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QNEWS APRIL 13 2025 - VK4 ON AIR

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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)
X/VK4TC Terry Harding Cain 30/07/24 (vk4zz)
VK4CWJ GORDON WEBSTER July 2024 (vk4vp)
VK4SWR JOE SEBAST5IANI 03/07/24 (vk4zz)
VK4TE ALEX McDONALD 27/09/24 (vk4ra)
VK4NL NOEL DESJARDINS 16/10/24 (vk4vp)
VK4RG RON GRANDISON 22/12/24 (vk4hit)
VK4NOE FRED WHITE 29/01/25 (vk4eht)

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DARLING DOWNS RADIO CLUB

vk4wid@...


It's Sunday 13th of April, and I'm John VK4JPM, secretary of the Darling
Downs Radio Club. We're halfway through our big weekend and you're
invited to come and be part of the fun.

But first, here's a reminder. ANZAC day is coming up on the 25th of
April, and that means you're entitled to use the AX prefix for the whole
day. So... why not see if you can make contact with a few members of the
club and qualify for the Garden City Award using the AX form of your call?
Details on the website - just look for the Awards tab.

Moving along: if you're listening to this on the Sunday morning airing of
QNews, then you still have time to nip out and join us for lunch at the
Withcott Hotel. We do the lunches every two months, but this is the first
time we've met on Sunday for... as long as I can remember, anyway. Folk
will start to arrive at 1130 for a 1200 start - look for us inside at the
western end... that's near the fireplace. Full details are on the club
website at ddrci.org.au.

And on Monday the 14th, the regular club meeting starting at 1900 in the
Toowoomba Library on Victoria Street Toowoomba just off Herries Street.
Cam VK4CSS has promised that the talk on RADAR and LIDAR will be both
informative, and will contain a few stay-out-of-trouble tips. We can't
give the game away too much; you'll just have to come and find out. Both
technologies have an interesting place in modern navigation, and they are
both quite different and amazingly similar. Session starts at 1900 in the
Toowoomba Library on Monday 14th, and runs to about 2030. Tons of parking
under the building, and you don't get wet if it rains.

Like all club events, our meetings are free to attend, and we welcome
members, non-members and guests.

If you're not yet a member of the club, don't forget that this month you
can join and get an extra 3 months membership for free. Joining is easy:
there's a big button on the home page that you click, and it takes you to
the forms.

And finally, an update on our club Foxhunt Day to be held on Saturday 10
May. Everyone is welcome, especially if you're from another club. Our
club's Mr Homebrew, Bruce VK4MQ, has designed some really good and cheap
hardware that you can build yourself. Details of the hunt, and articles
on homebrew antennas and other items, can all be found on the club website
right now.

IF you missed any of this, then you can go to the website and download our
April news bulletin which contains the info and a heap of links to make
your life easier. Or drop a line to Secretary at DDRCI dot org dot au.

Until next week, when I get to tell you what you missed, I'm John VK4JPM
for the Darling Downs Radio Club.


* The April newsletter with all the links is here:
ddrci.org.au/newsletter-05-april-2025/

* The Garden City Award is here:
ddrci.org.au/awards/

* How to become a member of DDRCI (only $30 right now, or even less for
concessions or young people):
ddrci.org.au/membership-application/



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


In the world of politics, people have sought to clarify the meaning of
what their
government and people have embraced as guiding principles. After the blood
bath that
was the French Revolution, the country became known for its three word
motto which
upheld freedom, equality and brotherhood.

The Declaration of Independence of the United States similarly tries to
have its
principles adhere to this style of governance with many more words. The
countries
which developed out of the colonial system to become democracies all seem
to have
similar guides to life and rule which the despots despise and endeavour to
over
turn.

The twentieth century saw two major wars which gave rise to the League of
Nations
and then the United Nations as bodies to try and seek order and respect
for all
people.

Why this brief history lesson? Well in amongst the great doings the
smaller actions
which we radio enthusiasts are involved in also fit under the umbrella of
these
sentiments with our paramount body for communications, the ITU, being now
part of
the United Nations stream of activities. Our own amateurs code embraces
those same
basic principles that the French adopted.

When Russia invaded the Ukraine some 3 years ago, there were many
discussions and
thoughts about how we hams should deal with the situation. To the extent that
decisions of government are beyond the average person to stop, it is
common for
contacts between amateurs to continue without rancour or bitterness as had
been
happening before.

In this country and many other jurisdictions, our regulations don’t allow
on air
promotion of political issues except in a general sense of wider discussion.

We all are aware of the various actions the current administration of the
USA has
been continuing and not a day goes by without news media reviewing the latest
matters and trying to analyse the possible outcomes deriving from the
White House.

As we have heard in the lead story to WIA National News, the peak Canadian
amateur
organisation, the RAC, has made the decision to boycott the Dayton
Hamvention held
in Xenia, Ohio in May. As the bonds between the English speaking countries
of North
America have been grown over centuries and amateur radio has been integral
in over
the last century, this is a momentous decision. It indicates the depth of
feeling
which has been aroused but still has the hope of returning to participate
in the
greatest ham gathering in the Americas. Along with the Friedrichshafen
meet in
Germany these events mark the highlights of the amateur radio/electronics
year
around the world.

The fact that on an organisational level, one representative body of one
country
will not participate in no way limits the way in which individual amateurs
and clubs
are able to mutually join together for the betterment of the service.

Keeping the politics off the air is a great way to keep any rancour and
angst out of
our hobby.


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

(vk4zpp@...)


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