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Contact QAC by HF Radio 3.605 Mondays 7:30pm after QNEWS
QAC qac(AT)wia.org.au OVERSEES HAM RADIO MATTERS IN VK4
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QTAC qtac(AT)wia.org.au HANDLES TECHNICAL QUERIES
QTC qtc(AT)wia.org.au AR MAGAZINE COLUMN
QAC office officers :-
VK4AHW Harvey Wickes
VK4AQ Ross Anderson
VK4BY Don Wilschefski
VK4UH Kevin Johnstone
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The wia office address is:
The Wireless Institute of Australia
P.O. Box 2042
BAYSWATER VIC 3153
Telephone: 03 9729 0400
Fax: 03 9729 7325
AR MAGAZINE—VK4 QTC COLUMN
Written by Chris Comollattie VK4VKR
news for ar magazine to qtc(AT)wia.org.au
QNEWS BROADCAST September 13 2009
VK4 SILENT KEYS (AT) 2008 - 2009 QAC YEAR
VK4HEL Stan Sonter November 10 (advised by vk2va via Summerland)
VK4NKA John Bourke November 19 (advised by vk4kd)
VK4FFJS John VK4FFJS February (advised by vk4aoe)
VK4DIC Dick Ettinger March 5 (advised by vk4bgt)
VK4NBS Vince Skinner March 24 (advised by vk4dmc)
VK4JZB Bob Moule May 7 (advised by vk4jkl)
VK4KAD Ian Tinney May 9 (advised by vk4eka)
VK4IB Bernie Burgess June 24 (advised by vk7 news service ((vk7bk)))
VK4BT Bob Tompkins June 24 (advised by vk4vhs)
VK4KBN Arthur July 20 (advised by vk4so)
VK4BBG Jim Potts July 30 (advised by vk4ttt)
VK4PY Gary Meyers August (advised by vk4co)
Caboolture Radio Club
The 2009 Annual General Meeting of the Caboolture Radio Club will be held on
Saturday October 10, 2009 at 11:00 AEST.
Positions of President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and two committee
are to be filled. Members are encouraged to cast their vote; proxy voting
forms have been emailed and posted to all current financial members. If you do
not receive your proxy form and need one please contact the club secretary,
vk4qd(AT)wia.org.au
Off street parking and refreshments available, visitors welcome.
Caboolture Radio Club is also trialling a new repeater at Ocean View 146.625.
Preliminary reports indicate coverage south to Boonah, West to Yarraman and
North to Nambour with most of Bribie Island a formality. Why not check in on
the Monday evening net at 19:45 AEST and offer a signal report.
(Adam JAROSZUK (VK4IM.))
Central Highlands in Central Queensland
http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/charc/
Central Highlands ARC AGM draws near
The AGM is held each year at Camp Fairbairn on the waters edge of
Fairbairn Dam near Emerald CQ, during the September School Holidays.
Beginning on Friday afternoon Sept 25th through to Sunday Sept 27th.
All previous and present members and guests are invited to join the
Central Highlands mob for a great get-together over the weekend.
Accommodation is available on site, there is a big BBQ dinner on Saturday
Night with your chefs being Helen Wood and Steve VK4SMW, followed by
the Monster Auction with new Auctioneer of Renown Roy VK4RM,
plus a Recovery Breakfast on Sunday morning.
A great place to meet and catch up on things plus a chance to see
how much water is in Lake Maraboon and take in the scenic wonder of the region!
Dormitory style accommodation is $13.20 per head per night.
Day visitors $6.00 per day.
Saturday Lunch Sausage Sizzle is $2.00 per head.
Saturday Night BBQ dinner is $16.00 per head.
Sunday morning Recovery breakfast is $6.00 per head.
Bring your own drinkies munchies and eaties for all other times.
For further information contact Secretary Gordon Loveday VK4KAL
on telephone 07 49854168 or email gordon.l23(AT)aussiebroadband.com.au
Booking deadline is September 20th 2009.
GYMPIE
www.gceginc.org.au
Geoff Emery vk4zpp
Sometimes a trip down memory lane refreshes the awareness of how far things
have come in a relatively short time. When we consider that our hobby of AR
is officially 100 years old and we have progressed from spark transmitters
and coherers to software defined radios, seen the development of the
thermionic valve and it's near demise and the invention of the transistor
and its metamorphosis into the IC and the heart of any computer is packed
with legions of dwarf semiconductors, it has been a fascinating ride, to say
the least.
Over the last week I have been able to re-read Neville Williams "Australia's
Radio Pioneers", published by "Electronics Australia",1994. Many of the names
that we recognise from our hobby such as Ross Hull and John Moyle become more
than just names on a contest. Much of the experimental work which brought
about our country wide broadcasting and television services was done by radio
amateurs, or licensed experimenters, as they were known in the foundation
years of wireless.
So many of the notable experimenters of the past were also distinguished in
their involvement with the Wireless Institute of Australia. Our hobby has
traditions built on an historical base that we can be proud to uphold.
As Drew Diamond, VK3XU, points out in the second of his articles on 136kHz,
in this month's "Amateur Radio" magazine it was the amateurs that made such
big contributions to the understanding of long waves that were relegated to
the supposedly unusable short waves. With VK Advanced Licensees now able
to apply to once again use long waves, this could be the classic "everything
old is new again".
Redcliffe and District Radio Club
www.redclifferadioclub.org.au/
Redcliffe and District Radio Club
Hi I am Ray VK4CF with news from Redcliffe Amateur Radio Club for QNEWS.
2 weeks ago at the club meeting, there were some surprise visitors to the club
when Gary, VK4FGAZ with XYL, Anita and family. It was good to see them and
Gary provided a good briefing to members about his set-up at his QTH in
Stanthorpe.
