
L-R Ian G4XFC, James G0EUN, Gerry G6KGG, Roger G3PVU & Bob G3VRD checking out the T1154/R1155
On Saturday (19th June) it was hard to believe we were just two days away from mid-summer day with high winds and heavy rain showers and the temperature struggling to make 14C. Fortuitously it was a little more comfortable in shelter of the ‘Radio Room’ at East Kirkby as the club team, pictured above, took advantage of the low visitor numbers due to the very unseasonal weather, to work on our vintage gear installed in the ‘Lancaster wops position mock-up’ which is part of our GB2CWP Radio Shack. Whilst Roger and Bob worked on the R1155 and replaced the cooling fan of the on the master oscillator crystal contol system in the T1154, the rest of us did a few CW QSOs using the FT-ONE. The R1155 is now in tip top condition and with the planned addtion of just a couple more crystals we shall soon be ready to operate the T1154, drift free on three spot frequencies in the 40m band, when we open up GB2CWP using the vintage gear. Our picture below, courtesy Gerry G6KGG shows Roger and Bob repairing the fan on the crysal oscillator. Peter – M0EJL

Roger,left and Bob sorting out the crystal oscillator