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7 May 2017 LRS Members at Ham Radio Convention 2017
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L-R: Brian GM8BJF, Chris GM3WOJ, Briain GM8PKL, Robin GM4YPL
A number of LRS members attended the ASRA Ham Radio Convention 2017 at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow on Sunday 7th May 2017. As well as buying 'stuff', it was an opportunity to meet up with old friends.
Brian GM8BJF catches a quick QSO on 10GHz using the portable rig of Alan GM0USI (L)
24 April 2017 - Malcolm GM3TAL - Our Man in Havana
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L-R: Hector; Amed CO2AME; Malcolm GM3TAL; Moises CM2YV
On the last day of his recent trip to Cuba, Malcolm was delighted to meet Amed, CO2AME and to exchange QSL cards for a contact made in the Nov 2016 CQWW CW contest.
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VHF NFD Trophies at 26 April LRS Meeting
VHF NFD 2016 operators holding the trophies won by GM3HAM/P, at the 26 April meeting: Pete GM4BYF, Brian GM8BJF, Peter GM4DTH.
26 April 2017 - Enigma - the Unsung Heroes - Pete Bates GM4BYF
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9 April 2017 - LRS Receives RSGB VHF-NFD Trophies at Norbreck Rally in Blackpool
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Len Paget GM0ONX, RSGB Director; Colin GM4HWO, Andy MM0FMF, Mike GM4IGS, Pete GM4BYF, Danny GM6CMQ, Brian GM8BJF, Norrie GM1CNH, Peter GM4DTH. (Photo by Dave GM6KGZ - tnx).
At the Norbreck Rally in Blackpool on 9th April 2017, representatives of the Lothians Radio Society were presented with the two RSGB trophies won by the LRS in VHF-NFD in July 2016:
1. Martlesham Trophy for winner of the Restricted Section of VHF-NFD.
2. Cockenzie Quaich for leading Scottish station in the Restricted Section of VHF-NFD.
The presentation was made by RSGB Director Len Paget GM0ONX, a former Regional Manager for Scotland and the group photo above was published in RSGB RadCom, June 2017, p.7.
See also: Trophies and VHF-NFD Report.
NOTE: this group photo was published in RSGB RadCom, June 2017, p.7.
5 April 2017 - Spring Surplus Equipment Sale at St Fillans
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The LRS Spring Surplus Equipment Sale was held on Wednesday 5th April at St Fillan's Church, Buckstone Drive. There was a good turn-out including members of other clubs from as far away as Glasgow.
The sale included a large number of small items from GM0FAL-SK which were sold by Andre GM3VLB and XYL Veronica. Many thanks to them both for all the preparation work they had done over many months.
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21 March 2017 - Aurora over Islay - Mike Senior GM3PAK
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Many thanks to former LRS member Mike Senior GM3PAK, who lives with his XYL Marion GM1DCB on the isle of Islay, for this nice photo of the Aurora on 21 March 2017. Did anyone work anything via AU?
Another aurora is forecast for the following evening but it will probably not be visual in Edinburgh due to forecast cloud and rain.
Forecast Auroral oval: Wed 22 March 2017.
(Courtesy spaceweather.com)
15 March 2017 - FUNcube Satellite Received using Raspberry-Pi - John Cooke GM8OTI
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(Photo courtesy AMSAT-UK)
Following John Cooke's talk on amateur radio applications for the Raspberry Pi microcomputer at the March 8th meeting (see report below), John now reports that he has successfully received the FUNcube-1 satellite using a Raspberry Pi 3. He writes: 'Just managed the next stage of my satellite project successfully. It uses the DVB-T dongle I showed at the talk, and the Raspberry Pi 3 (at present). I'm really impressed that the satellite is so easy to receive with the dongle- I'm using a turnstile antenna for 145.9MHz outdoors'.
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8 March 2017 - Raspberry Pi - John Cooke GM8OTI
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At the meeting of the LRS on 8th March 2017, John Cooke GM8OTI talked about the Raspberry Pi computer's history and variants, and gave a couple of simple examples with demonstrations of its use in radio applications. Full report.
After his talk, John was presented with Raspberry ... ...tarts by LRS Prez. Andy Sinclair
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