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QNEWS MARCH 17 2024 - VK4 ON AIR

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VK4 SILENT KEYS @ WIA YEAR FROM MAY 13 2023

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Redcliffe and Districts radio club.


Greetings from the Redcliffe Radio Club VK4RC
Robert Thomson VK4TFN reporting.

Redfest 2024, is now only three weeks away on Saturday 6th April,
at St Michael's College, Abbey Place Caboolture.

Redfest 2024 is promising to be bigger and better than ever.
Currently we have almost 30 vendors and displays.
Redfest is not just a swap-meet with pre-loved bits and pieces.
This year there'll be even more commercial vendors.

For the technically minded - and that;s all of us - there will be a
demonstration of the new ICOM IC-905 by the Brisbane VHF Group who
will also host a presentation on microwave propagation.

As you know, there's a special focus on the ladies this year.
So, no need for the YLs to stay home in 2024.

Doug is prepping the barbie for his famous bacon and egg rolls, and
the ladies are ready and raring to go with the cafè. Food is available
from 8:00am and the gates open at 9:00am.

Don't forget the major raffle prize -
the ICOM ID-5100A, VHF/UHF digital transceiver.
Tickets are only $5.00.

For more information go to:
redclifferadioclub.org.au


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

It was about 70 years ago that the Communist Party in the Soviet Union
produced a
statement which set out their meanings of what language would mean. The
common use
and understanding was thrown out like dirty dish water and diplomats had
to struggle
to decipher the messages given out in the early stages of the Cold War.


One book that most households had on a shelf was a dictionary which was
important to
children doing homework and then became a tool for crosswords and board
games. What
it meant was that language tended to be stable in what it conveyed and
that lasted
over time. You could read a newspaper that was thirty or more years old
and not be
confused by the meaning of words.


In the past couple of weeks we have seen a melee amongst one of the
popular sporting
codes which revolved around the use of the word “monkey”. It seems that
that word
has transformed into an insult when used in certain contexts. We have seen
this
attitude portrayed over the past few years with people finding offence
with words
and objects in a movement that is known as woke.


If you are a user of social media, you will probably have come across the
mindless
minions known as fact checkers and algorithms upholding some universal set of
community standards. Like the guards in the land ruled by a dictator, these
creations seem to lack understanding of what people enjoy such as humour
and irony
and the standards seem to appear like ectoplasm during a phoney seance.
Such is the
world that we live in.


In the past there have been quite explicit rules applied to the type of
language
which was permitted on radio services. These days we can hear expressions on
broadcast radio and TV that would have had a charge of obscenity laid by
the police
a few decades ago.


During my student days I was taught that language was an evolving item in
our social
structure and I have lived to witness much change in what words mean and
how they
are used.


So how does this reflect in our use of language as radio amateurs? My
feeling is
that we should still consider what is respectful to and by our fellow
operators. If
a word or expression can be offensive then we should use an alternative.
This is the
courtesy that amateurs have encouraged for over 100 years regardless of
regulations.


Like good manners are appropriate to the occasion we should remember that
generally
what we put to air can be monitored by people of all ages and backgrounds.
I have
listened to the operator who was drunk behind the microphone use obscene
language
and I have memories of monitoring UHF CB many years ago whilst standards
sank lower
and lower. Sadly, as I travel a major road, I do monitor the notorious
Ch40 and have
to accept that most of the transport drivers use obscenity as punctuation.
If you
hold religious beliefs or are raising young children, this is a great
deterrent to
using a very effective road safety tool.


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



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Hallo everyone, this is Graham VK4BB reminding you that today,
being the first Sunday of of the month, it's time for the QNEWS
Social Calender for VK4 to go to air.

Social Scene

Clubs are welcome to submit text with audio for this section


Redcliffe and Districts REDFEST April 6 (vk4tfn)

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

Park-fest 4 & 5 of May Bundaberg (vk4kc)

Caboolture Radio Club Hamfest July 11 (vk7jea)

GOLD COAST HAMFEST OCTOBER 13 (Venue to be announced) (vk4DMH)




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