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about Field Day, talk about disaster der disaser, that's how iiau starteo tut Interesting HF contest,in the end we did, I think ryrsonarry, very well in Hwith +rz conaas t:!9ss than 1996) and the Total tistance rp as well. see articre inlile I was looking at the HF contestNewsleser for the full details. This brings me on nicely to the comnetijon carenaar for this year and I sen onethat we ran to trv and guess the totat aiane ,tt", *. *orro;"hdfi; trt"t *ebtG orint"r"rt to do.glad to say that it was a total success as a Fund Raising exercise *tr

: flT1 Its rhe 2ll2BMHz contest ontotal of €532 rais€4 ress f!0 prize Money gMng u mia orr*iz to-g,British Heart rouooation ITq" to eoeryoil r"t o hel@ in raising drlff |sPI"*^_T*t from 0700 till

ffi nffi:#:Lffi Sg5,hg.,'ffiffi Hff nm1#ffi ';TffiHli#,Ttf, i ji;#iltook part in the competition we also this month put oo u o.ro*rruuoi#i it}""Yilff: ffirT;jffi*ffiffi'"Y'1"ffil,"1#ffi f HL:t*;tnm'.":k"i-;ildo;*-un'Iinit$dAeriarsagain see tater roi nrn aeaits of this. The only other items that I was

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-that might happen is the taking part in the 2M and 70cm low power c"l*i" 9"t{ oY which must be

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AUGUST EDNORALonce again I am quite early in writing this months editorial, in fact Iam writing it half way through my summer holidays in between a week in

Jorontg and a few days in G raie District. some conrast I know. It wasirteresting to note whilst I was in Torolto that nearly e,/eryone I saw was1]!:r carrring a Mobile phone or a ttundheld <**t frciy so*. ,ort ofPMR)..who said'that the use of radio was dying,,.

So what has hapened in July, to start with was normal club nigl4the smallest turnout this year but mostly due to peopre away on their annuarholidav and the frct that RS_G.B vrr ri"ro oay *us a,. nex again dEr. well,

QRP - restricted to l0 watts RFNow to this month, well there is chance that we will be taking part output.in the 2M Backpackers Coryest on the 3rd August to complete takingthe series ,- frt ;;; scoring goes. The real events of this montt ffi: . ^I *^.ft$ng i, would be nice to

Junk Night on the l5th and as utwuyr yo* help, donations for the r.i"rrl, #J tty froT the Longmddry Bents.. . so is

the Raffle ar1 sreafll appreciated" t u* r*. once again ir $,ill be "

r.*,il#il anygne interested in grving it a go...let

succes$. Last$ the other m11g T.ot ir our trip to Barns Ness to

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me know and we can get organised.the "Northern Lighthouses weekendl over the weekend 23rd/24th. why not Bob GM4wz @ GBTEDNcome and take part, play a bit of IIF and have a laug\ f am sure you will Wonder what response to thatenjoy it'

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will be ??? Could be fun as sometlingTo the future I am trying to set up a Talk in the Community Centre ffierent. See you later.ls part of octobers Events hrt as yet I hive had no rcsponse so in case thishlls apart is there an1'thing thatyou feer courdfill the gap. nro prr"*i""*" ,F -

ilrow' ed- TlMy offer of starting another Novice crass st*l stands so if you know

:f-f anyong who might be interestod plase let me know AsAp as I woulo get it srarted atihe end of this mLtn urir,. g)rfRErrIE rut rt

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by Wallace MMyAMV Yy:ll* gurdes were handicapped, in Guides did visit the two staticns, the

sonre cases extremely handicapped, and added attraction of Ron NTLs ponyThe Suu blazed against an unblem- all wmed to be having a good time. tail certairtly helping, and at one stageished blue sky, and by lunchtim€, -__.,^.. _-.^^ ̂--- ̂ L^:^^ -.-r ^ _,--a_ Ron IKU was observed from the mo-rhe temperature naa el"eiiffi;:-T."j.':l--was o'r choice' and a,:P$;il *,r"" h;Cng-u-*uuo*iwhat a lovely day *il;; ;i; spotundersomelargetreesseemedideal'

