REDFEST to find themselves new
homes.

Raffle prizes are already starting to roll in, including one of those
Oriental dual band VHF/UHF handheld radios which could be yours simply by
turning up, rummaging through the stalls, sampling the exquisite cuisine,
and buying a raffle ticket, of course.

That date again, Saturday 9th April 2022 at St Michael's College, Abbey
Place, Caboolture.

Put it in the diary and we’ll see you there.

On behalf of the Redcliffe and Districts Radio Club, this is John Saunders
VK4BZ.




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

In a week when the earth shifted on its axis when the Russian Government
sent troops over the border into Ukraine, I wondered, strange as it seems,
what it would mean in the civilian and non-partisan world of amateur
radio.

One thing that our cohort is usually good at is not generally taking their
personal opinions on politics and international affairs onto their
practice on the air. Certain governments, from time to time may prohibit
their nationals from making contact with other callsign areas or
countries. We haven’t heard of any restrictions in this regard as yet.

Certainly in this century we have had mainly civilian operators operate
from areas of conflict with properly authorised stations and call signs.
These stations have been considered acceptable for awards such as DXCC and
have been much sought after for that reason. I am unaware if there are any
operators currently in the disputed territories of the eastern Ukraine but
that may change.

With sanctions being applied against various arms and persons of the
Russian government, I saw one interesting question related to our hobby of
radio. One item which is popular for its versatility is the Malahit SDR
receiver and it is designed and made in Russia. Will people still be able
to purchase one with the sanctions on the banking sector being applied?
There are other QRP rigs coming from Russia so these may become
unobtainable also.

However, when it comes to on air behaviour I expect that we will not see
any loss or impairment of the true amateur spirit and all stations will be
treated with courtesy and respect.

During the week, I was getting questions in my head about what we, as
individuals, can do to promote a particular passion to others. It is
something that applies to so many things and particularly sporting, hobby
and recreational activities. There are some things that automatically
induce a novice to try something new. The potential
board rider will already have an affinity with water sports and possibly
that particular version. The person wanting to join in competition drone
racing will probably already have experience of flying and so it goes on
with all the other things we do to expand our enjoyment and experience of
novel things.

I could see the opportunity for being able to demonstrate and perhaps
discuss various parts of what makes up amateur radio but I was not sure
that I came up with a clincher of an argument. When I was in short pants,
the various servicemen who were amateurs managed to tease out areas of
interest and in the era of home brew, this schoolboy worked out how to get
the bits to make a crystal set. Today, that seems mundane and dated and I
still wonder how people will find the local amateur(s) who will encourage
them into the hours of absorption that this service has provided to me.

Perhaps we need to all share our experiences and thoughts so when we get
the knock on the door we will have some answers to the questions we will
be asked. Who did you tell about amateur radio, this week?

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



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

It seems to me that when we lack all the information that we need to deal
with a problem, there is the temptation to let preconceptions intrude and
jump to conclusions. Sadly this is often the way a lot of public discourse
is conducted and many fingers are pointed and faces flushed red as people
try to justify opinions based on ignorance, just blind faith. We take part
in a pursuit that is based on the principles of science and how we
understand the technology that we use is to apply
the questioning and experimentation that is the foundation of radio type
communications.

We read many splashy articles announcing findings which are going to
change the world. The public relations blurb that underpins these
so-called press releases is usually based solid research and the findings
that it has produced. Even when the scientific paper that officially
announces the finding is vetted by others familiar with the area of study,
it is not until the experiments and analyses are done over
again and again, the work is replicated, and the results are
interdependently confirmed that the work becomes part of the official
literature of science.

Similarly to the physical sciences, other areas of academic research
follow the same principles of understanding whether it be later applied in
farming, advertising or public health campaigns. The logic of having the
best information on which to build seems undeniable but when it comes to
running our organisation it gets swept under the table, all too often.

It was reading a news item from the ABC, Western Australia, about using a
marketing firm to find out how to engage people, in this case the Gen Zeds
as they are known, in the volunteer sector of the state that got me
considering this. With the loss of people over the years and a sudden
disruption and loss of willing people because of the Covid-19 pandemic
that provoked the volunteering bodies to engage a marketing company to
research and devise approaches that would not only encourage young people
to take up volunteering but would hopefully retain them through interest
and the self reward that volunteers achieve.

www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-16/volunteering-wa-youth-marketing-makeover/100762290

Using the best information available would certainly be seen to work in
Western Australia.

