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QNEWS - MAY 14 2023 - VK4 ON AIR

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VK4 SILENT KEYS @ WIA YEAR MAY 2022 till TODAY MAY 14

SK CALL SK NAME DATE ADVISED BY

VK4ZHL Errol Hopper June 2022 (vk4vp)
VK4MBH Keith Allison 03/06/2022 (vk4vp)
VK4AVF Des Flor 13/06/2022 (vk4hit)
VK4DV Merv Deakin 18/06 (vk4cnq - vk4zz)
VK4SO Les Parker 21/06 (vk4atc)
VK4AJL George Glendinning 22/06 (vk4zz)
VK4NW Warwick Marshallsea 14/07 (vk4vp)
VK4ET/5WC Tony Van Lysdonk 16/07 (vk4vp)
VK4SF Jack Ford 18/07 vk4hit)
VK4AVS Jim Storch 22/07 (vk4zz)
VK4AGS Geoff Strom 23/08 (vk4zz)
VK4HGT George Turner 02/09 (vk4gcr)
VK4DK Stanley 'Dave' West 08/09 (vk4zz)
VK4HAJ Merrell Coleman Sept or Oct? (vk4acc)
VK4YT Nick Watling 22/10 (vk4zz)
VK4HS Howard Stephenson 06/01/23 (vk4acc)
VK4IX Ian Creighton 03/02/23 (vk4vp)
VK4KNE Gasry Neilson 08/05/23 (vk4hit)


The passing of Gary Neilsen VK4KNE occurred on Monday May 8.

Gary's health started to decline about 18 months ago and in the
last two weeks deteriorated rapidly.

Gary was a past secretary of Ipswich and District Radio Club and
also assisted in some WICEN events.

His service will be held at St Paul's in Ipswich, Tomorrow
Monday May 15 at 1000 hours, with the wake being held at the
Church after the service.

Gary was 62 years old at his passing.


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Ipswich & District Radio Club

Web – www.vk4wip.org.au
Email - vk4wip@...
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This is Allan VK4HIT with news from Ipswich and District Radio Club.

Last Monday our clubhouse welcomed members and visitors for a presentation
by Scott Watson VK4CZ and Dr Kevin Johnston VK4UH on An Introduction to
Amateur Microwave Activity in SE VK4.

The evening lived up to its promise of a very interesting and educational
presentation. I’m sure it helped dispel a lot of myths around operating on
the microwave bands. Just one of the many highlights was that virtually
anything can used to bounce a signal – from mountains, storms fronts and
aircraft to CBD high-rise buildings.

Ipswich WICEN supported another Brisbane Trail Marathon on Sunday April 30
with critical information relayed to race control. There were six
checkpoints and the base station, all very ably manned by members and
friends of the club. Other than a slight damp start to the day, all went
well with very few hiccups along the way. The WICEN Leadership Group would
like to sincerely thank all the members who volunteered their time and
resources to make the event the success that it was.


Reporting from Ipswich this is Allan, VK4HIT.






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

I wonder how many of us have noticed that one of the positions that most
clubs no
longer have is that of librarian? The era of the collection of books and
magazines
seems to be shrinking to be maintained only in those groups that are
fortunate to
have their own club rooms and adequate space for storage. The many clubs
that share
space in rooms provided by another body generally would seem to find it
too hard to
maintain a collection of heavy paper. We have seen the demise of the WIA
bookshop as
sales fell and the cost of providing the service to members was no longer
justifiable.

We have seen the closure of specialist small booksellers who devoted
efforts to
supplying the amateur fraternity with literature and we seem to be left
with few
places to go as public libraries cull their shelves of least borrowed
tomes. Around
my area, I have witnessed the newsagencies reduce the range of magazine
titles that
they stocked. So the obvious question is what do people do to access current
information if they follow a particular interest such as electronics and
amateur
radio? Obviously subscriptions will keep the magazines appearing in the
letter box
but not every home is suitable for saving them and not everyone has the
capacity to
afford the purchases.

This inevitably brings us to using the internet and the resources it
provides. It
seems sad to see people, both new and experienced, post to groups asking a
question
which could be more quickly answered by doing a topic search or referring
to the
files section. I admit that I can find it frustrating looking for
information when
it takes multiple attempts at refining the search string to actually
narrow the
search to where the information actually is.

It has always been part of this activity to garner knowledge and indeed the
international definition of amateur radio describes it as including a
process of
self education. Good books are expensive initially but will provide the
basic laws
and methods of physics, engineering and technology to see most of us
through our
lives or until we need more reading and we add another manual on a pet
topic to the
shelf.

As we move to a more electronic way of storing and retrieving information
it seems
that many people who can text message with thumbs faster than summer
lightning can
lack the ability to use the information resources at those same finger
tips. For
clubs that invite guest speakers, here might be an opportunity for someone
such as a
local librarian to give a presentation to members.

It is too easy, if we are looking for understanding of a subject, just to
go to a
wiki because these resources are only as accurate as the knowledge of the
editors
and not all require proper references to support details that are posted.
Many
privately maintained blogs and pages can provide leads for further study
but once
again they should not be regarded as infallible.

Here is a way to help each other get the answers we need to the questions
that must
come up as we travel the road of lifelong learning. Share methods of best
using the
internet.


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

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