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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
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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
AR MAGAZINE-VK4 QTC COLUMN
Written by Chris Comollattie VK4VKR
news for ar magazine to qtc(AT)wia.org.au
CLUBBING - WITH GORDON VK4VP SUNSHINE COAST ARC
Central Highlands in Central Queensland
http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/charc/
The Central Highlands Amateur Radio Club AGM Weekend for 2008 has
been and gone with everyone attending proclaiming the weekend to be
an outstanding success!
The Annual General Meeting was a relaxed affair but plenty of work got
done quickly.
Mark VK4KMR chaired the meeting and firstly called for a minutes silence
in respect for those hams in the region who had passed away during the year.
Respect was given to
Wally Douglas VK4AIV from Marian
Gus Angus VK4NRA from Calen
Don Blanch VK4ZFB from Biloela
Mark gave a report on CHARC activities during 2008, informing about the
improvements and expansions made to the Central Highlands
repeater and APRS network. Highlights included linking to Rockhampton
and Sarina Repeaters along with the Midge Point APRS Digipeater being
established and working well.
the election of the 2009 Committee was conducted, with some results being
President Steve Wood VK4SMW
Treasurer/Secretary Gordon Loveday VK4AGZ and Dorothy Loveday
Vice President Mark Robinson VK4KMR
DARLING DOWNS RADIO CLUB
wibvk4(AT)bigpond.com
The Darling Downs Radio Club is holding an equipment and radio parts sale of
items from a deceased estate.
All members and visitors are warmly invited to attend a unique afternoon of
radio interest and amateur friendship.
There will also be numerous amateur radio items from other sources which will
be added to those from the deceased estate.
What we can say is there is some first class radio equipment as well as
test equipment, a large number of wire antennas and a huge quantity of sundry
items, all relating to amateur radio in its various facets.
Sunday 25th October at 2:00pm SHARP.
BUT Access will NOT be available prior to 2:00pm.
The location is in Toowoomba but you need contact Rod Webb VK4ZJ on
4635 1381 for EXACT information.
GOLD COAST AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY
http://www.goldcoastamateurradio.com
IRLP Node 6702
HAMFEST NOVEMBER 8
WIA Secretary Geoff Atkinson VK3AFA has attended the Gold Coast Amateur Radio
Society and this enabled Geoff to present to the Club their 2007 Club Grant
Scheme cheque which will go towards costs associated with the replacement of
the 2m Repeaters on Mt Tamborine and Mt Springbrook.
In presenting the cheque to Club Secretary Aaron Davidson VK4VOX, Geoff
commended the Club on their activities and achievements and their successful
application to the Club Grants scheme.
REDCLIFFE
www.redclifferadioclub.org.au/
The club conducted a working bee last Saturday and almost completed the 2
awnings over the east and wet entrances to the clubhouse. 15 club members
split into 4 different teams to construct the uprights and cut the roofing
for the awnings, another group re-wiring the radio room, the third group
digging new drainage trenches and the last group began a ruthless clean up
of the clubhouse.
By 4 pm 3 trailer loads of junk and rubbish had been taken to the tip with
the exception of the guttering, both awnings were completed, most of the
cabling was completed and all the draining was completed.
What a huge effort by all those who were there. Thanks to all for your
continued support for the club.
On Monday when Ken VK4FKEN went down to clean the club he was heard to remark
“Who left the blood on the awnings?ö Yes next time leather gloves will be
used, the edges of roofing iron can be very sharp!
JOTA.
The club is gearing up for this year’s JOTA where some 300 scouts, cubs and
seniors will be coming to use the club’s camp site at Murrenbong scout camp
near Petrie. Activities that will be undertaken by the scouts will include
building electronic kits, learning CW, speaking to other scouts and cubs
using echolink and hf bands and introducing foxhunting. Gary VK4FGAZ will
be the co-ordinator for the scouts in & out of our site.
If any other amateurs in the Brisbane area can assist you are most welcome
to join us. Please contact the club secretary, Peter VK4TAA if you can via
the club’s website.
JOTA weekend scouts and cubs from the Albany Creek scout group with the
assistance with members of the Redcliffe Club will present the national
WIA news. Shawn VK4WWW will be coordinating his scouts and cubs as
newsreaders for this highly anticipated activity.
