Cockenzieand Port SetonARC Ship Inn at 20:00 so that we can go over the finer details for the event so I hoope you can all come along and add your input. Thanks in advance.. By Fred GMOALS Bob GM4UYZ 1998Yolume 6 Issue 7 tu yuur tne vot- rJuruu ! ftuPpettn
Page 2 QSL MANAGER'S GUIDE TO QSLING VIA BUREAU By Fred GMOALS :3ru 1998Yolume 6 Issue7 A,M|A.Ttr&'R. R.A.D[@ GU-RJB JULY EDITORIAL World Cup Fever is now with us so thjs is my reasonfor writing an early editorial this rnonth as I intend taking a rest from the Shack and watching the football, sick I know but one does have this dreamthat Scotlandmay win the World Cup l!!ll!l!! Ok then what has happened during June. First of all was the Special Event Station GBOGPS run at the 50th Port Seton Gala. It was another good event apart from the weather... ducks don't even have a look in !!ll Thanks though to everyonervho came along and helped, provided equipmentbut with a special thanks to the *Clark Novice" family for providing the "Dry Accommodation". Also over the same weekend was the 50MI{z Trophy and the lads who took pafi seemed to enjoy themselves, apart from the weather, with their longest contact into the Canary Isles. Well done. Next was the PW Contest but as I write this we haven't taken part but I am surewe will havegood day and done the best possible. On tq this month's events, obvi- ously one of the big eventsof this month is VHF Field Day which as you read this takes part over this weekend.I hope you can come and join us or JANK NIGHT REMINDER This is just to remind you all that Junk Nght is next month on Friday 14th August between 18:30 and 2l3A so start sorting out your "Junk" for selling. I wonder if some of your XYL's or YL's could help with a bit of baking to help out with the catering side. As always if anyone can help in anyway it would be greatly appreciatedas there are jobs to be done i.e. at the door, selling raffle tickets, talk in station, etc, etc and every bit of help is greatly appreciated. I intend having a meeting on tlre 28th July in the even pay us a visit or just even give us some points believe you me it all helps. The next big event is the trip to Tiree where the club is taking part in the IOTA Ccntest and I am sure that thase that.,are going will be having a whale of a time, I do feel sorry for the sheep thoughll Good Luck lads with the DXpedition. The other events are again contests the RSGB Low Power 144b&lz and 70cms,but as yet I do not know if we are taking part in them. Moving to the future. Next month seesour Annual Junk Night so start "rafting"" out your junk ready for selling also I am looking for your help for all the jobs that need to be done on the night. Lastly I have baoked a date on the l3th November in the Community Centre for our Video Night so something to look forward too in the dark winter nights. My last item this month is the usual reminderto everyonethat this is the major holiday period once again so discretion on what is talked about over the air as you never ever know who is listening. That's it then enjoy the newsletter and as always pleaseread the events colurnn for full details of all events. Bob GM4UYZ Ship Inn at 20:00 so that we can go over the finer details for the event so I hoope you can all come along and add your input. Thanks in advance.. Bob GM4UYZ Cockenzie and Port Seton ARC JUNK NIGHT 14TH AUGUST BE THERE OR BE
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QSL MANAGER'SGUIDE TO
QSLING
VIA BUREAU
By FredGMOALS
:3ru1998 Yolume 6 Issue 7
A,M|A.Ttr&'R. R.A.D[@ GU-RJB
JULY EDITORIAL
World Cup Fever is now with us so thjs is myreason for writing an early editorial this rnonth asI intend taking a rest from the Shack andwatching the football, sick I know but one doeshave this dream that Scotland may win the WorldCup l!!ll!l!! Ok then what has happened duringJune. First of all was the Special Event StationGBOGPS run at the 50th Port Seton Gala. It wasanother good event apart from the weather...ducks don't even have a look in !!ll Thanksthough to everyone rvho came along and helped,provided equipment but with a special thanks tothe *Clark Novice" family for providing the "DryAccommodation". Also over the same weekendwas the 50MI{z Trophy and the lads who tookpafi seemed to enjoy themselves, apart from theweather, with their longest contact into theCanary Isles. Well done. Next was the PWContest but as I write this we haven't taken partbut I am sure we will have good day and done thebest possible. On tq this month's events, obvi-ously one of the big events of this month is VHFField Day which as you read this takes part overthis weekend. I hope you can come and join us or
JANK NIGHT REMINDER
This is just to remind you all that Junk Nght isnext month on Friday 14th August between 18:30and 2l3A so start sorting out your "Junk" forselling. I wonder if some of your XYL's or YL'scould help with a bit of baking to help out withthe catering side. As always if anyone can help inanyway it would be greatly appreciated as thereare jobs to be done i.e. at the door, selling raffletickets, talk in station, etc, etc and every bit ofhelp is greatly appreciated.
