VOLUME 2 No2

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HAND HELD SCANNER.AOR 2000

COVER,AGE J00 Kcs TO l 3 GluNO GAPS IN BETWEH'I

MODESNARROWBAND AM/FMWIDEBANDAM

EOMPLETS WITHCHARGERCARRNNGCASEAND BOX

270 POUNDS ORNEAFIST OFFEfr

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DONATION

First of all I would like tothank everyonc who donatedtowards Bunny's u'reath.Asyou are already aware I did

ask you for otte pount{towards the wreath and ifyou would like to donate

anothcr onc pound towards adonation to thc Heart

Foundation so I can norv ietyou know thc final outcome.

Total Money Coliected =#65

Less Cost of Wreath = #15

Donation=#50Once again thanks for yourdonation I am sure Runny

would bs extrcmell.' pleased,

BobGM4UYZ @ GB7trDN

PERTODIC ANTENNAThe atLached is the iinai rnsiaiimerrl c,iSarrdy GII{3PQU's aricie u-rrr log penodl',-anlerutas. Im srrre we ;.ii ar,p:'eaclni* rir,lfacl tirat 1rle w€re aiicutei Lc, r'ulrirsir rir-

article in ti.is newslelielGM4IKU

Information on the Blaekpcol Raliy for 199apius information on the HoLei v.re are using,.

Please see attached rnteresling artitle frorrrC,rlir, Gl.,iiCi.l'i crr \TIF F-eccrtis icr Scotlarri

lhose interesleC irr I{},- may be rnteresled toir,nov.r that the Ciusrer si.slern on packet is nnv;up andnnnring r-,it144.f: i-\. Thismorje ofoperation advises wherr and where dx statrongcan be hear#rsorked. Girre it a iook try-^--_._. , i__

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FEBRUARY 1994

FEBRUARY EDITORIAL

It seems no time at all that i was writing the editorial for theJanuary's Newsletter and I suppose that is true,with the lastmceting only three weeks ago.I don't know ho*" you all feel butfor mc thc fcstive pcriod docs sccm so far away as evcr so wewill all have to look forward now to the good old summerholidays.Thc last mccting had a good turnout of 28 peopic and I amhoping that sort of nunrbers will continue for the rest of 1994.I have added some Filss into GBTEI)N,see SNIPPETS columnfor more information.I havc also added a snrall notc on what lvehave donaterJ to the Hearf Foundation.One piece of bad ner\rs is that the proposeci visit to MI'|Si-IBISHIhas fal len rhrough due to the compan)'going through a diff icultperiod.I have still to hear further from the Fire Brigade on thatvisit but will keep you postcd.I supposc I should ask rvhere.r,v*ould you like to go,any' ideas drop mc a line via packet or tellme and i will makc a note and I'll take it from therc.Lastly', again can I ask for vour help in articles for theNewsletter.They can be sent direct to Ron GM4IKLI €)GBTEDN on Packct,done on a Wordproccssor and given ondisc.and even on paper.so thanks in advance for anl.thing thatyou can provide.Right that's it from mc for this month.

Bob GM4UYZ Gb GBTEDN

SNIPPETS;-Tnere are trvo fiies added to rl:e C&PSRI.CDirecrory in GBTEDN this month namely:- FORSAI,EI|rLll I USE,ADDF.]Conlarns info orr UlacPac arrrJ CSEI".{R.G rn

respect of suLiscriptrorrs arrd Ser-'relaries detatls

r t t .F J EPOOL94iHou/es 20 rrrtr qrp Udrx see kot,cM4trilJ for further details allv,ioriong and in good order. i'rice tobe negotiated .

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TemPle Park Leisure Centre,John Reid Road,Sout,h Shields

WeII Signposted,Plenty paik ing,Loads of Traders,' Never too crowded,Good Faci l i t ies & Mea1s.

2OIh MAT NORBRECK A.R.E.LECTRONICS & COMPUTING EXIBITIONNorbreck Cast le Hotel Exhibi t ion CenLre,B lackpoo I

weekend Accomnodat ion c lose by - Ask Bob GM4uYzHeaPs of Traders,BiL Crowded"Def inately Good Weekend Jaunt"

27th Mar MAGNUM RALLYMagnum Leisure Centre 'f rv ine

Good Fr iendly Ra1ly,Bi t Busy at Tirnes,6ood Meals.

lst . May 11th ANGLO SCOTTISH RALLYTait HaI1,KeIso

Good Fr iendly Ral Iy,Plenty Seat lng,Cater ingExcel lent , (what else can I say wi thout ' soundingdecidedly biased )

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Having read t i :e ser ies r l rnning at preser: t in the V!{F columnot Raclcom which is l is t ine "UI( Firsts" on t i :e i /HF bands rr lec idec{ to cr :ntact Pat AI le11. ( GWgl{JW } to enqLr i reEpeci f ical lv abcr-r t Firsts ' ' f rom Gl" l on l44rvlHz-

Dr-rr ing a sherrt te lephone { lonver.sat ion he talc l me howdit f icul t i t was oir ta iu i t rg some of the i r r format ion requirec{and that any adci i t ional i_nformat ion would be greatful lyreceived. Pat holds the RSGB reeorde for 5olcHz upwards.Anyone rvho thinks that thel ' have a "First" , or kr :ow someoneelse who has a "First" . on any of the vHF,/uHF bancls shouldcontact Pat wi th as mr-rch intormat ion as possible about t l :econtact he wi l l be very pleased to hear f rom yor l -

Cor: ies of the let ter ancl ] is t ( for L44MHz) which I receivet lf rom Pat are at tached. You may be sLu'pr ised, f ls r was, tosee that he only har ' , 19 craims for GM on L44MHz ( thisineludes one dupl i -cate entry and twr: craims for HBg ) . patcan be contactecl at the address on the let ter or bytelephone ( number also on let ter ) . For al l you packet,people out there I am afraid Pat is nr: t orf packet so yor. lwi l l have to phone or wr i te

I wi l l be interested to hear how you al l get on.

(J S Col in (GMOCLN)

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As promised, here is a copy of che:.44l4hz claims for Gi{ which I hol-d in mv r iara base. As I explaineciover the 'phone, I am f inci ing i t extremelr / d i f f icul t Lo obtain 2neLre reccrds, BS i t would seem that most people suspect that whalihorz hnrro 2611- i nt tar l mrrn+ ha--^ ! - ^- r^-^ rrOrr- i 6rrq i r r*---revcu l l lu5 L I rd.vc uccrr ( . t (Jrrc F - - .

I am not convinceci that th is is alwavsthe case, and al though I have I44 M.hz records going back to September1948, when we f i rst got the band, not utany people managed to worklong distances, or indeed outside the UK for a number of years.

I am gracetui co receive any informat ionbefore i t is lost forever, and was extrenieiy pleased to receive theclaim you have made on behal f of 'your father. The greaL thing aboutpubl ishing the records, is thac i t jogs cne memories so further ancisomet imes counter c la ims arr ive making the of f ic ia l RSGB recorcis(whi .ch I keep ) that more accurate.

Look forward ro working you when yousett le dor, , rn in your new QTH, here GWOPZT and mysel f run 100 watts to2 stacked 9 elenent beams in a very exposed QTH 7OO' asl and just imi le f rom the Ir ish Sea, i t 's a good VHF QTFI, but the wind neverstops blowing, and at Lhe cine of wr l t ing, I have the mast fu l lywj-nched over to prevent any damage froln the gales.

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