;;,rp;ff.i"stransfixed.thermometer, andwas makingrapid Bab FIB and Ron NTL decided to sl up Oninion varies as to whether this wasprogress up ttrc Damn its hot sec- a mdile station near a dead dog.^or^j:;###i"*r"rt"g

eSo was tak-tion. be more precise, near the grave of a dead ;_:;-:' -^:-

port seton shimmered in rhe heat doe' Hf"pJffi etrlJ*;ffiX"H;haze, as Ron GM4IKU, Ron GM- The author is a relatively new operator, Ron slowly sinking, as the legs of hisONTL and Wallace MM0AMV and is unsure if a dead dog will function chair settled into the soft groundtoaded radios, ATUs, power $rF as a counterpoise or not-

It was a good day out, it was lovely9l1^l"ilTtjl 1T "3. :,t 1t119 Ron IKU and Wallace AMV chose to set weather, ir was a beautifrrl setting,oevrces' tlle use or whr-ch

:: :iI up portable, with a trapped dipole sus- there was radio, and we all enjoyedyaerstocf-tr radiq.amSleurs' tntlpenae,a between trvo extr€mely large ourselvesimmensely.the rear of the car. prior to setting of i".... uo dead animals could be found at -.for Bonnvrigs to meet up with r"u urr"q:ii{. although there was f;;; ffi#"i:r'ffi"ffiff:t"*TGM4FIB' dead pigeon nearby'

the station by a visuarly impairedon arrival in Bonnyrigg-

ll y: Ropes with various and unusual wgights guide, who listened" and then felt theeliscovered that various streets had were thrown into the frees, to suspend Kenwood transciever all over, touch-been moved during the night' the dipole ftom, and mostly ure unuzuat ing wery control, and enjoyed it soRon IKU however had thoughffirlly weights came back dowrq wentually. much.eqnipped himself with

I h*cy and unfornnatery, on one ss6ssis11-sn orcn

rortact with Bob FIB was. soon;;;;;;rmous b,ranch, which ffi; The Man's A ItrINNER!established' well, fairly won !' ;" th. author of this piece, providing ce ce.... well if you haven'tIypical ham greetings were tra/dd, much amusement for the rest of the heard ye! then I am telling you now. I

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WON... I !VON... I WON... Yes folks Ilhe unknown regions of Blyth Eventually the antenna was hauled into ltr

the.winner of the guess the totalBridge and environs. position about 25 feet up, and br"k" ! 5T

*"t{Sntesl I am now f50.00better off. How did I do it you ask?once in the countysrjb'. it.

I3 qri"t repairs followe4 and it was soon what was my technique?. I play a lot offrcided that Ian 2MIETI th9]ld bt r;;J; it" righttul home up in rhe snool*r and the max. break (I know;alled on 70 cems, *d T. all ana- oo, --- ------- --r

hlpothetically it can be more, beforefeurs know, blind summiu are anideal place for a bit orrff *oit. Bob FIB and Ron NTL worked 80 metres anyone says-) is 147 so my guess was

A suitabre brind sunmi;.. i Hl#ff.#ffi#:?:k,Hl lll9ll"Hff-tr i,fHl"l1;tected and lan called Ngthin{hrt whether rhe band was quiet;;;; coileagues at work thought I knewhear4 and as the nervous system of d"ud dog not working efficientgl *" what I was talking about and guessedhe driver in the tail car was aF *nuU o*Lmo*.

J' near mine. He won second prize and

ffi#,T" ;'l}*:i-"""ffi :* ne1 rru, ran 2MrErr and war,.. f;J#HfJT;:'#,:T"Tffih1lourney, which pssed unwentftrlly. AMV. worked 20 metres using Rons was a fix.veitherurd House '.::. 1f_h fflJ$#Hlj,sXffifbtJ:ffj rhe monoy wlr go to the3ridge, the sife of the Girl Guide .^o6. ifnuu, worked. --'

--- GMOwRy new antenna fund as my

lamp. isset inashal lowval leyat: , , : : - . - - - . " - - - col inearwashirbyagul l lastweek

he bas'e of Shaw Hill amongs, *11'_ i:l

upu* ftom a VE station. and snapped it. So ihe *oney is goingrbsolutely stunning scenery,

"461 unfortunately with a GM4 prefix, as he ro u **d.uor". However on a serious

arge green open spaces, magnifi- :?,t "*t ttly staying in Roslin, all of 8 not. it unt, to everyone that supported

)ent mature trees, and two small miles away ! it as without you the first prizi mayivers' Dissapointingly, interest from the Guides have been smaller. Cheers for now.iome 250 Girl Guides were camped was not overwhelming, although the Stevie. GM0WRYn the grounds, and wefe inXent on gallant group did have severe competi p.S. Did I tell you I won 50 quid?naking the most of this week-long tion in the form of African music ema-amp, with many activities and 411 nating from a nearlry marquee and whioh 73 Stevie GM|WY

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SCOTTISH CONWNTION

By the time this is beingread a number of us will havelttended a meeting alongwithlhe other radio club?s that areinvolved and hopefully wewill have frrll details on whatthe club's commitments aregoing to be on the day.

