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QNews for April 26th 2026
Thursday, 23 April, 2026
Howdy-doody. You're possibly expecting the Darling Downs Radio Club QNEWS segment for the week of 26 April, and this would be it. Thanks for listening, and coming up some reminders: next weekend is big activity in Albury activity; we will be there and I'd love to have a chat to committee members from other clubs. now that ANZAC day is over, the last AX prefix opportunity for the year is four weeks away today is club lunch day, and we'd love you to join us whether you're a member of DDRCi or not and if it's still morning, then the club 2m net starts at the top of the hour and you're invited to that too Firstly a note to people from other Queensland clubs. The WIA AGM is next weekend in Albury, and you will have heard all about it on National News. Some of us are heading down because we can and should, which is going to create an opportunity between clubs to exchange ideas about how we run our hobby. If you're in Albury next weekend, please find me. I'll be wearing club clobber with my name and callsign, so I won't be hard to find. Lots to discuss. If you're coming and you'd like to set something up, drop a line to secretary@ddrci.org.au as an alert. Last week's club meeting on the topic of FreeDV exceeded every expectation. Thanks to everyone in the room, to all those who came along virtually, and to other clubs who spread the word. Peter VK3TPM provided an incredibly good insight into the project, with some very compelling demos of how well the coder works. He's also give a list of tips and tools to help you get started, and those appear in the text edition of this QNEWS bulletin. We're going to keep an eye on the project and bring you updates from time to time, and it will be the subject of future meetings. If it's Sunday morning, then after QNEWS, and after the club 2m net, we're off to the Southern Hotel in Toowoomba for our informal come-and-have-lots-of-fun bimonthly club lunch. Check the Fire and Ice cafe, and there will be a table reserved for the club. All the detail is on the website at ddrci.org.au, and we kick off sometime after 1130. Family, friends, harmonics, bits of gear, and tall tales are all welcome. We'll probably hang around until 1500 so there's no rush, and food is available all day. There's still a moment to RSVP to lunch@ddrci.org.au, but that's only so that we can ensure we have a big enough table. Nobody gets locked out. This also fits nicely with this week's ham challenge, which is to get together with others for an in person radio activity - the lunch qualifies, and I noticed that the website has zero toots against the challenge. So there's an opportunity. We're coming into week 18, for which the challenge is "Complete a project no matter how big or small and write it up". Here's our offer: if you write up a project, no matter how big or small, we will publish it to DDRCi members. Hints and tips are good. Things to do are good. Bits of clever circuit are good. How you got the transmitter with missing parts to work: yes, that's really good. Let us know so that we can spread the love. General reminders: * if you'd like help getting or upgrading your licence, send an email to education@ddrci.org.au * to contact the club, drop a line to secretary@ddrci.org.au and if you missed out using your callsign with the AX prefix yesterday, the last opportunity for the year is on World Telecommunications Day which is always 17 May. This year that's a Sunday, and we'll be doing our 2M net on that day with the AX prefix. I'm John VK4JPM, secretary of the Darling Downs Radio Club.