SUNSHINE COAST
Ken and Pat Fuller manned the WIA table at the Sunfest organized by the
Sunshine Coast Club at Woombye on Saturday 13 September. The club organized
an excellent site in front of the entrance and it was well patronized and
organized. The show ran from about 9am to about midday
The day went very well for the organizers and there were the usual suspects
trudging out of the doors with various goodies which will no doubt be back at
some HamFest in the future. There was a good sprinkling of commercial sales
people which is encouraging and this renewed interest by business was possibly
a result of the increased product purchases by the Foundation Licensed
amateurs.
During "our" meet and greets "we" met several F calls who had, or were in the
process of, upgrading. One purchased a copy of the foundation licence booklet
since he had given his away to a prospective new amateur which we though
indicated a lively interest in the hobby in this part of the world..
October Camp Catchup 11 and 12 October
Its only 2 weeks until the October Camp catchup at Lake Dyer near Laidley and
spots are filling fast. Camping is free for the first 2 nights and SCARC are
catering the Saturday night meal with a sausage sizzle for $5 per head. There
will also be a raffle with a great prize.
The usual car boot sale and a trip to the pioneer village.
So come for a day or as some, come for four days.
There will be a listening watch on 146.500 and the local repeater 147.700 neg
offset so give a shout as you get near or get lost. I dont mean "get lost"
Contact Noel VK4NL on 07 5448 2879 if your game, or Rick VK4NRL on 0439 726 669 or
Neil VK4NF on 07 4662 4950 to secure your spot.
HASH Night
No its not an illegal activity, we are talking about Hams at Someones House, our
quarterly get together for SCARC members, family and guests which will be held
Friday 3rd of October at the QTH of Harvey VK4AHW from 6pm. This is our 3rd
HASH night and they are proving to be a great way to wind down after a hard week
in the salt mine.
Contact Harvey on 07 5476 5209 for further details.
TOWNSVILLE
vk4wit(AT)wia.org.au
http://vk4zz.no-ip.org/tarc/
JOTA & JOTI Now for the Future
Jamboree on the Air and Jamboree on the Internet will be happening across the
world this year on the weekend of 18th and 19th October. There will be the
usual contingents of youth members and Radio Amateurs in dens and in the field
across Australia, having a heap of fun getting groups to communicate with each
other.
The Kennedy District Scout Groups will be having a District JOTA/JOTI weekend
at Camp Tarmaroo near Bluewater with at least 3 radio bases about the camp
and a hall full of EchoLink computers to keep the weekend alive. There will
also be on site training and Foundation Assessments happening.
Ross River Guides will be occupying the property on top of Herveys Range
with at least 3 radio operators in attendance for a all day all night
effort with lots of open space and a few big wire antennae deployed, including
Rhombics.
The rest of Cleveland District Guides will be joining up with other Guide
groups in Charters Towers at the Distant Education Centre and they are in
dire need of radio operators.
If you can help out with any of the above groups then please give
Townsville District JOTA co-ordinator Richard Goodhew VK4FRJG a call on
telephone 0429 178 360.
VK4 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- "MATTERS DIGITAL"
QDG = http://www.qdg.org.au
IRLP Node 6964
President: Alan Wills VK4YAR
The Queensland Digital Group is to hold a net on Sunday nights at 8PM
using the WICEN UHF/SHF FM repeater network.
all Amateurs are welcome to call in.
The repeater network is also connected to IRLP node 6964 enabling distant
Amateurs to take part so that time is 10:00 UTC for remote QDG members;
Alan VK4YAR will be the initial net controller.
The WICEN UHF voice repeater network consists of:-
VK4RZA 438.100 MHz Springbrook
VK4RZB 438.200 MHz Mt Cooth-tha
VK4RZC 438.125 MHz Maleny
VK4RZD 438.050 MHz Mt Perseverance
VK4RZG 438.475 MHz Petrie
VK4RZB 1273.400 MHz Mt Cooth-tha
The repeaters are linked, 60 second timeout, no tail and require a
91.5 Hz CTCSS tone for access.
WICEN use has priority at all times.
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- NEWS POSTING TO PACKET -
Courtesy Tony VK7AX VK7AX(AT)VK7AX.#ULV.TAS.AUS.OC
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