U-96 from Das Boot

The first meeting of the Lothians Radio Society in 2013 was the annual Video Evening, presented in Blu-Ray high-definition video by Peter Dick GM4DTH on 9th January in the screening room of the Edinburgh Cine & Video Society in Fettes Row, Edinburgh. The event started with a matinee screening of the German feature film Das Boot (The Boat). The main programme was a compilation of German, American and British films on submarine warfare and radar in WWII. This was followed by two videos shot by Peter of LRS portable contest stations GM3HAM/P in recent years - the RSGB Microwave Contest 2007 and the RSGB 2m Trophy Contest 2012. On display at the ECVS facility was a SONAR hologram of the underwater wreck of the HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow, Orkney, brought by Prof. Tom Stevenson from the Museum of Communication in Burntisland. 

 Peter making the last-minute adjustments for a perfect show.

 The projection booth at the ECVS screening room

 Peter introducing the evening's show.

Part 1 (bonus) at 4:00 - 7:30pm

Das Boot  (The Boat) - the entire feature film by Wolfgang Petersen (207 min).

Part 2 - Main Programme at 8:00 - 9:30pm.

German U-Boat films:

1. U-Boote am Feind (U-Boats Against the Enemy) - propaganda film about life on board a U-boat

2. Return of Kapitanleutnant Gunter Prien of U-47 after sinking HMS Royal Oak 

US Signal Corps radar training films:

3. Identification by Radar

4. Fire Control by Radar

5. Operation & Maintenance of Radar

6. Radar in Action

Royal Navy films:

7. Escort Teams at Work (1943) - RN instruction film.

8. Night Attack on a Convoy - RN Film Studio Production, Dec. 1940.

GM3HAM/P Portable VHF / UHF / Microwave Contests - videos shot by Peter GM4DTH:

9. RSGB Microwave Contest, May 2007

10. RSGB 2m Trophy Contest, Sept 2012

 We got quite used to pictures of U-Boats!

 Early Radar trace of an approaching aircraft

Peter's Countdown Clock for the Gatehouse contest videos.

The amazing SONAR hologram of the submerged wreck of HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow, Orkney.

Courtesy Prof. Tom Stevenson, Museum of Communication, Burntisland.