1961-62 LRS Summary

COMMITTEE 1961-62

President                   Bill Eaton, GM3KIG

Hon. Sec / Treas       Tom Simpson, GM3BCD

Committee                 John A.R. Hughes, GM3LCP

                                    Vic. W. Stewart, GM3OWU

                                    R. Ian Pryde, GM3LGU

Newsletter Editor:     Len Lumsden BRS.22359

Hon Auditor                George Millar, GM3UM

Librarian                     Vic. W. Stewart, GM3OWU

MEMBERSHIP

Annual Subscription:  Senior: 15/-      Junior: 7/6. List: see below.

Members List – January 1962

GM2CFU       Owen McCusker

GM3UM          George P. Millar

GM3BCD       Tom Simpson

GM3BDA       Rev. Walter M. Ferrier

GM3DDE       Laurence F. Benzies

GM3BDA       Ian Mackenzie

GM3FJP        James S. Nicholson

GM3GIG         Ian Maconochie

GM3HOQ       David D. Stobie

GM3JDX        Bill M. Roger

GM3JWS       Bill T. Sutherland

GM3KIG         Bill J.H. Eaton

GM3KPD       Alf M. Coutts

GM3KZH        Andy F. Halcrow

GM3LCP        John A.R. Hughes

GM3LGU        R. Ian Pryde

GM3NTX        Bob Burt

GM3OOI         David Yeo

GM3OWU      Vic W. Stewart

GM3OYV        P. Roy Ritchie

GM3PAK       Michael G. Senior

GM3PFY        Jim Watt

A.1596           Bill J.M. Hume

A.2255           Alan J. Masson (shortly GM3PSP)

BRS.20507    W.L. Black

GM5HL           Hugh E.M. Lawson

GM6RZ           George Spence

GM6SR          Syd Rowden

GM6XI            Jack Wilson

BRS.22357    Grant Ritchie

BRS.22359    Len L. Lumsden

Ian Kerr

Jack McVicar

Ian W. Sheffield.

MEETINGS (Held at 7:30 pm at YMCA, 14 South St. Andrew Street, Edinburgh)

Sep 14  1961 RSGB tape: “Transmitter Design & T.V.I” by G3BTM..   

Sep 28  1961 Film Show: “B9A Valve Manufacture”; “Electron Microscopy”.  

Oct 12 1961 Visit of Falkirk Club              

Oct 26 1961 OPEN NIGHT – Hi-Fi & Stereo Demon -.               

Nov 9  1961  Electronics in Astronomy, by Dr. Peter Felgett, Royal Observatory.

Nov 23 1961 Electronics and Medicine, by Dr. Simpson of the Royal Infirmary.

Dec 14 1961 The Proton-Spin Magnetometer, by Dr. Roberts, Bruce Peebles Ltd.

Dec 28  1961 RSGB Business                              

Jan 11 1962 SK Sale of Vic Blanc’s equipment.                                                 

Jan 25 1962 Schoolboys’ Night: Ian Crawford GM3PCQ (Stewarts)

& Alan Masson GM3PSP (Watsons) talked about their school radio clubs.

Feb 8  1962 Radio Maths  by John Hughes GM3LCP

Feb 22 1962 Resuscitation After Electric Shock, by Dr. Alan Brown.   

Mar 8 1962 Surplus Sale

Mar 22 1962 Converters,Tom Simpson GM3BCD & Lawrence Benzies GM3DDE

Apr 12 1962 Visit by Dunfermline club. Harry Mackie GM3FYB’s SSB Tx shown.

Apr 26 1962 UHF & VHF Working

May 10 1962 Digital Computers, by Ian Miller GM3NXX

May 24 1962 NFD Briefing

Jun 14 1962 Informal, and Constructional Competition

Jun 28 1962  A.G.M .

EVENTS        June 2-3  RSGB National Field Day, held at Daniel Stewart’s College sports ground, Inverleith. Problems with breakdowns resulted in a total score of 880, down 70 on 1961, for the two stations, GM3UM/P & GM6SR/P. 

Scottish VHF Convention, Brabloch Hotel, Paisley. Date?

PUBLICATIONS:    Lothians Radio Amateur, issues 2.1, May-61 – 2.6, July-62.

                                    Edited by Len Lumsden BRS.22359. Complete set held.

 OTHER: Publicity poster – scanned:

 

Summary 1961-62 by Alan J. Masson, GM3PSP, 2/12/2009. Ver.4.

Sources: LRA

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