I intend having a meeting on tlre 28th July in the
even pay us a visit or just even give us somepoints believe you me it all helps. The next bigevent is the trip to Tiree where the club is takingpart in the IOTA Ccntest and I am sure thatthase that.,are going will be having a whale of atime, I do feel sorry for the sheep thoughll GoodLuck lads with the DXpedition. The other eventsare again contests the RSGB Low Power144b&lz and 70cms, but as yet I do not know ifwe are taking part in them. Moving to the future.Next month sees our Annual Junk Night so start"rafting"" out your junk ready for selling also Iam looking for your help for all the jobs thatneed to be done on the night. Lastly I havebaoked a date on the l3th November in theCommunity Centre for our Video Night sosomething to look forward too in the darkwinter nights. My last item this month is theusual reminder to everyone that this is the majorholiday period once again so discretion on whatis talked about over the air as you never everknow who is listening. That's it then enjoy thenewsletter and as always please read the eventscolurnn for full details of all events.
Bob GM4UYZ
Ship Inn at 20:00 so that we can go over thefiner details for the event so I hoope you can allcome along and add your input.
Thanks in advance..
Bob GM4UYZ
Cockenzie and Port Seton ARCJUNK NIGHT
14TH AUGUST
BE THERE OR BE
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We have all said many times on the air I'11 send my QSL card via the bureau and with any luck it will arrive irabout a yea.r then what happens the card that you really need for that award or even the DXCC !!I would just like to give you a few facts and points which in the end will help , you as one of my clients, ttunderstand how things work from this end of the operation, and also help me to do the Qsl Sub-Managen jobmore efticientlyAli the world's Amateur Radio Qsl Card Bur€au"s send their cards for the UK cail areas to the Radio Societlof Great Britain QSL Bureau, located at Radio Society of GrEat Britain headquarters at Lamba House, PotterrBar, Hertfordshire. As these cards arrive they are then sorted into their Sub Managers box for that particulacall - sign, these sub manager$ number around 100 when the box is full with around 2,5AA tc 3,500 cards ireach box, it is despatched by parcel post to the Sub-Manager's address and in most ca$e a box arrives every €lo 10 weeks.When that b*x arrives at the Sub-Managers address, the following has to be done with the all cards as they arrno kind of order and in my case I wilt"have cards'for GMO's aid lnmvl0's , normally these are in their-owrbundle so not a very big job to find and sort those. The work really starts now and the house can at times looftvery much like a battle field with odd cards here and rubber bands,all over the placel Once they are in call-sigrorder they need to be sorted into call-sign first letter order by this I mean all the GMOA's , GMOB's and so onup to GMOL's in my case. I use an alphabetical folding file which allows me to put the cards in there owrtolder *o the letter A to Z. Once they are in this order I then remove them to the trusty plastic shopping bagsready for the next sorting stage. This will be the final stage of sorting when each plastic bag of cards is thersorted into second letters again using my alphabetical folding file, which mean I end up with cards forGMOAB's and so on up to GM0LB' at the end of the second letter sorting stage it is very easy to sort theninto call-sign order to reach this stage takes between 8 and 12 hours in total, I try to right offa complete da1nnd the job is finished, well almost. !!From some dark cupboard that no one uses very much or often, lbr that matter, I bring in to operation the twoDoxes of customers envelopes which over 300 and a total of around 700 envelopes which need both storing andrcrting into alphabetical order ready for this last stage of checked that there are envelopes for the cards whichhave been sorted, over half do not have envelopes so these have to be stored afterwards for around 12 months.rut those who do have envelopes are the lucky ones, as then all that is needed is to put them in their envelopesmd put them in the post-box , just one last thing to do when putting in the card, put a note in with them sayingrow many envelopes that call-sign has left at the same time updating my database. The other reasort for thisnote with my address on , it also aids the post office to return any envelopes to me, should that call-sign havenoved house and forgotten to inform me. Last and not least of all use some sticky tape to seal the envelopes asihe sticky stuffdoes not always work having been stored for a good while and the complete story starts all overnhen the parcel force delivery man hits the door bell around six in the morning in around six to I weeks time!lt is rewarding Really73 De Fred GMOALS Sub-Manager for GM0AAA ta GMQLZZ MM0AAA totvfrvIOLZZFlere are a few small hints and tips which I think will help most Qsl Sub-Managersl. Please write your full call-sign on the front & back of your Envelopes.Z. Write the Call-Sign on the back of the card to whom it is going [Saves turning them over ]l. Oniy use one first class stamp on each envelope{ Only mark the last envelope I saves sorting ]i. Only deposit a maximum of 4 envelopes of the right size to take the normal QSL card [This saves stcrage]5. when you stick the stamp on your envelopes remember that the flap will lose it stickiness over a period o1:ime so leave enough room so that tape can be used to reseal the envelope.I. Should you be using a special Event's Call-Sign of a Club Call -Sign could I ask if you could inform theJENDER to put YOUR OWN Cail-Sign on the card as well this will help with sorting time as wcll as finding:he owners of unclaimed cards [Ve GBaWCH Via GMO ???1 as some will {ind their way to your Sub-Managarnd not ths GB calt-sign Sub-Manager.t. Should you find some cards for another Call -Sign in your envelope by mistake please return them withIOUR next lot of Envelopes to your Sub-Manager. Cheers ....
