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QNEWS JULY 14 2024 - VK4 ON AIR

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DID YOUR CLUB TELL ANYONE ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK?


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VK4 SILENT KEYS @ WIA YEAR FROM MAY 6 2024

SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY

VK4PS ALAN STEPHENSON 23/05/24 (vk4zz)



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

There is the old saying that a change is as good as a holiday. One thing
we can all say is that we have lived through many changes and some are
more momentous than others, of course.

Take, for example, the transition from analogue TV to digital.
It created a bit of a ripple for people getting set-top boxes to tune in
the new services or they had to replace their existing receiver with what
seemed a much more expensive unit.

This was at a time when people had been enjoying the benefits of getting
video programming on various forms of laser read machines which produced a
vastly improved image to the previous home entertainment recording formats
of VHS and Beta.

Remember that if you remember these things, there are many who have never
had the joy of recording audio from the radio or struggling with a jammed
cassette tape. There is a whole generation who live beyond the era of
compact disk, digital video recording and blue rays.

Streaming services and multi-channel free to air TV are with us now but
what will replace them, tomorrow?

In our own space we are seeing more digital operations being supported and
used and the technology that we use, in most commercially sourced gear, is
developed around digital processes and technology with less and less
reliance on analogue equipment being developed.

As these changes surround us, it is wise, I think, to consider the
consequences of this technological evolution. I have lived without mains
electricity but when you are used to the convenience of throwing a switch
and you are blacked out, there has to be redundancy or a backup to keep
the lights on. When the land line phone went down, there was only the
alternative of radio if you had the licence and the equipment.

These days our systems are geared around mobile phone services, the
internet and satellite services such as GPS. What happens when these
services fail? I mean these have been big changes and if this is part of
the holiday experience, we can’t afford to forget the insect repellent,
can we?

There have been moves from the banking sector to introduce a cashless
society. If you have been through a cyclone and the power is out or the
internet connection fails, just how do you pay for fuel for your generator
or the car to get through to the hospital or a doctor? Getting rid of cash
is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater, as the old saying goes.

There are good reasons for streamlining business procedures and refining
the items that we use in our daily lives but, there is usually a but, we
have to be aware that we have to be prepared to use alternatives when
necessary.

So as radio operators, do we have the plans in place and the equipment for
when, as they put it in texting, T-S-H-T-F or do we sit and hope for the
best?


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



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Social Scene


The Redcliffe Club will hold their Car Boot Sale Saturday 24 August
at the club house, MacFarlane Park, Kippa Ring. (vk4tn)


GOLD COAST HAMFEST OCTOBER 13 at Nerang Country Paradise
Parklands 231 Beaudesert-Nerang Road Nerang. (vk4DMH)





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