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Next Meeting - AGM - Wed 12th June 2013 |
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Written by Alan GM3PSP
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Thursday, 23 May 2013 08:27 |
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The next meeting of the Lothians Radio Society will be the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 12th June at 7:30 for 8:00pm at the Braid Hills Hotel.
All LRS members are urged to attend to express their views about the future path for the Society and to elect the new committee. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 23 May 2013 08:29 |
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22 May 2013 - restoring the R1155 / T1154 Part 2 by Ian Ropper GM0UHC |
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Written by Alan GM3PSP
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Thursday, 09 May 2013 19:07 |
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Ian Ropper GM0UHC returned to the Lothians on 22nd May 2013 to present Part 2 of his talk "Restoring the R1155 / T1154. He described progress made since his last talk "Part 1" on 27 April 2011 (click for Report) - the short-comings of what went before, through the service life of the type and some remarkable photographs of what happened after WW2 ... and he didn’t mean what replaced it! Full report with photos soon. |
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Last Updated on Saturday, 25 May 2013 07:34 |
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4-5 May 2013 RSGB Microwave Trophy |
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Written by Alan GM3PSP
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Monday, 06 May 2013 13:03 |
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L-R: Robin GM4YPL, Chris MM0ZCT, Andy MM0FMF, Pete GM4BYF, Alan GM3PSP, Brian GM8BJF, John GM8OTI.
Seven members of the Lothians Radio Society took part in the RSGB Microwave Trophy Contest on 4th - 5th May from our usual site in the hills above Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries & Galloway. Most arrived on the Saturday morning, avoiding very wet weather on the Friday afternoon. The usual field was like porridge, churned up by tractors, and liberally covered with evidence of recent bovine occupancy! All UHF & microwave bands from 432MHz to 24GHz were operated.
Full report with photos. |
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Last Updated on Saturday, 11 May 2013 10:53 |
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10th Apr 2013 - An Evening with Microwaves by GM8OTI & GM8BJF |
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Written by Alan GM3PSP
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Wednesday, 03 April 2013 08:32 |
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The LRS had an Evening with Microwaves presented by Brian GM8BJF and John GM8OTI on 10th April 2013. They described how they designed, constructed and operate their microwave equipment.
Brian Flynn GM8BJF described his 6cm transverter, AD synthesiser and some homebrew equipment constructed using PCBs ("it's not all about waveguides, you know")!
John Cooke GM8OTI talked about simple and cheap homebrew 10GHz equipment, aimed at portable operation. See also Norbreck Blackpool Rally report opposite.
Click for Full Report. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 08 May 2013 12:25 |
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D/F Hunt - Wed 8th May 2013 |
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Written by Alan GM3PSP
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Saturday, 27 April 2013 19:40 |
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The brave souls who made it to the Fox station half-way up Caerketton Hill.
The annual LRS Direction Finding Contest was held on Wednesday 8th May 2013 starting from the Braid Hills Hotel. Most of the participants found the Fox station, manned by Peter GM4DTH, but only after a strenuous climb to a grassy knoll half way up Caerketton Hill near the Edinburgh Ski Centre. And what a view as the sun set over the city.
Full report. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 10 May 2013 19:07 |
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24th April 2013 - Code Breakers - Video Evening |
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Written by Alan GM3PSP
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Thursday, 11 April 2013 08:09 |
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At the meeting of the Lothians Radio Society on 24th April 2013 an American-made video of the work of Code Breakers was shown. It described how code breakers shaped major events in the 20th century, including America's entry into WWI through the decoding of the Zimmermann telegram, the cracking of the German Enigma code at GC&CS Bletchley Park during WWII, victory at the Battle of Midway and Japan's Purple Cipher. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 26 April 2013 12:59 |
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LRS Members at Norbreck Rally, Blackpool on 7th April 2013 |
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Written by Alan GM3PSP
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Tuesday, 09 April 2013 08:43 |
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On the Sunday, as well as attending the rally, John GM8OTI worked GM0USI on the Mull of Galloway on 10GHz from the Blackpool sea-front over a sea-path of 148km with only 35mW of SSB.
A group of members of the Lothians Radio Society attended the Norbreck Rally in Blackpool on Sunday, 7th April 2013. Travelling down on the Saturday afternoon, they first enjoyed a merry evening in a local pub where beer was only an amazing £1.80 a pint, and then in the Sunam Indian restaurant for the traditional curry.
Report / photos by GM8OTI, GM4BYF, GM4HWO.
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Last Updated on Friday, 12 April 2013 07:56 |
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