Prepared by D.R.J. Collings 71 Belmont Road, ERITH, KENT, DA8 1JY, UNITED KINGDOM Telephone (44) 07941 796476 E-mail nkrs@crystaldave.com

Secretary Stephen Osborn G8JZT (secretary@nkrs.info) - 07985753370 evenings and weekends

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Our next meeting 15th August 2017 will be at the usual location. The Pop In Parlour (Rendezvous), Graham Road, Bexleyheath. (Opposite Asda). Doors open at 20.00.

Issue 124 NKRS Newsletter

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Date Event Notes 15/08/17 ILLW Planning meeting for the event

19/20 August 2017 ++ ILLW International Lighthouse Lightship weekend

05/09/17 Arc Tracking A presentation by M Osborn 19/09/17 Natter Night 03/10/17 Visit RSGB President to visit NKRS 17/10/17 AGM Provisional

20-20/10/17 ++ JOTA GB2FCS activation for Footscray Cub Scouts 07/11/17 Natter Night Station on the air 21/11/17 Peter Martin Talk on using valves. 05/12/17 Natter Night

12/12/17 ++ Curry Night Probably the usual venue 19/12/17 Christmas EGM Mince Pies

++ Not a normal club night

Note Just a very quickly thrown together newsletter as I am going away with some friends for a few days so won’t be around for the meeting but I am coming back for the lighthouse event.

Contents Page 2 Report on the last meeting, a talk by Nicholas Wilkinson 3 Next meeting Planning for the lighthouse event 4 War and Peace show 2017 5 CATS Rally and the end

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The Last Meeting Our thanks to Nicholas Wilkinson G4HCK from the Thurrock Acorns Amateur Radio Club (TAARC) for traversing the great Thames divide to come and give us an excellent talk. Nicholas gave an account of how he first gained an interest in the hobby from his father the late G3NEG and explained how the hobby has changed along with the equipment that he has used up to the present day. He also gave an interesting account of the formation of the TAARC which is a very successful club which has grown in the short time it has been formed where we appear to be shrinking. Thanks again to Nicholas for crossing over to the other side to talk to us.

Above Nicholas with our secretary Steve

NKRS Annual Lighthouse Event No this is not our lighthouse but as you have all seen that before I thought I would use a picture of a French lighthouse taken in a small town just outside of Calais (Gravelines). This year we will be at out traditional location of Crossness lighthouse and you should all have received the email that I sent out a couple of days ago. All are welcome to come to the site whether intending to operate or not but please read the document I sent before you come. At the moment the weather forecast is showing a temperature of 19°C with light rain ! Lets hope it is wrong and the rain does not appear. Breakfast in the T Bone is recommended and I must leave the site by 5 pm because of other commitments but we are usually gone by then. We look forward to seeing you there.

I have read a number of news reports claiming that Britain’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, which recently left the Rosyth dockyard, could be vulnerable to a cyber-attack as it appears to be using the outdated Windows XP operating system.

A number of reporters claimed that during a tour of the carrier, screens were spotted using what appeared to be the outdated 2001 Windows XP. It is worth considering that was the Microsoft OS that was recently targeted by the WannaCry ransomware attack that disrupted parts of the National Health Service and other companies worldwide. Even Parliament has come under cyber-attack with the accounts of about 90 MPs hacked.

In a statement it was said “The MoD can confirm that Windows XP will not be used by any onboard system when the ship becomes operational,” the spokesman added. “This also applies to HMS Prince of Wales.”

I admit it, I still use XP on some of my computers but then so do a lot of other people.

Not the Queen Elizabeth but the Ark Royal in Greenwich in 2004

XP Lives on

Nothing to do with the above article just an impressive array of equipment for sale by one of the vendors at the War and Peace show. Page 3 of 5

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War and Peace revisited

A few more pictures from this years show.

Vintage & Military Amateur Radio Society (VMARS) stand

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CATS 40 th Radio & Electronics Bazaar – Sunday 19 th November 2017 – 10.00am – 1.00pm

The date of our 40th, yes 40th! CATS Radio and Electronics Bazaar is confirmed as

Sunday19th November.

It will build on the success of the new venue at the Oasis Academy Coulsdon in Homefield Road Old Coulsdon.

Details: Paul, M0CJX, 0845-165-0351,

info@radiofairs.co.uk http://www.radiofairs.co.uk

That's all for this issue I hope to see some of you at the lighthouse event. Below is a New Zealand ZC1 similar to one I have sitting in my workshop awaiting refurbishment on a rainy day. All the best Dave Collings