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Well folks here we go again with another month‘s editorial, this being written a little early due to time constraints on me from a very heavy working schedule which is not allowing me hardly any free time at all. I mustn‘t grumble as at least I do have a job. August was certainly a busy month up until the Lighthouses Weekend with regard to the radio club activities not just what we have taken part in but continual work that runs away in the background. From the club point of view we had another successful Junk Night and Lighthouse Weekend will also have taken place but at this stage I cannot comment on the outcome as I‘m writing this before it has taken place. I am sure Lighthouse Weekend will be a great event. Believe it or not it has now been two years since our Thursday night sked started on 80M, how time flies and it is great that it still continues to keep on run-ning although at the moment we have not been on due to every-one‘s unavailability but once the darker nights arrive I am sure we will be back on track. The first Foundation Course of 2010/11 session is now running with the pupils sitting their exam tomorrow 4

th September and I

am sure you will join with me and wish them every success. This month the planned activi-ties are another DF Hunt night at the end of the month, 24

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September. Now this one is a real challenge as it is done in the dark, this really tests your skills. The ―fox‖ has certainly been getting devious on the last few outings so why not come and try and catch him…. To the future, the Christmas Night out is on Saturday 11

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December this year do you fan-cy a change away from the meal or do you fancy doing something else. I had thought about going for an English meal at the 102 Restaurant in Musselburgh as an example. What are your thoughts? Can you let me know them ASAP to give me some idea? Thanks I am also starting to think about next year‘s activities, any ideas. Does anyone want to take a project onboard and get some-thing going? Don‘t all rush! Seriously I feel I need help here and I would like someone to take it on and run with it fully. Who ever does it will find it is hard work to sustain a level of interest and drive it forward?

I am not being negative but re-alistic. So a volunteer then? Something I have noticed while we take part in Special Events, Demonstration Stations, etc is that we get lots of visitors who are all licensed and most are unwilling to have a go on the radio. At the end of the day we are all licensed amateurs. I wonder why that is the case? Is it shyness? Because we use computer log-ging at these events are you afraid of that? (Computer log-ging is easy, honestly, and from my perspective it makes the paperwork after the event 1000 times easier). Is it the thought of running a Pile-Up, yes it can be daunting but remember you will be con-trolling it? Are you not interested at all? So what is your reason it would be great to know? For those of us who do operate we have all been there and

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EDITORIAL

By Bob Glasgow GM4UYZ

September 2010 Vol 18 Issue 9

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Junk Night Report

By Bob Glasgow GM4UYZ

This year the weather for our Junk Night / Mini Rally couldn‘t have been better with a lovely sunny evening. The worry before this sort of event is will people turn up, I‘m glad to say I wasn‘t disappointed. The numbers that came through the door this year were up on the 2009 figure from 127 to 158. This year Radcom advertised our night but sadly Practical Wireless failed to do so although they had been informed well in advance. The problem is it is too late to do anything about it as the maga-zines appear just before the event. It is amazing the number of times I was asked about it on the night so it shows people do look in the magazines to check. I think for 2011 I will need to chase our advert more so it does get publicised. I did though a quick search through the RSGB Yearbook for 2010 and emailed all the club secretaries within a 150 mile radi-us so I really don‘t know if it was successful or not. For those of you interested in sta-tistics then the number that have come through the door on each junk night are as follows:

For a Friday night event we cer-tainly cannot complain, so long may it continue. Looking around the hall this year, the number of people there looked very constant all evening

and the normal thinning out at about 20:30 didn‘t seem to hap-pen as they all eagerly awaited the raffle being drawn, any way it was tremendous to see every-one. Again this year I received a few compliments about our Junk Night and a sample are ―Tremendous Friendly Atmosphere‖, and ―Well run night congratulations to you all, keep it up‖. Personally on hearing these it makes all the hard work really worthwhile. Once again Rose & Norrie of Ten-namast and Bill, Scott and Betty of Jaycee continued to give us their support on the evening. The Thorntree Inn also kindly do-nated a raffle prize for the support that we give them over the year, so thanks to them and to every one else for their donations to our Raffle. Before the raffle was drawn Nor-rie of Tennamast presented to Robin Farrer MM0VTV with the prize for being the leading Scot-tish Station in this year‘s Practical Wireless QRP Contest. Well done Robin you well deserve it.

