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 ham licence. And if you or someone you know is a scout and you'd like to know how we can help tide the STEM, drop a line to education@ddrci.org.au. Seriously, don't underestimate the value of what you learn to get your ham ticket. Not only does that get you on air, but we'll bet anything you like that those skills will pop up over and over again in your professional and home lives away from amateur radio. If there is such a thing. One great piece of news that came our way during the week: the Queensland Office of Fair Trading has formally registered the new rules that we voted in at our AGM in September. Our Rules are posted on the DDRCI website underneath the DOCUMENTS tab, so that you can read them at any time. Now: looking forward to the calendar and our next meeting. It's on Monday, 10 November and will again be held at the Scout Hall in Victory Street Newtown, and of course by telepresence. We're ramping up our focus on Electro Magnetic Radiation or EMR. Why? Because understanding of EMR goes directly to two things that are important to our ability to operate harmoniously - by not creating interference problems for our neighbours, and by operating safely so that we don't create problems for anyone. All our amateur transmitters emit electro-magnetic radiation - but do you know exactly how much and are your operations safe? John VK4JBE from Bayside District Amateur Radio Society is going to give us an overview of what the electro-magnetic radiation safety standards are, and explain how to apply them to our amateur stations. He's going to cover some work done by the Wireless Institute of Australia, and the Radio Society of Great Britain, both of whom have produced some tools to help. That's all vitally important stuff, and you can meet John and hear from an expert on Monday, 10 November. As always, all the info on QNews is available online and you can check our website at ddrci.org.au, or email us via secretary@ddrci.org.au if there's something specific you'd like to ask. And as always, if you like what we're doing: become a member. It's really inexpensive and your support helps heaps. I'll see you next week - 73 from John VK4JPM for the Darling Downs Radio Club. Kevin VK4UH HERE, President of the Brisbane VHF Group and Convener of the QTech 2025 conference, to be held in Brisbane in two weeks’ time. The two-day conference will run over the weekend of the 1st and 2nd of November and is being held at the conference facilities of the Kedron Wavel RSL in Chermside, one of Brisbane’s northern suburbs. The theme of this year’s conference is “The future of Amateur Radio is in your Hands” The programme includes presentations covering a wide range of aspects of our ever-expanding hobby, from entry-level, recruitment and supporting young people in AR right through to advanced technical advances in equipment and operating. In addition, there will be trade displays and equipment demonstrations. Also arranged, an exciting live ARISS telebridge where local high school students will be able to pose questions to the astronauts orbiting aboard the international Space Station, via Amateur Radio. Information and an open invitation to all to participate in this inaugural event has been circulated widely in AR Magazine, via this WIA national broadcast and via a variety of internet sites and other social media outlets.