This brings me around to the Jeremiahs who constantly foretell the death
of amateur radio. It is very true that old age is overtaking so many in
the community and the numbers aren’t being replenished. Here I am pulling
the tiger’s tail by saying we aren’t doing the job of understanding what
interests the young people. We don’t have the research and the knowledge
to promote AR to a new generation and if it comes to it, we don’t seem to
be doing much of a job in recruiting the more mature, either.

When this has been raised before, various reasons have been given that
these things cost money and there aren’t the funds. Great, so I see that
as an admission of defeat before the battle has even been joined. Do we
really want to use the information that can be gathered and sorted or do
we sit on our hands and watch our numbers shrink?

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



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Redcliffe and Districts radio club.
www.wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/RedcliffeAndDistrictRadioClub/


Hi there, It’s John Saunders VK4BZ on behalf of the Redcliffe and
Districts Radio Club.

The clock is ticking away and here we are in February of 2022 already.
Makes me sound like Ritchie Benaud giving a cricket score from the
Gabba…twenty twenty too

That means only one thing of course! Yes, you guessed it – the Club’s
annual REDFEST event is drawing ever so much closer.

This year REDFEST is scheduled for Saturday 9th April 2022 at St Michael's
College, Caboolture. And hopefully that varmint virus doesn’t have the
last say and everything goes according to plan.

Mark it in your diary: Saturday 9th April 2022 at St Michael's College,
The Abbey Place, Caboolture, and we’ll see you there.

This is John VK4BZ for the Redcliffe and Districts Radio Club.


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



In the middle of the past week advice was issued of an earthquake of the
coast of Indonesia which was close enough to be felt in Darwin. No tsunami
warning was issued but it got me to thinking. Since the volcano eruption
that has caused so much damage in Tonga there have been other “natural”
events which may have caused death or
injury in this IARU Region 3. Now the regional list of emergency traffic
frequencies is regularly published but we don’t appear to have any pattern
or system for monitoring them.

Certainly the authorities can say we have international response networks
and the amateur radio service isn’t necessary. However, there are many
people in various places on the globe that do have amateur radio and HF CB
as local communications or for recreational use. Many people have
complained of the tedium of having to isolate during the pandemic and I
have seen that several skeds have appeared on an ad hoc
basis just to allow people to call in and interact with others.

The international net for sailors goes on, particularly on 20 metres, and
on the land mobile services in this country, listening watches are
maintained. With time on our hands and equipment on the bench, just what
would it take to tune into one of these emergency frequencies and spend
some time just monitoring whilst going on with the day’s routine? What
would it take to have clubs organise a roster of willing
members to fill the spots on a roster and how much more would it take to
have a national contact point to action matters such as reports?

To me this doesn’t seem like a radical proposal or an onerous task for any
one person. Even operators by themselves could do this. We think of
ourselves as person to person communicators and the bulk of the time there
will just be the usual noise we expect with no signals to monitor. I know
there are people who spent many hours monitoring on the CB band emergency
channels and there are still CB operators doing this.

With the band conditions providing interesting DX we can no longer say
that listening out on emergency frequencies will simply be local. Region 3
is a very much populated and at the same time a very remote cluster of
radio operators in our part of the world. I believe we have an opportunity
to make a small but perhaps profoundly important contribution in times of
need.

I would like to mention that I read a report during the week, that the
Japanese government has a program of encouraging younger people to join
the ranks of radio amateurs. It would seem that the opportunity is ripe to
follow through with practical and effective proposals to our politicians
as they seek our votes in the next months. Amateur radio has been very
much on the back burner and our regulator
seems more interested in garnering money than upholding the Treaty
Responsibilities.


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



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VK4NJA Alan Perkins 07/11/2021 (vk4beg)
VK4AYR Mark Bennett 26/07/2021 (tarc)
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VK4BJC Jeff Cooper 11/01/2022 (vk4eka)
VK4WAL Len Walker Mid January (vk4ac)

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

In what appears to be another period of la Nina wet weather for the week
ahead, the bands filled with the crashes of summer storms to celebrate the
Australia Day holiday. With the rain radar showing bands of activity
through the east coast of the country and massive build up along the
monsoon line progressing north through the tropics, it made the Australia
Day contest trial problematical for many operators.

Reading the mail, it was hard to get an idea of how propagation was
contributing to the success or failure of the brave souls trying to garner
contacts for the contest or just promoting the use of the AX prefix.

I did note that even on the morning of the contest questions were being
asked as to the starting time. The replies showed the confusion as to
whether it was based on local time zone or referenced to UTC. It seems
that the interest has been created but the extremely short lead time from
announcement to event has meant that confusion has remained amongst our
cohort. Hopefully as the logs and other reports
are collated there will be sufficient data on which to call the trial a
success or a better luck next time event.

