March 1997 Volume 5 /ssue 3

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MARCH EDITORIAL

Another newsletter once again, it seems no time at all since I was

sitting down writing last months editorial and other bits and

pieces. There was I last month thinking that we were struggling to

put a newsletter together and then it turned out to be a Ten page

issue, but it does bring my thoughts to the old war cT "WENEED

INPUT FROM YOU l!!!". As you read each issue it can been seen

that there is only a very small number actually putting in inaterial,I

know it is hard to think what to put in, but it would be nice to give

the regular contributors a "wee" rest from tryrng to rack their

brains for material. I know personally it is very difficult. Ok then

that's me had my wee say, but go on surprise us ......

As I write this the Radio Check night is still to come, but I know it

will be once again another major success so a big thanks goes to

John GMTOLQ for once again doing it and I am sure everyone

will have benefited.

Moving onto what's happening this month, well there is the

Blackpool Weekend so when you read this, on club night, it will be

your last chance to put your name down for going. trf you still

want to go I will need to know immediately. The most important

event this month is the CPR Night. I hope you will all make an

effort to attend BUT REMEMBER it has changed MGHT so

PLEASE READ YOUR EVENTS COLTJMN FOR FULL DE-

TAILS.

That's it then as at this instant in time there is no other news to

pass on, so a quick reminder, as they say on Blind Date, lets have

some input for the Newsletter and if you afe submitting anything

please don't leave it till the last minute as we have deadlines to

meet for producing and printing.

Enjoy the newsletter then.........

I am sure all club members will wish to congratulate Bob

GM4UYZ and his XYL Yvonne many congratulations on the

occasion of their silver wedding which took place on 26th

February last. All the best to you both and here's to the nexI25l

Bob GM4UYZ @ GBTEDN

=-,&a4 \T

BACKPACKERSCONTEST RESULTS

NEWS

The results of the frnal l44lvfrIz

Backpackers Contest of 1996

are now available. We enteredthe l0 watt multi-operator sec-

tion on this occassion and have

been placed 6th from I entries.

Our score was 13552 Pointscompared with 39389 Pointswhich the section winnersG0VHF/P (one of the bigguns!!) achieved. Now that all

of the l44l\&lz BackPackers

results are available it is Possi-ble to tell you that our overall

normalised score to-wards the

Backpackers TroPhY is 1596

from a possible 3000 Points.The overall winners of the Tro-

phy are.... yes you've guessed

it... G0VHF/P with a maximum

of 3000 points (that means 3

wins in their section). I don'tyet know exactly where we areplaced in the overall table but it

appears that our 5th from 9,

2nd from 10 and 6th from 8

placings have left us aPProxi-mately midway down the list of

26 entries. Not too bad for a

first attemPt!! Once more well

done to those involved and

here's hoping that we can im-prove on our final Position nextyear

73 Colin (GM0CLN)

Page 2 Cockenzie & Port Seton ARC r997

Problem Page

ASK DR ROGERThis is a new venture for us.. If you have a problem why not consult our resideht Quack Dr Roger. Here a few

examples of how he may be able to help

DEAR DR ROGER

WIFE I{AS ABSOLUTELY NO INTEREST IN RADIO. WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 10 \'EARS, AND IAM FINDING THAT THIS PUTS AN INTOLERABLE STRAIN ON OURMARRIAGE. I MUST CONFESS THAT

WHEN WE ARE OUT TOGETI{ER I CANNOT STOP MYSELF LOOKING IN TANDY'S WINDOW, OR ATMAGAANES IN MENZIES. YOU KNOW' TT{E TOP SI{ELF ONES; PRACTICAL WIRELESS, }IAM

RADIO AND SO ON. I AM TERRIFIED SHE WILL NOTICE, AND I AM AT MY WITS END. WHAT SHOULD IDO?

IVOR HANDY. HADDINGTON

Doctor Roger Answers. Well Ivor, tlrere is no simple solution. I believe you should accidentaly let her findmagazines, and perhaps read them together. This may get you talking. Ieave the Shack door open on the

but on no account suggest she joins you. She may find tHdt suggestion repuglant. Gradually day by day,with her through the open &or, but obviously not during a DX QSO, until she has overcome her initial distaste. Do

not rush things, and do not mention the dressing up. Especially the Kenwood Shack Jacket.

