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CAOPST? /s.saed 3:3^ruApril 1998 Volume 6 Issue 4

AF4|A=[-tr&rR. R A,D[@ GLGJBAPRIL EDITORIAL together by Susan 2MlEPK and Colin GMOCLN which is

Another month gone and here r am siuing *,"':i.: a;ffJi"fi:T.J:.lil'l"Jn":"ffiry"?,,"ff";\Tagain to write this newsletters editorial, I really y.sh I ;-d;. a good laugh. (See events column for frrllknew where all the time is disappearing to as I fll I

|lm J*ifrl.no sooner writing one editorial before I am writing thenexl..such is the pace of life. This month I have done a review on the packet program

so rvhar has happened this rast month and what i11oTF :ft"1T".XTi""T#"ot::'il:tt;tfi""TffiT: Xlt:lJ:in the future' To start with we now have Public Liabillv iitor-.irrut voo use so you can let others know what youInsurance which to be honest until Ian GM3VEItrought thi; ;i ii..**. on then get fingers to the keyboard orthe subject up a few months ago I had genuinely..ne":1

;; ; ;;r and get those articles written.ever given it a though! but anlrvay we nolv have it so it 'definitely does give a peace of mind. To any one My last topic this month is really about the lack ofwondering what being affiliated to the RSGB would give support to some of the events outside of club night. I don'tus, well it enabled us to get the same cover of insutun . know if it is the paying of the f I to come to these or notfor L42 against not being affiliated would have 6een but as you are aware it does cost to pay for the hire of thef,150, yes a huge difference. room, ok it is not a great sum, and the excess goes to the

whar erse then. the dispray that we have had Tooinq ,1 :[:lTr[:ft#;ii:]J;i:,nT":lnil,i}!1i;,?#,,!the Local Library will by the time you read this be 1..t1:.t ,h.;; on andbelieve y* *" it is very disappointing toin the Haddington Library' once again we were invited to ,e" ,o r.Iv people attending. It makes you wonder if it wasdo this so as always we can't turn down a grand ,"utty *oai the effort and should I bother doing it againopporfunity to sell our hobby' particularly if you have managed to get someone to comeFrom the contesting point of view Jim MMIBGI took part along from a distance and at their own expense to give ain the RSGB 1441432 Contest at the beginning of the talkandvery fewpeopleturnup,socanyoupleasehaveamonth and hopefirlly,as I am writing this before the event, "wee" think about it. At the end of the day we are trying towill have taken part in the 4M Fixed Contest. Lastly on provide what you want as it is YOUR CLUB. That's itwhat has happened was the talk by Tom Wylie GM4FDM then I have had my moan..so on that enjoy club night andon the IOTA/IOSA trip to St Kilda (see later for full enjoythenewsletter, tillnextmonththen !!!!!details)' Bob GM4uyZWhat is coming this month, well it is the Quiz Night put

EI/EN?'S EULUMN

Here is your monthly list of events inand around the area.....

A?RIL 3rd Club night in the Thorn-tree Inn, Port Seton, 7pm till late

17th Quiz Night in Resources Room 2at Port Seton Comnrunity Centre. Thequiz will be hostedby Susan 2MIEPKand Colin GM8CLN and will runfrom 7.30pm to 9.30pm. Entry (in-cluding refreshments) fr2.00.

l9th RSGB 5OMI-Iz Fixed StationContest 09.00 - 13.00 UTC (seeNOTE)

25th SDX AGM Further details fromGMOOPS or GMAC)OvI

27th Annual Morse EnthusiastsGroup Get-Together - Birthday partyfor Samuel Morse. Details from GM-4r{YF QTHR

MAY lst Club night in theThorntree Inn, Port Seton, 7pm tilllate

3rd Anglo Scottish Rally, TaitHall, Kelso. Contact MargaretGM0ALX or Gavin GM0ALW forinfo on Te1.01573 226372

l5th C&PS ARC 144MIIz DF Hunt.Meet at 6.30pm the Pond Hall car

park, Port Seton for a chat before thefirst transmission at 7pm prompt.

Entry f 1.00 per person.