Around the State of Queensland, the schools are open to provide care for
the childrn of essential workers with full resumption of classes coming
fast. With a shortened teaching calendar, now would be the time for clubs
who run vacation classes on STEM and amateur radio to be preparing.

This may sound premature in the circumstances but at the moment the
medical profession is starting to feel that the peak of omicron infections
is about to pass and that combined with increasing vaccination levels
amongst the community should give radio clubs the opportunity to resume
some closer to normal activities.

It is notable that in other areas such a ITU Region 1 and elsewhere, the
discussion is turning to how both STEM and amateur radio can be promoted
and taught in ways which will engage the school age people. The fact that
our service is a bit like Janus, the Roman god, who looks both forwards
and backwards poses a dilemma which we need to consider. It is fine for we
older members to buy in our rigs full of bells and whistles whilst
venerating the “real” radios that glow in the dark. To the young person
who has their interest tweaked, they need to be able to find incentives to
join us but which are appropriate to their experience of life.

For instance it is only 30 or so years ago when the world was still being
surrounded by the amateur packet radio system running at 300Bd on HF and
1200Bd on VHF. There was a large coterie of operators who believed and
were regularly heard saying so on air that only people who had passed a
Morse Code test were real amateurs. The internet is blindingly fast in
comparison to that older technology and mobile phones are no longer simply
for speaking upon but are fully featured pocket computers. How do we
explain our involvement to people who don’t even remember the concern
about the Y2K bug?

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



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Now Just a reminder that the Australia Day Contest is taking place this
Wednesday 26th of January 2022.

The rules are generally derived from the RD.

A big thanks goes out to Alan VK4SN and Trent VK4TS who conceived the idea
of this contest. This is a trial contest so the contest committee are keen
to hear from the contest community for suggestions on how to improve it
for 2023..

Full details and rules are available on the WIA web site.

This has been WIA Director and Secretary Peter VK8ZZ

(extracted from this weeks WIA news)

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VK4IW Kev Dickson 07/07/2021 (vk4dmh)
VK4JJ Joscelyn McGrath 29/07/2021 (vk4zz)
VK4NJA Alan Perkins 07/11/2021 (vk4beg)
VK4AYR Mark Bennett 26/07/2021 (tarc)
VK4YZ Charlie Strong 02/01/2022 (Redcliffe Club)
VK4BJC Jeff Cooper 11/01/2022 (vk4eka)
VK4WAL Len Walker Mid January (vk4ac)

Jeff Cooper, VK4BJC, passed away in the Toowoomba Hospice, Tuesday 11th
January after a short battle with cancer. Jeff was instrumental in the
Darling Downs Radio Club getting the current VK4RDD Repeater Site, and was
involved in a number of early Club Projects. He also served on the
Management Committee.

His funeral will be held on Monday, the 24th

Vale Jeff, VK4BJC




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

When I think back to the days before a federated WIA there was a process
for getting information to and from the National Office which was manned
by people from Victoria. After the State Divisions devolved into the
structure that we know today there was a continuity of performance in that
the various Board members were also contact points as Divisional
Counsellors for the various States. Likewise they also largely oversaw the
operation of the many committees and
activities that the WIA has.

Now, in recent memory it was decided, on financial grounds, that the house
magazine, Amateur Radio, was cut back to a bi-monthly printing. Obviously
the ability of clubs to announce activities was made more onerous by
having a longer lead time to publication. With the lock downs and other
restrictions which have been imposed by reason of the pandemic planning at
a local level has been problematical, to say the
least. Notwithstanding the reduced print material going to members, there
is still the facility to service the membership via email using the MEMNET
service.

Years ago when self help book abounded there were plenty of materials
devoted to building your organisation. From the halls of academe, similar
messaging has been maintained and that servicing your internal clients is
the best way to sustain and build your club, network or whatever the title
of the structure maybe.

To this end I have been wondering what we as members of the WIA have been
receiving in recent times. There is the discount card which many have
found confusing to obtain by what I have read, our magazine has succeeded
in hitting the letterbox in spite of the postal service but the local news
no longer seems to be as prolific.

Somehow we hear the VK2 news service carrying numerous reports that never
reach the magazine and somehow never get distributed via MEMNET. That is
not to promote VK2 at the expense of the rest, just to give an example of
what is possible in one State but which is missing from our countrywide
news.

We can say but yes material is posted to social media and immediately that
raises the issue of which platforms and which of these do the various
demographics of the amateur radio cohort use? From my reading, there is
quite a division in usage of the various platforms but there is one
consistent communication that the majority will
use and that is email. This again brings me to what appears to be the
under utilisation of this contact method. A brief how do you do with some
links to material which should be of interest is not going to overwhelm
people and it services us a the members or the clients of the
organisation.