DEAR DR ROGER"

I HAVE A TERRJBLE CALLOUS ON MY RIG}il INDEX FINGER. IT REFUSES TO HEAL AND I AMBECOMING CONCERNED. W}IAT SHOULD I DO?

A. BURLE& PORT SETON

Dr Roger Answers. From your descriptio4 it sounds like you have Twiddlers Finger. This condition is caused loy

continuous use of your tuning knob, and I suggest you stop immediately before serious damage is done. Rest the finger,

and in the meantime us€ the autoscan facilitl on your radio.

DEAR DR ROGER

I AM AFRAID THAT I HAVE BECOME ADDICTED TO PACKET RADIO. BEFORE I LEAVE FOR WORK INTHE MORNING. I HAVE ruST GOT TO CFMCK TI{E BULLETINS. ALL DAY LONG, ALL I THINK OF IS MY

AL. THE KEYS. THOSE FLASHING LIGI{TS ON TTIE TNC, OOOOOOFI, THE DING WHENSORRY DR ROGER. I SEEM TO HAVE LOST ALL INTEREST IN THE OTI{ER THINGS IN

AND CAN ONLY LOOK FORWARD TO TT{E NEXT AUTO MAIL SESSION.

MARTIN L LONDON

Roger Answers- My goodness man, putl yourself together! Ifuve you not ffied Slow Scan TV? Its absolutelyfabulous, in fact I can't wait to get home, and switch on. I would watch it all day if I could Se€ that warbling noi

ing transmit, ch,oh.............

DEAR DR ROGER,

MY FRIENDS AT WORK TELL ME THAT TI{E VIBRATION FROM A MORSE KEY CAN CAUIMPOTENCY. I AM OBVIOUSLY EXTREMELY CONCERNED, AND WOULD APPRECIATE YOURMENTS.

MR GOODFIST MUSSELBURGH

Dr Roger Answers. I am afraid to say that your friends are correct. The vibtation produced by a morse key whenspeeds over 12 words a minute, can, during a long QSO cause permanent damage to your reproductive organs.

Electronic keyers and paddles can sometimes help, but the damage may already be done. Similar damage may alsoined should XYL ever find out the true cost of all that equipment.

Roger regrets thot no advice can be given over the Air.

If you have any problems of this nature why not let Dr Roger help you as he has helped those above?

Simp$ call CQ on 144.500 for immediate help

Cockenzie & port Seton ARC Page !

COCKENZIE & PORT SETON AfuTATET]R RADIO CL,UB STATISTICSAfter a reguest from a club Member' who I will leave as anonymous, about producing some statistics on all the peoplewho have attended our club, fro*,nunv ti*", il"v fr"* U""i,l,"""r-fu put the following table together from theinformation I have collected' To thosswho Ln" ,c"nuy joined tire .t,ru t., me erplain why I 6 take a note of who comesvia the door on a club night. Basically i ti"ilJ*" *o categories, (l) tam personally interested to see who has comealong and (2) the main reason is that I am inteiested

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since the crub was estabrished in l9g4 I havekept a firll history of the clubs activities CI itLe'"O*n, that I have nres n the Local Library in port seton in the localHistory section so that anyone in the future *rro,nuy study Local History will be able to see that there is or was anAmareur Radio Club aaive in po.r S";;;;'in"." roo ro.To erplain the table..

:lljl"Jir?Jffiii"1"ffisffr'and swl's who have anendedrhe radio crubsince r starred raking a note of

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SHACK of GM4UYZ

ollowing on from Cambell MMIAVA's

SHACK PROFILE' in February's Newsletter I

ave managed to get some photographs done and

ren scanned of my shack to give you all a chance

wave Module 30W Linear' The rest of the radios

are all converted ex-PI\dR' a PYE M296 for

70cms, PYE MX294 which is connected to my

BSX TNC and Dumb Terminal for 2M packet

and lastly a TAIT T520 converted for 4M

operation.