I hope that for all thoselhat have put their name for-ward to help will not pull outil the last moment as therunning of the Convention onlhe day is relying heavily onrhe Radio Club as we areproducing the most people. Iknow you will not let the clublown but I thought I'd bettermention how important we allrfe to the event.

Full details of ourlommitments will be in nextnonth's Newsletter.

Latest list of cluh rnemders internet addresses

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LIGHTHOASE WEEKEND

Just a reminder to all that the following takes part over theryeekend of ths 23rdl24th August from Barns Ness Lighthouse,)unbar.

We will be operating from directly below the Lighthouse using:he callsign GB2LBN on 80, 40 and 20 Metres from 09:00 on theSaturday till 18:00 on the Sunday. This is a real fun weekendnhere evsryone with a callsign can get the chance to work fIF.lhere is no pressure on you to contact as many stations as possibleike in a contest but just settle back and have a good old "blether".

Route to take is to follow the Al South past Dunbar. Pass the)ement works on your left hand side and continue on until you arerear to Torness Power Station where you will see a srgn postlirecting you to the Barns Ness Caravan Site. Take this turningrnd just follow the signs. Continue past the caravan site and headrp to the Lighthouse.

See you there then......

lob GM4UYZ @ GBTEDN

Please advise any changes/additions to Stevie GM|WRY

NOWCE COARSE...KNOWANYONE INTERESTED ??

Once again it is gettingnear the time of year when Iem prepared to start runninganother Novice Class ie End ofAugust till December.

The question is, do youknow of anyone who may beinterested ?

Ifyou do can you ask themto get in touch with me. Pleasenote the maximum I will take is4 pupils, basically I just don'thave any more room at myhouse for anymore, so as inprevious courses it is a FirstCome, First Served Basis.

I can be contacted viap ack et (GM4UY Z @GBTEDN), telephone 01875811723 or just by giving me ashout.

Bob GM4LIYZ @ GBTEDN

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144MH/432MHzLow Power Contests : l9th/20th fuly 1997

Wow! What a scorcher! The best wee,kends contesting weather I've sver hadl As you will gather sweral clulmeftbers decided to enter the RSGB l44MI{z Low Power Contest on lgth July and the 432MI{z Low Porrer Contern 20th July. ltrowever rattrer than the usual site at Mainslaughter Law we decided to retnrn to a site in DumfriesCralloway (IO84BT) which gave us great results in 1995.

Those taking part were GM0CLN, GM6VIU, CVtOtCf, GMTTf*A" MMIAVA and GMOBWU (my father) s(rn Friday l8th we all (orcep GM0BWU who stays in CaSle Douglas) set off at about lurrch time and headed flasfle Douglas where we had all arranged to meet. Late afternoon, after a few mix-ups, we wenfiElly all metGMOBWUs QT?I and then went !o the local camp site to pirch lents as 6VIU,0ICF,7TKA and 1AVA were campitbr the weekend.

fhe weather for camping, or contesting, couldn't have been better as there were clear blue skies and the temperatuwas in the mid 20s all weekend with only a very slight breeze giving arry kind of respite. Once the tents were pitchrLt vi'as offto the local chinese rgstauant for a lovely meal and then a suitable hostelry for a few drinks before we iwent to bed. It was a leisurely start on Saturday morning as ws were not dre to leave for the contest site until abot lam and the contest was due io start at 3prn. Twenty minutes later we arrived only to discover a padlock securing tlgate into the field which lod to the site. This was despite having already been given permission to use the sillortunately, a qurck inspection showed that it was simply a matter of lifting the gate off itr hinges and we conld gar3ntry. This was 10 be the norm for the rest of the weekend. We were soon on site and got to work setting up tlrntennas and the operatirtg tent. That was hot work thgugh and by the end of the day thers were sweral red armnecks and faces! Only the 144MIIz contest ran on the Saturday (3pm-1lpm local) with the 432lvtrIz event running t:he Sunday (9am-3pm local). The lfi4}iff,Iz contest began well but we werc soon experiencing rsceive problems. Tlrnly possible culprit was the masthead preamp so with minimum delay the three 14 element yagis were lowered ar;he preamp was bypssed From then on everything went smoothly and we had a relatively steady flow of contacnntil the end of the day.

