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Well folks just another month to go and we enter intothe millennium and all those bugs. I am trying hard at themoment to try and put our next years calendar together,so far I am outstanding a couple ofdates and what to do.Have you any ideas please? I have at preseilt confirmedup the Community Centre for 4 evenings plus the date forour Year 2000 Junk Night. You may say well it is a biteady but you would be amazed how many bookings havealready been made. Right then get the thinking caps onand let me know all your ideas for future events.

Moving back in time to what has been going on sincethe October club night. On club night we had our presen-tation to the British Heart Foundation and was I not gladto see the press turn up this yea: seeing that they let usdown in 1998. More on tlds later. Also a few of the ladstook part in the zlt'z&MIlz SSB contest fromMainslaughter Law so hopefully a report on that will ap-pear in the newsletter. I understand that the first evercontact with our club callsign was a VK on 20M, what alovely start. Lastly, and I am writing this before the

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event, we wili have had our video night with the addedbonus of a full update on the repeater front.

This month we have a talk on Friday 196 in the Com-munity Centre, by Tom Wylie GM4FDM on contesting.It is one that you should not miss. Tom is a tremendousspeaker and I can assure you it will be a very enjoyableniglt. Lastly, it is our Ckistmas Night Out in the Ship.For those ofyou who have decided to not go then youreally are missing a good night out. IT IS MEANT TOBE ONE FOR THE YL and XYL's as well. We do lotsof things over the year where they are not involved butthis is a night for everyone. Come on have anotherthought and come along. have some fun and it is only I15a head for a Dinner and a Disco. Tell me where you canbeat that. If you now want to go let me know, thalks.Enough of that. That is about allfor me this month I amsure that there are other items but I am afraid they eludeme at the mome'nt. See vou later then.

Bob GM4UYZ

BHF Presentation arrd f,rrture llincrLast club night we performed our official presentation of brillator, Now these cost approximately 13000. WhatJ986, the money raised this year, to our adopted charity happens is that we approach the local doctor and decidethe British Heart Foundation. It being a rather "dirtf' that we are going to raise money towards obtaining a de-night from a weather point of view I was extremely fibrillator? The doctor then writes a letter to lain Lowispleased to see the tumout to witness the event, although I telling him about this. Iain then submits this letter to thewill say" you were all about grving me Heart failure due to BFIF board who either agrees or disagrees with the pro-the late arrival of many of you. Anyway you turned up so posal. If they agree then the BIIF will provide half of thethanks. At the actual presentation of the cheque Iain also cost, in this example t1500, and we then fundraise thepresented the club with a "Certificate of Appreciation"' other S1500. When we have raised the money, no matterfor all our efforts. how long it takes, we then send this to Iain at the BFIFThis year we managed to obtain some publicity for both and they then purchase the respective defibrillator, whichthe BHF and the Club by the photographer from the local is then supplied, to the doctor.paper (The East Lothian Courier) turning up and taking Taking this on board I have approached the local doctorssome pictures. The actual picture taken was published in surgery and have spoken to the doctor regarding iftheythe East Lothian Courier on Friday 8'n October. After the would be interested in doing the above and the answer ispicture session Iain Lowis, Director for Scotland for the yes. We won't be going fcr the defibrillator as they a!British Hearl Foundation said a few words thanking us ready have one but hopefully something else. At this pres-once asain for all our hard work ent time I am awaiting a phone call from the doctor onAfter all the official bits and pieces Iain and I sat down what they would like. I did stress that what ever it may beand had a very long chat on many things but parlicularly it must be relevant towards the work that the Britishabout the BFtr and fund raising. Through the conversa- Heart Foundation does.tion I made a mention that it would be nice to still give I hope that you all agree with this course of action. Ithe money to the BIIF but try and do something for the know that some of you do as I have already spoken withlocal community. Iain immediately answered that the them.Bl{F offer real encouragement to that as a venture as they There you go then watch this space for our good worksee it as local people helping ihe comrnunity. How it for the year 2000.works is as follows.Let us say that we decided to raise cash for a heart defi- Bob GM4UYZ

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Wh*t's In Store For The 1999 Leonid Meteor Shower?Experts Make Their Predictions.