My work bench area, where I seem to spend

most of my time, I have various pieces of test

equipment from Multimeters (Digital and Ana-

toguel, Marconi TF2015 Signal Generator'

DECCA KW1O8MonitorscoPe,Thandar Fre-quenlY Counter,and a Tektronix465 OscilloscoPeplus the usualsoldering boltsand tools.

On the walls Ihave shelving andthis carries all mYreference books,mv collection of

:o see what it looks like.

Since I became licenced in 1983 my shack really

aasn't changed much in its general layout' what

has changed is like all an increase of equipment

and in my case more reference material and test

equipment.

The shack consists of two main areas, the work

bench and the operating are4 and sometimes I

wonder about this if I end up working on a

complex fault then all the free space is normally

used up with test gear and circuit diagrams'

Starting with the Operating Area. It consists of

rny *uitt F{F Radio a YAESU FT102 with

*utthing speaker and an FC902 ATU' My main

circuit diagramsand general-folders containing club activities etc'

There you go then that is my shack"'how about

you doing a similar write up on yours so we can

all see what it looks like ???

Bob GM4UYZ @ GBTEDN

I have just received the most recent update of the VHF

Cont# program which has been cleared of. a Mzu.or

i"gei"g'p."blem with reference to setting it un fo1

,"oiing1o*"ctly. I have added to tTs disl the changed

boufonv filei plus the oPERATORlist for our club' If

you would like a copy of this updated rclease 1"ln?11^1J

Lring along a blank formatted disc to the next club event

or c'iub night ana I will take it away and copy the

infonnation for you.Can you mark up your disc

VIgg7.I.I G$GJV VHF'CONTEST LOGGING PRO-

COCW VIIF CONTEST PROGRAM UPDATE

GRANT CALLSIGN:

Please add your callsign onto the label so I know who to

$,13'+l?$rTi , . !

VHF consists of a YAESU FT290 with a Micro-

the disc too.

Bob GM UYZ rA GBTEDN

QUIZ Nr(;H't'

18TH APRIL 1997 - UPDATE

Plans are progressing as expectedfor the above event and I wouldnow like to formally invite allCockenzie & Port Seton ARC"members" to come along andhave some fun at the Quiz Night.XYLs and YLs will be more thanwelcome too, f'm quite sure thatthey will be just as capable (if notmore so) than many of us when itcomes to a quiz. As you shouldalready know the quiz is to beheld in Resources Room 2 atPortSeton Community Centre and isdue to start at 7pm prompt. It isintended that teams of 3 or moretake part and there is no limit tothe number of teams which canbe entered (unless the room getstoo full!!). If you wish to comealong but are not part of a teanr,or you cannot raise a full team,please come anyway as we intendto amalgamate everyone intoteams on the night.

I will make it clear now that thisis not an amateur radio quiz andplease note that the evening isintended to be relatively light

Borders Amateur Radio SocietyDunfermline Radio Society Ga-lashiels & District Amateur RadioSociety Inverclyde Amateur Ra-dio Group Kelso Amateur RadioSociety Livingston & District

Amateur Radio Society, taken all his space; and Wifel.0and Lothians Radio Society must be running before he canI have received provisional ac- do anything. Although he didceptances from some of these not ask for it, Wifel.0 cameclubs already so we can defi- with Plug-Ins such as Motherln-nitely look forward to a bit sg Law and Brotherlnlaw.competition. If you plan to Some features I'd like to see intake part could you please let *1s upcoming GirlFriend4.0... ...me know so that we can get arough idea of the ;#;;r;

- A "Don't remind me again"

likely to be attending. button

As usual a f l entry fee will - Minimize button

apply to everyone to cover - Shutdown featureroom hire charges. Any excess _ An install shield feature so thatwill once more benefit the Brit- GirlFriend4.0 can be completelyish Heart Foundation. uninstalled if so desired (so youFinally, it is intended that light don't lose cache and other ob'refreshments be made available jects)

on the night, particularly for 1 tried running GrlFriend2.0members of other clubs who with GirlFriendl.0 still installed,may have a long return journey they tried using the same VOto make. These are to be avail- port and conflicted. Then I triedable free of charge so if you io uninstall GirlFriendl.0 but itthink you can help by donating didn,t havesomething please contact me as

an uninstall pro-

soon as possible to discussarrangements. This should helpavoid duplication of the good-ies available. If you could helpin this respect it would be mostappreciated.

gram. I triedto uninstall itby hand, butit put files inmy system di-rectory. An-other thingthat sucks in

all versions of GirlFriend thatI've used is that it is totally"object orientated" and onlysupported hardware with goldplated contacts.