Throughout the contest the antennas were turned on a regular basis to look for multipliers. This resulted inl few good contacts to Southern lreland (IO51), Southern England (JO00IIO90/IO80), Norftern Scotland (IO88) arirance (JO00). Bill GM0ICF had brought his SOMlIz equipment with him and set up his antenna once the 2m staticiver onenfinnel He ntnc.eerierl tn work cern'.rll G (}I GW rnrl (}M $etirmc cc fhe rhv nrosrcssei hrrt the hirrhliol

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duly returned and we all re-charged our batteries! By the end of the 2rn contest we had managed 128 QSOs in 7@untries, 59 counties and 25 locator squares for a total of 35563km. This gave a grand total of 3236233 points. Allthe valuables were gatlrered into vehicles the tent was shut up for the night. As there w€re only a fw sheep in the fieldwe left the antennas (3 x 14 on 144MtIz and a 5 ele for 6m) in a vertical position and the 24 ele for 432MlIz, whichhad been prepared fsr the morning, standing on its stub mast against the adjacent wall. We all headedback to CastleDouglas and retired for the evening (some of us after a few beers @ moonlight in our pyjamas!).

At about 8am on the Sunday morning we all assembled at the camp site and once a couple of trips to the localshops had been sorted out we headed for the site again. As we approached the antennas were visible on the horimn butas we cleared the b,row of the hill in the field we saw a sad sight. Bills 5 elernent sOMlIz yagl was lying in a crumpledheap on the ground and several hllocks were mingling around close-Iry. The frrmer must have trrt them in the fieldfirst thing that morning and they had managed to relese one of the grry ropes securing the 6m antenna Anothercasualty was the 432Mffi2 yagi which had been used as a scratching post and as a result had several bent elements.Fortunately the tent and the 3 x 14 element pgis for l44Vfrlz were unharmed. The bullocks were chasod away fromthe immediat€ are and a qurck clear-up opention was canied oul All the elements on the 70cm beam straightenedOK however the plastic housing used to ses'ure one of the elernents on the 6m beam was split and would need to bereplaced. Otherwise the 6m beam was straightened and seemed to be relatively OK. The rotator, used on 2m theprevious day, was quickly remwed from the 2m setup and fitted tci'the 70cm mast with the yagi and stub mast above.The feeder was attached and the mast raised. Just the radio to connect now!! Unfortunately the threa& on the 70clnfeeder were damaged and it wasn't possible to connect the antenna to the radio. This meant that the 2m antennas hadto be lowered and the feeder taken ofr the mast so that it could be used on 70fln. A record ' pit-stop was called for andwe did a greatjob. In no time the T0cm antenna was again in the air and the radio connected. Offwe went! Contactson 70cm were also made on a fuirly regular basis, hrt not quite so regular as on 2m. We were soon onto our second logsheet though, and already had a few contacts to the south coast ofEngland.

The weather was again very sunny with only a slight breeze to give some relief and radio conditions were quitereasonable. However, by late morning a sea mist develo@ and that signalled the end of any reasonabb propagation.Fromthen on oontacts were few and farbetween and towards the endwe actual$ went for over an hour without a QSOat one point. Three or four more contacts in the log and a decision $as made to pack up early (b!' about 30 minutes).b this stage the 2m antennas had been dismafltled and returnod to Castle Douglas so that everything else aould thenbe dismanfled and loaded into the assembled cars. The final tally on 4321vft12 was 42 QSOs in 5 countries, 17 locatorsquares and 32 munties giving a distance total of I f 90Skm. The final score was therefore 643032 points. The best DXon 70cm was with GOFUV in JO0OCX at a distance of 506km. Once everything wits packed up we all retunred, inconvoy, to Castle Douglas before heading ofrin our own directions. Cambell and John went straight home to Tranentwhile I returned to my in-laws house (also in Castle Douglas) to load all the l44VfrIz antennas onto the car beforedriving home with Susan and Craig (rny wife and son). AIex had already decided to stay for another night on the campsite with Andrea, Louise and Emily (his wife and daughters) while Bill made a last minute decision to stay for anothernight too.

