200308

course. The Morse as-

sessments are as always

available on demand but

there are rumours as I

write this that the Morse

requirement is disap-

pearing so maybe there

won‘t be a need for this

soon [see page 4]

No real topics this month

to chat about, I am sure

there will be but they

elude me at the moment

so all that has to be said

is enjoy club night, come

along to Junk Night and

Lighthouses Weekend.

See you all then.

Bob GM4UYZ

Well here I am writing

this editorial even before

the July club night and

VHF Field Day as I am

about to go away for two

weeks holiday with one

of them in hopefully

sunny Tenerife. Unfortu-

nately by the time this is

being read I will be back

home and it will all be a

piece of history.

Ok then what have we

been doing this month?

First of all we will have

taken part in the RSGB

VHF Field Day, hopefully

there will be a report on

how it went for either this

or next month‘s newslet-

ter. To come is the IOTA

contest from TIREE as I

write this but by club

night it will again be his-

tory. No doubt there will

be many tales to tell.

To the future, well the

major event is our Junk

Night on the 8th August. I

am again looking for raf-

fle and food donations

so if you can help I really

would appreciate it. Let‘s

hope is once again a re-

sounding success as it

has been in previous

years. Also we have

Lighthouses Weekend on

the 16 & 17th August

once again down at

Barns Ness so I hope you

will all come along and

take part and have what

is a real fun weekend.

The Foundation Courses

once again start this

month with the first one

fully booked and the next

one in September nearly

full. After that I am still

looking for Foundation

Recruits so if you know

of any then please pass

them on and I can get

them booked on a

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C L U B N E W S L E T T E R

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

C L U B B B Q 2

E V E N T S

C O L U M N

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J U N K N I G H T 9

S P E C I A L P O I N T S

O F I N T E R E S T :

Junk Sale

Club BBQ pictures

Echolink info

GM4UYZ wins CW

contest

Our Annual Junk Sale takes

place on Friday 8 August

2003 from 18:30 to 21:30

in the Port Seton Community

Centre, please support this

fun evening where you can

dispose of your unwanted

gear or even buy some

more!.

The Entrance fee is £1 and

there will be a raffle going

on during the evening.

All profits from the Junk Sale

are donated to the British

Heart Foundation.

There will be a refreshment

stall, staffed by willing volun-

teers, if you have any baking

or filled rolls then these will

be most welcome

So come along, have a chat

with friends old and new,

browse amongst the inter-

esting stuff that is sure to be

on display. Join the crowds

who come from all over

Scotland and the North of

England for our popular

event.

The Department of Transport

has issued a paper on the

results of its consultation on

a proposal for the introduc-

tion of an offence of using a

hand-held mobile phone

while driving. The consulta-

tion document suggested

that ―two way radio micro-

phones‖ should be included

within the proposed ban,

which would effectively have

banned mobile amateur radio

in the UK. In its submission

to the consultation docu-

ment, the Radio Society of

Great Britain pointed out that

amateur radio had been op-

erated from motor vehicles

since 1955 without any acci-

dents being recorded. The

Department of Transport

report on the results of the

consultation states that

―Amateur radio operators,

some commercial drivers

such as taxi drivers and haul-

iers, and some of the emer-

gency services use [two-way

radio] to communicate with a

base station. We accept that

such ‗press to talk‘ devices

keep conversations short and

are likely to have a lower

risk… While the details of the

extent of the exemption re-

main to be determined, the

new offence will exempt the

use of such devices‖

[conversations short? who

among us hasn‘t timed out a

repeater? - Ed]

A M A T E U R R A D I O E S C A P E S M O B I L E P H O N E B A N

A relatively late decision

was made to hold a BBQ

and the date decided was

the longest day, 21st June.