I6/I7th RSGB l44M.Hz Contest14.00 - 14.00 UTC (see NOTE)

17th RSGB lst l44MHz BackpackersContest 11.00 - 15.00 UTC (seeNOTE)

30/31st CQWW WPX CW Contest -0000 UTC 0n 3fth to 2400 UTC on3lst (See Note)

3lst RSGB 7Ot\lfrk CW Contest 09.00- 12.00 UTC (see NOTE)

JUNE 5th Club night in the Thorn-tree Inn, Port Seton, 7pm till late

6th Probable Special Event Station forthe 50th Port seton Gala (GB2PSG?)

6l7th RSGB sOMlIz Trophy Confest14.00 - 14.00 UTC (see NOTE)

6l7th IARU Region 1 Field Day (CW)1500 - 1500 IJ"IC (See Note)

2 1 st RSGB 2nd l44MHz Backpackers

Contest 09.00 - 13.00 U'l'(- {lhls rsco-ordinated with the first 4 hours ofthe PW QRP Contest)

21st Fractical Wireless 144MHz QRPContest 09.00 - 16.00 UTC

JULY 3rd Club night in the Thorn-tree Inn, Port Seton, 7pm till late

4/5rh RSGB VHF National Field Day14.00 - 14.00 urc

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

9th RSGB 70MHz Trophy Contest0900 - 1500 UTC (See Note)

14th C&PS ARC 5th Annual JunkSale 18.30 - 21.30 UTC in Port SeionCommunity Centre

22l23rd Lighthouse Weekend atBarns Ness Lighthouse near Dunbar

30th Galashiels & District ARS Rallyand Open Day, Volunteer Hall, StJohns Street, Galashiels. Doors Openat 1lam.

SEPTEMBER4th Club night in theThorntree Inn, Port Seton, 7pm tilllate

5/6th RSGB l44Mllz Trophy Contest14.00 - 14.00 UTC (See NOTE)

5/6th IARU Region I SSB Field Day13.00 - 13.00 UTC (See NOTE)

OCTOBER 2nd Club night in theThorntree Inn, Port Seton, 7pm lilllate

4th RSGB 2lMHz/28MHz Contest07.00 - 19.00 UTC {See NOTE)

9th Event in Port Seton CommunityCentre - Ncthing organised yet!

24f25th CQWW SSB Contest (SeeNote)

NOYEMBER 6th Club night in theThorntree Inr; Port Setor; 7pm tilllate

EtN KSUIJ O HOUT UW UONTEST U5.UU

- 14.00 UTC (See NOTE)

I4ll5th 2nd RSGB 1.8MI{z CWContest 2100 - 0100 LruC (See Note)

21st C&PS ARC Christmas Meal -venue to be decided *** NEWDATE *x*

28/29th CQWW CW Contest (SseNote)

Have fun at the quiz night (all bribeswelcome!l) See you next month.

73 de Colin (GM0CLN)

PORT SETON GALA

As reported previously we arearranging a special event station to

take place commemorating the 50thanniversary of the Port Seton Galawhich takes place this year on the6th June. We have just heard fromthe RSGB that the callsign will be

GBOGPS

(GB0 Gala Port Seton)

Time is now getting short and wewould like to hear from anymembers who would like to take prtin the setting up and or the operationof this station. Names to GM4UYZas soon as possible please.

Internet Updaxe From StevieGMOWRY

Amateur Radio Links & Homepages

http:l/www. cableinet. co. uk/user#warden

htp:/lmega. isis.vt. edul-benjy/ham.htrnl

http: i/www. a6iaj. com/

This one h*s Dilbert links

http://sfbox.rt. edu: 1 002 1/B/benchoff/home.html

18th RSGB t44lvftIz Low Power Con- DECEMFER 4th Club night in thetest 14.00 -22.00 UTC (see NOTE) Thorntree Inn, Port Seton, 7pm till

lgthRSGB 432}/|f{zl-ow Power Coo- lab

test 08.00 - 14.00 UTC (see NOTE) ** NOTE *** TI{E CONTESTS

25l26th RSGB lQt[ cnnted /ssRr ABOVE WHICH REFER TO THIS

cw) 1200 .n0au'ci#"ilbiil;' i'H ffi#H?JT^TrtrAUGUST 2nd RSGB 4th 144MHz THOSE WITH NO REFERENCEBackpackers Contfst 11.00 - 15.00 19 THIS NO:1E ARE ALREADYUTC (see NOTE) DEFINITES.

