QNEWS REPORT PREPARED BY VK4BB FOR THE WIAQ AGM APRIL 18 2004
Let us take a moment to view the QNEWS Checkins highlights of 2003-4


58,214 Total in year
20,802 RF Checkins
400 e-mailed copies of QNEWS are distributed by Yahoo each week.
14,000 visit the QNEWS pages at www.wia.org.au/vk4

Overseas broadcasts included Alberta Canada, Cape Town South Africa, 
And Port Moresby PNG.

Brisbane 2 Meters is still attracting the most listeners however
is rapidly being overtaken by Melbourne and Newcastle. 
Consistently good numbers are received each week from the Maryborough
to Gladstone linked system and from the Barossa Valley their Monday night
80 meter broadcast is among the top HF checkins.

I'd like to thank our Rebroadcasters throughout VK4 for being there each and
every Sunday. To VK4JPH and VK4BAB for encoding the audio CD to MP3 each week.

Also to Ronnee VK4CO, Felix VK4FUQ, Trevor VK4BAT, Chris VK4AA
and Brian VK4LH for their regular weekly audio contributions.
John VK4AFS for not only originating the Brisbane 2 meter and hence
the Brisbane HF feeds, but being on call at short notice if an
audio contributor is unavailable. 

As QNEWS moves forward as "QNEWS-AUSTRALIA", In VK1 we have regular audio
Reports from Peter VK1KEP, VK2UW and VK2HKW Chris and Karen in New South Wales
Along with VK3KRB Robert and Bruce VK3FFF in the Garden State.



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 0016 VK4 15 Meters
 0053 Gladstone
 0079 VK4 Brisbane 6 Meters
 0080 DARWIN
 0085 BEGA
 0099 Snowy Mountains
 0130 VK4 Mount Tambourine 70 cms
 0134 Wagga
 0137 VK4 80 Meters
 0152 Ballarat
 0153 Port Macquarie Pacific Inter Is. Net 20 meters
 0206 Brisbane Bayside 
 0228 VK4 30 Meters
 0294 Dalby
 0336 Ingham 40 Meters
 0397 Mackay
 0430 Barossa
 0434 MARYBOROUGH CB
 0450 VK4 160 Meters
 0461 VK4 Brisbane 40 Meters
 0491 CAPE TOWN South Africa
 0537 Latrobe Valley/Lakes Entrance
 0607 Tasmania
 0661 Rockhampton
 0696 Sunshine Coast
 0717 SUMMERLAND VK2
 0768 VK4 20 Meters
 1046 MELBOURNE
 1047 Townsville
 1068 GOLD COAST
 1078 SUMMERLAND VK2 CB
 1407 WESTLAKES
 1704 BUNDABERG to GLADSTONE LINKED SYSTEM
 2248 Brisbane 147.000 MHz


HIGHEST RF CHECK-IN, IN 1 WEEK,  Sept  7, 2003                    495
 2nd Highest                     July 27, 2003                    474
 3rd Highest                     Sept 14, 2003                    460
 4th Highest                     July 20, 2003                    457


In conclusion... 
Thank you again to ALL our rebroadcasters, our call back operators and contributors, both voice and written!

GraHam VK4BB
April 2004