Typical the weather in the

morning was abysmal to say

the least with the good old

summer weather of rain-

drops falling from the sky

being prevalent. Any way the

decision to still go was

taken. Glad to say that later

on the weather cleared and

the sun came out along with

the dreaded midges but it

was rather cool. Who said it

was midsummer‘s day? The

choice of venue taken was

up past Horseupcleugh just

of the Gifford to Longfor-

macus road. Now in hind-

sight better instructions

should have been given as a

few people had difficulty in

finding the site, or even not

finding it at all. We live and

learn. Cambell MM0DXC

and his son David made

there way up to the site mid-

morning and set-up the Club

Tent followed shortly by Alan

MM3SLK and his partner

Claire. Later on after a fran-

tic phone call to find out

directions RON GM0NTL and

his wife Sylvia 2M1FMX

joined them. Yvonne and I

could not go early due to

granddaughter baby sitting

duties but managed to get

there for about 19:30 just in

time for the BBQ to start.

Whilst on route I received a

phone call from Ron

GM4IKU saying that he and

Aileen, his XYL couldn‘t find

them but after giving direc-

tions they eventually found

the site. A little bit later Liz

2M1GLD and then Iain

MM1CPP joined us.

The BBQ and chat was cer-

tainly flowing freely with ―the

mobile disco‖ doing its job.

The real event of the BBQ

was Iain getting bogged

down literally in a bog. He

had taken young David for

an off–road drive around

where we were then sud-

denly he just came to an

abrupt halt. Comments were

―He‘s stuck, no he isn‘t, oh

yes he really is‖. Various

methods were tried to pull

Iain out but alas we didn‘t

manage. A frantic call was

made to one of Iain‘s off-

road pals to come and pull

him out. Fortunately he was

doing a disco at Longniddry

and said he would come up

after that. Back to the BBQ

and the music and await

Iain‘s pal arriving. He arrived

at 02:00 and after a bit of

connecting up power to his

winch at the front of his

Landrover and tying himself

to a huge post Iain‘s land

rover was pulled out. Believe

it or not there is a video of

the whole event courtesy of

Liz so any one wishing to

see it please contact Liz.

After this some off us de-

cided to bed down for the

night where others stayed

up and chatted. Not every-

one stayed the night, Ron

and Sylvia had left in the

early evening, Ron and

Aileen went late evening and

Alan and Claire went after

Iain was pulled out and the

rest of us stayed.

On the whole it was a real

enjoyable affair, apart from

the midge bites. If we could

only guarantee the weather

we could certainly have a

few more BBQ‘s. Those who

didn‘t come along well what

can I say.

Bob GM4UYZ

C L U B B B Q

Club BBQ at

Horseupcleugh


Date Time Event Contact Tel./E-Mail

01-Aug-03 7pm 'til late CPSARC Club night in the Thorntree Inn, Port Seton Bob GM4UYZ 01875 811723

» 03-Aug-03 11am Lorn Radio Amateur Club Radio Rally, Tyndrum Hall at the

junction of the A82 and A85. Shirley GM0ERV

s.mclennan

@freeuk.com

08-Aug-03 6.30pm to

9.30pm Cockenzie & Port Seton ARC 10th Annual Radio Junk Night Bob GM4UYZ 01875 811723

16-Aug-03

and

17-Aug-03

All Day Both

Days

International Lighthouse & Lightship Activity Weekend

GB2LBN Special Event from Barns Ness Lighthouse. Bob GM4UYZ 01875 811723

05-Sep-03 7pm 'til late CPSARC Club night in the Thorntree Inn, Port Seton Bob GM4UYZ 01875 811723

06-Sep-03 2pm-5pm GMDX Group AGM (including guest speakers)

King Robert Hotel, Stirling Rob GM3YTS

19-Sep-03

and

20-Sep-03

? Leicester Amateur Radio Rally

(club trip being planned for Friday 19th) Bob GM4UYZ 01875 811723

26-Sep-03 6.30pm for a

7pm start

CPSARC Second 144Mhz DF Hunt, meet in ―The Old Ship

Inn‖ Car Park (East) Bob GM4UYZ 01875 811723

03-Oct-03 7pm 'til late CPSARC Club night in the Thorntree Inn, Port Seton Bob GM4UYZ 01875 811723

17-Oct-03 7.30pm to

9.30pm

CPSARC Video Night, Port Seton Community Centre Re-

sources Room 2. Bob GM4UYZ 01875 811723

18-Oct-03 ? Jaycee Open Day, 20 Woodside Way. Glenrothes, Fife. Bill at Jaycee 01592 756962