wrist. "It's a quarter to six", Ireplies."That's a pretty fancy watch!", sathe stranger. " Yes, it's not bad. Itgot a time zone display for the whoworld'. Jimmy pushed a few buttorand a voice said in a Boston accentThe time is a quarter to one". A femore buttons and the same voi<said something in Japanese. "I'rput in regional accents for all parof the world'.

73 - Wallace, MMOAMV @ GBTEDN The Shack By The Sea

"That's not all", said Jimmy. upushed a few more buttons -and

high resolution map of London a1peared on the display. "The flashindot shows our position bD, GPS'orplained Jimmy. "View numklO", Jimmy said, and the displachanged to show a map of SaFrancisco.

I want to buy this watch!"said thstranger. "Sorry", said Jimmy, "I'ristill working on a few bugs". "Bulook at this", and he proceeded t,demonstrate that the watch was alsra little 2 metre transceiver. a fa:with a thermal paper printout an(the capacit-v for voice recordings oup to 300 standard size books."I've got to have this watch", sairthe stranger. "I'll give you 1000 foit". Jimmy replied "Oh, I've spenmuch more than that on it". "WellI'll give you 5000 for it then". "Bu

wondering what exactly was going on.

Really must remember to hide the flask next time I

144MHz Transatlantic

Beacons

[t appears that there are now twol+4MHz transatlantic beacons on air.lhe first is from locator square FN84.n Nova Scotia and it operates on144.3001\/frIz +/- 2A0Hz (our SSBJalling Frequenq). This equates to arath length of 4302kms (from Portieton) on a beam heading af 279legrees. I do not know the callsign ofhis beacon (none was given in themcket message I read) but it runsl50W to 4 x l0 element yagis on aiOft tower beaming at 061 degrees toiurope. If you are lucky enough torear it reports should be given tolerge \€lKG on Tel No. 001 90252 2399.'he other beacon is run by The No*hiast Weak Signal Group, based in by GMONTL

pictures for this beacon they can be stranger started to walk away, asiound at http://uhaya\.har#ord-edu/ happy as Larry.

-newwhfl2nrbeacon.html "Hang on a minute", Jimmy shouted

For rererence, ir you do happen * i?"11i,'$f,lffj',Xii#:tx'|**;hear either of these beacons, the whichG'd been struggling to carryl44lvftlz SSB calling frequency ap- through the station.pears to be 144.200M1I2 in the usA *Don't forget your batteries!".and canada. I hope that this informa- I,ve been told from a verv reliabletion is of use to some of you. **"i,rurro il*rfirly iiri" li6gJt_

73 corin (cM0cLN) tlpi#tr#,f ,H:' *#"l.J#ilcome in r,ery handy for nert RSGB

Miracle of Miniuturisation VHF Field Day perhaps.

Acknowledgement to the Ten-TenClub, USA for this little fable.

lnfield, Connecticut. This one was Jimmy is struggling through theNtalled on lgth October Ig97 in station with two huge and obvi-lhode Island, locator square FN41CJ, 9T1I ltuW suilcases when a strangernd rhe cansiga ro rook ":l il ; ff*i,*"f;*?llT 1t*trf";Jl,t"ff;/IRJA/B on 144.282MH2 This time lorx'n the cccFc rnd ctonnac a+ tric

,ACKET PROGRAM TSTHOST REVIEW

'he packet program that I run on my PC 24 hours a day

s.u itog.u* "u-tttO fSfffOST' I moved onto using this

togram abut a ysar ago, I think, after running since I

;ot-sta(ed in Paiket, J basic dumb terminal and BSX

iNC t t up. As much as I found that this basic method

uu, u.ry .utita"tory for everyday packetit-did have the

rg. a.i*ofuU that if a message went of the-top of the

,.i.r, you had to re-read it again to see the specific

nformation plus if you wanted to save or transmit files

rou coutO"'i do this. From that humble beginaing I

;;tJ onto the BAYCOM set up but even here I felt

here were quite a few shortcomimgs, Baycom users will

no doubt tei me differently. So why TSTHOST you rnay

ask ? Well I intended to try and use WINPAC due to the

lacilrty that you didn't have to connect to the local BBS

and ask for the current listings as it automatically did

Ittir, oofottrnut ly the PC that I ha4 a 285, couldn't run

the WNPPAC program and in between times I had come

across the fSfffOSf program which runs as a DOS

iu..J tyu.* and offered me the same facility that

WINPAC used.