The raffle then took place, drawn by Rose of Tennamast. The actual figure that we raised on the night after expenses were deducted was £723. This has now been added to the club‘s funds. We also raised £150 for the Brit-ish Heart Foundation via the BHF Tin which will be sent to them at a later date. Lastly I would like to say a per-sonal thanks to everyone who helped put the Junk Night togeth-er particularly to Duncan MM0GZZ for helping me with the door Yvonne, Liz, Janet and Kirsty who worked hard behind the refreshments counter and to everyone who handed Food or raffle prizes in. Lastly if I have missed anyone then thanks to you also. Without this sort of help this type of event would never happen. So again thanks. WELL DONE EVERYONE FOR A VERY SUCCESSFUL JUNK NIGHT AND FUND RAISING EVENT. Bob GM4UYZ

1994 150 2003 176

1995 154 2004 165

1996 162 2005 138

1997 133 2006 158

1998 151 2007 147

1999 154 2008 135

2000 157 2009 127

2001 168 2010 158

2002 152 Average 152

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Contents 2 Junk night Report

3 Slow Morse?

4 RSGB IOTA Contest

6 Lighthouses Weekend

8 Contest Report 80m Club Championships

9 IOTA Final Scores

10 Test Your Knowledge

11 Event Calendar

12 Club Attire Test Your Knowledge answers Contacts

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Contributions to the newslet-ter are most welcome. Please don‘t send these items to GM4UYZ, he‘s busy enough doing the many other things he does for the club. Send any items you‘d like included to newsletter@cpsarc.com or submit items for the web site direct to www.cpsarc.com

have worked at it plus we do enjoy the buzz as well. There is no doubt it does enhance your operating skills. Why not just give it a try you may just like it. Is there something we can set-up to help you to practice logging but the question is would you be interested

in attending? That is it then, enjoy this month‘s newsletter. Bob GM4UYZ

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ARE YOU INTERESTED IN RE-

CEIVING SLOW MORSE?

The following comes from Doug

Parker GM0AIR who does the

Morse transmissions.

This comes out of a conversation

that we had at our ―Junk/Mini-

Rally‖ night. I didn‘t know the

facility existed but I certainly do

now. I know that there have been

comments from within the club

about wanting to learn CW so

now is your opportunity....

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My MCW Morse code sessions

continue during the summer on 2

metres EVERY THURSDAY

evening on 145.425mhz (+/-

QRM) from 1930 - 2000 (LOCAL

TIME). Thursday speeds are 12

- 14 - 16wpm.

Slower speeds of 6 - 8 - 10wpm

will restart towards late Septem-

ber on TUESDAY evenings

same time, same frequency.

I will let you know the date closer

to the time.

MEGS (Morse Enthusiasts

Group Scotland) continues every

Monday and Thursday night on

3.530 MHz from 1900 LOCAL

TIME.

This is an open opportunity for

anyone who would like to join in.

MEGS members AND non-

members are always welcome.

I try to keep speeds to approxi-

mately 12wpm in order to allow

as many ops to join in.

At present, I am the net control-

ler using the Callsign,

GM0RSE/A.

Slow Morse?

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The team for this year‘s expedi-tion to Tiree for the RSGB IOTA Contest comprised of Cambell MM0DXC, John MM0JXI, Bob GM4UYZ, Brian M0RNR, Gary MM0FZV, Jim G3VOU, Brian G3UJE, Ellis GM4GZW, Geoff MM5AHO, Malcolm MM0YMG, new boy Robin MM0VTV, last minute replacements Keith MM0KTC and Duncan MM0GZZ due to other team members pull-ing out. Once again our policy of encour-aging newcomers meant that we had two team members (Robin MM0VTV and Keith MM0KTC) who hadn‘t done HF contesting at this level before. CPSARC has always focused on helping new-comers to develop their skills while still putting on a competi-tive effort.