26-Oct-03 11:00am Galashiels & DARS Annual Rally, The Volunteer Hall, St

John's Street, Galashiels. Traders. B&B. Refreshments Jim GM7LUN 01896 850245

07-Nov-03 7pm 'til late CPSARC Club night in the Thorntree Inn, Port Seton Bob GM4UYZ 01875 811723

09-Nov-03 ? BISHOP AUCKLAND RAC Rally Mark G0GFG 01388 745353

05-Dec-03 7pm 'til late CPSARC Club night in the Thorntree Inn, Port Seton Bob GM4UYZ 01875 811723

After last months lull in the

Events Column we get back

to business with a bang this

time! Two major events in

the club calendar take place

this month. The first is our

10th Anniversary Junk Sale

(is it really 10 years since

they started!!) and that is

followed a week later by our

International Lighthouse

Weekend Special Event

from Barns Ness Lighthouse

as GB2LBN. All support for

these events is greatly ap-

preciated as usual so

please try to help if you can.

Otherwise there is one late

addition to the calendar.

The Lorn ARC Radio Rally is

this Sunday, 3rd August. A

bit short notice I know but if

you are at a loose end you

may fancy the drive! Have

a good month….

E V E N T S C O L U M N

V O L U M E 1 1 , I S S U E 8

Following the World Radio

Conference held on 9 June -

4 July Chapter 25 of the

Radio Regulations has been

re-written and simplified,

allowing administrations to

remove the Morse require-

ment for allowing Amateur

HF operations. The UK has

agreed to implement this

and the Gazette Notice to

implement the changes to

the licensing Terms, Provi-

sion and Limitations Booklet

will be issued as soon as

possible. From the date of

the Gazettes (27 July 2003)

all Class B licensees will

have full privileges con-

tained in the BR68 and

BR68/I as appropriate.

New Validation Documents

and RA publications reflect-

ing these changes will be

issued on annual renewal.

Class B licensees need not

take any action to obtain

these privileges. These privi-

leges will be granted auto-

matically.

These changes do not affect

Foundation Licensees

All amateurs holding either a

Full Class B or an Intermedi-

ate Class B licence have

been granted Class A li-

cence privileges.

If you hold both classes of

licence you may continue to

use whichever call sign you

wish, as long as the associ-

ated licence has not expired.

When your licences expire,

you can choose which one

you wish to maintain and

renew – you will then be

issued with a new Validation

Document for that licence.

You do not need to take any

action to cancel your other

licence and call sign – they

will lapse automatically if

the Radio Licensing Centre

(RLC) does not receive your

renewal payment.

You cannot change your

Class B licence into a Class

A as your current Class B

call sign now has the same

privileges as a Class A call

sign.

If you currently hold a Class

A call sign, but wish to apply

for your old Class B call sign

you will need to provide RLC

with proof that the old call

sign was issued to you. Ac-

ceptable documents include

either an old Validation

Document or photocopy of

your entry in an old RSGB

Year Book/Call Book. (You

do not need to provide this

proof if the call sign lapsed

within the last 10 years and

can be identified on the RLC

database.) You must also

complete a licence applica-

tion form and pay the li-

cence fee of £15.

If you hold a B Class licence

and an M3 licence. You will

not need to renew your M3

(Foundation) licence, but

you will need to maintain

your Class B licence in order

to operate with full class

privileges.

The RA has informed the

Radio Society of Great Brit-

ain (RSGB) that a Morse

testing service is no longer

required in the UK. However,

the RSGB will continue to

conduct Morse proficiency

tests for amateurs wishing

to go abroad to countries

where Morse is still a re-

quirement (see below).

The Morse Assessment is

still a part of the Foundation

Licence course?

If you‘re visiting a CEPT

country you will be able to

operate below 30 MHz with

your current Class B call

sign if the country con-

cerned has dropped the

Morse test requirement

from its amateur radio li-

cence. If the country retains

a Morse test requirement,

you will need a Morse test

pass certificate, or you will

continue to operate as a

CEPT Class 2 licence-holder.

We advise you to obtain

confirmation from the au-

thorities in the country you

will be visiting.