The weekend was (I gather) thoroughly enjoyed by everyone and was a gt?.atsucc€ss. I hope we can manage itagain sometime!

73 Colin (cM0CLlO

are the resutts of the "6ness the Di*ance compdilion'run in conluncti@Total number of contacts nrade during the competition was 413.Total Distance (KMs) made during the competition was 1469gg KMs(1) 147009 +21 S. Koncz GM0WRY c/o Torness Power Sration(2) t47019 +31 B. Millar c/o TornessStation (3) 147100 +112 Mr R Seraphina c/o Tom Hood GM4LRU (4) 1467t0 -208 Andrew Mcleman 73,Brierbush Road" Maonerry (5) 147200 +212 Mrs M. Cranshaw c/o Tom Hood GM4LRU (6) 147254 +266 JoanWilkis 9, Vardon Roa4 Gullane (7) 1476a2 +614 G. Tait 31, Balfour Street, Edinbtrrgh (s) 14762t +633 MarkPurves c/o Inthian Tractors (9't 147625 +637 charles Morgan c/o GEC Ferranti (10) 146302 -686 Duncan phillipsc/o ICL EDI05

Well done to the first three who won f,50, f,20 and f l0 respectively. The money raised was f532 less the fgOmoney giving a total of M52 going to the British Heart Foundation.Many thanks to all for all your efforts in the achieving the above and well done to Stevie GMOWRY for winninlhis "Orvn Idea" of a Fund Raising Event...ironic ain't it !!!l!! Bob GM4UyZ @ GBTEDN

EWNTS COLAMN

- It's time to get your diaries out againl Here is the latest list of what's on, when it's on andwhere it's on....AUGUST lst club night in the Thorntree Inn, port seton, 7pm till late3rd Fourth ]^44trilrz Backpackers contest l100-1500 urc (see Note){eth RSCB T}Nfttz Trophy Conrcsr. (See Note)15th c&PS ARc Junk Sale, Port Seton Community Centre. Starts at 6.30pm. Usual attractions, raffle, Talk-In onS22, lots of lovely grub, etc..DON'T MISS IT!l23124 3rd Northern Lighthorrse-Weekend. Ayr. Amateur-Radio Group are organising another special event stationweekend and have chosen lighthouses-as tne"tnenr,Jigad. w;;iifi; actiujonce doii,-oi zuauz0m/40n/80mfrom Barns Ness Lishthouse,-near Dunbar as GB2LeN]l g; *""iIna una an excellent chance to go campng wrththe family so please-come atbng and.ioio ir.

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24th Galashiels open Day, volunteer IIa[, S! Johns Rmd, Galashiels.SEPTIMBER Sth club night in the Thorntree rnn, port seton, 7pm tilr late6l7th l44l\/IIIz Trophy Contest 1400-1400 UTC (See note)6flth RSGB SSB Field Day (on-H$ an entry may be arranged in conjunction with the l44l,tfrrzcont€st running at thesame time (Still to be conlirmed)7th Fifth l44MI{z Backpackers contest lr00-r500 urc (Sec Note)21st Scoftish Amateur Radio-Convention, Royal Hightand Exhibition.Centrg Ingliston, Near Edinburgh. Manyhelping hands are nded on the d"t; please-cootact Bob (GMaIIYZ) if you can be of assistanoe. More info soon!ocToBER 3rd club night in the Thorntree In4 port seton, 7pm till latesth RSGB 2ll28t\&rz ssB contest. Another possible FIF contest. watch this space!l0th Event to be organised!!!N0VEMBER 7th club night in the Thorntree Inn, port seton, 7pm till lateDECEMBER sth club night in the Thorntree Inn, port setorq 7pm till rate** NOTE +*f TIfi CONTESTS ABO\IE WHI-CfI REI|ER TO TT{IS NOTE ARE TIIOSE WHICH TFIE CLUB"MAY' TAKE PART IN. TI{OSE Wm{ NO nerepcNcrr ro ffis NOTE apc arneADv DEFINITES. IFYou HAVE ANY FREFERENCES As to-wilcg-covrrsrs-wg ENTER pLEAsE LET ME KNow AsSOON AS POSSIBLE.Flave fun and spend lots of money at the Junk Sale.

