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At the meeting of the LRS on 12th March 2014 LRS Past-President John Cooke GM8OTI gave a very comprehensive talk about Astronomical Radio Sources. John was an astronomer in his working life (though not a radio astronomer!) and described how the Universe is seen using radio waves. This included an outline of the techniques used, before going on to describe the different radio sources observed, from those inside the Solar System, those in our galaxy and beyond, and out to the furthest detectable sources.
(Truly DX !) - ed. Full report.
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At the meeting of the LRS on 26th February 2014 we had the rare opportunity to hear an actual operator with the Special Operations Executive (SOE) describe his experiences 70 years ago during WWII. André Saunders GM3VLB introduced Bob McFarlane, who outlined the background, training and radios used by the SOE and then described his experiences in Yugoslavia, Ceylon, Malaya and Japan, with many pictures.
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At the LRS meeting on 22nd January 2014 Eric Lamb described his experiences as a ship's Radio Officer in the 1960s and 70s and brought a number of interesting demonstrations.
The photo is of Eric in his last position, on the MV Providence Bay. Full report.
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In light of the imminent loss of support by Microsoft for the Windows XP operating system from May of this year, LRS President Andy Sinclair MM0FMF (who knows a thing or two about computers) gave a timely talk "Whither Windows XP" at the LRS meeting on 12th February.
Andy wrote: "I will give a talk about what people should be doing when WinXP stops being supported in May. A lot of people will have a lot of investment in XP software that is rapidly going to become obsolete. So suggesting how they can maintain that value whilst moving on may be well-received". Full report.
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There was an excellent turnout of 25 including several visitors for the first meeting in 2014 on Wed 8th January - the annual Video Night in the excellent screening room of the Edinburgh Cine & Video Society, organised by Peter GM4DTH. The programme was:
1. "The Tower of Babble" (1964) - Post Office Tower.
2. "The Long Span" (1964) - Forth Road Bridge.
3. "The Secret Wireless War: Beyond Bletchley Park" - VI (Voluntary Interceptor) Service in WWII.
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