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Lothians RAYNET Active During Snow Emergency
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
Members of Lothians RAYNET were called out by the City of Edinburgh Emergency Planning Officer, NHS Lothian and the Red Cross on Monday 6th December.
Lothians RAYNET members were asked to provide support throughout the Lothian and Central Scotland areas, together with Lothians 4X4 at 10:41 on Monday, and their duties included providing transport for patients to and from dialysis, to and from homes and conveying patients to Health Centres to attend to urgent care problems. Operations were coordinated from the QTH of Charlie GM6MUZ by himself and Vic GM3OWU.
They were then asked to open a second control centre in Livingston on Tuesday to provide contacts with NHS traffic, and to operate on agreed frequencies.
The weather continued to be atrocious with freezing fog, and the main motorway through the area (M8) became grid-locked later. The Army were called to provide military assistance to the Community, and Fife RAYNET were assisting by the use of cross band Talk Through.
The period of duty was ended at 18:30z on Friday 10th December.
(Report derived from National RAYNET News, 12 December 2010).
GM3HAM/P Featured in RadCom
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
The VHF NFD Report in the December 2010 issue of RSGB RadCom carries the photograph below (from the LRS website) of Brian GM8BJF operating on 70cm. In addition, there is the announcement that GM3HAM/P won the Restricted Section on the 50 MHz band and at 5th place was the highest-placed Scottish group overall in the Restricted Section, retaining the Cockenzie Quaich for a third year.
"Lothians RS GM3HAM/P: Brian GM8BJF still working them on 70cm" - RadCom.
Christmas Curry - Wednesday 8th December
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
The Lothians' traditional Christmas Curry was held at the Himalaya Tandoori Restaurant at Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh on Wednesday 8th December. A great time was had by all the 18 LRS members and partners present. An album of additional photographs is posted in the Meeting Reports 2010-11 section.
John GM8OTI, Peter GM4DTH & Brian GM4DIJ.
The "who's got the biggest naan" competition.
Wed 24 November - Special Video Night
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
With the postponement of the scheduled talk, Peter Dick GM4DTH stepped in at a moment's notice and organised an enjoyable program of DVDs of classic short documentary films made in the 1930s by the GPO Film Unit. These were related somewhat to our last talk "GPO Vans in the Strangest of Places" by John MacDonald GM4XZN. The films shown by Peter were:
- The Coming Of The Dial 1933
- Sixpenny Telegram 1935
- Calendar Of The Year 1936
- Night Mail 1936
- Roadways 1937
- A Midsummer Day's Work 1939
10th November - GPO Vans in the Strangest of Places, by GM4XZN
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
John Macdonald GM4XZN talked about "GPO Vans in the Strangest of Places" at the LRS meeting on 10th November. His talk was in two parts: (a) Early telegraphs in the Highlands; (b) GPO plant, vehicles & activities in the 1960s, illustrated by a Powerpoint show and 35mm slides. A full report with photographs is available in Meeting Reports.
John Macdonald GM4XZN showing his treasured GPO Morse Key at the LRS meeting on 10th Nov.
LRS Leaflet available for downloading
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
The LRS information leaflet can now be downloaded here for printing and giving to your radio friends. Copies can also be obtained from the secretary at club meetings.
Presentations now on Website
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A number of presentations from LRS meetings are now available in the Meeting Reports area for you to read. Most have been converted from Powerpoint (.ppt) to PDF (.pdf) format to make them easier to open. If you have made a presentation that you would like to have added to this area, please send it to the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Lothians Featured in RSGB Yearbook 2011
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
The Lothians Radio Society has been added to the "Featured Clubs" section of the new RSGB Yearbook 2011, just published. In addition to a write-up of LRS activities, a number of photographs of recent portable contests are included in the CD which is enclosed with the Yearbook. Hurry - order your copy today! Click for RSGB Shop.
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