73 de Colin (GMOCLN)

AMATEUR ANAGRAMSYet another Amateur Allgrams for you.tg-try! As usual enter the answers horizontally in the grid and remember thatrlack boxes are smces belween words. lvtrili iqu-i,ave ;iiiil;fi;d correct you should have anorher word in rherighlightedvertiial box which cin-be

"d;ft;d wim lrectriiit .'booi ru.t...

lhis months clues are :-t. oIL LANCE& 2. MENU TrP,I. AUTUMN FORCES, 4. ALP PATROLLER

'. PIP SOURNESS, 6. LARGE DUET.

7. tBA TESTERfhe Answers From July Were :-.. coMPrLE& 2. LOCATOR MAP,;. MILLIAMP, 4. HARMOMCS,;. MULTIMEDIA 6. KILOWATT,. COMPARATOR

iyou got those correct you should have found the word "PALMTOP" in the vertical box. Hope youll enjoy the Junk Sale and the Lighthouses Weekend. Colin GM0CLN

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Anybody waiting unt' g1 m"m*:**4,il1lffil ffi*:?hlffitrililJl[liT:rrtnight before this event to to no:

l,r*rt^inil" the 2m station sta(ed the on Sunday morning the 70cmhey thought the weather,was^g:Tg^*

;;;;^* scheduled. Approximately masttread pt*-p and the morse

l..H[,:"*: H;:*m"rilf;,l ::{:*' hte the other station' L.:. keyer being use.d ror this station both

eemed like an erernity led up to tt e fl-fid the real contest began' The tuisd and the PLL problem was fi-

ontest bur in the end n';ini&LJ Htffiry,"T:|t used on each band

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u.rtheless Bob GM4uyZ : Ts950sDX, Mutek rrans- the ]ocm lation was packed up to

rnd I decided to check the site on the t"T,i BNos 100w amp uta glil- Hffi:t

the work at the end of the

ilednesday prior to the contest to make ment yagr

;rrre that it was not going to be water- 144\/fr12 : lC275E, Dressler D200S - Y:l

fll-no doutfr be relieved to

ogged or too difficuh for vehicular amp(@ 250wo/P) and2l "i;;;

klp*-tlqt *:'hud no turther pr*

lccess. Forhrnately our fears *ere or- yagl a/ t'ruw srtirrr''r

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lounded and' althougn i:lllf:g^:i $zrvn:o: rs7e0, l00w solid state jffi;;; rehtively smoorhly to

places, the site was generally,tlne anc amp and 24 element yagi the end from here. A summary of ourwas not going to cause a Problem. _

on the Eriday t .--- - -,^-^ I2g6l'/fr1,' : TS790' 65ft sohd state performance is as follows :

raced with a problem. :?J: ;ilfit a*p ana ss elemeni y'Ei 70Mfl2(cw#43 QSos'

could now not take pat due to family our initial problems had just Best DX G3JKY/P in Jo00 at

commifinents and we were efiectively been overcome but more were about to 594krn' Total 17230km

teft with no 70cm station and having io begin! The 2m station began exoeri-

arrange the use of a different callsrgn encinq ,"r"i* problems ;hd'I; 7OMEz(ssB-): 65 QSos' B€st DX

on that band. A few phone calls and a sweralhoirrs toresotve. fni* inni"T G3YIX in IO70 at 613km' Total

bit of keyboard tapprng (on the DX the antenna being lowered at least 4 25193km

cluster) later it *ut uit "a

that Jim times, the preamp being switched in

GM0NAI would suppiy his TS790 and out of circuit just as often T** l*",Hz: 254 QSOs, Best DX

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70cm/23cm starion oriig"ri.-Li" ra- ptesster valve amplifier. It was this

dio. It was now r"t urtil*n, the car Dressler amplifiei which ultimately 432MHz:35 QSos' Best DX

had to be packed and it was club night. appeared to be the problem s0 we PE0MARiP in Jo21 at 613lrn" Tota

All hands on deckl resorted to using the solid state amp 12806km

Fierd day weekendarriv",tll_1,, #"H,HFJtrt"#"#; *tSYff#S ffiffigtabout 9am c:rs started leavtng t.nq going on the phase Locked Loop 4gl6km

*H*ffiff'H;.?#"d&: g:{l Tmiffi;:'ifl: ;|:il rhisgaveusagrandtota,or::,::f:A*'# ff 'hffiTJ H;?ffi;*X *"r*:'"';* :lffi:S,Yfl ?d* *'iuol?everyone set to work.tTgngf-oftlll CfrAONel fortunatety managed to re- QSOs last year.assembling antenrus'

':1.y*:^,: pair the fault by re-soldering some In general a very good(who was supplying *"-l

"lry *yi: iurface-mount components. performance deipite all the problel

#fiiffi ;"TT#T']*ili, jffii Duringthe course of the davthis we had' well done to all thos€ wh

l1am. The 2m equipment was set up station exrtrienced further pro|l.*r, took part' All we have to do now

and llam was long gone. Where were this time wittr the generator' It wait for the results!!

