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QNEWS JANUARY 26 2025 - AX4 ON AIR

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DARLING DOWNS RADIO CLUB

vk4wid@...

Hello - and here's the QNEWS contribution from the Darling Downs Radio
Club for Sunday 26 January. I'm John VK2JPM, Secretary of the club.

Coming up: the next club meeting is on the evening of Monday 10th of
February in the Toowoomba library at 1900. This month's topic is Fox
Hunting, and Bruce VK4MQ is going to do his darndest to show you the two
most important outcomes that you can get from our hobby: have a REALLY
good time, and develop great technical and life skills.

Fox Hunting isn't complex. Someone takes a small transmitter, which could
typically be on 80m or 2m, and puts it where it can be found. Then people
- the hunters, working individually or in teams - try to find the fox
using whatever techniques work for them. That could be a simple antenna
and a Chinese handheld, or it could be a very sophisticated. So... part
of the fun is in the chasing and finding, and part of the fun is in
developing better tools and techniques.

For instance, here's something you might not have thought about: the same
techniques used in ham fox-hunts can be - and are - used to track and find
livestock, and to rescue humans who have triggered an emergency beacon.
This could truly be a life-changing or life-saving meeting for you to
attend.

We're planning a club Fox Hunt event in late March or April, and Bruce
will show you how to be prepared for not much money and only a small
amount of effort. That date again: Monday 10 February at 1900 in the
Toowoomba Library.

If you're coming to the meeting and you've been busy constructing over the
holidays, why not bring a bit of show and tell?

Do you have to be a member of the club to attend our meetings?
Absolutely not. Anyone can come, and all are welcome. Meetings are what
we do to spread information about our hobby, get people together, and have
a better time because... well, that's what a club is about.


While we're on the calendar: anyone is welcome to join us at our next
informal lunch... we do these on the second Saturday of every even month,
so the next lunch is on the 8th. All the details are on our website at
www.ddrci.org.au and you get to meet some of the gang in a convivial
atmosphere... that's PR talk for have an enjoyable lunch with a friendly
group.

I'll update you next week on some of our future plans - the John Moyle
Field Day is coming up in March, I've mentioned a scheduled Fox Hunt, and
there will likely be a group of us heading to Dayton Hamvention in May.

If you missed any of the info in this bulletin: it's on the website, or
if you have questions about anything at all - like, who can I ask about
why my radio doesn't work? - drop us a line. Secretary@... will
get our attention, and someone will get back to you pretty quickly.

73 from John VK4JPM for the Darling Downs Radio Club.

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

As I sat down at the keyboard to prepare this talk, the thrumming of the
ceiling fan outpaced the chirrups of the cicadas serenading the night. It
seems that large parts of the Sunshine State have largely dispelled the
rain clouds for a little while and replaced the wet and humid weather with
a heatwave with equally high levels of humidity.

It is hardly the type of weather that encourages one to sit behind a
microphone or keyboard and commune with the world. It is time for the
younger students to enjoy the last days of the school holidays whilst
staying as cool as conditions allow. We more senior folk are advised to
stay cool and drink plenty of fluids to overcome the heat stresses.

I spoke, last week, of the Jamboree which was held in Maryborough and one
of the things I didn’t mention was the state of the camping area when
sudden heavy rains caused localised flooding at the showgrounds. The
images that appeared on television showed the scouts valiantly defending
their sleeping area with shovels and what materials they could use to
divert the several centimetres of water. It was a classic case of being
caught unawares but being prepared to do what was necessary in the
circumstances. For all of that disruption it seems that the situation was
accepted and the good memories of time spent around the Fraser Coast were
carried home in spite of the deluge.

I caught a YouTube video, last week, from a space scientist and amateur
operator, Dr. Tamitha Skove, and from the observations she has recorded it
appears that we have reached the first stages of the decline in Solar
Cycle 25. This is a good time to put our operating skills to work and
catch the excitement of HF whilst the benefits of the cycle remain. I can
recall the rapidity of some previous cycles as exotic skip was soaked into
then so-called normal conditions that prevail between the 11 year peaks.

Part of the joy of amateur radio is pitting one’s skills against the
prevailing conditions on the bands. Some of the best fun is had when
signals come from around the globe and we can work those stations without
internet or satellite assistance. That is not to say these methods of any
the less valid or enjoyable but a barefoot DX contact on the bands is
always reason to smile with satisfaction.

For our clubs, I trust you have resumed activities refreshed by the
holiday break and members have returned full of enthusiasm and inspiration
for the remainder of the year ahead.

I am looking forward to sharing with you in 2025 and hope to hear your
stories on the news.

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

(vk4zpp@...)


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