Fred GM'ALS
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PORT SETON GALA (GBfiGPS)
Flaming June they say, well I hate to say that must be a figment of someone's imagination..whydo I say that !! Well the Gala Day goes something like this. There was I awake nice and early, aftera Club Night too, and looking out of the window was pleased to see that it was dry. I then had anice leisurely breakfast before heading down to the Links to meet Tom GM4LRU and CallumLM|DZ,S to set up the tent..how far did I get, about 10 yards before the "heavens opened" andunfortunately it stayed that way tbr most of the day.
Apart from the weather I felt that it was a successful day as quite a few people eame and visitedthe Station, asked a lot of questions and some even took away some of the prepared literature thatwe had done on Amateur Radio. I even managed to get another Novice Recruit for my next classstarting in August !!!!
At the end of the day we had a total of 63 contacts,, managing to work the following countries :
ONBelgium I ON4CAS YE Canada r, 3)C.{EAS Canary Is I EA8/DIARZEIEire I EI9CJG England 4 G3UCE UA European Russia 6 RAIAVP OH Finland 1 OH2MT F France IF/GM3UCH DL Germany 11 DLZHRT 4X Israel | 47ADX I Itaty 5 IKSNKQ 9H Malta I 9HIFBSPA Netherlands I PA3DAY LA Norway I LA2IR CT Portugal I CT1APR GM Scotland llGM3BQA OM Slovakia 1 OM3CFK EA Spain ? F,ASIG4F,JM SM Sweden 6 SMTELR FIBSwitzerland I HB9DNQ US Ukraine 3 USTWW GB UK Special Event I GBOLCF
Thanks to everyone who provided the equipment but with a special thanks to Callum, Lv andEuan for providing the 72' x 12' tent to help keep us all dry on the day.
That's it then another good Amateur Radio selling event passed....
Bob GM4UyZ
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of my.Junk Boxt but I am sure that I n oLe 7 /64,, -> ol -11m-smtiier LED's with less Power I
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those thnt are elficient in making your u shaped top cover"
own PCB could adaPt to suite. If Youfollow the layouts above I am sure that you will all montge to construct the unit'
one piece of advice is that I would construct and tost it before you actually go and drill the Top
Lid of the Baycom the rerson I say this is I am not sure how much power each individual PC can
deliver.Note : The RXD Led witt flash att the time if your rudio ls runntng open sqwelch and-goes.out
tohen Data Received. Ijy:iu don't use open- iqaelch move the-wire from pin 6 ta pin 5 of the
T1HC01 on the naycoi pcn and this iuy u iitt Jtash oN when Data is received.
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RAKE LUCAT'UR SAUARS, up to 20001pm. via Packet or vra e-matl pa3bty-BEING ACTTVA:!!
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Below is a message from PA- will give much attention to ran- (70cm's) too, so last minute infc3BIY which may be of interest dom operation. Skeds will be and skeds might be arranged i1to any 144\&lz operators in the given to stations on QRB's more all works well. We'll probabllclub.. . . . . than about 1500km and/or with a trv to link with the CONVERSF
From July 10 to 13 a group ng relatively small station (<200W mode and DX-clusters.
Dutch amateurs *,ill activat* 1nd a single ant)' we should hltt Fiu" operaiors will participate ir
io13 (BN-squareinthe old style 3 mornings (Saturday, Sunday this expedition: PA2DryH, PA-EU locator). we will be active and- Monday) to take skeds.unSBZL,14JDZL, pA3FoC andfrom a Gas Pumping station op both stations' Skeds will be taken P^,B1Y. This might changtwinterschall. This
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Td of course pieted on the sked &equency. No no larrj in it. Activity from Jo13
Es will have our full attention as [A}{DOM oN THE SKED is therefore very rare and if yorwell' FREQLTENCIES. are searching for nelv squarerWe intend to run 2 stations Both stations will run the same ofl 144l|'/fiIz it would be welaround the clock. Sked frequen- eall: pA6BN (not l11o/o sure yet worth your while giving this ontcies will be 144J28 and about the call. For new
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144.382. The latter is not really JO13:BN). Seton to the centre of JOl3 irin the CW part of the band, but -__ approximately 475km so i1it dirninishes any mutual ,o,r- Wt will also accept tropo skeds s6outOn't be too diflicult for ipling and intermoduiatiorr prob- for stations up to about
?09k*; moderately equipped station irlems. Each station will run 4gg Skeds will be given for periods of thi* ur"u io work them. Goocw, a single 17 element modified 15 minutes and I min sequences' luck.Cuu Dee antenna and a low If interested please send a pro-
noise pre-amp. We i*r"a;";; posaf . MS and Tropo sked pro- 73 Colin (GMoCLN'
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Saturday 4th JulY 14:00 UTC to
Sunday 5th JutY 14:00 UTC
Location : Mainslaughter L'aw
(Gifford to Duns Road via Longformacus)
Come aiong and take Pafi if not whYnot u'ork
ns and give us some Points'
Bob GM4UYZ
73 Colin (GMOCLN)
CHRISTNTAS MEAL
Yes I know it is many m-o1t!s.awa)r, o-rir it,
"t r.vhen you read this it is only 5-
**"tttt uuriY and trYing to book aChristmas Venue in about a couple of
*o"tttt ti*e will be horendous to say theleast...l know what it is like'
What do you want thig Vear ? Do Youwant to itaY with Chinese or do You.
