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QNEWS FEBRUARY 18 2024 - VK4 ON AIR

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GLADSTONE AR CLUB "Radio_Active".

IRLP Node 6246
gladsoneamateurradioclub@...

G’day from Central Queensland.

I’m Mark VK4XMC, and along with the members and committee of the
Gladstone Amateur Radio Club we would liketo invite you to our
annual fundraiser BBQ Saturday 9th March at the beautiful and
family-friendly East Shores Gladstone Harbour.

Come and see live demos of the latest ICOM radios and get involved in
a foxhunt or two. It's a casual gathering with radios to raffle and a
fast auction.

All inquiries to gladsoneamateurradioclub@...
or find us on Facebook.

See you there!

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

Tomorrow is the day that license fees are no longer required as the Class
Licence
regime comes into force. There is still some confusion about how certain
matters
will be dealt with under this new framework but it seems that the ACMA has
been
quite assiduous in following up on detail. It remains to be seen if we
will end up
with the regulations spelled out in plain language for everyone to
understand, not
just public servants.


I have wondered about the rivalry that contests evoke. Some people seem to
have a
very competitive spirit akin to sporting rivalries whilst others enjoy the
effort of
just doing better than they did before. Short burst activities such as
sprints offer
a relative equality to people within a time zone perhaps but with things
such as
grey line propagation involved there can be both advantage and
disadvantage for
contestants at different ends of the continent. Similarly the application
of time
zones to the duration of the contests can impact the success of stations
and this is
without the considerations of space weatherb influences.


Recent flare activity on the Sun has resulted in noise and blackouts
effecting some
geographical areas and not others. For example, it is possible that Western
Australia could suffer a strike whilst the eastern states are unaffected.
With all
the forecast material available on the internet from multitudinous
sources, it makes
the life of the DX operator on HF much simpler but the immediate effects
on contest
operators can be frustrating periods of inactivity.


So here is the dilemma: conditions are variable and can favour some areas
above
others, the rules could be amended but who can referee the variations and
adherence
or it could be accepted that there will never be fairness and scores simply
represent the results on a particular event. All of this seems very
complicated
except for the last solution and that would require a cosmic shift in
attitude for
some operators.


I would suggest that the current sense of competitiveness really is
misplaced when
there is no “level playing field”. Imagine if at the upcoming Olympics if
some
competitors were allowed to claim running records with wind assistance or
swimmers
no longer had to touch as they turned in their lanes. The hue and cry
would be
enormous as when football teams have an extra player on the field during
substitutions. Surely the same ethical standards should apply when we amateur
operators compete!


I suppose this would be too hot a potato to hold and we won’t see any
practical
response to suggestions like this. However I believe we should all be
striving for
the best in our pursuit of excellence and ensuring fairness in what we do
should be
at the top of the priority list.

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



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Social Scene

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Gladstone Amateur Radio Club BBQ 9th March (vk4xmc)

Redcliffe and Districts REDFEST April 6 (vk4tfn)

WIA AGM held MAY 4-5 2024 in BUNDABERG. (barc)



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