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00:04:02

QNews for November 2nd 2025

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2025/10/31

It's the week beginning Sunday 2 November, and hi from the Darling Downs Radio Club: I'm Club Secretary John VK4JPM with the club update. Consider that it's now only 53 sleeps until Christmas, when you get to open that Icom IC22S you always yearned for back in 1978. Welcome to November in radio-land. Did you survive Trick or Treat in your location? Or maybe you're like our house: solidly overloaded with chocolates that we're going to have to eat ourselves. And more importantly: have you set

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00:05:41

QNews for October 26th 2025

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2025/10/24

Hi from the Darling Downs Radio Club for Sunday 26 October, or whatever date it happens to be when you hear this broadcast. I'm John VK4JPM, Secretary of the Club with a heap of good news for this week. Firstly congratulations to highly enthusiastic club member Brad, who last weekend upgraded himself from Shortwave Listener to Foundation Licensee. It might even be that by the time you hear this Brad will be on air as VK4BLL. Our next member meeting is Monday 10 November at regional Scouts HQ

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00:06:42

QNews for October 19th 2025

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2025/10/17

Hi from the Darling Downs Radio Club with QNEWS for the period beginning Sunday, 19 October. I'm John VK4JPM, secretary of the club, bringing you an update.By the time you hear this, JOTA will be in full swing. Whilst the planets didn't align for formal club participation this year, we're heavily focused on helping young people to develop STEM skills - that's Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, all core components of the amateur radio hobby, and all addressed in the study you do to get a

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00:04:43

QNews for October 12th 2025

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2025/10/10

News from the amateur radio clubs around Queensland, Australia.This week, from John VK4DPM of the Darling Downs Radio Club. The address to send news to is: qnews@wia.org.au VERY, VERY SAD NEWS. VK4ZPP GEOFF EMORY 2025 10 10 (vk4bb) IT IS WITH A HEAVY HEART that I ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF VK4ZPP, GEOFF EMORY. GEOFF'S WIFE DAWN CALLED ME FRIDAY EVENING TO SAY GEOFF DID NOT MAKE IT THROUGH SURGERY THAT EVENING AT THE HERVEY BAY HOSPITAL, WHERE HE HAD SPENT SEVERAL WEEKS.

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00:06:05

QNews for October 5th 2025

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2025/10/03

Hi everyone, and welcome to the Darling Downs Radio Club corner of QNEWS for week beginning 5 October 2025. Daylight saving has started in Oz, but doesn't stop in Europe until 26 October, and in North America it stops on 2 November. Of course none of this affects the way the bands behave, and as far as our experiments confirm daylight saving does not fade curtains or curdle milk. But it does make phoning interstate more confusing. Just a tip that all our dates and times will be in invariant

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00:04:15

QNews for September 28th 2025

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2025/09/26

It's Sunday 28 September 2025, and we've just passed the spring solstice. Days are getting longer; the sun is getting higher, and next weekend Daylight Saving Time starts in many states that aren't Queensland. That's the solar report for this week, so hi - I'm John VK4JPM, Secretary of the Darling Downs Radio Club with some updates for members, guests, and everyone who is listening so that they can be in the callback! I'm going to start with a big shoutout to all the club members and others who

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00:09:00

QNews for September 21st 2025

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2025/09/18

Judy Robertson - Honorary TARCadian Sad news has been relayed by TARCadian Roslyn Bryant that Judy Robertson went Silent Key on Wednesday Morning 17th September at home at Carlyle Gardens Townsville.Hello and welcome to the 21 September edition of QNEWS, and this segment comes to you from Toowoomba - home of the Carnival of Flowers. I'm John, VK4JPM secretary of the Darling Downs Radio Club. We've all been focused this week on the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers parade, and the club's first-time

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00:06:14

QNews for September 14th 2025

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2025/09/13

On QNEWS for week of 14 September 2025 I'm John VK4JPM, Secretary of the Darling Downs Radio Club. Coming up: the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers, and this year the club has entered the parade for the first time. We've been busy assembling flowers and radio gear, and we're getting ready to demonstrate aspects of Amateur Radio as the parade wends through the crowd. The parade takes place on Saturday 20 September, and is big enough to take about 90 minutes to pass any one spot. If you can't come in

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00:09:06

QNews for September 7th 2025

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2025/09/04

Welcome to QNEWS and a segment from the Darling Downs Radio Club. It's 7 September where we are, and only four weeks until Daylight Saving starts. First piece of news: we had our Annual General Meeting last Monday, easily made quorum, and everything went smoothly. The motion to replace and update the Rules was passed without dissent, and we have a full committee with three new members joining the team. The rogues gallery is online at the website, and you can check out the new club officers. The

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00:08:31

QNews for August 31st 2025

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2025/08/29

Hello, I’m Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP, and I’ve been thinking. Well, the calendar starts a new month and a new season. I have been noticing some of the native plants starting to bloom for the past couple of weeks. Traditionally, Spring is a time of renewal and regrowth, and for those of us living in areas where chills and frosts can settle, it will be good not to have the tingle of cold weather when we venture out in the morning. One of the things that amateur radio is historically known for is