Planning for this event starts ear-ly in January when we call for people to form the team. Over the years we have developed a method of funding which sets a fixed fee for everyone who wants to attend, this covers the trans-ports costs, van hire, fuel and equipment (this all came to over £1000). The fee this year was £150, then as funds begin to ar-rive we can start buying any equipment we might need. This year a new towbar was needed as Cambell had changed his van, several bits of computer equipment to replace faulty gear, a replacement fan for one of the Alphas and finally we had an opportunity to purchase a further Yaesu FT1000MP at an excel-lent price. With 13 people going, we were able to afford these pur-chases.

Once all the planning is done, ferry booked, van hired, team members briefed, equipment loaded, towers hooked up we were ready to set out at midnight on Friday 23

rd July to catch the

ferry at 5.45am. The ferry this year was the smaller than usual Hebridean Isles due to the Clansman and Lord of the Isles being out of service so it was a bit of a squeeze due to the large number of passengers heading for the Tiree Music Festival being held the same weekend. We arrived at 9.30, the weather was sunny, we started to build the stations. We have developed a method of working which in-volves splitting up into several teams with a specific task, one team for the shack, three other teams for aerials as a total of 4 monoband beams, one 80m ver-tical and four towers need to be erected. Shack construction went fine, network, pcs, radios and amplifi-ers all done by 2.30. However, we were having problems with aerials, the 40m heavy duty rota-tor failed so we couldn't mount the beam on the tower and had to resort to a dipole strung be-tween two towers. The 20m beam had an intermittent fault which was traced to a plug with a crossed thread. The 15m rotator was playing up but eventually got sorted. For 10m we delayed erecting the lattice mast as eve-ryone was very tired after being on the go for 36 hours. The next morning it started raining so the erection team got a bit wet. After relaxing with a well-earned bottle of beer, we headed over to the pub which was very busy due

to the Music Festival. Keith MM0KTC who uses a wheelchair was seen to fall out of it on the way back from the pub, he was-n‘t hurt, just couldn‘t stop laugh-ing. Our host, Elaine served din-ner and the team drifted away to bed one by one. (some much later…) Next morning we awoke to a cloudy and breezy weather. For-tified by a substantial breakfast and several cups of tea, we set about the final checks on the radios and erecting the 10m beam, by this point it had started raining so only the brave souls with good waterproofs took on this task. As contest start time approached we got the shack cleared and the first team readied themselves. The start of the contest is always very busy, we put some of our best operators on for this im-portant session. The addition of Jim G3VOU and Brian G3UJE from the Stockport Radio Society gives us a very fine team of CW operators who are equally happy running or multiplier hunting, this allowed us to rotate the run sta-tion between SSB and CW effec-tively while the multiplier station swapped around the bands pick-ing off new islands and helping the decision when to move the run station to another band. As each team change went on (we were working on three hour sessions with nine hours off), the rest of the members relaxed, got something to eat or grabbed some sleep. Everyone had a chance at a busy session and one during the night. I was espe-

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By John Innes MM0JXI

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cially pleased to find the run sta-tions still busy during my second session at 1am, normally the run has fell away by this time but we had excellent runs on 20m and 80m in the wee small hours. The rate display from Wintest shows we are certainly doing better than previous years.

