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The next meeting is the annual LRS visit to the Museum of Communication, Burntisland for a talk by Diana Maxwell based on her book Listen Up! about HMS Tarlair, the Admiralty Research Station at Hawkcraig Point near Aberdour, which researched methods of detecting submarines during WW1. The book was featured on BBC-TV programmes Coast, The Great War at Sea - Scotland's Story and Antiques Road Trip.
With the invention of the Hydrophone - a sophisticated underwater microphone - the Base became an important 'listening post', capable of detecting German U-boats in the Firth of Forth.
All the top scientists and musicians of the day were involved. (Why musicians? Many possessed 'perfect / absolute pitch' and could detect even the slightest nuances in sound levels...)
You are requested to arrive not before 6:45pm. Refreshments will be served from 7:00 to 7:25pm. The talk will last from 7:30 to 9:00pm. Refreshments will again be served from 9:00 to 10:00 pm when there will be the opportunity to browse the current MoC exhibition "Wartime Advances, Peacetime Applications". (Click for link). LRS members will enter free; visitors £5.00; MoC members £4.00.

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These items will be archived as News or Silent Keys in LRS Archive

1. Radio News Items 

2016-09-03 NASA records Jupiter aurora signals

2016-07-23 New OFCOM Website Portal

2. Silent Keys

2016-09-06 Bill Hunter GM3HUN
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2016-08-20 Lord Brian Rix G2DQU

2016-06-11 Archie Dalziel GM4FGD

 2016-06-07 Jim Watt G3PFY

3. Items for Sale  (click for main section)

2016-09-16 Sony Bravia KDL 26EX302 26" LCD Colour Television - Dave Henderson GM6KGZ

2016-07-18 Norrie Stewart GM1CNH - Coax & Ferrites

2016-07-04  David Henderson GM6KGZ - updated list incl. 1 new item.

2016-08-14 Norrie Stewart GM1CNH - updated list.

4. Items Wanted

5. New on LRS Website

RSGB Video: GB1SS: Schools speaking to Tim Peake

RSGB Video: Meteor Scatter - What Makes the Pings Go Ping?

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Bill Hunter GM3HUN, a former member of the Lothians Radio Society, died peacefully at the age of 90 in a care home on 6th September 2016. Bill had been a Sub-Lieutenant in the RNVR and a leader in the Sea Cadets. He was a lifelong avid CW DXer and member of the FOC - First Class Operators Club. Click for Full Report & photos.

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 14th Sept: the first meeting of the new LRS club year was the Presidential Address by Andy Sinclair MM0FMF: "What's in the Box?"  Home router / gateway). 

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Regular readers will have noticed some changes to the appearance of our website.

The changes are due to us moving to a current (and supported!) version of the software used to present the website. This is necessary so that we get security updates to the software.

The new version should work well with different devices - e.g. tablets and phones; the layout adapts to the number of pixels available on the screen.

You can adjust how it looks on your desktop screen simply by changing the width of the window you are using to display our site.

We hope you will keep coming back to the Lothians Radio Society - and if you haven't been yet, come to one of our meetings soon.

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                    Photos by Peter Dick GM4DTH 

The GM3HAM/P contest group of the Lothians Radio Society operated in the RSGB 2m Trophy Contest on 3-4 September 2016 from our usual site on a hilltop near Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries and Galloway. Click for Peter's beautiful aerial video of the site taken using his UAV - unmanned aerial vehicle.

Equipment: Yaesu 736R to 800W linear amplifier; 17-element M² narrow-beam yagi.

Claimed score:  194 QSOs; 72,893 Points

Best Dx: F6APE; LOC IN97pi; 872km.

Click for Full Report with many more photos.

Pete GM4BYF, Mike GM4IGS, Brian GM4DIJ, Peter GM4DTH, Danny GM6CMQ, Andy MM0FMF, Norrie GM1CNH.

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Pub Night 4 (24th Aug): There was a good turnout of ten for the last for this summer, and no sweaty joggers to drive us to another pub!  

Pub Night 3 (10th Aug): Wee Bennet's was swamped with sweaty joggers so Mike GM8KCS & Peter GM4DTH decamped to the more civilised atmosphere of Hunter's Tryst. 

Pub Night 2 (27th July): Peter GM4BYF, Tommy GM4DCL, Vic GM3OWU, John GM8OTI, Briain GM8PKL, Alan GM3PSP, Peter GM4DTH. 
Pub Night 1 (13th July): Peter GM4DTH, Mike GM8KCS, Tommy GM4DCL, Briain GM8PKL, Pete GM4BYF, Alan GM3PSP, Mike MM0MLB. Missing: Vic GM3OWU, Colin GM4HWO.
 

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The Martlesham Trophy for Overall Winner of the Restricted Section of RSGB VHF NFD
Congratulations to the LRS Contest Group GM3HAM/P who have won the Overall Restricted Section and First in Scotland in the RSGB VHF NFD Contest which was held on 2-3 July 2016. Click for RSGB Report. The last time we won both trophies was in 2008. The stations were operated from our excellent site in the hills near Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries & Galloway overlooking the Irish Sea and the Isle of Man. See article below.
Points Summary: 6m: 1000; 4m: 1000;         2m: 819; 23cm: 480; Total: 3299.

The Cockenzie Quaich for 1st Place in Scotland in the Restricted Section of RSGB VHF NFD.
  1. 2-3 July 2016 - RSGB VHF NFD - LRS Contest Group GM3HAM/P
  2. 11 June 2016 - Archie Dalziel GM4FGD - Silent Key
  3. 5 June 2016 - George P. Millar GM3UM - Silent Key
  4. 9 June 2016 - LRS Annual General Meeting