The Leonid meteor shower takes place every year aroundNov. i7 when Earth passes close to the orbit of comet Tem-pel-Tuttle. Usually not much happens. The Earth plowsthrough a diffirse cloud of old comet dust that shares Tempel-Tuttle's orbit, and the debris burns up harmlessly in Earth's at-mosphere. A typical Leonid meteor shower consists of a mea-ger l0 to 20 shooting stars per hour. If this were always thecase, the Leonids would be known to a small number of me-teor enthusiasts only. Instead they are famous. At roughly 33-year intervals the Leonid meteor shower can blossom intowhat astronomers call a meteor "storm", when hundreds ofthousands ofshooting stars per hour rain down from the sky.

Leonid storms occur at intervals separated by multiples of 33years, the period of comet Tempel-Tuttle's orbit around thesun. Whenever the comet swings through the inner solar sys-tem it brings a dense cloud of debris with it, so that for threeor four years after its passage the Leonids can be very active.Curiously, there isn't a full-fledged $torm every time Tempel-Tuttle passes by.

The last great Leonid meteor stom was in 1966 and was oneofthe greatest displays in history, with a maximum rate of2,400 meteors per minute or 144,000 per hour. It was, pre'dictably, somewhat unexpected. The comet had passed byEarth's orbit in 1965, so astronomers were aware that some-thing might happen. But, judging by the paucity of the 1899and 1932 showers, it was widely thought that the orbit of thedebris stream had been deflected so much by gravitational en-counters with other planets (mainly Jupiter) that a close en-counter with Earth's orbit was no longer possible. The bestpredictions suggested a strong shower over westem Europewith 100 or so meteors per hour. Instead, there was a stunningdisplay of shooting stars over western North America. Thisrecollection by James Young at JPL's Table Mountain Obser-vatory in California gives a sense of what the storm was like :"This very noteworthy [1966] meteor shower was nearlymissed altogether... There were 2-5 meteors seen every sec-ond as

Ternpel-Tuttle visited the inner solar system most recently inlete 1997 and early 1998. The subsequent Leonids display,Nov. 1998, was marvelous as observers all over the woddwere treated to a dazzlirrg display offireballs (shooting starswith magnitudes brighter than -3). Nevertheless, the 1998Leonids were a shower, not a storm. The maximum rate ofmeteors last year was about 250 per hour. Scientists havelearned that ifEarth crosses the orbit of Tempel-Tuttle toosoon after the comets passage, then there is no stornl just astrong shower. Apparently that's what happened in 1998. Inrecent history no Leonid storm has ever occurred less than300 days after Tempel-Tuttle passed by Earth's orbit. In 1998,Earth followed the comet to the orbit-crossing point by only257 davs.

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The period of maximum activity during the 1998 Leonidshower took place about 12 hours before the earth crossedTempel-Tuttle's orbital plane. The early activity caught manyobservers by surprise, but it was business as usual for the un-predictable Leonids. Rainer Adt of the International MeteorOrganization noted that while the maximum activity cameeady, there was a secondary maximum when the Earth passedthe comet's orbit. This pattern is similar to that observed in1965, the year that preceded the great Leonids storm of 1966'In his report Bulletin 13 ofthe International Leonid Watch:The 1998 Leonid Meteor Shower, Arlt wrote : "The radar,visual, and photographic records ofthe 1965 Leonids indicatean activity profile which resembles that of the 1998 Leonids.Even the low population index seems comparable. Judgingfrom these phenomenological facts, we may expect 1999 toshow a $imilar shape of activity as in 1966. The actual rnaxi-mum meteor numbers are hardly predictable."

