22 Feb 2023 - Receiving MF D/F Beacons - Peter Dick GM4DTH

 

Peter Dick GM4DTH

At the LRS meeting on 22nd Feb 2023 Peter Dick GM4DTH talked about receiving MF D/F non-directional beacons from his QTH in Edinburgh and played many recordings of their CW IDs. There was an excellent attendance of 23. 

Click for lecture Report.

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Also at this meeting the GM3VLB SOTA Scottish Islands Award for 2022 was presented to Dr Colwyn Jones MM0YCJ of Edinburgh, by Veronica Saunders, XYL of André Saunders GM3VLB-SK. See this page.

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 Dr Roger Hill.

Plasmas - their generation & application - Mercury arc, Neon lamp, Radio wave propagation, Laser design and manufacture.

 

 There was an excellent attendance of 18 for this very interesting talk. Click for report..
 
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Peter Dick GM4DTH 

The theme was the Cold War, including early space-based communications:

01 - Communism 10:41
02 - The Big Bounce 15:23
03 - Atlas in Orbit 5:37
04 - Kennedy on Telstar 1:19
05 - A Day in History - Telstar. 3.18
06 - On Guard! - SAGE 12:14
07 - Plane Talk 21:30
08 - UK Public Information Film 1948
09 - WW1 Sopwith Strutter reconstruction.
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25 Jan - Pre-War TV - Peter Scott

Peter gave a most interesting talk about the pre-war days of television in the UK and Germany with many photographs of early TV cameras & receivers. Great turnout of 22.

Peter's comprehensive slide-show is available on this website - click.

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"Wee" Bennets Bar, Maxwell St, Morningside

 Tues 3 Jan 2023 - LRS New Year Pub Night

Colin GM4HWO, Colin GM4EAU, Peter GM4DTH, Mike GM8KCS. Photo tnx HWO.

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