f** to**Alng else ? *qo think about itand let me know'
Hear from You all soon""""
Bob GM4UYZ
EYh,Nl'S LULUMN
Get your diaries out again. See if you can spotthe new addition!
JULY 3rd Club nigtrt in the Thorntree Inn, PortSeton, 7pm till late
4l5th RSGB \lHF National Field Day 14.00 -14.00 UTC Our annual majot outing to Main-slaughter Law for llHF mayhem!! A11 helpgreatfully received. We should be on site fromapproximately 10am onwards on Saturday the4th.
18th RSGB l4{t{II{zl.ow Power Cantest 14.00- 22.Q0 UTC (see NOTE)
19th RSGB 432Wlz Low Power Contest 08.00- 14.00 UTC (see NOTE)
Z5/z6th RSGB IOTA Contest (SSBICW) 1200- l2O0 UTC. A group of 6 club members will betravelling to Tiree to take part in this contest.Ihey are GM?TK,\ MM0AMV, MMIAYA!GMTOLQ, GM6Vru and MMICPP. See any oflhe above for the latest info!!
AUGUST 2nd RSGB 4th 144MHz Backpack-ers Contest 11.00 - 15.00 UTC (see NOTE)
7th Club night in the Thorntree Inn, Port Seton,7pm till late
gth RSGB 70MHz Trophy Contest 0900 - 1500UTC (See NOTE)
l4th C&PS ARC 5th Annual Junk Sale 18.30 -21.30 UTC in Port Seton Community Centre.All the usual attractions, food, drink, raffle andlots of bargains. Talk-in on S22. Entry S1 perperson. Tables on a first come first served basis.
Zll?3td Lighthouse Weekend at Barns NessLighthouse near Dunbar. From approximately}am on 22nd ts 6pm on 23rd. Lots of funrperating on FIF without the pressure of a]ontest. Come along and try it for yourselfl
I$th Galashiels & District ARS Rally and OpenDay, Yolunteer Hall, St Johns Street, Galashiels.Doors Open at 11am. Contact Jim GMTLUN fornfo.
SEPTSMBER 4th Club night in the Thorntree[nn" Port Seton, 7pm till late
5l6th RSGB 144MLIZ Trophy Contest 14.00 -
14.00 U'l'C (See NUrE)
5/6th IARU Region 1 SSB Field Day 13.00 -13.00 UTC (See NOTE)
OCTOBER 2nd Club night in the Thorntree InrqPort Seton, 7pm till late
4th RSGB ZII\*lzlzSMHz Contest 07.00 - 19.00UTC (See NOTE)
9th Talk by HM Customs & Excise in ResourcesRoom 2, Part Seton Community Centre startingat 7.30pm. The usual il admission charge applies.
24t25th CQWW SSB Contest (See NOTE)
NOVE1VIBAR 6th Club night in the ThonrtreeInn, Port Seton, 7pm till late
13th RSGB Video Night held in the upstairsMeeting Room at Port Seton Community Centrefrom 7.30pm to 9.30pm. Usual entry of S1applies.
l4l15th 2nd RSGB 1.8MHz CW Contest 2100 -0100 UTC (See NOTE)
21st C&PS ARC Christmas Meal - venue to bedecided *** NE\4/ DATE s**
28l29th CQWW eW Contest (See NOTE)
DECEMBER 4th Club night in the ThorntreeInn, Port Seton, 7pm till late*$ NOTE *** Tt{E CONTESTS ABOVEWHICH REFER TO THIS NOTE ARE THOSEWHICH TFIE CLUB '5MAY'TAKE PART IN.THOSE WITH NO REFERENCE TO THISNOTE ARE ALREADY DEFINITES.
Enjoy VHF National Field Day and I'll see younext month.