We seem to direct most things through the National Office and that is the
efficient way to handle the vast majority of contact requirements.
However, I believe we also need nominated directors who can respond to
particular areas of activity and committee requests. Speaking of
committees, wouldn’t it be nice to have reports to the members on a more
frequent time frame? We know they are there but the lights are off and we
can’t see what they are doing for us.

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



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VK4NJA Alan Perkins 07/11/2021 (vk4beg)
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Hello, I’m Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP, and I’ve been thinking.


To use the title of a current affairs TV show from many years ago, That
was the week that was.

Like the scorpion, ex tropical cyclone Seth managed to have a real sting
in its tail when it sat off the Queensland coast and then meandered inland
to release a biblical type of deluge. I managed to escape the drama that
came to areas around me and as time goes on more stories of survival are
coming to light. Sadly the flood event has also caused the deaths of some
people and others have lost belongings and at least one house is reported
to have been swept off its stumps. In my town of Howard, it rained and the
bridge that crosses the Burrum River was submerged.

By mid week, many areas have returned to almost normal lifestyles but with
some of the more isolated villages and areas are struggling with
volunteers helping to clean up. The effort which has been over seen by the
local mayor of the Fraser Coast has seen a monumental response from
employees and volunteers to restore Maryborough to a once again clean and
functioning place to live.

There has been severe damage to the highway which carries much of the road
freight to and from the northern areas of the State and with the
increasing rapid expansion of the COVID infections, it is hard to imagine
when we will see the shops with their shelves fully stocked. It is the
shortage of staff as people are restricted by the need to isolate that is
effecting the procurement, loading and transport of goods and the road
damage will be a minor inconvenience by comparison.

I have mentioned the need for preparation during this summer season and if
nothing else the current circumstances are proving the worth of having
spare food and materials on hand.

Just as we in central Queensland were breathing a sigh of relief, the
Carpentaria region experienced its own low pressure system assault with a
TC blowing itself across to the Northern Territory.

It is heartening to see the reports from the Space Weather Woman, Dr.
Tamitha Skov, WX6SSW, which are indicating that Solar Sunspot Cycle 25 is
going to exceed the previous predictions. Over the next few years we
should be in the salad days of amateur radio with conditions that many
will not have experienced. So it is that we have good reason to get our
stations prepped and ready both for the good times ahead but as a backup
in times of emergency.

I have listened to people recounted experiences of the local floods when
mobile phone services weren’t available and I am thankful we have a backup
when all else fails.

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



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VK4 SILENT KEYS @ WIA YEAR COMMENCING JULY 26 2021

SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY

VK4IW Kev Dickson 07/07/2021 (vk4dmh)
VK4JJ Joscelyn McGrath 29/07/2021 (vk4zz)
VK4NJA Alan Perkins 07/11/2021 (vk4beg)
VK4AYR Mark Bennett 26/07/2021 (tarc)
VK4YZ Charlie Strong 02/01/2022 (RDARC)


It is with great sadness that the Redcliffe and District Radio Club
Committee advises of the passing of Charlie Strong VK4YZ.

Charlie passed away peacefully in the early hours of last Sunday,
Jan 2 after a brief but rapid decline in his battle with cancer.

VK4YZ was a lifetime member of the Redcliffe Club and until recently Vice
President. An all-round great bloke. He will be sadly missed, but has left
all with an enduring legacy of his time amongst us.

Our sincere condolences to all Charlie’s family, friends and his
religious community at The Abbey.

Monday 17th at 2.30 will be the funeral at the Abbey Church St. Michael's
Caboolture.

(Alan Wills President Redcliffe and Districts Radio Club)


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

It has been an interesting few days, weather wise, for people along the
east coast, with the expectation that a cyclone would batter them and then
to have Tropical Cyclone Seth peter out to a low pressure system that has
wreaked havoc along the beaches much loved by holiday maker and surfers.
The skies have poured and dams are full along with 辫别辞辫濒别’蝉 rainwater
tanks. Still to the west of us, primary producers
are still trying to fathom their next step in saving their businesses by
selling off stock. It is a harsh irony that horticultural crops have been
unable to be fully harvested because of labour shortages and agricultural
produce is being sacrificed because of draught.