Joe Rao, a Leonids expert who lectures at New York's Hay-den Planetarium, also advocates 1999 as possibly the best yearfor a storm during this 33 year cycle. Writing for Sky & Tele-scope he says : "Based on what happened last November, Iwill venture a prediction. If a meteor storm is to take place atall, 1999 would appear to be the most likely year for it to hap-pen. But even if this year's Leonids are richer in number, ob-servers should not expect the same high proportion of fireballsthat were seen in 1998. Instead, a more even mix of bright andfaint meteors is likely."

Rao bases his argument on historical precedent and the Earth-comet geometry. During the seven most recent Leonid stoffiswhen Earth crossed Tempel-Tuttle's orbit soon after thecomet, the average distance between the comet and Earth was0.0068 astronomical units. The average number of days be-tween the comst's passage and the Earth's arrival at the planeof the comet's orbit was 602.8 days. With the 1999 values of0.0080 a.u. and 622.5 days, Rao says we ought to be in a

prime position to see significant, if not storm-level, activity'

In 1999, the Earth will pass nearly three times as far from thecomet's orbital path as it did in 1966 and more than six timesfurther than it did during the great storm of 1833. If the peakof the Leonids arrives exactly when the Earth passes throughthe comet's orbital plane, Donald Yeomans of JPL gives 01:48UT on November 18, 1999 as the most likely time for the1999 maxirmrm. That would make Europe and North Africathe best places to watch the show. However, Leonid meteorshowers frequently arrive much earlier or later than predicted,so any place on the globe could be favored.

The spectacular display of fireballs in 1998 was a treat for ob-servers, but it posed some interesting questions for astrono-mers. According to David Asher and his colleagues of the Ar-magh Observatory, the intensity and duration of this excep-tional event indicated that the Earth must have passed throughan extremely dense, narrow stream oflarge dust grains and

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Continaed From Page 2They checked to see whether any ofthe particles could explainthe fireballs seen in 1998, and identified September 1333 asthe time when most of the observed particles must have beenreleased.

The particles were kept in a tight stream by a process knownas "gravitational resonance." A similar phenomenon gives riseto the fine structure seen in Saturn's rings. In this case, grainsejected from the comet in 1333 were kept in step by the gravi-tational influence ofJupiter. Instead ofspreading around thewhole orbit, they were nudged by periodic "kicks" from Jupi-ter's gravity into a rather short arc oflarge particles, distinctfrom the'normal'stream of small particles ahead of and behindthe comet. Their calculations showed that in November 1998most of the resonant arcs missed the Earth by a wide margin,but the arc ofparticles released in 1333 cut right through theEarth's orbit, and the calculated time for when this happenedmatched the observed fireball maximum to the hour.

Asher and his co-workers are not expecting a repeat perform-ance of bright fireballs in November in 1999. All the resonantstrands in the meteoroid stream will be well past Earth inspace. However, a strong'normal'display is likelS peaking atabout 2 a.m. on Nov. 18, due to meteoroids ejected fromComet Tempel-Tuttle in the years 1866, 1899 and 1932,which have not yet had time to disperse around the comet's

orbit.

Rob McNaught ofthe Research School of Astronomy and As-trophysics at the Australian National University and col-leagues have examined the motions of Tempel-Tuttle debrisparticles ejected from the comet within the last 200 years.Their calculations predict that the maximum hourly rate ofmeteors ia 1999 will be 1,000 to 1,500 per hour - not exactlya major storm, but still a remarkable display - and that the bestyears to observe could be in the next millennium when hourlyrates might reach 10,000 - 35,000 in 2001 and 25,000 in2002. These conclusions differ from most other recent studieswhich predict greatest activity during the years 1998 - 2000,but the Leonids do not always adhere to conventional wisdom.