Bug Warning - Wilel.0 has anundocumented bug. If you try toinstall Mistressl.l before unin-stalling Wifel.0, Wifel.0 will

L,ast year, rny friend upgraded delete MSMoney files beforehis GirlFriend3.l to GirlFriend- doing the uninstall itself ThenPlusl.0 (marketing name : Fi- Mistressl.r will refuse to install,anc,e1.0). Recently he up- claiming insufficient resources.graded Fianc,el.0 to Wifel.0

".---^-,,and it,s a memory n;,;, ',

# *i::"-*" ff:"Xflndisclosed

hearted fun. No pressure will be As ever I can be contacted onplaced on anyone

_as questions packet @ GBTEDN or on

will be directed to all teams at the Tel.No .01g75 gt5l t9same time. To add an erement of (6-gpm). All that remains nowcompetition to the evening invita- is to wish you luck if you aretions have been sent already to taking part. I hope that youseveral other amateur radio clubs gn;6y yourselves.asking if they would like to takepart. The other clubs invited 73 Colin GM0CLN

are aPGRADES

IIVEN'IS COLUMN MAY 2nd Club night in the Thorn-

Here is the very latest list of events irr, ttt" Inn' Port seton' 7pm till late

and around your area. There are u * 3rd 432NfrIz Trophy Contest l40O-22changes so please pay attention... 00 uTc (see note)

MARCH 7th Club night in ttre Thorn- ljn anSto Scottish Rally, Tait Hall,tree Inn. Port Seton. 7pm till late Kelso. Contact Gavin GM0ALW for

fth central scotland FM Group Ao- *ot" information'

nual General Meeting, Golden Circle l6th C&PS ARC 144MIIz DF Hunt.Hotel, Bathgate. Jaycee and Tennama$ Start building your antennas now!!showing from 11am-1.45pm. AGM lgth lst l44lvfrtz Backpackers con-opens at 2.15pm prompt. test 1100-1500 UTC (See note)

SllPIEMltIlK 5th Club mght in tThorntree Inn, Port Seton, 7pm tlate

6/7th l44l\illz Trophy Contest 1400400 UTC (See note)

7th 5th l44MFlz Backpackers Contr1100-1500 UTC (See note)

OCTOBER 3rd Club night in tThorntree Inn, Port Seton, 7pm tlate

10th Event to be organised!!!

NOVEMBER 7th Club night in t1Thorntree Inn, Port Seton, 7pm tlate

DECEMBER 5th Club night in tlThorntree Inn, Port Seton, 7pm tlate*:r NOTE **:r TIIE CONTES.IABOVE WHICH REFER TO THNO:TE ARE THOSE WHICH TECLUB "MA'!T' TAKE PART NTHOSE WITH NO REFERENCE TTHIS NOTE ARE ALREADY DE,INITES. IF YOU HAVE A}.IY PRE]ERENCES AS TO WHICH CO}TESTS WE ENTER PLEASE LEME KNOW AS SOON AS POSSBLE.

Enjoy the trip to Blackpool if you agoing, I'm sure I will. See you all nemonth.

73 de Colin (GMOCLN)

16th NORBRECK Ralty, Blackpool.Costing al7 each for Dinner, Bed andBrealdast. It is probabty still possiblelo squeeze you in if you would like toIttend. check with Bob GM IIyZ first;hough.

