At the meeting of the Lothians Radio Society on 24th April 2013 an American-made video of the work of Code Breakers was shown. It described how code breakers shaped major events in the 20th century, including America's entry into WWI through the decoding of the Zimmermann telegram, the cracking of the German Enigma code at GC&CS Bletchley Park during WWII, victory at the Battle of Midway and Japan's Purple Cipher. 

On the Sunday, as well as attending the rally, John GM8OTI worked GM0USI on the Mull of Galloway on 10GHz from the Blackpool sea-front over a sea-path of 148km with only 35mW of SSB.

A group of members of the Lothians Radio Society attended the Norbreck Rally in Blackpool on Sunday, 7th April 2013. Travelling down on the Saturday afternoon, they first enjoyed a merry evening in a local pub where beer was only an amazing £1.80 a pint, and then in the Sunam Indian restaurant for the traditional curry.

Report  / photos by GM8OTI, GM4BYF, GM4HWO.

 

There was an excellent turnout of 29 for the Lothians Radio Society Spring Junk Sale on Wednesday 3rd April 2013 at St Fillan's Church. The sale included a number of Silent Key items - oscilloscopes, test equipment, computer monitors  and many components and other smaller items. There were visitors from several other clubs. The  raffle was won by Pete GM4BYF. Photo report.

The LRS had an Evening with Microwaves presented by Brian GM8BJF and John GM8OTI on 10th April 2013. They described how they designed, constructed and operate their microwave equipment. 

Brian Flynn GM8BJF described his 6cm transverter, AD synthesiser and some homebrew equipment constructed using PCBs ("it's not all about waveguides, you know")!

 

John Cooke GM8OTI talked about simple and cheap homebrew 10GHz equipment, aimed at portable operation. See also Norbreck Blackpool Rally report opposite.

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Angus Annan MM1CCR talking to the Lothians Radio Society

Angus Annan MM1CCR, former President of the RSGB, gave a great talk on the Sinking of the Flying Enterprise on 27th March 2013. Angus writes: An Amateur Radio Adventure in January 1952 - the story of my boyhood hero, Captain Kurt Carlsen, W2ZXM, and how, through Amateur Radio, the world followed his efforts to save his ship.  

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