Out target is always to try to do better than the previous year, but band conditions weren‘t great and we made hardly any con-tacts on 10m this year. We did manage contacts with Australia (VK) and Japan (JA) as well as China (B7) and Indonesia (YB) Once the contest was finished and team photos were taken we set about dismantling the sta-tions and packing everything back into the vans ready for the trip home. Then everyone head-ed for a shower before walking back over to the pub for a well-earned beer or three. Dinner that night was a buffet table laden with roast meats and all sorts of vegetables followed by more beer and partying into the night – for those who weren‘t too old or knackered. The next morning we awoke somewhat blearily to a final breakfast prepared by our host Elaine and then saying a fond farewell before heading back to the ferry terminal to get loaded onto the ferry. Thankfully the

vessel was the larger Lord of the Isles but even so, it was full to the brim with passengers return-ing from the Tiree Music Festival. Those wanting to catch up on some sleep on the ferry were disappointed as an impromptu band started up in the bar and the music and signing lasted all the way to Oban! The journey down the road to home was uneventful, we had planned to visit the Eat Mhor Fish chippy in Callander but it was closed so we were obliged to seek alternatives. Once back in Tranent, we quickly unloaded all the vans and packed everything away before saying goodbye to friends head-ing further south and everyone else heading for a welcome sleep in a comfy bed. An expedition of this size and complexity doesn‘t happen with-out a tremendous amount of hard work, planning, collecting

money, booking transport, load-ing vehicles before we ever get to setting up the stations and actually operating, so thanks to all the team for all their work. Particular thanks to Brian M0RNR for designing and pro-ducing all the Contest T Shirts, Elaine Hutchinson from the Ele-phants End on Tiree for closing her restaurant for the weekend and letting us take over her house and finally to Cambell MM0DXC for providing so much of the inspiration and leadership which makes this happen.

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21 & 22nd

AUGUST 2010 It turned out to be another great weekend again with lots of laughs and no incidents to report. The weather was very kind to us this year and thanks goodness for that as we had gone back to being under canvas. This year the deci-sion was made to set-up the sta-tion on the Saturday morning and finish about 15:30 on the Sunday but some prep work was required before this. This year the story starts back a few week‘s previous to the event when I started to double check our confirmation on the availability of the Lighthouse Buildings... I then received an email from the letting people to say that some holiday lets would be in the main house. I asked the question if we could still use the outbuildings but that resulted in emails going back and forward and Lafarge also trying to sort it out. The end result we made a deci-sion to just revert back to under canvas or whatever at our old location. (For information; we have had it confirmed that we will get the outbuildings in October for CQWW and in the future with the

proviso that we submit the dates as soon as we have them con-firmed for access). The decision to where we operat-ed from moved from Cambell‘s van to John MM0CC‘s Luton van to my large tent but I had in be-tween times contacted Liz 2M0GLD to ask her if she could contact the Longniddry Scouts to see whether we could borrow their large ex-Army tent. Liz did this and they got back in contact to say that it was acceptable, a massive bonus to say the least.

Bob GM4IKT and I picked this up on the Friday night.

On the Saturday morning Cambell MM0DXC, Steve MM0GZA, Bob GM4IKT, Gary MM0FZV and I headed for the site and arrived at 08:00. Gary towed ―Genevieve‖ our generator back to her orginal home at the lighthouse....nice to see what was the lighthouse‘s back-up system being used. I must admit she ran like a dream all weekend although there was an initial panic when she nearly stopped... it helps if you turn the fuel on!!! The first task was to get the tent for the shack erected then the rest of the team got on building the aerials whilst I started setting up the two stations in the shack. I connected up the logging PC‘s running the logging program Win-Test, using a Hub and RJ45 ca-