ZOth Cardiopulmonary ResusciAtioniCPR) night with Heartstart. Learn theABC of resuscitatiorL it could help you;ave someones life! Starting at 7.3opmPROMPT as time is short. This eventis in the Youth Activity Room (up;tain) in Port Seton Community Cen-re. Entry el to cover room hire and inrddition a donation towards Heartstartvould be appreciated. Let BobiM4IIYZ know by lfth lvfarch if youfan to attend and if anyone else isSoing with you to allow Heartstart torrange an appropriate number ofrainers for the night.

l3rd lst 7O]lrftlz Fixed Contest 0900-li00 UTC (See note)

l0th Magnum Radio & Computerlally, Magnum Leisure Centre, Har-nurside, Irvine. Doors open ll.O0am.vlore info Tel.0l294 272762.

\PRIL 4th Club night in the Thorn-ree Inn, Port Seton, 7pm titl late

8th Quiz Night in Resources Room 2t Port Seton Community Centre Entryel per person. Susan 2MlEpK andlolin GMOCLN will be setting thepestions. See the article elsewhere inhis edition of the newsletter for morenformation.

9/20 Scottish Activity Weekend fronr00lZ on 19th April to 24O02 on 20thpril This is an event being run by theiMDX Group to encoruage activity by

24th Ten Pin Bowling Night at TheMegabowl, Kinnaird Park, Edin-burgh. More information nearer thetime... (Prwisional Date)

JUNE 6th Club night in the Thorn-tree Inn, Port Seton, 7pm till late

7th lst 50MI{z Backpackers Contest1300-1700 UTC (See note)

lsthPractical Wireless l44MHz QRPContest 0900-1600 UTC

15th 2nd t44l\ttrIz Backpackers Con-test 0900-1300 UTC

JULY 4th Club night in the Thorn-tree Inn, Port Seton, 7pm till late

5/6th RSGB VHF National Field Day1400-1400 u'rc

lgth l44lvftIz Low Power Contest1400-2200 UTC (See note)

20th 432MIII Low Power Contest0800-1400 UTC (See note)

AUGUST lst Club night in the Internet E-MailThorntree Inn, Port Seton, 7pm till We all use various methods clate communication these days. Rangir3rd Fourth l44lvfrIz Backpackers from morse to slow-scan televisioContest I100-1500 UTC (See Note) The newest form I suppose must be I

lsth c&ps ARc Junk S_aJe, .port l"ffit'.[: ||"j1.#:lJT:fi#,1tseton communitv cellre: u::l r.,- ,."J ,* their address, if they hartractions, raffle' Talk-ln on s22 etc on rrrat way I can form a databaretc DoN'T MIss IT!! and susequently have it printed in tl23124 3rd Northern Lighthouse newsletter every so often. My E-maWeekend. Ayr Amateur Radio Group address is ste!'en.koncz@snl.co.u.,are organising another special went You may send your details to me istation weekend and have chosen that address or to GBTEDN. Bettrlighthouses as the theme again. We still you can give me it over a beer owill be active once more, on 2ml2A club night. Many thanks and looml40ml80m from Barns Ness Light- forward to receiving them, receivinhouse, near Dunbar. you. receiving them. Its called CC'in

a message.ll scottish radio amateurs. For more 24th Galashiels open Day, volunteerrfo contact GM3YOR or see page 5 of gn11, St Johns Road- Galashielsre Sorins 97 issrre af FM News

stwie GMOwRl

It'tAhry ttAppv RETURNS To GAWN RADIO coMMUNTcATIoN vHF/uHF NEWS :I"OR YE'STERDAY OTU UNN:CN ALL-TIME SQUARES TABLE GENERAL NOTESIttITH L,TS oF L,IE FR,M rHE sQuAREs are the 2 deg.,by r degree ones in the MaidenheaILaRGARET locator system, such as logiand it"tzs.-rt.re are the same as thstill for sale (unfortunately) ALINco 'squares'in the earlier Eurqean rocator system (E-errIL) which wer3*1'H":--1fr*":,#: :Hfi*: Sflff*g#:the equivar *,, ̂ i" ztand irv.*p"o.i, i,