There seems tc be plenty of room for debate about the up-coming Leonid meteor showers. The exact timing of the dis-play" the number of fireballs vs. fainter meteors, and the bestobserving sites are all uncertain. Nevertheless, even the mostpessimistic predictions for 1999 presage a memorable show.One thing seems sure, no matter where you live; The Leonidsare coming and" on Nov 17, 1999 the place to be is outside"looking upl

See the full article at http://www.flatoday. comlspace/explorelstoriesll 999b 1062999 d.htm

fiTilf;TEUR EIIIAGRfiIVISHere we go again with more anagrams for you to puzzle over! Anagrams of words with an Amateur Ra-dio link are given below. When you figure out what the words are, they should be entered horizontallyin the grid provided. Any black squares represent spaces between words. When the grid is completedcorrectly you should have another word in the highlighted vertical box. Good luck...

This months clues are...I. FAX US ROLL, 2. PELT STAR, 3. ROTTED E, 4. I PREFER A LIMP,5. SING ALL C, 6. TO STAIN, 7. RENAULT

OCTOBER 1999 ANSWERS1 . VERTIC N-, 2. OPERATOR, 3. LOGSFIEETS, 4. TERMINAL,5. AIRSPACED, 6, GROUND WAVE,7, M(PEDITION

The vertical word last month was "VOLTAGE". How did you all get on?73 Colin (GM0CLN)

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Earlier this year, a group of members from our clubheaded offfor the now regular visit to the island of Tiree inthe Inner Hebribes to take part in the Islands On The Air

0OTA) contest. The team this year included Ron (GM0NTL),Ross {SWL) John (GMTOLQ)" Iain (MMICPP), Mo(GM0HLK), John (MM0CCC), Malcolm (F5VBU), Colin(GMOCLN), Cambell (MMIAVA), and we were joined on theisland by Tony (GM3PGY).

We managed to borrow a van to transport the equipmentthis year ald we only just managed to get it all in. The equip-ment didn't look like much when it was in storage but by thetime you affange it in a van in such a manner as to evenly dis-tribute the weight and then add personal belongings, well, letsjust say that I didn't have much of a use for the rear view mir-ror.

The van was fully loaded by around 8pm on the Thursdaynight and must of the guys were in or around my house fromthat time onward, the whole idea of the early meeting was toget a rest before heading off This did not happen and we de-cided to leave just after 10pm. The journey to Oban waspretty uneventful. The only notable thing was the effect theexhaust fumes must have been having on Ron as he seemed toregress to a 6 or 7 year old and kept on saying, "Dad, dad, arewe nearly there yet dad?, When I get to Oban, can I getsweeties dad, can I, can I dad?'". We arrived in the filling sta-tion just outside Oban at around 1:30am and the now tradi-tional burgers and coffee were bought and we had a bit ofbanter with the pump attendant, who remembered us from lastyear. After refreshments we headed in to Oban to park up andget some rest before the Ferry at 6:30am. Ross, Iaiq Ron aadI found it impossible to sleep so we wandered offaround town(in the rain).6am arrived and we boarded the ferry, a full fried breakfastwas enjoyed by most of us and we then waited {icr the real

sweating away as the weather was typically pleasant. We splitinto teams. John" John, Colin and Malcolm began erecting theantenna farm and Ron, Iain, and I built the shack and kitchen"It didn't take too long at all and very soon the sky-line wasenhanced by the sight of3 mono-band yagis for 10, 15, and20m and wire antennas for 40 and 80m.

Our site was once again the little crater by the beach atGott Bay and this year we were able to appreciate it all themore as the weather was so wafin and sunnv.

After a meal and a few ligtrt refreshments John(GMTOLQ) persuaded most of us to go to the caleidh in theIocal village hall. In a flash, there were four kilted radio ama-teurs in the bar, namely Ross, Iain, John (CCC) and me. Weheaded offinto the night with Calum (the SWL from the is*land), showig us the way. On the journey to the village hall"the question was asked "are we ail true Scotsmen?". John(CCC) hurriedly removed his Kalvin Clein Englishness, andpromptly thew them out of the van window. ( he wasn't toknow he was just outside the police station). At the dance, itwas a real hooch chooch affair. Ross went to the bar andasked for 4 pints of beer and was promptly handed 4 cans andno glasses.