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bles as we had experienced an issue with the logging whilst we

were on Tiree this year. I‘m glad to say nothing was observed over the weekend but there again it was not seeing the intensity of traffic that happens during a con-test. Robin MM0VTV and his dad Glyn MM6GHF arrived shortly after to help build the station. Station 1 – FT1000MP & ALPHA Linear fed into a Cushcraft A3S 10/15/20M Yagi at about 60 feet on a tower. Station 2 – FT1000MP & ALPHA Linear fed into the 40M Dipole. The 40M was hung from the top of the tower down to 40 foot mast. This year everything went togeth-er like a dream and everything was up and running with no is-sues at all. Arriving on site at 08:00 BST and the first QSO in the log on 20M was with OE3GGS at 10:58BST and 40M was on the air at 11:29 BST working M0RBM. 20M was a bit iffy as there would be great pile ups then suddenly it

would all disappear for 5 to 20 minutes then it would come alive again On both stations all it took was a couple of CQ‘s and the pile ups started continuing until we left on the Sunday afternoon. On Satur-day and Sunday40M kept really busy with 20M off and on as men-tioned previously until 14:49BST on the Sunday. The last contact in the log was GW4JPC on 40M ending up with 500 QSO‘s not the best we have ever achieved if you compare it with 1400 in 2007 but then you cannot fight poor band conditions.

Other operators and visitors that came were Duncan MM0GZZ, Alex MM3ZQX, Brian MM0WZB John MM0CCC, Margaret GM0ALX, Gavin GM0ALW, Adri-an MM0GTU and his wife Denise, Alex GM3GKJ and his wife Ce-celia, Graham MM0XXL and his wife Cathie. If I have missed anyone off the list I do apologise.

Great to see some of the least experienced operators actually sitting down and managing to work the pile-ups and computer logging as well, all at their own speed. It was also nice to see some of the wives coming along and mak-ing it a real social occasion. Plenty of social breaks were taken as well as this is what the event was all about. Saturday night saw the normal ―social – let the hair down‖ all well enjoyed before the last departed to bed about 02:00 on the Sunday morning. It was once again a great social event, certainly enjoyed by every-one who attended. 500 QSO‘s were made with the breakdown as follows:

Many thanks to everyone who came and took part and contribut-ed without this the event could never take place. I must thank East Lothian Council for allowing us to operate from such a fantas-tic site. Bob GM4UYZ

Band QSO’s

40 271

20 229

ALL 500

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Contest Report

By Robin Farrer MM0VTV

Well another short contest re-

port this month, after all we are

heading towards the end of the

contesting season. In this re-

port I will focus on how the

club faired under 'GM2T' from

the Isle of Tiree for the

“Islands on the air (IOTA)”

contest.

IOTA Contest

To a newcomer to contesting,

this contest can be very confus-

ing and indeed hard work. I am

sure the veteran contesters will

agree! It can be a good contest

if you are interested in catching

islands or simply would like to

catch the elusive 'DX' that the

contest attracts, an example of

this is the Australian island of

Tasmania and others around

the world. IOTA is based on

how many islands can be con-

tacted within the time period

which in return amounts to the

overall multipliers and then the

final score, QSO Count X Mul-

tipliers (Islands) = Final Score.

Final Scores can easily reach

the dizzy heights of Millions!

GM2T has been attending the

contest from Tiree for many

years and usually reaches the

Top Ten in their section.

The 2010 team included;

Cambell MM0DXC, Malcolm

MM0YMG, Bob GM4UYZ,

Robin MM0VTV,Gary

MM0FZV, Keith MM0KTC,

Geoff MM5AHO, Brian

M0RNR, Jim G3VOU, Brian

G3UJE, Duncan MM0GZZ,

John MM0JXI and Ellis

GM4GZW.

Please remember to send in

your contest reports to me at

any time to

mm0vtv@cpsarc.com

Robin MM0VTV

80m Club Championships

By Robin Farrer MM0VTV

The RSGB 80M Club Champi-

onships Contest series has now

finished and my entries for

“Cockenzie and Port Seton

Amateur Radio Club” have

been announced. For entering

from the months of March,

May and June SSB Categories.

We reached 369 points in total

and came 83 out of 93 Radio

Clubs entering. It might not be

a lot but it was better than last

year when the club came 78

out of 80 radio teams with 59

points.

