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James Gentles GM4WZP made a very welcome return to the LRS on 26th October to present Aerial Photography. In James's last talk, on 23 January 2013, he described Kite Aerial Photography (click for report). Technology has advanced greatly in just 3 years, with drones now available to provide much greater flexibility and capability. Visit James's website Gentles Limited (click) for a flavour of his talk. Click for Full Report.

Drone camera with fisheye lens.

 

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LRS Secretary, Mike MM0MLB welcoming everyone.

The LRS Autumn Surplus Equipment Sale and raffle was held on Wednesday 19th October 2016 at St Fillan's Church, Buckstone Drive, Edinburgh 10. There was a good turnout of LRS members and from other clubs, including GM1SXV all the way from Glasgow.

Some of the many items for sale.

The highlight of the evening was undoubtedly Colin's rendition of 'Loch Lomond' on his electronic accordion.

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Malcolm GM3TAL operating GB0BSS

The Lothians Radio Society again operated in JOTA - Jamboree On The Air - from the Bonaly Scout Camp Site on Saturday 15th October 2016. Using the special-event callsign GB0BSS, the operators were John Cooke GM8OTI and Malcolm Hamilton GM3TAL. This year they were in the Training Room, which was a bit warmer than the open barn used in previous years! The room was shared with JOTI - Jamboree On The Internet. 11 QSOs were made during the afternoon, and it was busy, with 8 groups of scouts visiting. 

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At the annual LRS visit to the Museum of Communication, Burntisland on 28th September local historian and author Diana Maxwell gave a talk 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.  
Click for Full Report with many of Diana's slides, with her permission.
Attendees at the talk also had the opportunity to browse the current MoC exhibition "Wartime Advances, Peacetime Applications". (Click title for link).  

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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 an Officer in the Sea Cadets. He was a lifelong avid CW DXer and member of the FOC - First Class Operators Club. 

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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.

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

  1. 13 July - 24 Aug - LRS Summer Pub Nights
  2. 17 July 2016 - LRS GM3HAM/P Wins RSGB VHF NFD & Scotland Restricted Sections
  3. 2-3 July 2016 - RSGB VHF NFD - LRS Contest Group GM3HAM/P
  4. 11 June 2016 - Archie Dalziel GM4FGD - Silent Key