1967 - 2 Metre Portable from West Kip

 

 

Rear: Vic Stewart GM3OWU, Alan Masson GM3PSP, Roy Tatton GM3SRV, Duncan Roe

Front: SWLs Peter Brown (GM3YOK) & Brian Flynn (GM8BJF), Robin Newman GM3VZL

(Picture published in "Short Wave Magazine" March 1968)

In 1967 and 1968 an intrepid group of the younger members of the LRS operated GM3PSP/P in VHF portable contests from the summit of West Kip (1800 ft asl) in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh. They carried up all their gear including batteries. Operation was on 144 MHz AM, using a crystal-controlled transmitter plus an Eddystone EC10 receiver with a 2m converter.  The antenna was an 8-element J-Beam yagi.

 

1968 - West Kip

 

1968: the VHF portable group on West Kip consisted of:

Rear: Alister Mitchell GM3UDL, Roy Tatton GM3SRV, Alan Masson GM3PSP

Front: SWLs Peter Brown (GM3YOK), Rodney Mackenzie, Brian Flynn (GM8BJF)

 

Three tents on the summit of West Kip.

On one occasion we were blown away in a gale and had to shelter overnight

in a farm building at the base of the hill.

 

Roy Tatton GM3SRV with Alan Masson GM3PSP.

 

Colin German GM3VBB, Alan Masson GM3PSP and (probably) Robin Newman GM3VZL.

 

Brian Flynn GM8BJF & Peter Brown GM3YOK, location possibly Green Lowther

 

 

~1968 - Miscellaneous Trips

 

 

SWL Edward Bain with Alan Masson GM3PSP/P, location unknown.

 

Roy Tatton GM3SRV with Alan Masson GM3PSP/M at South Shields mobile rally, date unknown.

 

1969 VHF NFD at Green Lowther

 

 

Getting ready to leave for Lowther - Alan Williams GM3KSU & Alister Mitchell GM3UDL.

 

Assembling the antennas - SWL Edward Bain, Brian Flynn GM8BJF & Peter Brown GM3YOK.

 

Vic Stewart GM3OWU & Brian Flynn GM8BJF.

 

(Photo missing)! 

L-R: unknown, Alan GM3KSU, Brian GM8BJF, SWL Edward, Peter GM3YOK, Vic GM3OWU (?), Alister GM3UDL. 

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1970 Miscellaneous Trips

  

David Guest GM3TFY/P (C) with (L) his dad and (R) Vic Stewart GM3OWU, location possibly Green Lowther.

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1971 Allermuir, Pentland Hills

Roger Manners GM3ZVL/P & Robert Dalgleish GM3ZVB, Allermuir Hill.

 

Brian Flynn GM8BJF/P, Allermuir Hill

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1970s

1972 VHF NFD Green Lowther

 

LRS VHF NFD Green Lowther 1972 

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July 1974 - VHF Jubilee Contest at the Mull of Galloway (not LRS- related)

(Photos tnx Brian GM4DIJ).

L-R: Bill Porter GM4BZK doing the check log, Ken Craig GM3ZSX logging

and Alec Dunn GM8DMZ (now GM4NFC) operating.

 

Amplifier - 2.0kV exposed, but it's at the back of the Hillman Imp.

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VHF NFD 1979 Mull of Galloway

(Photos tnx Brian GM4DIJ).

L-R Mike GM4IGS, Ray GM4CXM, Brian GM4DIJ,  unknown, unknown.

The two small children are DIJ's - Linda and Neil. He's in the shorts.

 

Pete Bates GM4BYF and Chris Tran GMW3OJ

 

Mike GM4IGS operating 70cm. GM8BJF's 4cx250B linear on the floor. You can also see the GM4DIJ notorious headphone splitter in the ali box that Chris threw out the window in a rage.

 

Pete GM4BYF chasing cows.

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