The TSTHOST program I find is really versatile in its use

in that it can be set up to run in a full automatic set up'

For instance, my set up I run 24 hours a day where I

automatically Forward to GBTEDN (my local BBS) evew

hour, L..e-iroe Forwarded Mail also from GBTEDN as

and when GBTEDN forwards, every hour I also connect

to GBTEDN and pult of the list headings for the latest

mail received at GBTEDN and with these I create rny

LTNPROTO Listings which any message I want to read

can be marked and the progrum will then automatically

connect to GBTEDN anA aowntoaA the message putting it

in my PMS, I also at 01:00 run a MACRO, written by

myself, which exits out of the program, kills 1ny old mail

unU ttt n reloads TSTHOST once again' Other facilities

include is the ability to provide a SERVER set up" this is

something I am working on at the momen| I can use

;;ir; " 6w of the DoS commands directlv ftom the

teyUoar4 very handy facility. The PMS set up is great in

the sense that you can append files to messages' edit

messages, print messages to s''tem linepdnter' save them

to filei tt" Ottt t facilities allow you to create files as the

systemis running in any directory on Yo1r1 system' I am

usrng this facility to write this' Edit files' copy files'

,"ouit" files, delete files are also all available'

Setting up the program. Well it needs a front driver and

ttre orie iuse ii TFPCX but I understand others also can

be usedbut I don't have any knowledge of what and how'

LG all these sort of programs there are quite a few files

that need to be set up to get it all up and running but too

be truthfull once you understand what it it trying to do it

iJfV t qurte simple. Infact the setting up of TSTHOST

i;;& simitiar indeed to FBB which runs in the normal

BBS';. With the front driver there is the ability to have

connected 8 separate radios all working on different

frequencies, I can't see anyone doing that" anyway I

-^-^^.^^rr-, -',- L^ih r mptreq anrl ? metres on diffefent

channels all at the same time' I was trying to connect up

ZOlms as well but unfornrnately the 386 machine's BIOS

oJy u...pt, COMI and COM2 ports which really is a

shame.

One facility I didn't rnention is that you can leave a

;;;;;; in my PMS for someone else and it will be

forwar?ed on. i'e. Let us say Ron GM4IKU cannot get

into ceTEnN but he can connect to meand that he

wanted to send a message to Margaret GlvlOALX then

Ron would connect to *i' which automalica]lY puts him

in my PMS, and type SP GM0ALX @ GB&JED which

*oofb u*f. ni* to pot io tte Tifle ofthe mess:lge' then the

te*. Once the message was completed it would be

automatically forwardedto GBTEDN at the next Forward

ti*. u"A then onto Margaret via the normal routes'

In zummary then I have found TSTHOST to be a very

po*.tnnf and versatile progtam an{I can :T "o

way at

ihi. ti*. on why I would *unt to change from using it'

egain f have only touched a little on what it has to offer

;r"werr to this daL I haven't fully tried all its facilities' If

il; interested in tryrng the progrlm lel me know and

i "u"

gi". you a copy. Why not let others know what you

think--f vo* pu.f"t program I am sure they would be

interested.Bob GM4UYZ @ GBTEDN

For Sale

PK 88 Packet Modem

Shack Furniture including desk and shelf

Pc desk and bookshelf

Big swivel chair

KYOCERALaseT Printer

For Details and Price Contact

Stevie GM0WRY

Coming next month....'

