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DID YOU TELL ANYONE ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK?
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Welcome to QNews from VK4WIA. I'm Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP and I've been
reflecting....
In the time when we measured in feet and inches and valued in shillings and
pence, I was receiving my first lessons in club organisation. This was with
a national youth organisation with a long history, even then.
It was probably before the terms such as teen peer pressure had entered the
pages of news reporting but one issue was very important to avoid. This was
and is the growth of cliques in an organisation. The self grouping of a
segment of members to assume effective control of the body to benefit that
self appointed group has long been a poison to the cohesiveness and growth
of all kinds of clubs.
Our hobby of amateur radio with its lofty ideals as set out in the Amateurs
Code is certainly not immune to this problem.
Practically we need to tread the line of accommodating the wide interests of
all our club members and providing activities, within our resources, which
involve all our club members. Ignoring members, inviting a selected few to
undertake special activities ( pre-qualifying) and allowing things to run as
a dictatorship is hardly in the spirit of the Amateurs Code.
Our WIA is encouraging us to recruit. Old hobbyists’ and the newly interested,
we invite you all.... and as the CB craze brought us many recruits, computing
and other electronic interests should be a source of new members now.
Have you told anyone about amateur radio, this week?
For QNews, I'm Geoff Emery and that's what I think.....what about you?
ANZAC DAY 2010 CW/AM
Amateurs of North Queensland, lead by Mike, are encouraging all
amateurs who can, to operate on AM and CW modes during the afternoon and
evening of ANZAC Day as a mark of remembrance to the servicemen and women
who served our countries during time of conflict.
AM and CW were modes used during WW2 and in Korea, Malaysian and early
Viet Nam so by using those modes it shows that we Radio Amateurs are
remembering them in our own special manner. Hopefully our New Zealand
cousins will join in the activity as the ANZAC spirit is an integral part of
both our countries.
Ex-navy ships Whyalla (in Whyalla), Castlemaine (in Melbourne) and
Diamantina (in Brisbane) plus the WAR-BIRDS in Mareeba will be activating
their World War 2 radio equipment plus other museums looking at linking in
with Amateur Radio Clubs and Groups.
The North Queensland net on ANZAC Day will be on 7.093MHz at 0600 hours UTC
using AM and the Townsville North Queensland net will also be AM on 3605.4kHz
at 0930 hours UTC. Other radio clubs and groups in Southern Queensland are
also planning to run their nets on AM plus getting on air to make contact
during the afternoon on AM and CW.
The suggested frequencies for use are:
CW
7.020MHz +/- 15kHz
3.530MHz +/- 20kHz
14.050MHz +/- 20kHz
AM
3.590MHz +/- 20kHz
7.070MHz +/- 25kHz
14.160MHz +/- 30kHz
Turkish Amateurs are operating from the 22 - 25 April overlooking ANZAC Cove.
It is purely social and not a contest.
This is Ewan VK4ERM for:
Mike ‘banjo’ Patterson VK4MIK
CLUBBING -
BAYSIDE
Bayside and District Amateur Radio Society rebroadcasting the WIA weekly news
Tuesday nights at 7pm from their 146.875MHz repeater.
The IRLP node number has changed Bryn VK4GF has linked node 6919 to the
BDARS repeater
TABLELANDS RADIO AND ELECTRONICS CLUB
vk4wat(AT)wia.org.au
www.treclub.org.au
G’day I’m Dale VK4DMC with news from the Tablelands Radio and Electronics
Club.
Mike Patterson, VK4MIK has proposed that Amateur Radio commemorate the ANZAC
tradition as well as commemorating all ex and serving men and women of our
Defence Forces by utilizing radio modes that were in use during World War II,
Korea, Malaysia and early Vietnam days - Amplitude Modulation (AM) and Morse
Code (CW) on ANZAC Day Sunday 25th April 2010.
Many of today’s amateur radio operators started out using AM and CW on HF and
VHF.
3 TREC members Nick Watling VK4YT, Chris Gill VK4YCG and Barrie Smeaton
VK4ALK along with other Far North Queensland hams will be operating a radio
station at the Mareeba Airport which was a major air-base in WW 2 They will
be using old military radio equipment including a BC-348 receiver and a
BENDIX TA-12d transmitter.
One of the amateurs who will be at Mareeba is Tom Saunders VK4AOG, who at
92 years of age, is still very active on the bands. Tom served in WW2 with
the RAAF.
The Townsville Radio Club will be operating from a WW II Command Bunker set
into Castle Hill. There will be three ex Royal Australian Navy Ships involved
– HMAS Diamantina, in Brisbane, HMAS Castlemaine, in Melbourne, and HMAS
Whyalla, in Whyalla. Other clubs around VK have indicated that they will be
on air as well.