Still for we radio enthusiasts, the gods of the aether have been smiling
with many DX contacts happening in line with the current projections for
Cycle 25 Sunspot levels. I have been seeing plentiful reports of
happenings on 10 and 11 metres and activity through VHF and UHF. So it was
with a sparkle in my eye that I read the
announcement of the new Wireless Institute sponsored contest for Australia
Day and which is to be conducted along the same lines as the Friendly
Contest, the RD or Remembrance Day Contest. As an easy way to experience
contesting without feeling pressured, the RD has been a beacon and a
learning experience for many of us. Let us
make January 26 a similar day on the radio calendar.

I suppose it is necessary to comment on the public health issues which we
are all facing but this whirlwind of racing infection and the overwhelming
of the public health system in dealing with testing and tracing should be
a reminder of things that happen in so many natural disaster scenarios.
There have been cyclones which have devastated communities with untold
destruction of dwellings, commercial centres and public infrastructure.
There have been fires
which have done similar in the hot and dry times and for once in our own
experience we are going through and epidemic which is laying a swathe of
disruption and sickness through the population.

I have seen the poster produced by the ARRL posted on social media and I
think we all should reflect on its message and where we individually can
fit in the picture. The legend is “When all else fails we still have
amateur radio.” We all know that many club activities are disrupted by the
strictures of the Public Health Directives so from virtual meetings to
home protection, from snatched holiday times to the realities of helping
and surviving during natural disaster it should be fresh in our minds what
we should each consider.

I say this knowing there are many natural disasters happening around the
world and perhaps this is the opportunity to think more deeply on a
subject where we are equipped to help.

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


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QNEWS SOCIALLY SPEAKING


REDFEST will be held on Saturday the 9th April 2022.

Due to the COVID-19 situation, please check these events'
direct for up-to-date status information and even without
Covid dates have an uncanny knack of being changed at last
moment.


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QNEWS - JANUARY 2 VK4 ON AIR 2022

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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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THE FOLLOWING NEWS CAN BE HEARD FROM OUR AUDIO SERVICE
based in BRISBANE, OLYMPIC CITY 2031, RIGHT NOW:-


www.vk7ax.id.au/wianews/

OR

www.wiaq.org.au


Importantly remember to download from the site by COT
(Close of Transmission) Mondays.


Also search QNEWS (make sure it IS the Ham Radio QNEWS)
in your podcast app..

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VK4 SILENT KEYS @ WIA YEAR COMMENCING JULY 26 2021

SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY

VK4IW Kev Dickson 07/07/2021 (vk4dmh)
VK4JJ Joscelyn McGrath 29/07/2021 (vk4zz)
VK4NJA Alan Perkins 07/11/2021 (vk4beg)
VK4AYR Mark Bennett 26/07/2021 (tarc)


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

Welcome to the New Year and may we all achieve those things that we aim
for and have success during the incoming year.

It is not unknown for the media to spend a lot of time in publishing
retrospective articles and puff pieces speculating on the coming period.
It hardly seems right to sink to such self indulgence when around the
world there are fires, floods and other calamities which are of more
importance to the people involved. Even in this “Land
Downunder” not all is well for many of our countrymen and we all wait the
influx of the virus through our community.

SARS-Cov-2 has surely been the defining event over the past two years and
although the experts assure us that it is becoming endemic like the common
cold we have yet to realise the final cost to the people which it has
severely effected. The impact on our involvement in amateur radio has been
the cancellation of many club events and hamfest type events. People have
been able to conduct the nitty gritty of club business via computer links
and participation in contests has been restricted to single operators, in
many instances.

The fraught discussions on the reality of climate change seem to have
ebbed away as more of us experience weather conditions beyond our living
memory. The reminder for most of us is the shopping trip for local produce
as we see some products cheaper than they have been in a generation as
farmers try and recover costs with lack of adequate field staff. Other
items have hit the luxury end of the market as supply has been crippled by
natural events of uncommon severity.

None the less, for the radio operators there have been glorious openings
in bands dumbed by the past solar weather with the added bonuses of solar
flares interrupting things intermittently. Whilst on the lower bands the
constant tattoo of electrical storms reminds us that the summer season has
arrived.

New Year is the traditional time for people to assess their aspirations
and for me there is the hope that courtesy and friendship shall become the
hallmark of our recreation. For the news service, I would like to see more
reports of activities both personal and club because out there is a
listening audience both on radio and the net and we can serve our complete
audience best by giving them the news in a truthful, forthright and
up-to-date manner. I have mentioned the late John F. Kennedy before and
again I will paraphrase his immortal words, “ask not what amateur radio
can do for you but ask what you can do for amateur radio.”

From submitting news to the broadcast and print services of the WIA to
standing for the Board of the WIA to running the media services of your
club to cooking the sausages at a barbecue there are things we can all do
to support our fellow amateurs.