SSTV

a road test reveiw of the new

WINPIX software

KindlY loaned bY DON K0HEO

and sent bY Frank GTVW

Review bY Stevie GMOWRY

RIGHr$(d$,4)

The year 200 is approaching ans the possible computer t$ = TIME$clock problemis worrying. This program was circulated io t9c41'g +, :Othe packet networkand is freeware.

REM srART pRoGRAM HERE PRINT t$; " "; dl$

LOCATE 10,25REM This program is written in QBasic for the PC

rF VALEIGHT$(t$, 2) < l0 AND VAL(RTGHT$(I$, 2REM It checks to see if your PC will have any problems > 0 AND RIGHT$(d$, 4) <> ..2000.when the year 2000

The Millenium Problem

tryl// / beREDU/VD1/VT/rY 2OOO2??

REM comes along. Some machines will not update theirclock correctly.

REM These problem machines will be very rae.biggest problem will

extms.

REM Help yourself and have fun !

REM

CLS

efi @ftiew. nildram.co.uk "

LOCATE 4, I

PRINT " Wait until50 seconds

LOCATE 4. 30

PRINT t$; " "; d$

LooP UNTIL RIGHT$(I$' 2): *50"

ct$ = TIME$

cd$: DATE$

DATE$ : "12-31-1999"

TIMES: "23.59.50"

LOCATE 4, 1: PRINT *WAIT WHILE TESTING......"

DO

d$ = DATE$: d$ : MID$(d$, 4, 3) + LEFT$(d$, 3)

TI{EN PRINT "The clock will fail after the year 2000"

IF RIGII[$(d$, 4): "2000" TI{EN PRINT "Your clock j

th. ffiD foryear 2000"

LOOP UNTIL RIGI{T$(t$, 2) __ "T0"

REM be the software nm on these and other machiner. DATE$ = cd$Most current software h = VAL(LEFT$(cI$, 2)REM will need a re-write to solve the software problem. m = VAL(MID$(gI$, 4, 2))REM m= m+ 1REM This program is FF€EWARE and you can do with p m : 60 TI{EN m = 0: h = h + I : m = 0it as vou wis[ including

d$ = LTRIMS(SrR$(h)) + ,,.,, + LTRIM$(srR$(m))REM modi$ing the code. lfyou do not modig the code ot

T^ffi$ = LEFT$(ct$, 6) + _.10-distribute please

REM leave my identifier lines intact and add your own LocATE 4, l: PRINT SPACE$(29)

Rrcr{r$(d$, 4)PRINT " YEAR 2OOO CLOCK CHECKER, BY STING- ^RAY SYSTEMS(19e7) " t$ = TIME$

PRINT " MMoANT @ GBTEDN,#77.GBR.EU rob- LOCATE 4, 30

LOCATE 15, 15: PRINT "Correct time has been set.PRESS ANY KEY TOE)ilT''

DO

d$ = DATE$: d$ : MID$(d$, 4, 3) + LEFT$(d$, 3)

PRINT t$; " "; d$

LOOP LINTIL RIGfff$(t$, 2) = "OA- OR INKEY$ <> ""

CLS

DO SYSTEM

d$: DATE$: d$: MID$(d$,4, 3) + LEFT$(d$,3) +REMThisisthelast l ineofthecode.<<endoff i le>>RIGr{T$(d$,4)

t$: TIME$

COUNTDOWN CORNER

Six more wonderful countdowns for you!

01) The Computer Target is 863 from 100, 6, 8,75, 5, 5

02) The Computer Target is 560 from 25,75,2, l, 4,2

03) The Comprter Target is 859 from 50, 7, 2,5, 3, l0

04) The Computer Target is 574 from '15, 5, 1,7 ' 9' 6

05) The Computer Target is 367 from 25' IO, 4, 4, I,6

06) The Computer Target is 213 from 100, 8, 7, 5,6,9

The word this month is from these letters - RAM-

BOTREE

Last C-orner's answers:

0l) The Computer Target of 466 from 10, 2, 4, I' 5,8

Answer: 8 * 5 = 40 + 2 = 42 * (10 + 1) = 462 + 4 =

02) The Computer Target of 235 ftom 50, 10,9, 6, 2,8

Answer: 50 - (10 -2): 42 x6 = 252 - (8+l; = 235

03) The Computer Target of 381 from 50,75, 100, 25, I'