If you‘re visiting a non-CEPT

country which recognises/

accepts only amateur li-

cences of a Class A category

you will need to take a

Morse test to apply for a

reciprocal Class A licence.

R E M O V A L O F M O R S E R E Q U I R E M E N T F O R H F

Morse is

removed as the

barrier for

access to HF


The Club entered the RSGB

VHF Field Day from our

usual site at Mainslaughter

Law. As always this contest

requires a large amount of

equipment drawn from all

over the club.

The caravan which the club

purchased from John

MM0CCC was in operation

in its new guise as a radio

shack. All the interior fittings

have been removed and

sturdy shelving has been

installed, giving room for up

to 4 stations.

The convoy that made its

way up the hill on Saturday

morning included two cara-

vans, a tower and several

cars, I had just arrived a

little after the main body

only to discover that we

were missing vital parts of

the 2m beams, so I turned

round and drove back to

Tranent to collect the parts.

Once I got back, the stations

were well under way, we

were planning to run four

stations over the weekend,

2m, 70cm, 6m on Saturday

and 4m on Sunday. The 2m

and 6m stations were run

using Yaesu FT100MP‘s and

transverters, the 70cm sta-

tion was using a Yaesu

FT847 and the 4m station

was using a Kenwood

TR751 and transverter.

We had some problems with

the 2m station which ap-

peared to be caused by a

defective patch lead (see

John‘s article about feeder

losses below).

The weather

closed in on us

shortly after

the stations

were set up

and we contin-

ued in almost

zero visibility.

So much so

that when the

cars from the Jim Clark rally

passed by after midnight, we

could only hear them thun-

der by, not see them.

I wasn‘t able to stay over-

night or return on the Sun-

day but from what I‘ve

heard, a good time was had

by all. The conditions were

not great, thank goodness

for voice recorders!

John MM0JXI

F E E D E R L O S S E S VHF Field Day.

V O L U M E 1 1 , I S S U E 8

Having grumbled several

times about RG213U/UR67

(and similar) being unsuitable

for use on VHF and above, I

thought I'd better do some

experimenting to determine

how true this statement actu-

ally was. I have a number of

different types (and lengths)

of co-ax at home so,

equipped with a power meter

and dummy load, I decided to

measure each for power loss.

I chose 144MHz as the band

to do the tests, and the re-

sults are listed in the table on

page 10.

Power out from the transmit-

ter was 10 watts.

This certainly makes interest-

ing reading. Admittedly it

was the longest cable run at

50m, but I was astounded at

the power loss of the

RG213U.

[to keep things in perspec-

tive, I‘ve added a loss /

100m column for all the ca-

bles—Ed]

A scary thought to pon-

der...last year, at VHF FD, we

nearly used a similar length

run of RG213U on 70cm until

Bob GM0BWU came to the

rescue with some LDF4-50. I

shudder to think what power

would have reached the Yagi

if we'd stuck with the

RG213U! Even if only used

for HF, I think I'd pay the ex-

tra £10 per 100m drum and

buy H100, or and extra £20

for Westflex W103.

John MM0CCC

V H F F I E L D D A Y — M M 0 C P S / P

Pos Callsign QSO‘s DX QSO‘s Club QSO‘s Points

1 GM4UYZ 17 10 5 165

2 GM0NTL 17 11 4 154

3 GM4IKU/M 17 10 6 151

4 MM0DXC/M 10 5 4 89

5 MM0JXI 7 3 5 55

6 MM3SRU 3 3 1 33

7 GM0CLN 1 1 1 14

I was asked a little while ago by Vic GM4GGF, how to send alphabetical letters using a DTMF

keypad on the echolink system (you need to do this to call a station if you don‘t know its node

number) A bit of raking about the internet and a flash of inspiration late ...