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


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QNEWS SOCIALLY SPEAKING


REDFEST will be held on Saturday the 9th April 2022.

Due to the COVID-19 situation, please check these events'
direct for up-to-date status information and even without
Covid dates have an uncanny knack of being changed at last
moment.


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QNEWS - DECEMBER 26 VK4 ON AIR 2021

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DID YOUR CLUB TELL ANYONE ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK?
IPSWICH AND DISTRICT AR CLUB DID

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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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THE FOLLOWING NEWS CAN BE HEARD FROM OUR AUDIO SERVICE
based in BRISBANE, OLYMPIC CITY 2031, RIGHT NOW:-


www.vk7ax.id.au/wianews/

OR

www.wiaq.org.au


Importantly remember to download from the site by COT
(Close of Transmission) Mondays.


Also search QNEWS (make sure it IS the Ham Radio QNEWS)
in your podcast app..

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VK4 SILENT KEYS @ WIA YEAR COMMENCING JULY 26 2021

SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY

VK4IW Kev Dickson 07/07/2021 (vk4dmh)
VK4JJ Joscelyn McGrath 29/07/2021 (vk4zz)
VK4NJA Alan Perkins 07/11/2021 (vk4beg)
VK4AYR Mark Bennett 26/07/2021 (tarc)


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Ipswich & District Radio Club
www.wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/IpswichAndDistrict/
Web – www.vk4wip.org.au
Email - vk4wip@...
For a full list of repeaters - www.vk4wip.org.au

This is Allan VK4HIT with news from Ipswich and District Radio Club.

If you know someone keen to get on-air with a Foundation licence,
registrations are now open for the first course of 2022 commencing Tuesday
January 25 to be held at the Ipswich clubhouse.

The course will run seven weeks and end with an assessment day on Saturday
March 12.

The course itself is free, however the Foundation Licence Manual can be
purchased on the first night for $20.

There are other costs associated with the exam and licence application -
these are set by the Australian Government.

Cost details will be provided on the first night of the course. All that
is asked from students is a commitment to learn and enjoy. The club’s
volunteer instructors will commit to students and provide the best
information and knowledge to give all on the course the highest chance of
passing the final exam and assessment.

If you or someone you know wishes to stake a claim for a spot on the
course, please email our secretary and training officer Greg at
VK4GJW@...

The number of students will be capped at five.

Reporting from Ipswich this is Allan, VK4HIT.






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

You really don’t know what to expect when it comes to the weather over
Summer. A week or so back the potential outlook for Christmas was for
“reasonable” weather and two days before the holiday we have the promise
of inland storms and possible rain along the coast. The one good thing
about observations is that the space weather which
effects radio propagation is a little easier to describe ahead of the
happening. It may be the start of the great Wet for VK4 this coming week
but with the solar flux hitting triple digits as a result of several
visible sunspots, radio could be wonderfully entertaining for the next few
days. However, we may also suffer some blackouts if the solar flares hit
the upper atmosphere at the wrong time.

So it is that Boxing Day is one where many households get to have the cold
cuts left from Christmas dinner. It is a day for relaxation, listening to
cricket and recovering from the excitement that surrounds Christmas. I
hope that people found pleasure in the traditions that their family
brought to them and the gifts were well
appreciated.

I can’t really give credit to a marketing figure why drives a hyper-sonic
conveyance powered by arctic herbivores. Apart from which we didn’t manage
to erect an imitation tree to collect wrappings and packaging around. I
spoke of getting an “Outbacker” mobile antenna and the fact I no longer
had a base for one. Shortly after the news went to air I took a call from
another amateur and the base has been
united with the antenna. Many thanks again to the wonderful group of
people that we share this service with.

There are a number of new pieces of equipment gracing shacks from what I
have gathered. I trust the static crashes are far, far away and the HF
bands are bouncing signals well today. So whether you are relaxing,
enjoying family time or even one of the people working to keep things
going, I wish you the best as I go to enjoy some family time today as
well.

Just a reminder that there are many natural disasters around the
Indo-Pacific regions and we should ensure that emergency traffic is not
disrupted by our traffic.

I’m Geoff Emery VK4ZPP and we will meet again in the New Year.


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REDFEST will be held on Saturday the 9th April 2022.

Due to the COVID-19 situation, please check these events'
direct for up-to-date status information and even without
Covid dates have an uncanny knack of being changed at last
moment.


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QNEWS - DECEMBER 19 VK4 ON AIR 2021

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DID YOUR CLUB TELL ANYONE ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK?
REDCLIFFE CLUB DID !