Jim and John? We all concentrated on stoprped two or three times (can't 73 Colin (GMOcLl

ensuringthateverythingelsewasor-rememtlelwhatthefaultwas!)andganised so that we couli'help with the therefore caused further periods when

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other stations when tt. ,quip*.n1 ar- 70cm andl3cmwere offair. Between ,F-

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tight! the problems conditions *.i:d r:5 d

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Eventually, only half an hour before about averuge with a reasonable. Qsu dnne snlt FREELthe start of the contest, Jim and Jshn rate on 4m and2m. As Uqual-though ,- .qarrived. John, being afarmer,hadbeen to"i,-Tli'";11

ffT,"|:'i"Llii; -4,^ f

runs at the same time as the 2m

receiver anC a G5RV or similar.This would add another dimen-sion to the Club weekend andfor very little additional effortwe could broaden our contesting mobile

FOR SALE

TAIT 5OO

4 Metre Radio for f30,

Channels set are for GBTEDN70.4875 and the calling channel of

70.450.

Contact Bob GM4UyZ

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or Tel 0875 tll723

For Sale

I would find it

2m/6m Mobile Antenna

The cost of a 'special'antenna to cover the

above bands is in the region rf40 from the suppliers whadvertise in the magazines. ,recent snipet in RadCom su6gested that a 5/S 2m whiwould load up fine on 6m awell. it does.!

I purchased a commercial typtaxi whip with the wide loadin,coil and base for tl5. On 2rthe SWR is less than 1.4:l ovethe band and on 6m the SSIsegment SWR is 1.5:l and thtop end is 1.8:1. Not bad forbudget antewra.

So far I have workerGM,LA and OZ on 2m runnin1lOw mobile and on 6m l(countries throughout europe or40w. I run the antenna througla duplexer with outputs for 2nand 6m into the IC706. A goodperformer at a sensible price.Worth a try.

JIM MM1BGI

rrr LUNrasT| ANyoNE ? actMties to include all interestswithin the Club.

During the weekend 6/7 Aaivity Rqorts.September the club may take Like me many of the clubpart in the l44tvftlz Trophy con- members must enjoy the vari-test running from 14.00-14.002. ous Band Report columns in

As many of the members the radio magazines' The onlyare keen IIF operators how problem with these is that theyabout a Club

"ntry into ,6. tend to be months old and do

IARU Region I SSBField Dav? not reflect the local conditionsThe contest covers g0-l0m und *" find in Scotland.

event and we could perform interesting to read about whatvery well in the restricted sec- the members are working on ation. This section is for r00w regular basis and maybe- evenoutput to a single wire antenna have a countriesTsquaresnot more than 15m above worked table. This *ould in-ground. A second receiver can crese contributions and inputbe used to look for multipriers from many different people andon different bands. would show how wiie our

The equipment requirem.n , interests are. I am sure theare minimum, good quality 1nr editor would love to hear yourtranceiver, second tranceivlr o, views and ideas.

BatteriesI have a number of sealed lead acid batteries that are surplus torequirements which may be useful to club members. Thebatteries are l}v 3BAh, all about 5 years old, in good condidtion.They have been on float charge for all of that time. I cannot eiveany warranty as to how they will perform but they are worth atryl. If anyone wants one, please get in touch with me.

John GMTOLQ

Tel: 0131 659 505

l) Microwave Modules 70 cm linear amplifier 3watts in to 30watts out with preamp as new f,1002) DNT Ex cB Radio converted to l0metre FM Boxe.d and in good condition f,303) Hansen Fs-5s swR &- Pqry9r Meter l-8 to 150 .mhr. up 19r-rKw separate meters for power & swrworking order except one backlight tJb ;;"di;g replaced f2S) Howes comprete 20m TX-RX cw QRp with a' accessories offers when seen

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