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QNews for November 8th 2026
Thursday, 5 November, 2026
After 14 years of rebroadcasting the WIA National News and QNEWS at 9:00am every Sunday morning on 1848 kHz across South East Queensland, Tim (VK4VI) has decided it’s time for a change of guard. To keep this Sunday morning tradition alive, Mick (VK4CRC) and I (VK4KY) are continuing the rebroadcast using a roster system. Call-backs are always welcome after the news. We also welcome feedback and signal reports via email. Our respective email addresses can be found on QRZ.com. Many thanks to Tim for his 14 years of dedicated service in keeping the Sunday morning broadcast going! Andy VK4KY Hi, and welcome to another Sunday. I'm John VK4JPM, Secretary of the Darling Downs Radio Club and thanks for joining QNEWS. This is the one place where nobody is going to ask you to like or subscribe. Tomorrow night is our monthly club meeting, and we've made a small change. OK, it's a big change: the planned subject has had to be moved to December, so mark Monday 14th in your diary when Justin VK7TM will join us - and more information on that plus debrief on Ham-e-Con in the coming weeks. The club meeting tomorrow night, Monday 9 November, is something we've never done before but should be a heap of fun. Come and participate in a live unboxing! Earlier in the year the Club received a major bequest of gear with instructions to make it available to people who care. The gear came from residence in Australian and UK, and was collected and loved over a long period. It was sealed in the most amazing packing and we're pulling out maybe five cubic metres of it to unpack at the Guide hut in Harristown. Details of the location are on our website right now, along with pictures to give you some idea of what is coming. The idea for the night is to come along; maybe bring your dinner; be part of the unpacking, and see what's in the boxes... and we don't know. It's like Christmas on a mega scale. Definitely there is some highly prized old-school ham gear; lots of spares; partly or completely finished projects; and... well, no promises other than most of the boxes we've opened so far have been full of treasures. And yes, we're going to be open to offers on the night. You might well find that left-handed-reverse-thread-knurl-tapper that you've needed for ever. If you want to show, sell or swap some gear yourself, bring that along too. Or just come for the fun and a chance to natter. All starts tomorrow night Monday 9th, at 1900 over at the Kanyana Guide Hut in Harristown Toowoomba. Details at ddrci.org.au. The meeting will NOT be online, and we're not publishing inventory, so the only way to find out what's available is to be there in person. Over at the 52 week ham challenge, it seems we missed number 45 and I've been scratching my head trying to work out how the leap week happened. Two of my diaries confirm that we're in week 46 from tomorrow, and last week I told you about week 44. Confused? No problem - there are two activities you can try. Week 45 was pretty simple: try a new award. If you haven't tried the Club's "Garden City Award" then head to ddrci.org.au and click on the Awards tab at the top. The week 46 challenge is a bit more challenging but a great way to learn; it's build and measure an RF filter. At the simple end that could be a 1/4 wave stub, or if you want to go all out then why not try to make a cavity filter? There's no end to the fun you can have. That's it from us this week. If you have any questions, or if you'd like to send a picture of your filter, the email address is secretary@ddrci.org.au Our club net follows the morning broadcast at 1000 on VK4RDD or Echolink. Support QNEWS and National News by jumping in on the callbacks, so that we know you're listening - Gary would love to hear your voice. Until next week 73 from John VK4JPM and the Darling Downs Radio Club.
