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  • LRS Messages of the Day

    TONIGHT – Wed 30 Oct – 7:30pm – LRS Pub Night at Wee Bennets Bar.

    Sun 27 Oct 2024 – Good LRS attendance at busy Galashiels Rally.

    –  Tnx to Ian GM0URD for photos – see below.

    Mon 28 Oct – many new items found at Carluke. See below / RHS for list.

LRS MEETINGS

  • Wed 30 Oct 2024 – 7:30pm – Autumn Pub Night at Wee Bennet’s Bar, Morningside Station.


    Wed 6 Nov 2024 – 8pm – 144.350MHz SSB – Net 165.


    Sat 9 Nov – Scottish Microwave Round Table GMRT at MoC Burntisland & Dinner at Kingswood Hotel.


    Wed 13 Nov 2024 – WSPR – a tool to study propagation & aerial development – Peter GM4DTH.


    Wed 20 Nov 2024 – 8pm – 144.350MHz SSB – Net 166.


    Wed 27 Nov 2024 – IET (at BHH) – Tracking the Future – Satellites & Celestic-UK – Dr Carol Marsh


    The full Calendar of LRS Meetings for 2024-25 has been prepared by James GM4WZP (mni tnx) and uploaded to this site (click top).


     

  • 16 Oct 2024 – LRS Autumn Surplus Sale

    16 Oct 2024 – LRS Autumn Surplus Sale

    The LRS Autumn Surplus Sale at St Fillan’s Church on 16th October… Read more

  • RALLY CALENDAR 2024

    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 5 PLACES LEFT – DON’T BE DISAPPOINTED – BOOK YOURS NOW!


  • LRS CONTEST CALENDAR 2024


  • Sun 27 Oct 2024 – Good LRS attendance at busy Gala Rally

    Sun 27 Oct 2024 – Good LRS attendance at busy Gala Rally

    The Volunteer Hall, Galashiels. Colin GM4HWO reports a very good turnout of LRS members at the 2024 Galashiels Rally: Colin […]

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RADIO NEWS, SILENT KEYS and FOR SALE / WANTED

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  • 23 Oct 2024 Comet Photo by John GM8OTI

    23 Oct 2024 Comet Photo by John GM8OTI

    On this evening’s chat on 144MHz I mentioned the much-hyped comet; here’s my photo, cropped to remove caravans and lighting, […]

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  • 2 Nov 2024 – Museum of Communication AGM & Harry Matthews Memorial Lecture

    2 Nov 2024 – Museum of Communication AGM & Harry Matthews Memorial Lecture

    Please note that it is necessary to register in advance to attend this meeting, whether in person or via Zoom. […]

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  • 25 Oct 2024 – Office Computer Monitors for Sale – John GM4JRT

    25 Oct 2024 – Office Computer Monitors for Sale – John GM4JRT

    I have some Dell monitors available from an office clearance and wonder if anyone is interested? They are used and […]

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  • 1 Oct 2024 – Icom IC-M25-Euro HandHeld VHF Marine Band Transceiver – Black – Dave 6 GM6KGZ

    For Sale  by  Dave 6 – GM6KGZ  – 1st October Icom IC M25 Euro – HandHeld  VHF Marine Band Transceiver […]

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  • 30 Sept 2024 – Items for Sale (lots) by Norrie GM1CNH

    September 2024 Item – Description – Price Alinco HF Mobile Whip Antenna 2.7 m mobile whip; antenna mounting bracket and […]

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  • 28 Oct 2024 – Carluke Shack Clearance Sale by Bob GM4CMI

    (Updated 28 Oct) The sales in Carluke are now stopped. Many items were sold at the Galashiels Rally on 27th […]

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  • 8 Sept 2024 – Dave-6 – GM6KGZ – 4 Items

    Tiny SA Ultra Spectrum Analyzer – £75. Avantree Oasis Plus Bluetooth Transmitter/Receiver – £25 Key-Press Attenuator – £25 Anderson Pole […]

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  • 7 May 2017 LRS Members at Ham Radio Convention 2017

