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DID YOU TELL ANYONE ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK?
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QNEWS BROADCAST APRIL 26 2009
THANK YOU
A big thank you to all the clubs who are getting behind the idea of
having their own members present their own clubs news here on QNEWS
each week!
BARC
http://www.qsl.net/vk4ba
or, by E-mail to vk4ba(AT)qsl.net
The Brisbane amateur Radio Club will be holding its annual BARCFEST on
Saturday 9th May 2009 at the Mt Gravatt showgrounds Logan Rd Mt Gravatt.
Doors will open at 9.30am this year.
(Les VK4SO Barcfest co ordinator)
BORDERLAND (VK2/4)
NEW CLUB FOR BORDER REGION AMATEUR RADIO ENTHUSIASTS
Last week we mentioned the new club in VK4, the Border Ranges Amateur Radio
Club. President Paul has said "Thanks to the work of local amateur radio
hobbyists over recent years, B.R.A.R.C. already has an extensive network of
amateur radio VHF repeaters on high points of the Great Dividing Range near
Tenterfield and Legume, VK2. Recently the repeaters have been networked via
radio links to provide extensive coverage from VK4 Toowoomba in the north,
to Glen Innes in the south.
This growing network is used to communicate between amateur radio operators
throughout the club area Club President Paul Thompson said.
B.R.A.R.C. welcomes everyone interested in electronics, amateur radio, or in
exploring a new and interesting hobby to attend its meetings held at
the Royal Hotel, Tenterfield.
Their website is http://sites.google.com/site/brargu/
GOLD COAST AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY
http://www.goldcoastamateurradio.com
IRLP Node 6702
Today, Sunday, 26 April at the Club Rooms from 1pm there will be an 80m
Antenna Raising Day. The trees have been cut down and the lawn has been
mown and now all we need to do is get the station back on air.
So lets do what a bunch of Hams do best. Put wires in the air and stand
around talking, drinking and admiring their handy work
So come and join in the fun.
A foundation course commences at the club on Wednesday evening 29th
April at 7pm. If you know of anyone who may be interested in obtaining
their Foundation Licence then they can contact Don vk4rh or Roy vk4ig
and also have a look on the club website gcars.com.au
The Alara ladies are having another luncheon on Saturday 9th May at
Gordoni's on the Broadwater Paradise Point. The cost is $20 a head and
you can contact Pam at vk4pto(AT)tpg.com.au . The Ladies really know how to
have a good time so come along and join in the fun.
Are you planning a holiday in November, well why not arrange it around
Hamfest time, and combine a holiday and a get together at the same time.
Remember the Hamfest will be held in November More news will be given as
it comes to hand.
GYMPIE
www.gceginc.org.au
Geoff Emery vk4zpp
As the year progresses, more clubs are having annual general meetings and
election of office bearers and so I start with a discussion point, today.
One of the problems that any club must overcome is finding the willing souls
to form the executive or working committee that takes care of the mundane
things that makes the club run. As has been well emphasised since well before
the introduction of the Foundation Licence, the average age of the Amateur
Radio community is increasing.
Within the community people live with a range of different conditions that
make life a bit different for each of us.
As most people age, they find that the changes that life brings may not, in
fact, promote their personal lifestyle. Other people come with different
programming and whether we call it disability or difference makes little
difference except that within a club we need to cater for all members. It is
not only the obvious things like having buildings that are wheelchair
accessible but also being able to understand that certain noises, types of
lighting and irritants like pollens and paints may cause some of our members
to suffer, nausea, headache and other reactions, for instance.
As people's lives go on, the ability to deal with different factors can
change. How many members of your club, for instance, suffer deafness as a
result of their work environment? How many people in your club may have to
take medications which can effect their alertness and ability to participate
in animated discussions in a noisy environment?
How many people are just uncomfortable during meetings because bits of them
just hurt?
But just as there are points to consider as far as life effects the
individual, the club committee must think about being able to fill the normal
gaps that occur. Not only holidays from the salt mines but the need to meet
other family or personal commitments may take people away, for periods, from
close involvement in club activities. It is for this reason that we should
give consideration in having a training program where other club members get
to know the tasks that need to be done by sharing the work. Call it on the
job training, if you like.
Should it be necessary, having people able to fill in a role in your club can
ensure that projects, meetings and training can all continue when a regular
member is absent.