The next morning, after a hearty breakfast and a few Nu-rofen we were all fine and in contest mood. The rest of thestation was assembled and tested and it all worked. Wewatched the Saturday ferry arrive and no sooner had it dockedbut there was an appearance from Mo, complete with head-phones and enthusiasm

12:00 came and Colin was first to operate the main stationwith me loggrng for him. After his first CQ call" the pile upstarted and the QSOs were thick and fast. After about 45 min-utes John (CCC)" who was operating the multiplier stationcommented "Fo/o@:-ing hell he's over a hundred already. Afterhis 2 hour stint" Colin managed over 240 QSOs and it wastime to change operator. The rest of the contest was not quiteas busy as the first 2 hours but we were kept very busy withmany fine DX stations worked and some pretty slick operatingfrom the rest of the team as well. 1499 QSOs in total.

Some parts of the contest were pretty hard and slow goingand at one real low point, with Ron operating the multiplierstation, his logger Ross actually fell asleep! We have sincefound out that this is no reflection on Ron as Ross can sleepanywhere / any time (worrying really as he drives an HGV).

After the contest Malcolm kindly informed us that he wasgoing to the pub so we all dismantled the stations and all ofthe equipment was tidied away. The weather was so pleasantthat wejust had to relax in the beer garden ofthe hotel before

breakfast. The bar finally opened at just before 9am after a bitof_persuasion from Malcolm and we all enjoyed the l't 2nd and3'" pints of the trip. We rolled offof the ferry to some be-mused looks from the locals including Tony" who must havethought we wer€ some kind of travelling minstrels as the vanwas bright blue with the words KC ENTERTAINMENTS inbright yellow on all sides. At around l lam we arrived at thehotel and pint 4 was being poured.

As we began to set up the station, the four pints were soon

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gettrng washed for the celebratory dinner. All that had themeal, enjoyed it but there was something missing, It wasMalcolrn, he had gone AWOL and no-one could find him de-spite looking in both bars afid the caravan. He did turn up laterthouglr, he had gone to the caravan for a sleep and as his roomwas pretty dark the search party couldn't see him.

Later that evening some of us went out to the ScarinishHotel for a few beers and when it closed, we didn't feel likestopping. A few of us decided that it would be impolite tohave the beer that we had left in the caravan as some of theteam were sleeping, so we had the beer in the van. We knewthere would be no problem from the police as the only consta-ble on the island was reportedly diverting traffic around astrange new roundabout in the shape ofa pair ofpants.

Next morning some ofthe guys hi-jacked a StrathclydeFire Brigade van to take them to the ferry terminal and wewere on our way home. The journey home was similarly un-evenfful except when we went to the services to fuel the van,the attendant identified himself as a novice after reading Ronscampaign "t" shirt. We stopped in Callendar for some food

and young Iain appeared to be unwell which turned out to besome form of heat exhaustion. The van was emptied and deliv-ered at around about 7pm on the Sunday and we all wenthome to sleep.

It really was a fantastic weekend of hard work and fun. Ifanyone is considering coming to next years trip, please let meor John (CCC) know as soon as possible as preparations havealready begun and we plan to be slicker and better for IOTA2000.

Just before I finish my tale, I want to quote some of theguys from this years trip.

Colin: "I was told Tiree was awindy place...now I knowwhy!u

"A fantastic weekend, a great laugiq lots of pile-ups,need I say more - the highlight of my radio year!"

Ron: "Where are the gas masks kept lads", "Is it always asrough as this on Tiree ferry?" " Oops" sorry Ross, but it wasdark in the caravan" " And John (CCC) said he was only ad-justing his bed!"

