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25 May 2022 - LRS DF Hunt
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
The 2022 LRS D/F Hunt on Wed 25 May, started at the Tardis on Braid Hills Road with Fox, Peter Dick GM4DTH operating GM3HAM/P on 1875kHz AM. Entrants were: James GM4WZP + Alan GM3PSP, Mike GM8KCS + Mike Jr MM3MDB, Andy MM7MOX & Melvyn GM4HYR.
The GM3HAM/P Fox station - Elecraft KX3, hidden in woods near Roseburn.
The winner was Melvyn Bond GM4HYR.
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20-22 May 2022 2m Trophy GM3HAM/P - Gatehouse
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
RSGB 2m TROPHY, Open Section GM3HAM/P at Gatehouse of Fleet. Organizer: Norrie GM1CNH. Chief cook: Colin GM4HWO.
Submitted score: 167 QSOs, 54,733 pts x multiplier 77 => Total Score 4,214,441 pts. Best DX: F6DKW, LOC JN18CS, 808km/502 m.
Dinner in the Masonic Arms on the Friday.
Colin GM4HWO, John 2M0JTU, SWL Ranald, Norrie GM1CNH, Peter GM4DTH, Mike GM4IGS. (Click for report)
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24 Apr 2022 - Norbreck (Blackpool) Rally
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
A number of LRS members attended the 2022 Norbreck Rally, as usual.
LRS group in the bar, the night before.
Danny Robson GM6CMQ, Norrie Stewart GM1CNH, Bob Irvine MM0XRI, John 2M0JTU, Peter Dick GM4DTH.
Among the LRS visitors was Andy MM0FMF, staffing on the SOTA stand.
Click for full report with lots of pics.
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11 May 2022 - Members' Timed Talks
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
11 May 2022 - Members' Timed Talks.
There were 7 speakers, all of whom kept within the generous 4 mins limit plus 1 minute of questions imposed by the chair - James Gentles GM4WZP.
Pete GM4BYF showed the RSGB membership certificate of Jack McVicar GM8GEC-SK.
The talks winner was Bond, Melvyn Bond, GM4HYR, who spoke about a WWII Spitfire bullet now converted into a cigarette-lighter!
Click for full report with photos.
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20 Apr 2022 - LRS Spring Surplus Equipment Sale
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
The LRS 2022 Spring Surplus Sale was held on Wed 20th April 2022 at St Fillans Church, Buckstone, organized by Colin GM4HWO.
Anyone recognise that red Landrover?
"The Management".
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6 Apr 2022 - LRS Video Night - Peter Dick GM4DTH
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
Video Night 2022 by Peter GM4DTH at ECVS.
‘The Secret Wireless War - Black Propaganda’ (Grindlewald Productions)
The RCA 600kW "Aspidistra" Transmitter.
Development and content of the WW2 secret UK "black" radio broadcasts to Germany.
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23 Mar 2022 - Bletchley Park, Section VIII - Malcolm Fergusson.
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
Malcolm Fergusson talked about the Ultra secret (the WWII German communications decoded at Bletchley Park) and the SCU-3 (Special Communications Unit) located in 1940 at Cockburn Farm near Balerno (where he lives). Attendance was a great 26, including Zoom. Click for slides.
Malcolm is a retired Superintendent Technician, Physics & Electrical Engineering, at Edinburgh University & an Honorary Life Member of the Museum of Communication.
Cockburn Farm, Balerno.
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9 Mar 2022 Astrodynamics without the Mathematics - How to Fly Spacecraft - John Cooke GM8OTI
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
At the LRS meeting on 9 Mar 2022 at the Braid Hills Hotel, and on Zoom, John Cooke GM8OTI talked about "Astrodynamics without the maths - how to fly spacecraft".
The Rocket Scientists!
John Cooke GM8OTI
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