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16 October 2019 - LRS Autumn Surplus Equipment Sale
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
The LRS Autumn Surplus Equipment Sale will be held on Wednesday 16th October 2019 at 8:00pm at St Fillans Church, Buckstone. Visitors encouraged!
NOTE - 3rd Wednesday in October and 3-week gap after last meeting, due to availability of church hall.
Sellers auction their own equipment, with 10% donation to LRS funds.
If necessary, an LRS member will sell for you.
Also a raffle, with interesting "bottles" for prizes.
Start looking out your unwanted items NOW!
2 Nov 2019 - GMRT-19 Scottish Microwave Round Table at the Museum of Communication
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
Martin GM8IEM will be the Morning Session Chair and one of the pm speakers: "Constructing a 13cm (home) station around the Kuhne MKU23 G4 transverter".
See also GHz Bands in RadCom Oct 2019, p.76.
GMRT-19, the Scottish Microwave Round Table, will be held on 2nd November 2019 at the Museum of Communication in Burntisland. Doors open at 09:30 with light refreshments available and the program runs from 10:30 to 17:00. Click for Full Program. Talks:
Mark Hughes GM4ISM: “Microwave EME”
Sam Jewell G4DDK: “Icom IC9700: How does it measure up as a VHF DX transceiver?”
Martin Hall GM8IEM: “Constructing a 13cm (home) station around the Kuhne MKU23 G4 transverter"
Heather Lomond M0HMO: “Beginning GNU SDR”
It will include a constructors' contest. During the breaks, there will be bring-and-buy tables and participants can have their equipment measured with a variety of test instruments. Lunch is included. In the evening the dinner, with an auction, will be held at the Kingswood Hotel in Burntisland.
Registration is now open. See: https://www.gmroundtable.org.uk/registration
.. and don't forget to add your callsign after your name!
Looking forward to seeing you there -
it's always a very enjoyable and interesting day.
25 September 2019 - RADAR Technology in Historic Bridge Conservation - meeting at MoC
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
The annual joint meeting of the LRS and the Museum of Communication at the museum in Burntisland was held on 25th September 2019.
The use of RADAR technology in the conservation of the historic Union Chain Bridge, built in 1820 near Berwick on Tweed, was described by Prof. Emeritus Roland Paxton MBE of the Heriot-Watt University (R) and Dr. Colin Stove, Chairman and Scientific Director of Adrok Ltd (L). This was a great blending of history and cutting-edge engineering technology.
Examples of an original link and pin from the bridge.
RADIO NEWS, SILENT KEYS & SALE / WANTED ITEMS
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
Click on item to open. Send items to GM3PSP.
Archived as News or Silent Keys in LRS Archive
1. RADIO NEWS ITEMS (Click on for full info).
2019-11-02 GMRT - Scottish Microwave Round Table at Museum of Communication, Burntisland. Click for registration.
2019-10-16 LRS Surplus Equipment Sale, St Fillans Church, Buckstone. NOTE - 3rd Wed.
4. SILENT KEYS (Click item for full SK).
3. ITEMS FOR SALE (Click item for details)
2019-08-02 Silent Key Sale - UPDATED - GM1CNH
2019-07-02 Complete Station, many Items- GM8PAH
4. ITEMS WANTED
2019-10-07 CODAR 250 Power Supply Unit (for Codar Tx & Rx).
- Angus MM1CCR via Alan GM3PSP
5. NEW ON LRS WEBSITE
2019-10-07 Herman Munster the Radio Ham
2019-10-07 Tony Hancock - The Radio Ham
2019-10-07 Famous Radio Hams - lists:
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11 Sept 2019 - LRS Presidential Address - 60 Years of Amateur Radio - Alan Masson GM3PSP
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
Alan proudly shows his Rochester DX Association shirt!
Alan Masson GM3PSP gave his Presidential Address "60 Years of Amateur Radio"at the first meeting of the new club year on 11th September 2019. Starting as an SWL at school in the late-1950s and building a crystal set, he became licensed in 1962 as GM3PSP, building most of his (valve) equipment. He was active in the LRS, including Field Days and portable expeditions, becoming Secretary in 1967-68. He left Edinburgh in 1969 to work for Kodak in Harrow, Hemel Hempstead, Rochester NY, & Hollywood CA. In 2005 he retired back to Rochester NY for a few years before finally returning to Edinburgh in 2009. He was active on the air and in the local clubs in all those locations and obtained his US Extra Class licence K6PSP in Los Angeles in 2003.
Needless to say, working for Kodak, he took a lot of photographs (and still does - see this website!) and showed a selection of them.
Click for Full Report with many photos.
8 Sept 2019 - GM3HAM/P in RSGB 2m Trophy Contest
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
A small group of LRS members operated GM3HAM/P in the RSGB 2m Trophy contest from Lauder Common on Sunday 8th September 2019. About 40 QSOs were made in this recreational entry in which new equipment possibilities were evaluated for future events.
Click for Full Report.
11 July - 28 Aug 2019 - LRS Pub Nights at Wee Bennet's Bar
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
Rather than letting the summer evenings go to waste before the start of the new LRS club year in September, members again enjoyed four Pub Nights at "Wee Bennet's" Bar in Maxwell St at Morningside Station.
Click for full report with photos of all four nights.
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5-7 July 2019 - RSGB VHF NFD at Gatehouse of Fleet
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- Written by Alan GM3PSP
All the GM3HAM/P participants in RSGB VHF NFD 2019 at our usual site near Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries & Galloway. The wx was great most of the time and everything worked. New block & tackle helped a lot raising 6m & 4m beams. We achieved good provisional scores on 6m, 4m, 2m & 23cm although a little down on last year.
6m: 70 QSO, 26,131 pts, IW5EIJ JN52ps 1751km
4m: 91 QSOs, 29,734 pts, GU6EFB IN89rk 617km
2m: 204 QSOs, 63,107 pts, F4VQX IN87lx 773km
23cm: 25 QSOs, 7756 pts, G5LK/P JO01qd 556km
And of course we had our usual merry dinner on the Friday evening in the Masonic Arms in Gatehouse.
Click for Full Report with many photos.
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