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DID YOU TELL ANYONE ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK?
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april 18
Welcome to QNews from VK4WIA. I'm Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP and I've been thinking.
Today is World Amateur Radio Day, as we learned from WIA National News last
week. Every year this seems to be an event which comes like a
Jack-in-the-Box with announcements just before the event.
It would be great if we could use this international recognition to promote
our club, our hobby in our local communities.
As has been announced in WIA National News, last week, the Institute has
made available a press release kit to those clubs hosting VK100WIA operations
This kit is also available to other clubs on request.
We may have missed the boat, a little, on this year's World Amateur Radio Day
but we should have no reason not to make a public splash next year.
In keeping with the spirit of digital developments in amateur radio, this
broadcast has been prepared, collated and edited on many digital devices, my
home PC included.
I'm Geoff Emery and that's what I think.....what about you?
CLUBBING -
GYMPIE
www.gceginc.org.au
Trevor Taege, VK4BAT
I’m Trevor Taege, VK4BAT with the news from the Gympie Communications &
Electronics Group:
Two new members have been accepted into the Club so we extend a warm welcome
from all the Gympie Group members to Graeme VK4SG and Nathan. We look
forward to having you both along to meetings and other Club activities.
Work is continuing on the relocation of the 2m repeater with the first of
two 80 watt solar panels being delivered. The second panel and the regulator
are on order. Also completed is the APRS unit that will report the battery
voltage and shack temperature of the repeater installation. The ident will
change from VK4RCM to VK4RGY as it moves to Mt. Boulder. We anticipate this
to happen within about a month unless a problem is encountered with the solar
power testing phase.
Do you remember Jeff Johnson VK4XJJ who walked across Australia from south
to north, Gulf to Gulf? He had a daily sked with Roger VK4BNQ on 40m and
made several sat-phone radio interviews with ABC radio and our own WIA
news producer Graham VK4BB. Well Jeff has another little walk planned but
this time it is from east to west, right across Australia! The Royal Flying
Doctor Service has approached Jeff to complete this huge fund-raising walk
on their behalf. They will be providing support along the way and the
Gympie Communications & Electronics Group will be Jeff’s official East Coast
Amateur Radio contact station. The walk is being planned to commence early
April 2011. With anticipated radio and TV coverage, ‘Jeff’s Walk’ will once
again raise money and awareness for a good cause and help to promote and
demonstrate Amateur Radio. More information to follow in our next club news
segment.
For Gympie Area News, I’m Trevor Taege, VK4BAT.
Redcliffe and District Radio Club
www.redclifferadioclub.org.au/
I'm Ray VK4CF back with news from the Redcliffe AR Club".
Club members worked at the repeater site last Sunday and carried out the
following work, Removing the faulty 2m/70cm dual band vertical antenna,
Fitting a new RFI high gain UHF antenna, a new RFI diplexer for the 2m
repeater, new LDF4-50 feedlines, new 2 metre and 70cm repeaters and
undertook general maintenance around the site.
This work was carried out with thunderstorms in the distance and very
persistence rain at the site. Thanks to Mrs Hufnagle who provided (warm)
muffins for the workers on the hill and to Charlie(VK4YZ) and John (VK4YJV)
for spending time in the harnesses up the tower once again.
Please note, to all those who use the Redcliffe repeater that the repeater
tail is now 0.5 of a second long. This is intentional.
The new repeater equipment has been funded by the Gaming Commission Grants.
Soon work will commence on the fabrication of a working platform on the tower
that will also be used to hold solar panels.
Tech Talks are held at the club house on the third Monday of the month with
David VK4DC on homebrew Antenna Tuner next Monday night. In August,
Kevin VK4UH to talk on the Expedition Trip to Norfolk Island that is a
feature article in this month’s AR magazine.
On May 17th, there is to be a visit by club members to Air Services Australia
at Brisbane Airport Control tower. Numbers for this event are limited to a
maximum of 24 persons. So please ensure you advise Scottie, VK4FLAE, as
soon as possible your intention to attend.
WIA Club Grant 2009 will be used to purchase VK3YNG sniffers and Charlie
VK4YZ is to head up the antenna construction team. The club will also
apply for the 2010 WIA Club Grant to purchase a 23cm ATV transmitter kit
from Minikits. The ATV transmitter would be used to broadcast tech talks
live to the Oceanview ATV repeater and to develop a mini-studio at the
clubhouse.
The club will apply to the WIA to use the callsign VK100WIA, from Aug 30 to
Sept 1. The call sign will be operated from the clubhouse during this period.
John VK4WX and XYL Beryl will be absent from the club for about 2 years or
until the money runs out on his trip around Australia. John will be on or
about 7.070 MHz at nominally 1630 on Saturdays to keep in contact with
absent friends.
So until next week, for Redcliffe club I'm Ray VK4CF.
TOWNSVILLE
vk4wit(AT)wia.org.au
4773 1196 or 0408 001142
po box 333 Garbutt East, QLD 4814
www.tarc.org.au
GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS! THIS IS DON VK4FNQA,
WITH NEWS FROM NORTH QUEENSLAND !
