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LRS Messages of the Day
Wed 16 Oct 2024 – 8pm – LRS Autumn Surplus Sale at St Fillan’s Church, Buckstone Drive. Do not arrive before 7:30pm, to allow hall to be set up. Please bring stuff to sell!
Sat 2 Nov – MoC AGM & Harry Matthews Memorial Lecture – see RHS. “Sustainable Spaceport – Paradox or Reality?” – Dr Matjaz Vidmar, Edinburgh University.
LRS MEETINGS
LRS meetings are normally held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month (except July and August) at 8:00pm at the Braid Hills Hotel, 134 Braid Road, EH10 6JD.
In July and August Pub Nights are held at 8:00pm at Wee Bennet’s Bar at Morningside Station, on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays. There are also occasional Wee Bennet’s evenings arranged during the main club season.
Most items are archived in Meeting Reports or Society Activities.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
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Wed 16 Oct 2024 – 8pm – LRS Autumn Surplus Sale at St Fillan’s Church, Buckstone Drive, EH10 6PD. Do not arrive before 7:30pm to allow hall to be set up.
Wed 23 Oct – 8pm – 144.350MHz SSB – Net 164
Wed 30 Oct 2024 – 7:30pm – Autumn Pub Night at Wee Bennet’s Bar, Morningside Station.
The draft Calendar of LRS Meetings for 2024-25 has been prepared by James GM4WZP (mni tnx) and uploaded to this site (click top).
RECENT MEETINGS
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9 Oct 2023 “Getting started on 23cm EME – the First 200 Contacts” by Dr Paul Dobie GM0PJD
Paul Dobie GM0PJD from Biggar writes: “With a 480,000 mile round trip,… Read more
OTHER EVENTS
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RALLY CALENDAR 2024
11-13 Oct 2024 – RSGB Convention, Kents Hill Park, Milton Keynes (Click).
Sun 27 Oct 2024 – Galashiels Rally – click.
Sat 9 Nov 2024 – GMRT 2024
Scottish Microwave Round Table at MoC and dinner at Kingswood Hotel, Burntisland. Click
GMRT Lecture program now available – click.
ONLY A FEW OF PLACES LEFT – DON’T BE DISAPPOINTED – BOOK YOURS NOW!
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LRS CONTEST CALENDAR 2024
OTHER NEWS
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RSGB GB2RS NEWS
Every Sunday morning in the Edinburgh area at 09:30h from LRS member Peter Dick GM4DTH. 70.425MHz FM, 145.525MHz FM & 433.525MHz FM. Then call-in to Peter at 10:00h on 144.575MHz for local net. Several LRS members often there.
RADIO NEWS, SILENT KEYS and FOR SALE / WANTED
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3. ITEMS FOR SALE
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25 July 2024 – Dave 6 – GM6KGZ – Many Items, boxed, new condition:
1. Uniden Bearcat BCT15X Mobile / Base Radio Scanner. Boxed and in mint condition. ML&s Price £280. Only […]
Lothians Radio Society activities – latest reports
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9th Jan 2019 – Video Evening – “The Dish on the Dish” – by Peter Dick GM4DTH – at the Edinburgh Cine & Video Soc.
Peter Dick GM4DTH again hosted the LRS Video Evening. It was held on 9th January 2019 as usual at the […]
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12th Dec 2018 – LRS Christmas Curry
Photo – courtesy Mike MM0MLB. After meeting first at the Booking Office on Waverley Bridge, the LRS 2018 Christmas […]
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28th Nov 2018 – RSGB Convention Lecture Videos – presented by Brian GM8BJF
At the meeting on 28th November 2018, LRS President Brian Flynn GM8BJF presented the videos of two talks given at […]
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14th Nov 2018 – R.V. Jones’ Most Secret War – Prof. Joe McGeough
At the meeting of the LRS on Wed 14th Nov 2018 Prof Joe McGeough of Edinburgh University talked about […]
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3rd Nov 2018 – GMRT – Scottish Microwave Round Table at MoC Burntisland
LRS Members James Gentles GM4WZP and Andy Sinclair MM0FMF did an audience brainstorming session on the design of a portable […]
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24th Oct 2018 – Q&A: Let’s Talk Technical – David Stockton GM4ZNX
SWR bridge circuit discussion At the meeting on 24th October David Stockton GM4ZNX (our resident radio genius) attempted to answer […]
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17th Oct 2018 – Surplus Eqpt Sale – St Fillan’s Church
The LRS Autumn 2018 Surplus Equipment Sale was held on 17th October at St Fillan’s Church, Buckstone. There was […]
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26 Sept 2018 – ‘The X-Factor’ – Karl Weibye – joint meeting at Museum of Communication, Burntisland
At the joint meeting of the LRS and the Museum of communication on 26th September 2018 in Burntisland Karl Weibye […]
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1-2 Sept 2018 – 2m Trophy at Gatehouse of Fleet
Peter GM4DTH, Danny GM6CMQ, Mike GM4IGS, Norrie GM1CNH, Brian GM4DIJ, Andy MM0FMF The GM3HAM contest group of the Lothians […]
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12th Sept 2018 – Presidential Address – Personal Beacons – Brian Flynn GM8BJF
Dr. Brian Flynn GM8BJF, re-elected as President of the Lothians Radio Society at the AGM on 13th June, gave his […]
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6-8th July 2018 RSGB VHF NFD at Gatehouse of Fleet
The LRS GM3HAM Contest Group operated RSGB VHF-NFD from our usual contest site near Gatehouse of Fleet on the […]
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July – August 2018 – LRS Pub Nights at “Wee” Bennets Bar
The fourth and last LRS Pub Night for summer 2018 was held on 22nd August at ‘Wee’ Bennet’s Bar. We […]