Cockenzie and Port Seton Amateur Radio Club

REMEMBER it is club night on Friday at the usual place. It is the EIGHTH of 2014 so hope you can all make a massive effort to make this a bumper club attendance. It will be fantastic to see you all, regulars, new faces and those who have not been for a while at club night and show that you are still supporting our great club ……

Thorntree INN, (Lounge Bar), High Street, Cockenzie, Port Seton.

From 19:00 till late……………….

Reminder: September Club Night is the 5^th September  2014 so put it in your diaries.

Hi All,

We are once again taking part in the RSGB IOTA Contest this coming weekend from the Island of Tiree (IOTA Ref: EU008). The contest starts at 13:00 BST (12:00 UTC) on Saturday and ends on Sunday at 13:00 BST (12:00 UTC). We will be operational on Bands 80M through to 10M, note we can only run on one band at any one time so you may have to go looking for us.

Look out for us and if you hear us give us a call we would love to get you into the log…worth 15 points

Bob GM4UYZ

(1) Date 16th July 2014
(2) Time 00:00 to 23:59 Local Time
(3) Modes SSB /FM / CW/ Data
(4) Bands 1.8, 3.5, 7, 10, 14, 18, 21, 24, 28, 50, 70, 144 & 432 MHz
(5) Power As per your licence
Full=400W, Intermediate=50W and Foundation=10W
(6) Your Locator World Wide Locator (WWL) i.e. IO85MX
(7) Eligible Entrants Open to anyone who wishes to take part
(8) Transmit Exchange Report (RST)
(9) Receive Exchange Report plus Contacts WWL
(10) Closing Date for the Logs is Monday, 21^st July 2014
(11) Return Logs to Bob Glasgow GM4UYZ,
7 Castle Terrace,
Port Seton,
Prestonpans,
East Lothian,
EH32 0EE
Email: gm4uyz@cpsarc.com
(12) QSO’s not Eligible Any HF/VHF/UHF QSO’s via a repeater do not count

Aim:
The aim of the event is to get on the air and work as many stations that you can in the allotted time period plus at the same time have some fun.
** REMEMBER YOU CAN USE THE SAME LOG ENTRIES FOR **
    * THE CLUB’s 30th YEAR CHALLENGE
    * THOSE ELIGIBLE FOR THE VIC GM4GGF TROPHY AWARD
Full information in both the December & January newsletters

Some pictures from VHF Field Day have been uploaded to the gallery.

VHF FD

Hi All,

We are taking part in the above contest from our normal spot on the coast just to the south of Castle Douglas, Dumfrieshire. The contest runs from 15:00 BST (1400 UTC) on the Saturday until 15:00 BST (1400 UTC) on the Sunday.

For the whole 24 hours we will be operating 2M & 70cms, on the Saturday up to 23:00 BST (22:00 UST) it is 6M and on the Sunday from 09:00 BST (08:00 UST) it changes to 4M.

We will be operating as MM0CPS/P and our locator is IO84BT. Please listen out for us and give us a call it really. really will be appreciated.

Bob GM4UYZ