To enter a callsign using DTMF you have to encode the letters by entering two numbers which

correspond to where the letters appear on a DTMF keypad, you enter the first digit then a

second digit which corresponds to which letters are on each key

So to send MM0JXI you would enter 61,61,00,51,92,43

John MM0JXI

1 QZ 2 ABC 3 DEF

4 GHI 5 JKL 6 MNO

7 PRS 8 TUV 9 WXY

E C H O L I N K D T M F C O D E S

This year the contest was run

on Wednesday evening the

18th June between 19:00 and

22:00BST and once again we

were blessed with a lovely dry

evening. The contest rules

were changed this year to

accommodate the Founda-

tion Licences plus the possi-

bility of the chance for more

QSO‘s. The later didn‘t hap-

pen as 20M displayed it like

how 10M has been doing

over the past few years,

dead. Although saying that

some nice DX was worked

with Lebanon and Iraq being

present.

A total of 7 club callsigns

were active although some

only took part just to give a

few points away. Personally

Caroline 2M1HVR who was

partnering myself had a real

bawl working what stations

we did. She certainly went

away at the end of the eve-

ning on ―cloud 9‖ on what

she had worked, and at the

end of the day that is what it

is all about. Although we call

it a contest if there was the

chance of passing on a good

DX station to the others it

was done giving everyone the

chance to work it. Basically a

real fun night.

The results are printed be-

low:

Thanks to everyone who took

part especial ly Steve

MM3SRU & Isa MM3ISA,

although they only had 3

QSO‘s due to an extreme

local QRM source (external

modem) they at least put on

a Foundation entry and gave

the contest ago. Cambell‘s

partner was Alan MM3SLK

and Caroline 2M1HVR was

mine, great to see them go

out as well.

To next year then.

Bob GM4UYZ

C P S A R C 2 0 M C O N T E S T R E S U L T S


A club member asked me

where do we stand with regard

to the number of DXCC coun-

tries worked, non-confirmed

and confirmed. This was quite

easy to obtain as I keep sepa-

rate logs, one for Contesting

and the other for Special

Events.

Contest Log:

This log starts on 3/10/1999

when we obtained the club

callsign MM0CPS and stands

at 23483 QSO‘s logged up to

6/7/2003.

DXCC Worked – ALL BANDS,

ALL MODES is 197 with 84 of

these confirmed. What I must

stress is that for contesting a

QSL card is not automatically

sent. If I receive a QSL card

then I do return one so in all

fairness I don‘t think we are

doing too badly with regard

getting the 100 countries

confirmed to claim a DXCC.

CPSARC Log:

This log starts on 29/9/1990

and stands at 10065 QSO‘s

logged up to 15/6/2003.

DXCC Worked – ALL BANDS,

ALL MODES is 121 with 73 of

these confirmed. The QSLing

strategy for this log is that I

always QSL 100% and what is

very surprising is that we have

not made our DXCC but I sup-

pose we are 13418 QSO‘s

short but to be honest I

thought we had done better

than we have. Interesting

though!

Bob GM4UYZ

Well folks, I never thought

I‘d see the day when I

came first in a Worldwide

CW contest, but here‘s the

evidence.

GM4UYZ

[Well done Bob—Ed]

BAN

D

SSB

Confirmed

CW

Confirmed

1.8 0 0

3.5 22 0

7 27 10

10 0 0

14 59 8

18 18 3

21 41 22

24 0 0

28 5 4

50 0 0

70 0 0

144 1 0

432 0 0

BAND SSB

Confirmed

CW

Confirmed

1.8 3 0

3.5 28 2

7 40 20

10 0 0

14 63 29

18 0 0

21 55 16

24 0 0

28 47 21

50 19 3

70 4 0

144 9 2

432 0 0

MM0CPS confirmed QSO‘s by Band and

Mode

Special Events confirmed QSO‘s by Band and

Mode

C L U B D X C C

DXCC confirmed

after 33000

QSO’s? No!

V O L U M E 1 1 , I S S U E 8

General Notes :

The club or its members plan/hope to be active in those events shown as bold above.

Full Event Rules Are Available On The Internet As Follows :

RSGB HF : http://www.blacksheep.org/hfcc/Rules-2003/index.html

RSGB VHF : http://www.blacksheep.org/vhfcc/rules/03rules/frameindex.html

ARRL : http://www.arrl.org/contests/

CQ WPX : http://home.woh.rr.com/wpx/

CQWW : http://www.cqww.com/

Links to most of the other events, or their rules, can be found on the SM3CER Contest Web Page under Calendar 2003. Start at

http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/ and use the appropriate links to find the info you require.