condition. complete with handk :-"-'*":.'.-.f8-5 s.n.r. Remore Headser Mi;;: There are five bands in the table . 50,70, r44,432and r296MHe anrphone compatible with Alinco olrob" you may submit scores for any or all of them. only in-band eSo,s wittFVheld brand new,-never used a1 311 properly licensed stations are permitted; ie no 50/2gl\,ft12 or 50/70Nftrzstill packaged' f,25 o'n'o' both ;il crossband cqracts ir u".1tqyg The srarting date is Jamuary | tg'gtogether for f,100 slease ask Gavin to coincide *itrr a" nscn 4-z-Tlsquares Award programme rules.GM'AL* for anv t1j *tlh"gg; *

a*o, by all recognised propagation modes should be included, eg&j3llr:":$'l,ntflil',i?]#l iF, sporadic-E, e-ra-e, "*ol,-*e*.,""u",, aurorar-E, transequa-lack ofpersonnel ttri";--.,.^ '---:;

': ronal (IEP), field aligned irregularity 1FA! and other scatter modes.to change ,rtr"gr riigi-iy,Tffit#; l:*f repeater, packet radio and artificiat sateuite esos are norusually sell rafile ticketj are this

-- acceptable.

ffJ"ffil|'f,"ffi'qsideoftt'"'i[v, *u-,1-1T1 :l"i-rd should be for conpreted contacrs. There is nocluded r" y"* oo*::rTffr:'j| ff;- ;::*tol that vou possess confirmatiors of the esos. However,has been *i'"0 io'Go'j"::Ti;# ;:ryfi","c tr.ji"'H fH:-:1,:W:ffi*fi:':ffiT,pose, we would appr

eration with rhis ;-ol1ffi fXJf* .nouu be included. socr, qsoy .* ur*flvL *rin"a as completed vraalways depend on ow friends fr;; ; I: '* vHF net, for exanple, o, perhais through packet radio, the& P.S ARC for support. rrrort oio,rl Intemet or even by letters.

usual traders are going to be in attend- The table is for fixed stations only so contacts made while you areance and also a couwllbe lith us.

""d:"Jt,Tirffi ]::"Tq mobile, ;;;;1" in a fierd o, *"*,,nu moble are no,upstairs in usual rtuu"*Jr*J'*;r# llTfbt" However, if vou operate regularly from another ;;;there will try their.h-ardest ,"

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you may put in a-second entrlr- Contacts made with landwhatever you leave with them ;" ;; mobile stations are valid. should you *orrr-yo.rr permanent erH,day' As sual we would appreciate- u pro"ided the *QsY' is not more than 50 kilomires, you may continuewee bit of help with 'free' adve.tirirg counting. over iokm you will have to start again.of'our *cnt and if you

"^::'lrytt,"i when submitting scores arways give the current figures as you wish toIt rnto qsos at times oon repeaters it herps

"l;';ir'r",TT?ljl :::3"* published in the tabte._Asking that odd pourts here and rhere bepies rbr this service hi, or fiee ;.fti; i9dtl

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The mail address is";r11., r.-,.. ;r, C\4()4.1,W given at the top of the colunrn (h R.adCom) with alternative E-rnail anciTo Bob irnd Yvonne Always remem- fax routes at the end.lrer you't'e passed the apprlnticesnif, That was the latest revision of the general nstes dated 9/2/96.I hope

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orrect you should get the ria*l of a piece oi **p"ti"g equiprient in the l'ertical box' This months answers are

inked in some way to amateur radio or computing' Good luck"'

}{IS MONTHS CLUES ARE AS FOLLOWS :-

. I SPREAD AC,z.FIAT FAILED, 3. I BAN COBBLER' 4. TINS R COCONUT' 5' PROSECUTE ION' 6' GENTS

TONIC. 7. DEAD ELECTRON.

EBRUARY'S ANSWERS

.. WAVEMETE& 2. FILTERING, 3. BROADBAND, 4. AMATEU& 5. PACKET NOD-E', 6' MIC GAIN', 7'

ILUSTER. A correctly completed grid shourd rrun" gi;r" v* the word "airmail" in the vertical box. Bye for now" "

73 Colin (GM0CLN)

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