I plan to take part in the contest

again in 2011. If you wish to

take part in the team, all you

need is your 'Shack' at home

and a resonantly tuned Antenna

for 80m. You can enter each

session with SSB, CW and Da-

ta each month.

The contest starts in January so

why not have a go and beat the

winter blues!

If you need more information

please contact me at

mm0vtv@cpsarc.com

Robin MM0VTV

Total CW SSB DATA 83 Cockenzie & Port Seton ARC 369 0 369 0 84 Huntingdon ARS 361 0 0 361 85 NE Surrey Microwave Outcasts 236 236 0 0 86 Poole Radio Society 226 226 0 0 87 Bolton Wireless Club 186 124 62 0 88 Lorn ARS 184 0 184 0

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FINAL SCORES – IOTA CONTEST

The club took part in the RSGB IOTA contest as we have done since 1998 from the Island of Tiree – IOTA Refer-

ence EU008. The logs have been checked for mistypes and general logging mistakes before it was finally submit-

ted. It can be quite amazing the difference of doing these checks before submission on how much your actual score

can change. Sometimes it goes in the negative i.e. we lose points but often it goes positive and we gain points, the

bottom line it is well worth doing. The log entry is in my opinion one of the main important aspects of any contest.

It is why you took part and that is to submit the best score you possibly can…. Strange as how many contesters

dismiss the checking off their logs

Contest Information 2450 QSO’s logged...

Contest : IOTA Contest

Callsign : GM2T

Mode : MIXED

Category : Multi Operator - Multi Transmitter (MM)

Overlay : ---

Band(s) : All bands (AB)

Class : High Power (HP)

Zone/State/... : EU008

Locator : IO66OM

Operating time : 24h00

Operators : M0RNR GM4GZW MM0KTC G3VOU MM0JXI MM0FZV MM5AHO G3UJE MM0DXC MM0GZZ

MM0YMG GM4UYZ MM0VTV

Scores before checking….

BAND SSB/IOTA CW/IOTA POINTS AVG

----------------------------------------

80 160 43 235 51 3393 8.59

40 640 78 258 41 6942 7.73

20 598 89 399 54 5304 5.32

15 117 29 82 24 1317 6.62

10 9 4 12 6 195 9.29

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TOTAL 1524 243 986 176 17151 6.83

========================================

TOTAL SCORE : 7 186 269

Dupes are not included in QSO counts neither avg calculations

Scores after checking….

BAND SSB/IOTA CW/IOTA POINTS AVG

----------------------------------------

80 160 44 235 50 3417 8.65

40 640 78 258 41 6954 7.74

20 598 90 397 54 5325 5.35

15 117 29 80 20 1275 6.47

10 9 4 12 7 195 9.29

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TOTAL 1524 245 982 172 17166 6.85

========================================

TOTAL SCORE : 7 158 222

Dupes are not included in QSO counts neither avg calculations

The checking decreased our score so we now await and see how it all checks out and where we end up in the con-

test. Personally I am really pleased with our effort this year so well done to everyone who took part.

Bob GM4UYZ

Final Scores—IOTA Contest

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Test Your Knowledge

By Bob Glasgow GM4UYZ

1. One reason for matching the output of a transmitter to an antenna is to

a. improve the frequency drift characteristic b. improve frequency stability c. save d.c. input power d. ensure maximum power is transferred to the

antenna. 2. One feature of radio waves spreading out

from an antenna is that they a. remain equally strong however far they travel b. travel in straight lines unless reflected c. travel slightly slower as they get weaker d. remain one wavelength apart in free space. 3. The ionosphere is the a. region close to a high power transmitting an-

tenna b. layers of conductive gases just above the

ground c. layers of conductive gases above 70km in

height d. region that reflects VHF and UHF waves

back down. 4. Which item below is NOT likely to pick up

signals from a nearby amateur transmis-sion?

a. Overhead telephone wiring. b. Indoor telephone wiring. c. A plastic water pipe. d. A coaxial feeder. 5. The feeder from an amateur antenna

should NOT run next to a a. water pipe b. electricity cable c. window frame d. gas pipe.