Date Start

(UTC)

Duration

(hrs)

Contest Notes & Info

03-Aug-03 07:00 2 RSGB RoPoCo 2 Contest (80m CW) 3520-3570kHz

10-Aug-03 09:00 6 RSGB 70MHz Trophy Contest

06-Sep-03 13:00 24 IARU Region 1 HF SSB Field Day 80m-10m

06-Sep-03 14:00 24 RSGB 144MHz Trophy Contest

07-Sep-03 11:00 4 RSGB 5th 144MHz Backpackers Contest

01-Sep-03 19:00 1.5 RSGB Slow Speed Cumulative Contest (CW) 3540-3580kHz



21-Sep-03 09:00 4 RSGB 2nd 70MHz Contest


03-Oct-03 19:00 1.5 RSGB Slow Speed Cumulative Contest (CW) 3540-3580kHz

04-Oct-03 14:00 24 IARU 432MHz-248GHz Contest

04-Oct-03 14:00 8 RSGB 1.3/2.3GHz Trophy Contests

05-Oct-03 07:00 12 RSGB 21/28MHz SSB Contest 21150-21350kHz & 28400-2900kHz

19-Oct-03 09:00 4 RSGB 50MHz Contest

19-Oct-03 07:00 12 RSGB 21/28MHz CW Contest 21000-21150kHz & 28000-28100kHz

25-Oct-03 00:00 48 CQWW SSB Contest 10-160m

01-Nov-03 14:00 24 144MHz CW Marconi Contest

02-Nov-03 08:00 6 RSGB 144MHz 6hr CW Contest

08-Nov-03 20:00 3 RSGB Club Calls Contest (160m SSB) 1870-1990kHz

15-Nov-03 21:00 4 RSGB 2nd 1.8MHz Contest (CW) 1820-1870kHz

29-Nov-03 00:00 48 CQWW CW Contest 10-160m

05-Dec-03 22:00 42 ARRL 160m Contest

07-Dec-03 09:00 8 RSGB 144MHz Affiliated Societies Contest

13-Dec-03 00:00 48 ARRL 10m Contest Max 36 hours operating

26-Dec-03 14:00 2 RSGB Christmas Cumulatives Contest 50/70/144/432MHz




C O N T E S T C A L E N D A R


C O N T E S T C O M M E N T A R Y

Fancy doing

some

contesting? - all

the info you

need is here!

V O L U M E 1 1 , I S S U E 8

August is not a particularly

busy contesting month here

in the UK. The only VHF

event is the RSGB 70MHz

Trophy Contest. This can be

a rewarding contest to partici-

pate in from Scotland as,

with the main centres of

population a good distance

away, most QSOs are worth

plenty of points because of

the 1 point per km scoring

rule. This often results in

several English groups travel-

ling North to take part from

GM-land to increase their

chances of winning the con-

test. With reasonable equip-

ment it is therefore possible

to do well from an elevated

site in this area.

The only other event of note

this month is the RSGB Ro-

PoCo 2 Contest which is an

80m CW event. RoPoCo

stands for Rotating Post

Codes which gives a clue as

to the contest exchange for-

mat for this one! You start at

the first QSO by sending the

usual RST report plus your

own post code then for each

subsequent QSO you send

RST plus the post code you

received in your previous

QSO! Confused? You will be

if you give it a try! This is a

very good test of your CW

sending/receiving skills and

it can be interesting listening

to see if you receive your own

post code, or part of it, back

again from someone later in

the contest! Not a contest

for the faint hearted but good

fun all the same!

Finally, a brief reminder of

two events early next month.

Just after September club

night it is time again for IARU

Region 1 HF SSB Field Day

and also the RSGB 144MHz

Trophy Contest! Both are

excellent events and have

regularly been entered in the

past by club members. They

run almost concurrently (with

a 1 hour offset) and can both

be entered at once if you

have enough manpower!

Give them both a thought

when you are planning next

month's activities!

73 and good luck in the con-

test!

Colin GM0CLN

J U N K N I G H T

Our Annual Junk Night

takes place on Friday 8th

August between 18:30

and 21:30 in the Port

Seton Community Centre.

