A very successful Foundation

Course was conducted on a

weekend in November at

the radio 4GR boardroom.

Thanks must go to Andrew

Chapman VK4QF who gave

up his weekend to open the

board room and allowed us

to use the overhead projec-

tor for the weekend.

John VK4TJ conducted the

training, with Bill VK4ZD

and Diane VK4DI along to

see how the course is con-

ducted.

We had a visit from David

Kavanagh VK4DAK (AKA

repeater Dave) as well.

Phil VK4HPW from the Bor-

der ranges club made the

trip on Sunday to facilitate

the exams.

All 3 candidates were suc-

cessful, Tess Luckman -

VK4FDDC, Sarah Grady -

VK4FURY (XYL of Geoff

VK4NIX) and George Cor-

ney - VK4FGRC were a very

relieved bunch on Sunday

afternoon.

All 3 have since attended the

club Social Technical night

and were welcomed by eve-

ryone.

Submitted by: VK4DI

Appreciation goes to:

The DDRC Inc would like to

give thanks to John Kirk

(VK4TJ) for his work as Club

Assessor.

John was presented with his

certificate of appreciation by Bill

(VK4ZD). John ran the Foun-

dation Course in November

which saw three candidates

successfully obtaining their

Foundation Licenses.

The DDRCi would like to thank

John for his continued support.

Left to Right: Sarah Grady, Tess Luckman, John Kirk, George Coney

Foundation Course Success

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T H E O F F I C I A L J O U R N A L O F T H E

D A R L I N G D O W N S R A I O C L U B I N C .

W H A T ’ S O N :

11th February: Club

Lunch at the Blue

Mountain Hotel

~

13th February:

Committee Meet-

ing at Drayton

Bowls Club

~

27th February:

DDRI Social Tech-

nical Show and Tell

DDRCi Office

Bearers President:

Mark Brandwood

VK4IL

president@ddrci.org.au

Vice President:

Bill Main VK4ZD,

Secretary:

Diane Main VK4DI

secretary@ddrci.org.au

Treasurer:

Kevin Crandell

VK4VKX

Training Courses And

Assessment Infor-

mation

The Club's WIA Assessor

is John Kirk VK4TJ

All interested are warmly

invited.

John's contact details as

follows:

Mobile:

0409 744 132

Email:

assessor@ddrci.org.au

News Editor:

Sarah Grady (VK4FURY)

Email:

editor@ddrci.org.au

Postal address:

PO Box 3257 Too-

woomba QLD 4350

Bill (VK4ZD) and Diane (VK4DI) hosted an Australia Day

BBQ at their Shack at Lockyer Waters. A fun day was had

by all, with lots of good food and radio chatter. The highlight

of the day was Di’s homemade Pavlova!

Out and About with DDRCi

Above Cooby Creek QSL Cards

Below: Cooby Creek Special Event (VI50CC): Back to Front:

Geoff VK4NIX, Kevin VK4VKX, Terry VK4KTP, Wayne

VK4ARW, John VK4ZJE, Bill VK4ZD, Diane VK4DI, Dougal

VK4EKA and Bruce VK4MQ. A huge thank you to Wayne for

Above: The Christmas 2016 Luncheon was a huge suc-

cess with 20 members and their families joining us at the

Blue Mountain Hotel. The biggest luncheon to date.

DDRCi Services Meetings

Our Club meets on the Second and Fourth

Mondays of each month, except for De-

cember when there is no Fourth Monday

meeting.

Second Monday is a Management Commit-

tee Meeting.

Fourth Monday is a Social - Technical

Meeting.

The Club meets at 7.00 pm local time at

the Drayton Bowls Club, 44 Gipps Street,

Drayton.

Everyone [especially visitors] are welcome

to all meetings.

Club Repeaters

VK4RDD repeater site:

VHF repeater on 146.750 MHz (Negative

offset).

UHF repeater on 439.275 MHz (Negative

offset, Tone 91.5Hz).

IRLP Node 6958, Echolink Node 69580.

Club Activities & Events

The Darling Downs Radio Club has two

regular Nets as follows:

Each Saturday evening at 7:30 pm, there is

an 80m net on 3.590 MHz (+ or - QRM)

under the Club call sign, VK4WID, usually

hosted by Theo, VK4ESK.

Each Sunday morning at 10:00 am, there

is a 2m net using the Club's call sign,

VK4WID, held on the Club's repeater,

VK4RDD, on a frequency of 146.750 MHz

(Negative offset).

All are welcome to join in, especially new

licencees. Amateurs from as far apart as

Ingham in the North, to Evans Head in the

South, participate in the Nets.

IRLP and EchoLink

IRLP is available on the 2 metre repeater,

node number is 6958.

To connect: Use DTMF for the node

number you require.

To disconnect: Use DTMF “73”

Echo Link is also available on the 2 metre

repeater, node number is 69580.

To connect: Use DTMF “star” and then

the node number required.

To disconnect: Use DTMF “73” only.

[NOTE: No “star” required]

Vice President

Bill Main VK4ZD

President

Mark Brandwood VK4IL

president@ddrci.org.au

Secretary

Diane Main VK4DI

secretary@ddrci.org.au

For Vk’s, P29’s, ZL’s and SWL’s

A total of 8 points are required by working or hearing (for

SWL’s) members of the Darling Downs Radio Club Inc.

For DX stations

A total of 4 points are required by working or hearing (for

SWL’s) members of the Darling Downs Radio Club Inc.

The Award is done in colour, A4 format and will be posted

as soon as practicable at an economical rate.

The cost of the posted Award for VK’s is $10.00 Aus.

The cost of the posted Award outside of VK is $20.00 Aus.

The Garden City Award is available to all amateur radio

operators and short wave listeners worldwide.

Scoring

1. For hearing a QSO with a Darling Downs Radio Club

member, one point will be awarded.

2. For working a Darling Downs Radio Club member, two

points will be awarded.

3. For working the Darling Downs Radio Club station,

VK4WID, three points will be awarded

4. 24 hours must pass before points will be awarded for

working the same club member again, regardless of band.

5. All modes accepted, except internet linking modes.

Garden City Award

Meet Our Office Bearers

Special Notice:

Due to interference from the Hawaii weather Fax on the 80 m

Frequency the frequency has been changed to 3.590MHz

Treasurer

Kevin Crandell VK4VKX

treasurer@ddrci.org.au