The Afternoon Net , a daily North Queensland net, will be on air using AM at
0600z on 7.093MHz
A Turkish group the TC Special Wireless Activity Team will be operating
using the call-sign TC57A from Dardanelles, Canakkale, to commemorate the
soldiers of the Turkish 57th Regiment, who lost their lives during the
First World War.
TREC (VK4WAT) will be operating from the Atherton War Cemetery starting
around 0500 z.
Suggested frequencies are available on the WIA web-site.
This has been Dale VK4DMC for the Tablelands Radio and Electronics Club.
TABLELANDS RADIO GROUP
(no audio supplied)
An Amateur Radio Salute to the Anzac’s, taken from TRGs "The TRG Tattler".
THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE TABLELANDS RADIO GROUP—ATHERTON
This was an idea I had to give an Amateur Radio salute to the Anzacs as well
as all ex and serving men and women of our Defence Forces by utilizing radio
modes that were in use during World War II, Korea, Malaysia and early Vietnam
days . These days, Amateur Radio uses the more stable and reliable Single
Side Band and Digital modes of radio communication as opposed to the more
interference prone Amplitude Modulation (AM) and Morse Code (CW) modes as
were used in the era of those war years. During these years of difficult
times, the lower power of the transmitters and sensitivity of receivers of
the day made operating conditions much more arduous than they are today and
this will be an ideal opportunity, especially for the younger generation of
radio enthusiasts, to see AM and Morse Code being used once again and how it
“used to beö. It would be a trip down Memory Lane for the more elderly
operators in our great hobby.
This project has gained much support nationally and internationally as the
Tableland Radio Group (TRG), based in Atherton, gets the project up and
running. Amateur Radio operators (or Hams as they are often called) from
around Australia, New Zealand the United Kingdom and Turkey have expressed
interest in joining us on April 25.
In Australia we will have a radio station at the Mareeba Airport, as it was a
major base in WW II, and the Townsville Radio Club will be operating from a
WW II Command Bunker set into Castle Hill. We also will have three ex Royal
Australian Navy Ships involved – HMAS Diamintina, in Brisbane,
HMAS Castlemaine, in Melbourne, and HMAS Whyalla, in Whyalla. There are
numerous Hams who have rallied and will be on air on the afternoon of
ANZAC DAY 2010.
Many Radio Amateurs have served in the Australian and New Zealand Defence
Forces and it is hoped this event will have special significance for them.
Mike “Banjoö Patterson VK4MIK
Chief Petty Officer R.A.N. (Ret)
Malanda Qld
TOWNSVILLE
vk4wit(AT)wia.org.au
4773 1196 or 0408 001142
po box 333 Garbutt East, QLD 4814
www.tarc.org.au
GREETINGS TO ALL LISTENERS ON THIS VERY SPECIAL AND SIGNIFICANT DAY
ANZAC DAY 2010
THIS IS DON VK4FNQA FROM 'NORTH QUEENSLAND'...
HAVE YOU... OR WILL YOU BE PARTICIPATING IN CONTACTING LOTS OF STATIONS ON
AIR TODAY BY USING CW TO MAKE CONTACT WITH VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN CONJUNCTION
WITH ANZAC DAY REMEMBRANCE?
TARC INC MEMBERS AND SUPPORT CREWS 'SALUTE THE DEFENCE FORCE SERVICES BY;
REMEMBERING OUR ANZACS'.
"THEY WENT WITH SONGS TO BATTLE,
THEY WERE YOUNG, STRAIGHT OF LIMB, TRUE OF EYE,
STEADY AND AGLOW,
THEY WERE STAUNCH TO THE END AGAINST ODDS ENCOUNTERED,
THEY FELL WITH THEIR FACES TO THE FOE.
THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD.
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN.
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING,
WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM.
LEST WE FORGET"
THAT'S ALL THE QNEWS FOR THIS ANZAC DAY, SUNDAY, 25TH APRIL...
THIS HAS BEEN DON VK4FNQA IN TROPICAL PARADISE FOR THE TOWNSVILLE AMATEUR
RADIO CLUB INC, AND YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO OUR ANZAC DAY TRIBUTE VIA
QNEWS FROM VK4WIA.
VK4 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- "MATTERS DIGITAL"
QDG = http://www.qdg.org.au
IRLP Node 6964
President: Alan Wills VK4NA
(no audio supplied)
The Brisbane Digital ATV club, South East Queensland ATV club, and Queensland
Digital Group are working together to improve Amateur Television reception
in the greater Brisbane area.
ATV repeater VK4RKC at Ocean View is now transmitting Digital ATV on
428.5MHz.
The repeater is receiving on 1250 FM and DATV (Satellite standard).
No DTMF tones are required.
If you are in the area please call up on 145.200 MHz FM simplex for more
information or visit the ATV pages at www.qdg.org.au
(Alan VK4NA)
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