This is important, particularly in the smaller groups, to ensure continuity
but also to prevent individual burn out or if the same members always do the
same jobs, a sense of clique-iness being felt by the other club members.
After all, we take up a recreation, a hobby, because of the enjoyment that we
can get from it. Our participation in a radio club should be an extension of
that enjoyment through the sharing of ideas and experience and the fact that
a club that is working well will provide that sense of belonging as well as
broadening our personal horizons. It is by taking care of the practical, but
at times not so obvious areas of membership support, that can build the
spirit of any organisation.
When we think about these things what it comes down to is really the
application of the Amateurs Creed within our club structure as well as in
our personal on air activities.
Remember that GCEG conducts a weekly net on VK4RCM, 146.725MHz each Monday at
7.30 p.m. The next monthly meeting of the group will be held at the basement
of Leading Edge Electronics, on Thursday 7th May.
Redcliffe and District Radio Club
www.redclifferadioclub.org.au/
Redcliffe and District Radio Club
Hello I’m Ray VK4CF with news from Redcliffe Radio Club.
Last Monday night, 50 club members and several visitors listened
to Phil, VK4IIO speak on Introduction into Amateur satellites. By
use of a PowerPoint presentation and his 2 metre and 70 cm dual
band Arrow antenna and a parabolic reflector mounted on a solid
1 metre high tower, Phil started out by explaining the basics of
satellites and how their transmitters and receivers are connected.
Once this was done it was on to the low earth orbit satellites
with between 5 to 10 minute window of operating time and then on
to Phil’s favourite high orbit satellites with between 10 to 12
hours window of operation.
Phil’s main point on satellite communications was that it is
better to have the best receiver setup rather than a big
transmitter. Phil also showed a short video of a contact he made
with a VK3 amateur last Sunday on a low earth orbit satellite
He said that to contact satellites is not difficult and with a
handheld transceiver, a simple antenna and some fast tuning it is
possible to work the world with the right satellite. Members gave
Phil a warm round of applause and offered to assist all members
with his equipment to assist with satellite communication with
satellites. Thanks Phil it was a great presentation.
Graham VK4JGH, videotaped the presentation and it will be
available on YouTube very soon.
It was also pleasing to meet and greet James, VK4HJB, Neville,
VK4NBR and Darryl VK4HDC from the Bayside AR Club for the second
week in a row to discuss how the club functions and how to get the
all important grants from organizations to with money to assist
with club operations.
The club will be conducting a Working bee Sat 30th May. This will
finish the laying the remaining concrete paths around the club
house that have been held up by rain over the last few months.
On the Afternoon of Friday 29th starting at 2.30pm, the site will
be prepared, ready for the arrival of the concrete early Saturday
morning. Members available should contact club secretary Peter,
VK4TAA as soon as possible.
Foundation licence course started last Sunday morning and this is
your last chance to join the course which is held from 8 am -12
noon for about 6 weeks (including assessment weekend). If you
wish to join the course contact Allen on his Email address,
alan.jenner(AT)bigpond.com
Until next week, this is Ray VK4CF.
TOWNSVILLE
contacting theTARCinc
email address vk4wit(AT)wia.org.au
phone contact 07-47731196 or 0408 001142
snailmail po box 333 Garbutt East, QLD 4814
homepage http://www.tarc.org.au
Ann Renton Memorial Ladies Net this Tuesday
One of the friendliest radio nets in the land happens
this Tuesday evening from 7-30pm on the Townsville
VHF Repeater ... the Ann Renton Memorial Ladies Net !
The net is open to young and old, YL or OM and is a
golden opportunity for anyone who needs practice
on-air to go onto the net as 2nd operator.
So join in to this Tuesday evenings net and
lets see if the YLs can outnumber the OMs !
Hot and Steamy in the Burdekin on May Long Weekend
The Burdekin Machinery Restorers will be holding a 25th Birthday
celebrations at their old Museum Building at Brandon on the Bruce Highway.
On show will be some of John Taits (VK4FUT RIP) old steam engines
and his boiler which has been relocated from Ayr to its present site at
Brandon.
There will be a Surprise Mystery yet Notorious Guest on hand during the
morning of Sunday 3rd of May to officially open the Museum and start the
machinery.
All the restored machinery was donated to the museum by John Tait even though
some of his engines were restored but never run up until this opening.
73 de Ross VK4RO
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