Mo: "This Fui<*t'** camera's no Fu***** working."

Cambell: "An absolutely superb weekend of radio and a greatresult but I know we can and will do better next year'

Ross: "I had a superb time, this weekend has really inspiredme to get a licence now that I've seen what can be done withit", *I had the impression that radio hams were stuck up andwouldn't waflt to have anything to do with a CBer like me,but nothing could be further from the truth, great bunch ofguys"

Cambell Stevenson MM1AVA

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EVEIITS GOLUITINYet again I have a few new additions for the Events Columnso please try to keep your diaries and calendars up-to-date'I'm sure you all know how infuriating it is to forget all aboutan ev€nt you wanted to attend....

NOVEMBER5th Club night in the Thorntree Inn, Port Setorq 7pm till late

6llth l44T:&Iz CVf Marconi Contest from I400UTC Satur-day until 1400UTC Sunday. John MM0CCC is very keen toput an entry together for this one. Let him know ifyou are in-terested.

l2th GMDX Group AGM

14th Bishop Auckland RAC Rally, Spennymoor Leisure Cen-tre. Opens l lam (10.30am disabled) and entry is only f l. De-tails from Keith on Te1.01388 6014001 ar A374 417660

Lgth "Contesting" a talk by Tom Wylie GM4FDM' Starts?.30pm in Port Seton Community Centre

20lZlstRSGB l.SMlIz CW Contest, 21UTC Saturday untilO1IJTC Sunday ** SeeNote **

24th Lothians RS : Mini Talks. Info from Tommy Main,GM4DCL, Tel0131 663 8s01.

27l28th CQWW DX CW Contest, 00UTC Saturday until24UTC Sunday ** See Note **

26th C&PS ARC Christmas Meal in The Old Ship Inn, PortSeton. A great night wilh a meal and a disco for only f 15 perperson. All money (DUE NOW!!) to, or info from, BobGM4UYZ.

I}ECEMBER3rd Club night in the Thorntree Inn, Port Setoq 7pm till late

8th Lothians RS : A talk by Danny Begg GM3YXJ entitled"Lorentz Beam System". Agairq contaat Tommy MainGM4DCL for info on Tel 0131 663 8501

l1.llzth ARRL 10m SSB/CW Contest 00UTC Saturday until24UTC Sunday but Maximum 36hrs operating.** See Note **

26-29 RSGB \{HF Ckistmas Cumulative Contests 14-I6UTC. 50,70,144 and 432lfrIz activrty for those fed up withthe hype of Ckistmas! ** See Note **

JANUARY 2OOOl2th Lothians RS : Double Bill 2000 by Lawrence CalderGMlBKF.

14th Club night in the Thorntree Inn, Port Seton, 7pm till late

23rd Lancastrian Rally. For details TeI. 01772 621954

26th Lothians RS : A talk entitled "Forensic Electronics" byBurt Whittinglon

FDBRUARY4th Club night in the Thorntree Inn, Port Seton, 7pm till late

9th Lothilms RS : IIF Antennas by Dave Stockton GM4ZNX

18th Feb Radio Check Night by John GMOOLQ in Port Se-ton Community Centre Resource Room 2 19:30 to 2l:30Normal Entry of f I Applies

lg/2hthARRL lnternational DX CW Contest, 00UTC Satur-day until }4[JTC Sunday. ** See Note **

23rd Lothians RS : Emergency Communications by JimBurke GM4TNP

MARCH3rd Club night in the Thorntree Inn, Port Setorq 7pm till late

4/5th ARRL International DX SSB Contest, 00UTC Saturdayuntil24UTC Sunday. ** See Note **

19th NORBRECK Rally, Blackpool. Details from Tel'01516305790

** NOTE *** TI]E CONTESTS ABOVE WHICHREFERTO THIS NOTE ARE THOSE WHICH TI{E CLI'B 'MAYUTAKE PART IN. THOSE WITHNO REFERENCE TOTHIS NOTE ARE ALREADYDEFINITES.