The times stated are for

the official opening but we

do have the hall from

18:00, to allow any setting

up and to 22:00 to allow

time to tidy up after the

event.

Once again we are looking

for your support by coming

to the event, all the money

that is raised is once

again being donated to

t h e B r i t i s h H e a r t

Foundation.

We are also looking for

donations to the Raffle;

these can be handed to

GM4UYZ at home or

brought along on the

evening or to the August

club night.

If anyone would like to

donate any baking, etc for

the "Refreshments" again

this would be most appre-

ciated.

Please let GM4UYZ know

what you are doing so we-

have an idea what might

be coming.

Lastly, there are always

jobs to do on the night so

volunteers for putting up

and dismantling tables

and carrying stuff are

always welcome!

Thanks again for any help

that you can give so let's

have another successful

Junk Night...

Thanks in advance for

your support

Bob

[email protected]

7 Castle Terrace

Port Seton

East Lothian

EH32 0EE

Phone: 01875 811723

Email: [email protected]

Newsletter [email protected]

The Cockenzie & Port Seton Amateur Radio Club was

formed in 1984 by Bob Glasgow GM4UYZ, to help the

local amateurs get to know each other.

Numbers have increased steadily over the years and

now average about 33.

Far from being just a local club we have members com-

ing from the Borders, Dumfries, Strathclyde and Fife.

The Club meets on the first Friday of every month

(Second Friday of January) in the lounge of the Thorn-

tree Inn on the old Cockenzie High Street from 7pm till

late.

The Club is run in a very informal way, there are no

fees, no real committee structure, just a group of like

minded people doing something they enjoy!

This does not mean that we don‘t do anything, we en-

ter (and win!) contests, train newcomers, run talks and

video nights and hold an annual Junk Sale.

The Club supports the British Heart Foundation in

memory of a member who died from heart disease by

donating the profits from many of the events we hold,

we have raised over £8,271 since 1994.

The Club is affiliated to the Radio Society of Great Brit-

ain and holds the callsigns MM0CPS and GM2T which

are used for our contest entries. We also have our own

internet domain name www.cpsarc.com and club mem-

bers can get their own [email protected] email ad-

dresses.

C O C K E N Z I E & P O R T S E T O N

A M A T E U R R A D I O C L U B

We are on the web at

www.cpsarc.com

Cable Type Connectors Length

(m) Power (W) Loss / 100m Comments

LDF4-50 N<>N 14.0 9.5 3.6 Excellent quality feeder. Need plenty of space to bend however, as

very rigid.

LDF4-50 N<>N 14.0 9.5 3.6 Excellent quality feeder. Need plenty of space to bend however, as

very rigid.

LDF4-50 N<>N 14.0 8.5 10.7 Potential water ingress?

FSJ4-50 N<>N 4.5 10.0 0.0 No power loss detected. Narrower diameter (so more flexible) than

LDF4-50.

FSJ4-50 N<>N 4.5 10.0 0.0 No power loss detected. Narrower diameter (so more flexible) than

LDF4-50.

RG213U PL259<>PL259 50.0 3.8 12.5 Flexible 10mm dia cable which is a big seller, particularly on HF.

Not recommended for VHF!

Pope H200 N<>N 30.0 8.0 6.7 Very similar design to W103, but slightly less flexible.

This particular run of cable has been used /P many times.

Westflex W103 PL259<>PL259 18.0 9.5 2.8 Semi-Rigid 10mm dia cable.

This run was in use for several years at MM0CCC's previous QTH.

Westflex W103 PL259<>PL259 20.0 8.5 7.5 This run has been used /P for several years and has been poorly

protected from the WX when used from MM0CCC QTH.

Westflex W103 N<>N 4.5 10.0 0.0 No power loss detected.

Used as part of phasing harness for 2 x 17ele Tonnas on 144MHz.

Westflex W103 N<>N 4.5 10.0 0.0 No power loss detected.

Used as part of phasing harness for 2 x 17ele Tonnas on 144MHz.

RG58 BNC<>BNC 5.0 6.8 65.0 Unsuitable cable for use on VHF (even HF) proven by test result.