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 your overseas daylight savings clocks back? Europe returned last weekend, and the US drops its clocks back this afternoon, Australia time. It's only EIGHT sleeps until John VK4JBE joins us in person to talk ElectroMagnetic Radiation - or EMR - and how to stay both legal and neighbour friendly. Most of us trust that EMR won't be a problem, but it can be... and in so many ways. John will bring along some documentation created to help you manage your EMR obligations - in particular, the EMR Safety Site Management Book, which will help you record everything needed to use the RSGB and WIA tools. That's on Monday, 10 November, at the Victory Street Scout Hall in Newtown. All the details are on the website at ddrci.org.au, and the meeting should be the first event shown on the calendar. By the way if you haven't checked the calendar rotator on our website recently, then give it a go. We're hiding past events in there along with future meetings. You can even go back in time and relive the downpour during the Carnival of Flowers parade. Next weekend is GCARS on the Gold Coast - many of us will be down there on Sunday morning, and you should be able to recognise us by the club shirts and hats. Please say hello! For the December meeting, we're still thinking about doing the Chinese Radio session, along with a bit of show and tell. That's enough warning to get something together to bring along and show - and that meeting will be on December 8th. Three thoughts before we leave. Until 1 Jan, membership of DDRCi is 25% off. That means it's only $30 to become a full member and only $7.50 if you're a junior. Join now, save money and support the club! DDRCi's training and assessment is in full swing. If you want to get or upgrade your qualification, start with an email to education@ddrci.org.au and we'll get you on the path to success * and finally if you do have an IC22S - as all of us did, back in the day - check out VK3ZYZ's articles on how to arduinoise the 22S... search for "SADARC" and "Arduino" and you'll find it. Thanks for listening - I'm John VK4JPM for the Darling Downs Radio Club. Social Scene GOLD COAST AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY – 2025 HAMFEST NOV 9 (vk4dmh) Country Paradise Parklands 231 Beaudesert Nerang Road.