8

Answer: 75 +8 = 83 * (100/25) :332 + (50 - 1): 381

04) The Computer Target of 861 ftom 25, 6,2, lO,8' 7

Answer: 7 * 25 : 175 x (I}tZ) : 875' (6 + 8) = 361

05) The Computer Target of631 from 100' 5,4,9,5, Io

Answer: 100 + (5 * 10 +9) = 159 x 4 = 636 - 5 = 631

06) The Computer Targetof6T0 from 75, 2,3,6,1,6

Answer: 75 - (6 + 2) : 67 * (6+ 3 + l) = $/Q

The word this month from these letters - ASAUCICOP is

CAPACIOUS, now there's a nice word for you!

73 Svlvia (2MlFI\DQ

St KILDA IOTA/IOSA TALK

better known on the island as the "depa.rture lounge" for+L^ t-^l:^a*+ar rriaa flna nf thc hiooect crrrnrises that thev

f f iorE..(cMocLN)As promised last month here are a selection ofi"t l"- to- actual medical records as dictated by

"Bv the time he was admitted, his rapid heart had stopped'anil he was feeling better"

"htient has chest pin if she lies on her left side for overf'

fall to the floor"

the second day the knee was better and on the thirdit had complet6lY disaPPeared'

"She has no rigors or shaking chills,.but her husbandstates she was very hot in bed last mght

"The patient has been depressed ever since she beganseeingme in 1983"

ient was released to outptient department withoutdressing"*I hare suggested that he losen his Pa$s F{qre standing'u"a tftin, iv:hen he stands with the help of his wife' they

"The patient is tearful and crying constantly' She also

appeafs to be depressed'

"Discharge status: Alive but without permission'

Healthy appearing decrepit 69 year old male'

lert but forgetfirl"*The patient refused an autoPsY"

"The patient has no past history of suicides"

ient has left his white blood cells at another hospital"

"The Datient's past medical history has beel remarkablyi"sEt[fi;;"i wiih only a 40 pound weight gain in the past

three days""She slipped on the ice and apparentlY her legs rvent in

separate directions in early December"

mentally

is numb from her toes down"

"While in the ER, she was examind X-rated andhome"

skin was moist and dry"

ional, constant, infrequent headaches"

Lt was alert and unresPonsive"*When she fainte{ her eyes rolled around the roorn"

That's it for now. Look out next month for somea*tiguo* Newspaper headlines from 1996

On Friday, 2fth March, Tom lVylie GM4FDM kindly

came across from Glasgow to give the club a talk on tJrc

GM5VG/P (WinE Yett Contest Group) eryedition to the

island of St Kilda. Sadly from the club point of view only

a total of 18 peopte turned up to listen to a very

interesting and funny talk. Tom went on to explain on

how they managed to get permission to actually operate

from St Kilda, which turned out to h a torfurous task by

getting one lncck back after another by SNH (Scottish

National Heritage), but eventually they got the permis-

sion at the very last minute which allowed them to go'

They made their way to St Kilda by going on the

Coasguard Helicopter from Stornaway and on arriving

there they were met by the army personel who took all

their gear from the helicopter to where they were going to

operate. In total they were wer awed by the hospitality

ttut tft army, who are stationed on St Kilda, actuallygave them from providing electric power and a shed,

received was getting an invite to the "club"' yes a club on

St Kilda which was called the PUFFIN Club and on

turning up found the place to be heaving"'who said these

places were quiet l!!! so from all accounts they spent most

evenings t*iullitittg with sore heads in the morning, oh

dear ! Along with the talk Tom showed slides and a video

which showed different aspects from the trip i'e' the

helicopter run, the operating set upt the, *cluU' and

different scenes of the island. They definately seemed to

enjoy their trip and I know from who attended the talk we

."rtulttty enjoyed hearing about it. This year they are

talking about going to Antigua (V2) and Tom has ofrered

to come back and tell us about that one.''no there is

something we can' t refuseRnh GM4IIYZ A.GBTEDN

APRIL 1997 Cockenzie & Port Seton ARC Page 7

BIT OF FUN...PIAWNG CHESSI wonder who out there is interested in playing chess via packet ? Wallace MMOAMV and myself have been playtng agame between us, not that I can play chess as I have to use my book *The Right Way to Play Chess" to see how it isdone, anlway it has been a bit of fun.