Gary and daughter Lauren VK4FLMC have been putting out a big signal with a
doublet antenna some 30 metres high. Gary also attributes the big signal to
the fact of a great earthing system with a natural water table some 2 metres
below the surface of his land. Some of are very lucky with the location of
their QTH!
At last Monday night’s meeting Anita surprised us all with her second visit to
the club within a week but this time without Gary who was setting up to pour
the concrete slab for the new house.
Two weeks ago, Peter VK4EA and John VK4YJV attended the aviation Fly-in near
Esk last weekend. Peter had his APRS system in place to show how aircraft
could be tracked on the computer. Despite the heavy morning fog, many
aircraft were able to fly in and with many visitors very interested in Peter’s
amateur radio set-up and with John providing detailed commentary of how the
equipment actually worked.
Tomorrow, Monday night 14, the second Monday night of the month, is a general
management meeting night and all members are invited to attend and have input
to the running of the club.
The third Monday of the month is the well received Tech Talk and the next talk
will be presented by Doug, VK4KZT, and the topic will be on the topic of
metallurgy.
Club secretary Peter VK4TAA has also advised that the JOTA weekend is
approaching fast and the club will be operating as a portable and field
station at the Scout camp at Murrenbong near Petrie. Any amateur who would
like to assist the club with the anticipated 400 scouts, cub, guides and
rovers who will be visiting the site, should contact Peter, VK4TAA via the
Redcliffe’s club website.
So until next we meet, this is Ray Vk4CF and your listening to QNEWS via
VK4WIA.
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
Invitation to a powerful seminar this Monday
The IEEE Northern Australia Section, IEEE Northern Australia
Communication Chapter and the School of Engineering and Physical
Sciences at James Cook University invite you to attend a technical seminar
happening this Monday 14th September 2009 from 4 pm to 5 pm
in Room DD014-001 (EL001), ground floor of the Electrical Engineering
Building, James Cook University Douglas Campus.
This most powerful technical seminar is all about
HOW RELIABLE IS EARTH LEAKAGE EQUIPMENT WHEN
USED WITH VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES ?
and it will be given by Dr. Graham Woods of Orana Engineering.
Come along and find out how the usefulness of protective RCDs can be
affected by Variable Voltage Variable Frequency drives used throughout
industry to control high power electric motors.
Regular seminar attendees will be familiar with Dr. Woods background .
He worked as a Lecturer at JCU for almost 20 years and was the
Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering at JCU from 2004 to
2008. In 2009, he joined Orana Engineering as a Senior Electrical Design
Engineer. Graham is the Vice Chairman of the Northern Australian section of
the IEEE.
For further information please contact:
A/Prof. Keith Kikkert, Chair IEEE NA Section, Ph: 07-47814259, or
A/Prof. A Zahedi, Head Electrical and Electronic Engineering, JCU, Ph:
07-47816907
Give a ring straight after Don joins us!
GREETINGS ! THIS IS DON VK4FNQA WITH NEWS FROM NORTH QUEENSLAND.
I AM JUST RUMMAGING THROUGH ONE OF THE NORTH QUEENSLAND AMATEUR RADIO
CONVENTION GOODIES BAGS THAT WILL BE GIVEN OUT TO THOSE LUCKY PEOPLE
WHO REGISTERED FOR THE EVENT.
OOHH ! THERES THE LATEST JAYCAR CATALOGUE, THE ALTRONICS CATALOGUE SUPPLIED
BY SOLEX, SOME THINGIES FROM NAVCOM AND - OOOOOH WHAT'S THIS?
HMMM ! I BETTER NOT SPOIL THE SURPRISE !
I WILL SEE SOME OF YOU AT THE CONVENTION NEXT WEEKEND .
Programme
Friday Sept 18th
13-30 to 16-00 Set up at Uni
19-00 to 22-00 Meet and Greet at the Frog and Toad
Saturday Sept 19th
09-00 to 17-00 Trade Displays
09-00 to 10-30 Registration
09-00 to 12-00 Home Brew Contests Registration and Judging
10-30 to 11-30 Max Riley VK2ARZ presents - Solving the Antenna Conundrum
12-00 to 13-00 Lunch
13-30 to 15-30 A/Prof Keith Kikkert presents - Is BPL Dead ?
14-00 to 17-00 Ladies and Gents travel to and tour Townsville Museum
19-00 to 22-30 Convention Banquet and Presentations at the Frog and Toad
Sunday
08-00 to 10-00 Set up Monster Auction
09-00 to 11-30 Trade Displays
09-00 to 11-00 Ladies Group invade Willows Markets
09-00 to 11-00 Car Boot Sale
09-00 to 11-00 TARC presents the Clubs Forum
11-30 to 12-30 Lunch
12-30 to 16-30 Monster Auction and Mystery Pressie Auction
16-30 to 17-00 Clean up
THE TARC INC HAS THE SOCIAL EVENING HAPPENING THIS TUESDAY FROM 7-30PM AT THE
CLUB ROOMS IN GREEN STREET WEST END. EVERYONE WELCOME TO COME ALONG AND HELP
PUT THE MAGAZINE OF RENOWN - BACK-SCATTER - TOGETHER AND TO SOCIALISE !
WELL THATS ALL FOR THIS WEEK FROM TROPICAL PARADISE, THIS IS DON VK4FNQA FOR
THE TOWNSVILLE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC.. IN CONVENTION MODE.... OF COURSE!
AND YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO QNEWS FROM VK4WIA.
Now don't forget..for further seminar information please contact:
A/Prof. Keith Kikkert, Chair IEEE NA Section, Ph: 07-47814259, or
A/Prof. A Zahedi, Head Electrical and Electronic Engineering, JCU, Ph:
07-47816907
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