Enjoy the contesting talk by Tom Wylie and look out for use-ful tips! See you again in December.

73 de Colin (GM0CLN)

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VIX'EO NIGHT

This year's video night took place on Friday, l5e October inour normal venue of the Community Centre. This year we hadthe video's'Aerial Circus - G6Cf' and "Satellite FUII".Once again not really a huge response to the organised nightand all I can say is that it is your miss. Thanks though to eve-ryone who did make the effort to turn up. What did they miss?Well the first video shown *Aerial Circus - G6CI', which lastfor 70 minutes, was in black and white and very elder$ andwas a filmed lecture on how aerials worked and propagated.The beauty of this video was that all the examples werebacked up by a practical working demonstration. The range ofaerials covered was from the simple dipole, wire antennas,verticals, rhombic, Yagi's, slotted aerials, dishes, etc. Thepractical demonstrations were live working scaled models allradiating RF. A *handheld" receiving aerial being fed to anaudio output was picking up this radiation. Using this set up itwas possible to demonstrate in which way the signal was be-ing radiated and in what direction. Basically it put all the paper

LeiCeStef ShOW PhOtOS A fairly large contingent from the club attended the Leicester Show lastmonth (leaving home at 4 AM on the Friday !) and a good time was had byall.

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theory's and polar diagrams into visual capaclty. The bottomline is it definitely drove home aerial theory. I am sure of thosewho were there will have gained some knowledge from thevideo and maybe dispelled any of there own theory's. In sum-mary an excellent video and one that the RSGB could updatechanging it to colour with modern footage.

After this video John GMTOLQ gave those present an updateon where we are up to on the Repeater front. Hopefully thisupdate will be in another article in the newsletter.

Finally, the last very short, 30 minute, video "Satellite FUJI"was shown. This showed the building and testing of this satel-lite before its eventual putting into orbit. In summary a goodvideo to show what is actually involved in putting a satelliteinto space.

Overall a very enjoyable and informative evening.

Bob GM4UYZ

Edinbrrrgh AreaIlepeater Users Groult

Many of you will be aware that following on from the meetingheld in August, an invitation was sent to the Central ScotlandFM Repeater Group to provide the Users Group with a re-peater for us to use at a site ofour choosing.This invitation was accepted and Allister GMTRYR and JohnGMTOLQ went through to the last CSFMG committee meet-ing to discuss the proposal and hear what progress there was.The details of the proposed location (near Cousland inIO85LV) have been passed on to the CSFMG to allow themto produce their own coverage plots. The repeater (GB3FF -5) is away for refurbishment and having CTCSS tone encodersfitted.The CSFMG have requested a site meeting to check out thesite and to begin the installation process.What will happen then is that an agreement will be drawn upwith the landowner and a formal application will be made tothe RSGB Repeater Management Group. Once approval hasbeen obtained and the necessary NOV produced for the Re-

peater Keeper's licence, the installation can go ahead. This willstill take several months to complete so don't hold your breathjust yet To keep users informed ofthe progress onthe site, Iam setting up a web site for the new repeater which will be atQSL.NET so point your web browsers there for the latest in-formation.

A leaflet was passed round at the September Club night askingfor helpers and members for the Users Group, if you have notjoined up yet, please do sonowlContact John Innes GMTOLQ by email at john.innes@btinternet.com <mailto john.innes@btinternet.com>or on packet at GMTOLQ@GBTEDN <mailto:GMTOLQ@GBTEDN> to be added to the Users Groupmembership list. We need as many members as possible tomake this venture worthwhile - we are not asking for money(the CSFMG have agreed to supply and fund the repeater) butwe do need your encouragemenl.