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00:08:45

Qnews for August 24th 2025

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2025/08/22

Hello, I’m Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP, and I’ve been thinking.We use them every day and they are tools for communication and sharing ideas and we call them words. One of the big things about words are that they can convey meanings and promote actions both good and less than good. We like to think that we are progressive in our approach to amateur radio and its growth in the community. So let’s look at a word. Incentive. Here is a word with ideas that suggests the possibility of growth, of achieving

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00:09:17

QNews for August 17th 2025

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2025/08/15

This is Allan VK4HIT with news from Ipswich and District Radio Club. Today (Sunday) Ipswich WICEN volunteers are supporting safety check points during the Lake Manchester Trail held this morning. A calendar of upcoming WICEN-supported events will be available in the coming weeks. Jamboree of the air and internet is coming up on October 18 between 0900 hours and midnight. This week from Darling Downs Radio Club an even quicker QNEWS- so much has been happening in the last week and in the weeks

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00:10:00

QNews for August 10th 2025

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2025/08/08

Now on QNEWS it's time for a quick update from the Darling Downs Radio Club; it's Sunday 10h of August and I'm John VK4JPM, Club Secretary. A couple of important dates are coming up. Tomorrow, Monday 11 August, is our regular monthly meeting night, and as I mentioned last week and in email, we're trying something a bit different. The meeting will be in a natter-night format, with a minimal agenda and opportunity to have some round table discussions. We'll have Zoom active, meaning that if you're

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00:09:51

QNews for August 3rd 2025

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2025/07/31

Sunfest 2025 is Saturday September 13th at the Beerwah Community Hall. This is a new location closer to public transport. The address is 25 Peachester Rd Beerwah. Here is your chance to grab a bargain, catch-up with folks you haven’t seen for a while for an off-air rag chew, or just enjoy the atmosphere. Tickets this year are cheaper than last year at just $5 for general entry and $10 for a traders ticket that includes 1 general admission. There will be raffles and door prizes and a mega auction

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00:10:00

QNews for July 27th 2025

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2025/07/25

Sad news to impart that Col Christiansen VK4VIK lost his battle with cancer in Townsville University Hospital on Wednesday, 23rd July. Col hailed from the Charters Towers City suburb of Broughton and had been under treatment in Charters Towers and Townsville for 14 months, often shuttling from medical treatment in the big smoke back to his beloved workshop and radio shack.Regional hams will miss the regular reports from Col and will mourn the loss of someone who, despite age, made good use of

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00:08:00

QNews for July 20th 2025

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2025/07/18

Welcome to the Darling Downs Radio Club's contribution to QNEWS for Sunday, 20 July. I'm John VK4JPM, Secretary of the Club. It's a month since the equinox, and I bet all of us with solar panels are looking forward to the sun being higher in the sky. Speaking of solar, last week's talk on The Grid by Peter VK4EA was brilliant. It appears that our telepresence outreach is improving, as we had a full house in the room and almost as many people online. We're working to keep that up, and it's going to

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00:10:00

QNEWS for July 13th 2025

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2025/07/10

Hi: I'm John VK4JPM, Secretary of the Darling Downs Radio Club with the club's weekly QNEWS update for Sunday 13 July. We're going to have a busy member meeting tomorrow, Monday 14th. Don't forget that this meeting will be held at district Scouts HQ, which is at 2 Victory Street in Newtown, the suburb of Toowoomba. There's a small carpark at the front, but plenty of room in the street - walk up the driveway, and you'll find us at the building at the back, where we'll have great facilities and a huge

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00:08:06

QNEWS for 6th July

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2025/07/04

This is John VK4JPM, secretary of the Darling Downs Radio Club with our contribution for Sunday 6 July 2025, and firstly a bit of sad news. About two weeks ago Philip Webb, VK4HPW and VK4APW late of Warwick, went silent key. Philip was a longstanding member of the Darling Downs Radio Club and the Boarder Rangers Radio Club. Those who knew Philip have commented that he was a trainer, a listener and an encourager - all great attributes.The next meeting of the club will be held on 14 July at the

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00:07:00

QNEWS for 29th June 2025

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2025/06/28

DARLING DOWNS RADIO CLUBwia.org.au/clubs/vk4/DarlingDownsRadioClub/ vk4wid@gmail.com Hello and welcome to the Darling Downs Radio Club's QNEWS segment for 29th of June 2025. I’m John, VK4JPM, Secretary of the Club, and this will be a quick one. Last week I mentioned that we're entering the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers parade. We've pitched an interesting idea that the organisers have accepted, and we're looking for a suitable vehicle that could carry some ham gear and tell a bit of a story

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00:10:22

QNews for June 22nd 2025

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2025/06/20

Peter Stevens VK4BT passed away last May 15th. He would have made it to 73 years in November. We had a memorial service for him June 11th which was packed to the rafters. Pete was in a wheel chair after an accident in his early 20's, but talking to him on the radio you'd never really know it. Possibly the best eulogy as far as Pete's amateur radio activities was given by old mate Reg VK2MNM who started with one of Pete's normal tongue in cheek wisecracks given to him almost every day ... "so Reg,

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