6. R.F breakthrough onto speaker leads of hifi equipment is prevented by ferrite ring filters on the leads. Where should the rings be placed?

a. Behind each loudspeaker. b. Half way between each speaker and the

equipment. c. As close as possible to the equipment. d. A quarter wavelength from the loudspeaker. 7. When you are calling 'CQ' on 145•500MHz

and another station replies you should a. state your name and location b. remain on this frequency c. exchange signal reports d. arrange to move to a clear channel. 8. In the 14 MHz band plan, the frequencies

from 14•10MHz to 14•112MHz are allocated to

a. phone (and C W) b. beacons c. all modes d. CW only. 9. Before investigating or repairing equip-

ment, a. switch the equipment off and disconnect it

from the mains supply b. ensure that there is good earth for the investi-

gator to hold c. check the First Aid supply d. make sure that a fire extinguisher is within

reach. 10. If a person receives an electric shock

while adjusting electronic equipment, the FIRST thing to do is to

a. call for an ambulance by dialling 999 b. feel the neck for the signs of a pulse c. isolate the electricity supply and then remove

the casualty from it d. remove the casualty from the electricity sup-

ply and then isolate the supply.

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Event Calendar

By John Innes MM0JXI

3 September 2010 Club Night

24 September 2010 2nd 144MHz DF Hunt

25 September 2010 Newsletter Deadline

1 October 2010 Club Night

15 October 2010 Talk by Geoff MM5AHO on 2010 Maritime Mobile Lighthouse Weekend Port Seton Community Centre, Resources Room 2 19:30—21:30

17 October 2010 Galashiels Rally

21 October 2010 Orionids Meteor Shower

30/31 October 2010 CQWW SSB Contest

30 October 2010 Newsletter Deadline

5 November 2010 Club Night

19 November 2010 Talk by Bjorn Franke ―Software Defined Radio‖ Port Seton Community Centre Resource Room 2. 19:30 to 21:30

27 November 2010 Newsletter Deadline

3 December 2010 Club Night

11 December 2010 Club Christmas Night Out

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The Cockenzie & Port Seton Amateur Radio Club is affiliated to the Radio Society of Great Britain and holds the call signs MM0CPS and GM2T which are used for our special event and

contest entries.

We have our own website www.cpsarc.com where you will find our popular web site which features lively discussion forums and photo galleries.

You can also download an electronic copy of this newsletter and ar-chived copies from the past.

The Club was formed by Bob Glasgow GM4UYZ in 1984, to help the local amateurs get to know each other.

Far from being just a local club we have members regularly attending from the Borders, Dumfries, Strathclyde, Fife and Newcastle.

The Club meets on the first Friday of every month (Second Friday of January) in the lounge of the Thorntree Inn on the old Cockenzie High Street from 7pm till late.

The Club is run in a very informal way, just a group of like minded people doing something they enjoy!

This does not mean that we don‘t do anything, we enter (and win!) contests, train newcomers, hold talks and video nights and run a popular annual Junk Sale. Our newsletter has won the Practical Wireless ‗Spotlight‘ competition on several occasions.

The Club supports the British Heart Foundation in memory of a member who died from heart disease by donating the profits from some of the events we hold, we have raised over £14,368 since 1994.

Bob Glasgow 7 Castle Terrace Port Seton East Lothian EH32 0EE Phone: 01875 811723 E-mail: gm4uyz@cpsarc.com General correspondence, training and contest entries Bob Glasgow gm4uyz@cpsarc.com HF Contests Cambell Stevenson mm0dxc@aol.com VHF Contests John MacLean mm0ccc@cpsarc.com Club Tables Bob Purves gm4ikt@cpsarc.com Contest Reports Robin Farrer mm0vtv@cpsarc.com Newsletter, website, event calendar John Innes newsletter@cpsarc.com

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