John InnesGMTOLQ - Administrator

Edinburgh Area Repeater Users Group

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Annrral Tables Update As Of 13th October 1999

Quite a short month this time as Bob CTM4UYZ needed the newsletter prepared earlier due to work commitments. I have re-ceived updates from the following...First offthe mark this month was John M0BEX. He says "at last some activity on the higher bands" and his additions certainlyreflect this. He has managed to add... lSMHz : Latvia(Yl); 2lMHz : Bosnia(T9); z4lv{llz: Algeria(7X), Malta(9H), Ceuta &Mellila(EA9), Bulgaria(LZ), Greece(SV);Z9lvfrIz:Malta(9II), Zambia(9l), Oman(A4), Bulgaria(LZ)" Crete(SV9), PuertoRico(KP4). A total of 13 more on IIF.Next this time is Bob GM4UYZ who again is suffering from a work overload. However, during the RSGB 2ll28MHz SSBContest he did manage to add... 28MHz : Zanbia(9J), Madeira(CT3). An increase of 2 on lIF this time.David GM4WLL has had a few days holiday and managed a few new ones on 10m FM as a result. He mentions that his high-lights were "hearing Japan on IOFM twice" and also "making my first I .3GlIz QSO". Unfortunately we do not have a sectionin the tables for 23cm QSOs but David's 30W on lOm FM managed to net... 28\&Iz: Algeria(7X), Malta(9II), Moldova(ER),European Russia(UA). That's 4 more on I{F for David.Last month Jim MM0BQI just missed the deadline and the month before only gave me totals, with no details of countriesworked, as he was just leaving on business.Therefore we have a lot to catch up on. Some of his best additions are... 3.5MHz : Madeira(CT3), Balearic Is@A6), Liechten-stein(HB0); 7MI{z: Portugal(CT), Madeira(CT3), Guernsey(Gll), Austria(OE), Aland Is(OH0), SlovakRepublic(OM), Greenland(Ox), Aruba(P4), Kazakhstan(UN); l0Mllz : Cyprus(5B), Canary Is(EA8), Armenia@K), Estonia

@S), Belarus@U), Svalbard(lW), Belgium(ON), Poland(SP), Greece(Sv), San Marino(T7), Kazakhstan(IN),llkraine(I.rD; l4MHz : Jamaica(6Y), Barbados(8P), Malta(9H), Chile(CE), Azores(CU), St Paul I(CY9), Kyrghyzstan(ED, US Virgin Is(KP2), Puerto Rico(KPa), Argentina(Ltf ,Bulgwia(LZ), Greenland(OX), Greece(Sv),Kaliningrad(UA2), Australia(VK), Latvia(Yl); lSMHz : Vietnam(3W), Pakistan(AP), Saudi Arabia(HZ); 2llvftlz: Libya(5A), Senegal(6W), KoreaQIL), US Virgin Is(KP2), Argentina(Ltl), Aland Is(OHO), Brazil@Y), Dodecanese Is(SV5), SouthAfrica(ZS); 241\&Iz: Ghana(9G);28MHz:Nigeria(SN), Morocco(CN), Lithuania(LY), Finland(O$, Aland Is(OH0),Uzbekistan(uK),Pwagoay(ZP). A final, last minute, update was received from Jim which added further new ones on HF andVHF. He says that the "gem of the month was 8J1RL in Antarctica" to complete all the contacts for his IOTA100 award. Allhe needs now is the QSL cardl This means an increase of 33 on IIF and 3 on VHF for Jim since last month's tables.Unfo*unately, at GM0CLN" I'm still recovering from our recent house move and at present I'm hard at work constructing thenew shack. Hopefully it will be complete by the time you read this and I'll already have some more new entries for the tables!Please make sure that I receive your next updates by Wednesday 17th November at the latest. Good DX and 73 until nextmonth. Ifyou have survived the club's Christmas night out I'll see you then!

Colin GM0CLN