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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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THE FOLLOWING NEWS CAN BE HEARD FROM OUR AUDIO SERVICE
based in BRISBANE, OLYMPIC CITY 2031, RIGHT NOW:-


www.vk7ax.id.au/wianews/

OR

www.wiaq.org.au


Importantly remember to download from the site by COT
(Close of Transmission) Mondays.


Also search QNEWS (make sure it IS the Ham Radio QNEWS)
in your podcast app..

tinyurl.com/4hnahk8p

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VK4 SILENT KEYS @ WIA YEAR COMMENCING JULY 26 2021

SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY

VK4IW Kev Dickson 07/07/2021 (vk4dmh)
VK4JJ Joscelyn McGrath 29/07/2021 (vk4zz)
VK4NJA Alan Perkins 07/11/2021 (vk4beg)
VK4AYR Mark Bennett 26/07/2021 (tarc)


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Redcliffe and Districts radio club.
www.wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/RedcliffeAndDistrictRadioClub/


REDFEST will be held on Saturday the 9th April 2022.

Merry Xmas from the Redcliffe and Districts Radio Club,
Robert Thomson VK4TFN here.

So, here we are again,
eating and drinking and merry making.

For you see:
There is this fella Chris Krinkle,
Whose eye has a bright merry twinkle.

For merry mirth and good cheer,
He spreads far and near,

To all with a generous sprinkle.

If you plan to drink don't drive
and if you plan to drive well then don't drink.

Like the lady says in the song:
"Have yourself a Merry Little Xmas."

Thank you and 73's,
from the Redcliffe and Districts Radio Club.
End of Text.

Thanks and 73's and Merry Xmas
RRT VK4TFN



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


It’s not long to go now when youngsters will be seeking out what the boxes
and socks and pillow cases might contain on Christmas morning. Hopefully
we can all look forward to pleasant weather that memory records as being
appropriate for the great summer holiday. The forecasts, such as they can
be, that I have seen suggest it
should be nice weather to celebrate in and let’s hope that this is the way
it will be.

I wonder how many people have been sight seeing the visual overdose that
people display with lights, music and animations on houses and yards. Even
in my small area there are few clusters of led’s blinking away to mark the
Christmas season. My listening and operating, for a while, has been
limited to VHF/UHF so I don’t have any reason to complain about
interference on short wave. Hopefully, as the years
progress, more of the decorative trinkets will meet the EMC standards as
the ubiquitous strings of cheap led’s are discarded to landfill or stashed
in some hobbyist's junk box for the time a certain coloured light is
needed.

I was tempted to start with a story of this week but I didn’t know whether
to say Santa came early or to suggest that we had a serendipitous win. One
of the minor on going projects is to rig the household vehicle for
operating mobile on something other than VHF or UHF. A small inventory of
parts has been building up ready for the
time we can at least pull off the road and call CQ or better still use the
radio whilst actually driving. Now for what it is worth, the Terlin brand
of antenna has quite a following in this country and to a lesser extent in
the US and the UK. It has been on the potential list of purchases to get
one of these famed Outbacker antennas.

This day was sort of one of minor misery as the changed wind direction had
carried some foreign matter which set of the wretched running and itching
eyes, running nose and sneezes that are the hallmarks of a decent dose of
hay fever. Needless to say I
was probably behaving as if I had the “man flu” as I attempted to quell
annoying symptoms. I was looking through local ads on a social media sale
site when what smacked me in the head like a cold mullet was an add for
one of these elusive mobile antennas.

A couple of hundred or more kilometres of driving and I arrived home with
the precious item in its nice carry bag. Some time spent doing searches
gave me more information on the model as the enclosed thermal photocopy
page of instructions was so faded as to be useless. So now I can start a
rethink on the mobile installation to include this Yuletide bargain.
However, it is a bit like the old man in the red suit leaving entertaining
gadgets and no batteries. A few years back I lost the base needed for
mounting this glorious device when we moved house. So Santa, can you leave
us an antenna base on Christmas morning, please?

I’m Geoff Emery wishing you all a very Merry Christmas from all at QNEWS.

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REDFEST will be held on Saturday the 9th April 2022.

Due to the COVID-19 situation, please check these events'
direct for up-to-date status information and even without
Covid dates have an uncanny knack of being changed at last
moment.


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qnews@...

THEN submit audio:-

To submit audio email qnews@...


Remember the sooner you submit audio material the more the
likelihood of it being broadcast in the very next QNEWS.
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QNEWS - DECEMBER 12 VK4 ON AIR 2021

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DID YOUR CLUB TELL ANYONE ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK?

