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DID YOU TELL ANYONE ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK?
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THE FOLLOWING NEWS CAN BE HEARD IN QNEWS.MP3
FROM OUR AUDIO SERVICES
QNEWS -- ALL OF THE NEWS ALL OF THE TIME at www.wia.org.au/vk4
QNEWS available in Audio after 0001Hrs UTC Saturday.
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PO Box 199 Wavell Heights, Qld 4012
Contact QAC by HF Radio 3.605 Mondays 7:30pm after QNEWS
QAC qac@wia.org.au OVERSEES HAM RADIO MATTERS IN VK4
QNEWS newsroom qnews@wia.org.au USE TO SEND US YOUR NEWS STORIES!!
QTAC qtac@wia.org.au HANDLES TECHNICAL QUERIES
QTC qtc@wia.org.au AR MAGAZINE COLUMN
QAC office officers :-
VK4AHW Harvey Wickes
VK4AQ Ross Anderson
VK4BY Don Wilschefski
VK4UH Kevin Johnstone
BARC
http://www.qsl.net/vk4ba
or, by E-mail to vk4ba@qsl.net
Social Meetings are held on each 2nd Saturday at the Maritime Museum
Business Meetings are the 4th Friday of each month.
Visitors are most welcome to go along and sample their hospitality.
Planning for BARCFEST 2008 is now well advanced. Again this year the
convention will be held at the Mount Gravatt Show Grounds on Saturday 10th
May. Please make a special note in your diaries for the convention day -
Finally, the dates for the next two BARC club meetings will be the Saturday
afternoon of the 15th March, from 2pm onwards and the Friday evening of 28th
March from 7 pm.
DALBY AND DISTRICT
ervons@bigpond.com.au
The Dalby & District and Sunshine Coast Radio Clubs are holding their annual
get together at Kirkleigh Somerset Dam on the weekend of the 5th & 6th of
April this year.
We extend an invitation to your club members and friends to come and join us
as we camp out and have a fun weekend,
We hope to have a car boot sale as well as other radio related activities, and
create some discussion and maybe some ideas relating to your favourite
electronic project.
We are currently negotiating for a deal for the camping fees, so we will need
to know numbers as soon as possible, and we are planning to cater for a BBQ
tea on the Saturday evening for a very reasonable $5 donation. All other
meals will be self catered.
So if you have the weekend free and wish to join in, please let us know, we
would love to see you there
Please contact Neil VK4NF on 4662 4950
Or Email holmzie@bigpond.com
Or Ricky VK4NRL on 4662 0095
Or Email rjlammas@optusnet.com.au
Redcliffe and District Radio Club
At last Monday night's meeting 2 surprise visitors from the United States
arrived at the club.
John, K8UP and wife Marsha, N8FE, the parents of James, VK4TJF arrived from
Michigan USA, last weekend to see how their "baby" son was going and to find
out all about the Redcliffe Club.
Both John and Marsha applied for and have been granted VK call signs before
the latest changes to the LCD were implemented.
So if you hear John (VK4AIJ) or Marsha (VK4AII) around the bands over the
next few weeks please say "Good day" to our visitors.
Both John and Marsha plan to lots of DXing during their stay especially back
to the USA and are a real Ham family with both Mum Dad and both their boys
ham operators.
John is the District 2 Emergency Coordinator for 6 separate counties in the
State of Michigan and a lot of information was exchanged on how emergency
services work in the US and how it works in WICEN.
Marsha is the editor of the "Zero Beat" magazine of the Hazel Park Amateur
radio Club and an assessor for amateur licences. Ideas were exchanged about
training and examinations and Marsha was very impressed about the practical
aspect of the Australian licensing system which is not part of the US system.
While the visitors were being entertained, John, VK4YJB showed the 5 minute
set up of the full size 20 metre beam that will be used during the John Moyle
Contest and then elevated it 10 metres into the air.
Its planned to have the beam between 15 and 20 metres in the air on the top
of a crane truck for the contest, so listen for the "Big" signal from VK4IZ
of all hf bands and also on CW as well.