The way that we are doing it is as follows. I made up a Chess Board as a Text File, see below, the move is made byEDITING the file showing the move plus adding belcw the Chess Board tlre actual move i.e. QP2 - QP3 as a doublecheck then sending the Edited File to whoever you are plapng with. He then does the same and sends itback, etc, etc..Simple eh I

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If you want a copy of the Chess Board send me a message and I will forward it on to you..must admit nice wee changefrom radio doing this..

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For SaIePye WestminsterAlready on 2 rnetres and fitted with crystals for 144.650 and 144600. Suitable forpacket (with a change of crystals) and in Good working order. 025

Airband Receiver Signal Communication Corp model R53? with 10 banks of 10 channels eacbank. Scans any selected bank. 2 anenna inputs and comes with suitable power supply 950

Multi Mode Filter Datong mulfi mode filter model FL3 with all required leads to put in line with rig speaker.Supplied with suitable power supply f,50

10 Metre FM tranceiverDNT converted tranceiver with 4 watts output on 10 metres in good working order 930

Linear Amplifier Microwave Modules linear amplifier for 70 cms. 1-3 watts input for 35 watts out. As New970

Power Suppliesl2 Volts one at 3 watts out and one at 4 watts out OX'FERS Contact Ron GM4IKU

Here are more anagrams for you to try. As usual the answefs should be entered horizontally in the grid and rememberthat black boxes represent spaces between words. All answers have a radio or computing link and when you have themall correct you slrould have a word associated with amateur radio in the hightighted vertical bolc Good luck...

This months clues are :- 1. EMIT LOIJD M, 2. PROPER TOSH IC, 3. HASHED OPEN, 4" CORD LINIT. 5. REFINEDWET. 6. JAKES NUL. 7. TUG MAN MO

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1. PADDLE KEY,2.TUNING DIAL,3.TRANSMITTER,4.POWER ST.JPPLY,5.GRAPHICS,s.FACSIMILE,7, FLOPPY DISK

Ifyou got those correct youshould have found the word*A{.]RORAL" in the verticalbox. See you next rnonth.73 ColinGMOCLN

Below the 706 is my Arniga 600 which was used forPacket uilil Wallace MM0AMV came round and sortedme out with WinPack. (Nice chap, hair too short though). Ialso have a morse key just visible, it is used sometimes, butat ver5' slow speeds these days. Must need new AAAbatteries or something. Nert to the Amiga is my ATU forthe full size G5RV in the garden. The antenna is only 2moffthe glound but works OK. I have norked all continentsexcept Australia & Antarctica. There is a Yaesu FT23R inthe drawer. The thing abut this picture is the fact I luveripped all the stuffoul and I am in the process of changingwerything. So if any**e needs shack furniture please seeme.

Just out of sight is m,v Yaesu FT-1000MP, 80ft tower,2KW linear and Cushcraft 6 element yagi. Yawn..sorry.Irnas having a wonderful dreanL one not shared by theXl'L.

Shack Atteck by GM0WRYThis month its my turn to give the shack aftack tour.

There really isn't very much in it. At the rear is my trustyPC. I put ii together,-but it has grown over the yean. nr-elp9c. i! now a 686L 200Mhz CPU, 48Meg RAM, 24 speedCO-ROU, usual multimedia add ons and-an SVGA Ivioni-tor. To the right belcw the lamp is my ICOM 706, the radiothat I always wante4 except it does not hgve certainqualities I would like. I phoned ICOM just before I boughtit, they assured me there would not be an update nor a unitwith an ATU & DSP. Well what do you know 5 monthslater out comes the IC-746 with all lhe stuff vou wouldrvant, DSP, ATU erc. Thanks ICOM! To the right is myPK88 (which is still for sale) rvhich is not used much thesedays. I use the port in the PC for SSTV {Watch out nerlmonth for nry review of the new SSTV program WinPix).

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