IPSWICH AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB DID

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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


------------------------------------------------------------*

THE FOLLOWING NEWS CAN BE HEARD FROM OUR AUDIO SERVICE
based in BRISBANE, OLYMPIC CITY 2031, RIGHT NOW:-


www.vk7ax.id.au/wianews/

OR

www.wiaq.org.au


Importantly remember to download from the site by COT
(Close of Transmission) Mondays.


Also search QNEWS (make sure it IS the Ham Radio QNEWS)
in your podcast app..

tinyurl.com/4hnahk8p

------------------------------------------------------------*


VK4 SILENT KEYS @ WIA YEAR COMMENCING JULY 26 2021

SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY

VK4IW Kev Dickson 07/07/2021 (vk4dmh)
VK4JJ Joscelyn McGrath 29/07/2021 (vk4zz)
VK4NJA Alan Perkins 07/11/2021 (vk4beg)
VK4AYR Mark Bennett 26/07/2021 (tarc)




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Ipswich & District Radio Club
www.wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/IpswichAndDistrict/
Web – www.vk4wip.org.au
Email - vk4wip@...
For a full list of repeaters - www.vk4wip.org.au

This is Allan VK4HIT with news from Ipswich and District Radio Club.

The club’s November business meeting was held on 22nd at the clubhouse.

On the agenda was the latest from the WICEN group. Robert VK4KHW reported
the Mt Glorious Trail run was another event supported by WICEN held on
November 14. Special thanks to all operators who provided communications.
A total of 146 runners took part with only a few withdrawals. Twenty
twenty-two is shaping up to be another big year for WICEN raising funds
for the club with no fewer than six major events on the calendar.

Other items included the club Christmas party which was moved to the
clubhouse on November 27 owing to the high probability of rain.

Glen VK4HMI reminded members of the regular Maple Ridge net with Ipswich’s
sister club in Canada. The final net for the year was held on December 9
and will resume in the new year.

The next business meeting will be combined with a social meeting and be
the last for 2021. It will be held Monday December 13 at 1930 hours. Don’t
forget to take along plate, more importantly don’t forget to put food on
it.

And finally, a call out to members of other Queensland clubs – if you are
thinking about contributing audio to Q News in 2022 but not sure where to
start - it’s not as daunting as you might think.

From script writing, recording and the easy upload process to the WIA
website I’m happy to help set you on your way. In the first instance
contact me via email – VK4HIT@...

Reporting from Ipswich this is Allan, VK4HIT.



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

One of the great benefits of living now is the many ways we can obtain
information via the internet with apps such as YouTube uploading more data
in a day than one person can view in a lifetime. It is quite amazing how
prolific fact, fiction and misstatement can be made available for easy use
and re-use. One thing that needs us
to recall frequently is the saying that “I saw it on the internet, so it
must be true.” This is a truism that needs to be taken with not just one
grain of salt but maybe a bag or two.

Most of us have referred to a wiki from time to time and generally the
major online encyclopaedias are well moderated and contain good factual
information which is properly referenced to prove authenticity. Every once
in a while I get frustrated when I follow a link to something which
provides an explanation which is wrong by
most other references. Unfortunately, it is a case that you are getting
what you pay for and free references need to be confirmed before quoting
them as the truth.

As the holiday period of gift giving comes closer, no doubt there will be
people wanting to try some of the basic activities of home brewing. These
days, many of us start with the construction of basic antennas. For
shortwave, various wire antennas that can be mounted in an average yard
are some of the first types to be looked at. For many years, copper wire
has been the material of choice for the home builder. Whilst twisting the
wire for joining and attaching connections worked for me on my crystal
sets and then home brewed receiver, that was temporary measure until I had
the right tools.

This brings us to soldering which is the mainstay of building, both
commercially and at home.

Now this brings me back to the great video vault of learning on the
internet. If you have watched a few of the videos on electronics that
involve soldering, do you know enough to pick the obvious mistakes? All
too often a soldering iron tip is net cleaned before making a joint; this
is good way to lodge contaminants and end with a poor electrical and
mechanical join. Carrying the solder to the joint on the tip of the iron
is another bad idea and often you will see there is mechanical coupling
between wires before the solder is applied. Then how many videos show
metal that is not cleaned of oxidation before trying to solder.

I use the example of soldering to demonstrate that all that we see is not
necessary the best practice that we can use. Sadly in training for our
amateur tickets, much of this hands on skill set is no longer given in the
study materials. Our brethren in the USA are very good at promoting more
experienced hams to be mentors in order that these basic skills are passed
on. Perhaps now is the time for a serious move is made to encourage the
system here, as well.


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



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