TABLELANDS RADIO AND ELECTRONICS CLUB
www.trec.aussiewide.com
vk4wat@wia.org.au
March 15/16 (Weekend) John Moyle Field Day
Field day activity-portable operation 24 hour station. Members on roster
March 30 1000 (Sunday) Fox Hunt Followed by BBQ
April 19 0900 (Saturday) Meeting/activities Clubrooms - Luncheon
April 19 1300 (Saturday) Management meeting
TOWNSVILLE
vk4wit@wia.org.au
http://vk4zz.no-ip.org/tarc/
Lots of Operators needed for Mt Stuart Rally Sprint
WICEN North Queensland Co-ordinator Ray VK4NET
has put out the call to action for hams to help out with
communications for the 2008 Mount Stuart Rally Sprint
happening in Townsville on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th June.
Apparently the role of Communication Volunteers will be
greatly expanded with at least 12 operators
required for this event.
If you are in town during that weekend, please contact
Ray VK4NET soonest with an offer for support during both
days of the event.
VK4ZZ BBS closes, VK4ZZ APRS Igate opens
As we heard from Kylie during the National News after about 15 years the VK4ZZ
Packet BBS in Townsville has closed, in its place, the VK4ZZ APRS Igate.
The Townsville APRS Igate is online and on-air 24 hours a day, runs on
battery powered radios and computers using uiVIEW32 and supports APRS Messaging
service.
The radio port is accessible on 145.175MHz at a speed of 1200baud and runs
a squelchless TNC using TF firmware for maximum sensitivity and speed.
The internet port is linked via broadband service to the APRS server in Sydney.
For those stations wanting to play APRS using uiVIEW, a series of
calibrated maps for the program can be downloaded from the Documents section
of theTARCinc website www.tarc.org.au
Help David VK4KDH get rid of some racks
Need an equipment rack for the shack ? Have we got a deal for you !
All you need is the right type of transport and a hand to lift things on and
off and that rack that you wanted can be yours today with no more to pay !
The racks are outside David's office in Madden Street Aitkenvale (between
Fleming and Casey Street opposite Corporate Express) and can be
grabbed ANYTIME - (no need to check with the office, unless you want to
meet David ! ). It's not a maybe, its an absolute must ! Every shack should
have one !
Numbers limited, first come first served, batteries not included.
TARC to do John Moyle Field Day from Bluewater
theTARCinc will be energising callsign VK4WIT from the field during next
weekend's John Moyle Field Day, with a station located at Bluewater Scout Den
just a short 20minutes drive north along the Bruce Highway from the Thuringowa CBD.
The WIA News transmission for Townsville will be done from the field portable
on Sunday morning and VK4WIT will be at the Den from Friday afternoon until
Sunday lunchtime
It only costs $10 per head to attend for the weekend - proceeds going to
Bluewater Scout Group to help them out with an upgrade to the hall.
- TARC and friends going on a Dam Cruise
The TARC cruise of Ross Dam onboard the Ross Princess
will be happening on Sunday April 13th with passengers
assembling in the Ross River Dam carpark from 8am
to head through the gate by 8-30am.
Captain Roger VK4CD will give passengers an absorbing
and scintillating tour of the vastly expanded Lake Ross
during the cruise and the WIA National News transmission
will take place for the very first time from a maritime mobile
environment.
The cruise costs $26 per head and if you have not booked already
then Tony VK4TJS is waiting for you to call, either on the Townsville
VHF Repeater or on telephone 47740582.
- TARC and friends going on a TV Studio Tour
Ever wondered what goes on inside a TV Studio ?
Ever wondered how TV signals get beamed across the county ?
Ever wondered how Homer Simpson can fit onto a single data drive ?
Then book now with Matman VK4FNQA via the Townsville VHF Repeater
or on telephone 47756579 to take part in the TARC tour of the
Southern Cross Broadcasting North Queensland Transmission Hub
and Production Facility at Garbutt. The tour takes place on the
TARC Project Night April 8th and will be guided by
John Hawkins VK4KJH, one of Southern Cross Broadcasting's
very busy broadcast engineers.
- TARC Project Night happening this Tuesday
This Tuesday March 11th the TARC Project Night will be happening
at the Club Rooms atop SES HQ Green Street West End from
7-30pm. Come along and lend a helping hand to make something
work or be there to proclaim "It's Dead Jim !".
Bring along a project that might need some technical help ! All welcome !
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