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QNEWS AUGUST 11 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)
VK4FANG ROGER HARNDEN 22/07/24 (vk4zz)
VK4CWJ GORDON WEBSTER July 2024 (vk4vp)
VK4SWR JOE SEBAST5IANI 03/07/24 (vk4zz)


Silent Key - Joe Sebastiani VK4SWR

A big shock to the Amateur Radio Community and most Radio Nets, sad news
has been
received via Ray/VK4OIL that long time

member of The Townsville Amateur Radio Club Inc, antenna experimenter and
avid radio
net participant Joe Sebastiani VK4SWR

went Silent Key after a horrific domestic accident. Joe had slipped on wet
tiles at
his home at Burdell North Queensland a couple of weeks

previously and rushed to Townsville University Hospital with injuries to
his skull
and brain so severe that doctors put Joe into an induced coma

in an attempt to help his body heal.

A week later Joe was taken out of the induced coma but soon lapsed into
another coma
from which he did not recover.

Joe passed away in hospital around 5pm Saturday 3rd August.

Joe grew up in Mount Isa, worked for a long time for Mount Isa Mines and
attained
Amateur Radio Callsign VK4LED thanks to training

provided by members of the Mount Isa and District Amateur Radio Club. Joe
was a keen
DXer on the 27MHz CB Band and soon had prolific

contacts on the Ham Bands but found the power limits of the Novice Licence
restrictive.

He was persuaded to upgrade to Advanced and was successful in attaining
VK4SWL, then
converted to VK4SWR while still in Mount Isa.

More DX ensued, not only on HF but also on VHF and UHF. With work
prospects in the
Isa starting to shrink Joe moved to Townsville

and proceeded to set up an even better DX setup than he had in the Isa.
Joe also
found he had a talent in fault finding and fixing power supplies,

those fault finding skills extending into fixing transceivers that had a
discrete
component build.

Joe was also an accomplished clay target shotgun marksman with regular
participation
as a member of the Townsville Gun Club in regional and state-wide
tournaments.

We pass on sincere condolences to wife Imelda, son Joe Jnr. and surviving
family.
Joe's sudden passing is as much a shock to us as

it is to you.

Vale Joe Sebastiani VK4SWR, Silent Key.

With thanks to Iain/VK4IGM and Ray/VK4OIL for assistance in getting this
incomplete
but heartfelt tribute to Joe together.

Gavin Reibelt/VK4ZZ, Secretary, The Townsville Amateur Radio Club Inc.




Now for some more sad news.

One of the Sunshine Coasts Amateur Radio Club's members has sadly
passed away - Gordon Webster VK4CWJ passed away last week and the
funeral was held last Thursday August One.

Gordon worked for the OTC in Martin Place Sydney and the DCA in
Port Moresby during the 60's and 70's and he also travelled many
times to Thursday Island.

He was a keen operator in many HF competitions around the world.
Gordon also had some issues with interference at his QTH in Pacific
Paradise that caused him no end of grief to his HF activities.

Vale Gordon VK4CWJ


I'll be back in a moment here on QNEWS with news of our clubs HamFest.


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

Great things are happening in the world of sports as our fellow Aussies
strive for
medals in the Olympic Games in Paris. Regardless of the purity or
otherwise of the
waters of the Seine through the city of lights, there appear to have been no
fatalities as a result of playing in the possibly polluted stream.

As a nation of successful arm chair sports people, we here in VK have a great
tradition to uphold and no doubt there have been many traditional meals of
sporting
fare scoffed in the dark and wee hours of the night. I will be interested
to see the
figures of the increase in meat pie and home delivered meals during this
period.

It is fitting that we radio amateurs enjoy the spectacle vicariously
through our
monitors and TVs. What better use is there for modern electronics than
participating
in a world event where so many nations are represented from the comfort of
one’s own
home with the support of the modern conveniences of refrigeration and
microwave
oven?

Maybe to top the medal tally in Paris will be the entry in the Guinness
Book of
Records with a count of bodies focused on sporting immortality that
exceeds the
records set by tennis and football competitions.

This is all to show that we as a race of people and a sub-set of this are
superbly
positioned to enjoy the indulgences of amateur radio. In a suitable space,
all the
paraphernalia of our favoured activity can be gathered. The multiple
monitors and
the comfortable operating chair, the earphones with the comfortable gel
cushions and
even special lighting and quick access to refreshment during breaks in
activity can
all be arranged for the champion amateur operator.

Of course for the more frugally or Spartan minded ham there are a variety
of options
for outdoor activities which can include enjoying bushland, beaches
mountains and
even hill tops to show how fearless and strong we can be in enjoying
amateur radio.

For the multifaceted amateur who can multitask, they can always have
various video
features showing on the monitors and by engaging the computer or two, run
digital
modes whilst keeping an eye on one’s favourite sport and even have a rag
chew whilst
the scanner brings in the latest news of local drama to the shack.

Yes my friends we are so lucky to belong to a cohort of versatile and
engaged people
who can sustain good levels of activity and a healthy life style whilst
mainly
remaining seated.
It is a lesson to show the world and our fellow Aussies just how good life
can be
when we join the ranks of amateur radio.

On that note, I hope we remember there are activities coming hard upon us
that may
shake us into more feverish activity. As they say, “Good luck in the
肠辞苍迟别蝉迟”.

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


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SUNSHINE COAST

Maleny VK4RSC 146.850 and 438.075 VK4RSN 53.7
Noosa Heads VK4RSL 146.825 and 438.175

News from the Sunshine Coast Amateur Radio Club

This is Gordon VK4VP

SunFest 2024 is Here

Saturday September 14th at the Coolum Civic Centre.
This is a new location as our previous venue is booked out.
The address is 2-4 Park St Coolum Beach

Here is your chance to grab a bargain, catch-up with folks you
haven’t seen for a while for an off air rag chew, or just enjoy
the atmosphere. Tickets this year are cheaper than last year at
just under $7 for general entry and $10 for a traders ticket
that includes 1 general admission.

Open for trader entry from 8AM, while doors for general admission
open strictly at 10AM.

Just go to vk4wis.org for details of ticket purchasing.







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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)


SUNFEST Saturday September 14 at Coolum Civic Centre. (vk4vp)


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





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