WITH A REMINDER THAT THE TARC SOCIAL EVENING IS
HAPPENING THIS TUESDAY FROM 7-30PM AT THE CLUB
ROOMS, ON TOP OF SES HEADQUARTERS, GREEN STREET
WEST END.
ALL ARE WELCOME TO COME ALONG AND HELP PUT
TOGETHER THE MAGAZINE OF RENOWN, BACK-SCATTER !
AFTER THE WORK IS DONE FEEL FREE TO MINGLE AND
SOCIALISE. ALL WELCOME !
SOME SAD NEWS INTO THE NEWSDESK THAT ONE OF
THE FRIENDS OF TARC HAS PASSED AWAY AND GONE
TO THE BIG 'GUN PARK' IN THE SKY.
MAJOR RICHARD NEWELL [DICK] WICKENDEN [RETD]
R A A (SHELDRAKE), TIRELESS VOLUNTEER WITH SUCH
COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AS THE COMMUNITY
INFORMATION CENTRE, RED CROSS, RSL TOWNSVILLE
SUB BRANCH, JEZZINE BARRACKS COMMUNITY
STEERING COMMITTEE, COAST GUARD, TOWNSVILLE
OFFSHORE WATER SWIMMING ASSOCIATION AND
MANY, MANY MORE; PASSED AWAY ON TUESDAY
APRIL 6TH IN THE MATER HOSPITAL PIMLICO DUE TO
COMPLICATIONS ARISING FROM A RECENT ILLNESS.
THE CONSENSUS AT THE FUNERAL SERVICE WAS
THAT DICK WENT WELL BEFORE HIS TIME.
DICK WAS BEST KNOWN TO THE AMATEUR RADIO
COMMUNITY THROUGH HIS EFFORTS AS RESOURCES
CO-ORDINATOR FOR THE MAGNETIC ISLAND TO
TOWNSVILLE SWIM, WHERE HE SUCCESSFULLY YEAR
AFTER YEAR INTEGRATED SWIMMERS, SHIPS
CAPTAINS AND WICEN [TARC] OPERATORS TO MAKE
THE YEARLY SWIM ONE OF THE SAFEST AND BEST
RUN MARATHON SWIMMING EVENTS IN THE WORLD.
DICK WAS ALSO VERY WELL KNOWN TO THOSE
RADIO AMATEURS EITHER CURRENTLY SERVING
OR RETIRED FROM ACTIVE DUTY WITH AUSTRALIAN
MILITARY FORCES, ESPECIALLY WITH HIS
ACTIVITIES WITH THE RSL AND AS SECRETARY OF
THE COMMITTEE THAT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
THE TRANSFER OF HISTORIC JEZZINE BARRACKS
BACK TO THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF TOWNSVILLE.
DICK HAD A GREAT SEND-OFF AT THE LAKES
CHAPEL ON MONDAY 12TH APRIL 2010 AND WAS
ACCORDED FULL MILITARY HONOURS. DICK WAS
SURROUNDED BY FAMILY, FRIENDS, VOLUNTEER
COLLEAGUES AND THOSE WHO HAD SERVED
WITH HIM .
VALE RICHARD NEWELL [DICK] WICKENDEN.
NOW, REMEMBER THAT NEXT SATURDAY 24TH
APRIL IS THE DAY TO BRING YER BREKKIE ITEMS
DOWN TO THE BARBEQUES LOCATED EITHER SIDE
OF THE ENTRY TO STRAND JETTY FOR BREAKFAST
WITH THE PRESIDENT.
THE MAKING, BAKING AND COOKING ALL THE
WHILE WILL START FROM 7AM WITH SOCIALISING
IN ONE OF NORTH QUEENSLAND'S AWARD
WINNING SETTINGS.
BREAKFAST WITH THE PRESIDENT - EVERY
FOURTH TUESDAY OF THE MONTH -
>>>>>>BE THERE !
TIME HAS RUN OUT AGAIN, HOWEVER REMEMBER
THAT NEXT SUNDAY IS GOING TO BE SPECIAL -
IT WILL BE ANZAC DAY AND APART FROM SPECIAL
THINGS HAPPENING ON THE NEWS, THERE WILL
ALSO BE LOTS OF STATIONS ON AIR USING CW
AND AM FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN
CONJUNCTION WITH ANZAC DAY.
I WILL REMIND YOU ABOUT IT NEXT SUNDAY.
MEANTIME THAT'S ALL THE QNEWS FOR THIS
SUNDAY 18TH APRIL ...
THIS HAS BEEN DON VK4FNQA IN TROPICAL
PARADISE FOR THE TOWNSVILLE AMATEUR
RADIO CLUB INC, AND YOU HAVE BEEN
LISTENING TO, AND ENJOYING >>>QNEWS
FROM VK4WIA..
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youtube.com
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Brisbane Digital ATV club.
ATV repeater VK4RKC at Ocean View is now transmitting Digital ATV on 428.5MHz.
Input is both 1250 FM and DATV.
It’s in a beacon mode while the system is being completed, however 1250 FM
and DATV can pass through on a valid input signal. No DTMF tones are required.
(Alan VK4NA)
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