    7 May 2017 LRS Members at Ham Radio Convention 2017

    L-R: Brian GM8BJF, Chris GM3WOJ, Briain GM8PKL, Robin GM4YPL A number of LRS members attended the ASRA Ham Radio Convention […]

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  • 10 May 2017 – Radio in WW-I – Malcolm Fergusson

    10 May 2017 – Radio in WW-I – Malcolm Fergusson

    Malcolm Fergusson, formerly of Edinburgh University Physics Department, talked about Radio in WW-I at the meeting on 10th May 2017. His talk was about […]

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  • 24 April 2017 – Malcolm GM3TAL – Our Man in Havana

    24 April 2017 – Malcolm GM3TAL – Our Man in Havana

    L-R: Hector; Amed CO2AME; Malcolm GM3TAL; Moises CM2YV On the last day of his recent trip to Cuba, Malcolm was […]

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  • 26 April 2017 – Enigma – the Unsung Heroes – Pete Bates GM4BYF

    26 April 2017 – Enigma – the Unsung Heroes – Pete Bates GM4BYF

    At the LRS meeting on 26th April 2017 Pete Bates GM4BYF gave a very well researched talk on ‘Enigma – the Unsung Heroes’. He outlined […]

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  • 9 April 2017 – LRS Receives RSGB VHF-NFD Trophies at Norbreck Rally in Blackpool

    9 April 2017 – LRS Receives RSGB VHF-NFD Trophies at Norbreck Rally in Blackpool

    Len Paget GM0ONX, RSGB Director; Colin GM4HWO, Andy MM0FMF, Mike GM4IGS, Pete GM4BYF, Danny GM6CMQ, Brian GM8BJF, Norrie GM1CNH, Peter […]

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  • 5 April 2017 – Spring Surplus Equipment Sale at St Fillans

    5 April 2017 – Spring Surplus Equipment Sale at St Fillans

    The LRS Spring Surplus Equipment Sale was held on Wednesday 5th April at St Fillan’s Church, Buckstone Drive. There was […]

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  • 21 March 2017 – Aurora over Islay – Mike Senior GM3PAK

    21 March 2017 – Aurora over Islay – Mike Senior GM3PAK

    Many thanks to former LRS member Mike Senior GM3PAK, who lives with his XYL Marion GM1DCB on the isle of […]

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  • 15 March 2017 – FUNcube Satellite Received using Raspberry-Pi – John Cooke GM8OTI

    15 March 2017 – FUNcube Satellite Received using Raspberry-Pi – John Cooke GM8OTI

    (Photo courtesy AMSAT-UK) Following John Cooke’s talk on amateur radio applications for the Raspberry Pi microcomputer at the March 8th […]

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  • 8 March 2017 – Raspberry Pi – John Cooke GM8OTI

    8 March 2017 – Raspberry Pi – John Cooke GM8OTI

    At the meeting of the LRS on 8th March 2017, John Cooke GM8OTI talked about the Raspberry Pi computer’s history and variants, and […]

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  • 22 Feb 2017 – 20 Years with the PO Engineering Dept in the Highlands – John Macdonald GM4XZN

    22 Feb 2017 – 20 Years with the PO Engineering Dept in the Highlands – John Macdonald GM4XZN

      At the meeting on 22nd February 2017 John Macdonald GM4XZN described his career – “1948-1968, 20 Years with the Post Office Engineering Dept […]

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  • 9 Feb 2017 – VHF/UHF DX Book 2017 Replica Free Online

    9 Feb 2017 – VHF/UHF DX Book 2017 Replica Free Online

      A 2017 replica edition of the VHF/UHF DX Book is now available free online. (Info from GM4BYF). Click for […]

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  • 30 Jan 2017 – Silent Key – Bob McFarlane, S.O.E. Agent

    30 Jan 2017 – Silent Key – Bob McFarlane, S.O.E. Agent

    Bob McFarlane, one of the last surviving members of the S.O.E. – Special Operations Executive – in WWII, died at […]

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