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LRS Messages of the Day:
Wed 27 May 2026 – LRS 160m D/F Hunt – GM3HAM/P, operated by Peter GM4DTH.
Meet at the Tardis Police Box on Braid Hills Rd for registration by 7.20pm; the event starts sharp at 7.30pm.
Please note that the D/F Tx frequency is changed slightly to 1.873MHz.
For full instructions from Peter GM4DTH, see Upcoming Meetings below.
Sat 23 May 2026 – Historic Pre-War HMV-901 Mirror-Lid Television Set for sale.
Preliminary notice – more info soon.
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 7:30pm 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 27 May – 19:30h – Top Band D/F Hunt – Peter Dick GM4DTH.
The start point avoids the high noise level experienced in earlier years near the Braid Hills Hotel. Members (or visitors) wishing to take part are advised to be on Braid Hills Road at the sign for Braids Golf Course (junction with Braid Hills Ave / Braid Hills Approach / Braid Mount (NT-246698) no later than 7.20pm, although this is not essential – some entrants choose to start from elsewhere. There is usually room for those not equipped with receivers to join up with members who are equipped. The “Fox” will be located somewhere within the City boundary and participants should be equipped with a map and the necessary equipment to draw out bearings. The Fox will transmit using the callsign GM3HAM/P for 5 minutes-on / 5 minutes-off periods starting promptly at 7.30 pm. The frequency will be 1.873 MHz with an amplitude modulated tone being broadcast plus voice identification at the start and end of each period of transmitting. Operation will cease at about 9.30pm and an informal gathering will occur at a pub not too far from the Fox’s location, which will be announced at that time.
Participants are advised to be equipped with a mobile phone. A coordinator will be available at the start to provide the mobile number of the fox station (Peter GM4DTH) and to register who is participating. If a hunter is encountering difficulty in locating the Fox, they can request clues regarding the location of the Fox station (or the pub)! Each clue provided will incur a penalty of 20 minutes. Test signals similar to those of the Fox on 1.873 MHz can be provided if requested – contact Peter GM4DTH to arrange.Wed 10 June – 19:30h – LRS Pub Night at Wee Bennet’s Bar, Morningside Stn.
Wed 17 June – 20:00h – LRS AGM, Braid Hills Hotel.
Wed 24 June – 20:00h – LRS Summer Barbecue at Bates Motel – QTH-GM4BYF.
RALLIES AND OTHER EVENTS
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Sunday 25 Oct 2026 – Galashiels Rally
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Friday 14th August 2026 18:00 to 21:00 Cockenzie & Port Seton Junk Night, Port Seton Community Centre, South Seton Park Port Seton EH32 0BG
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Sat 31 Oct 2026 – GMRT-2026 at MOC Burntisland & Dinner at Kingswood Hotel
The 2026 Scottish Microwave Round Table (GMRT-2026) will be held as usual at the Museum of Communication in Burntisland, followed by dinner at the nearby Kingswood Hotel.
https://gmroundtable.org.uk/
Speakers to present microwave related talks are urgently needed – contact Colin gm4hwo@gmail.comDetails will be available nearer the date.
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9 May – 30 Sept – Weds & Sats – MOC Exhibition 2026
CONTEST CALENDAR
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Pete GM4BYF has confirmed that the Lothians Contest Group will participate in VHF NFD on 3 – 5 July 2026 and is looking for more members to come along for the weekend and help set up the station and operate. The group is also looking for help with transporting equipment to the site at Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries & Galloway. Rough camping is available on site; public toilets, shops and an excellent pub / restaurant are nearby- There will be a team meal as usual on the Friday night in the Masonic Arms in Gatehouse.If you are interested, please contact Pete GM4BYF = gm4byf@blueyonder.co.uk
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The LRS operates GM3HAM/P from a great site near Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries & Galloway.
5-6 July 2025 – VHF NFD – see report in About LRS – Contest / Portable.
(This photo by Andy MMØFMF / now GM4LLD, is in RSGB RadCom Sept 2025, p.80).
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 145.575MHz for local net. Several LRS members often there.
RADIO NEWS, RECENT MEETINGS, SILENT KEYS and FOR SALE / WANTED
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webmaster@lothiansradiosociety.com
Items usually archived as News or Silent Keys in LRS Archive after 1 month.
1. RADIO NEWS ITEMS
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2. RECENT MEETINGS
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13 May 2026 John Cooke GM8OTI – EME on a Shoestring – Receiving & Decoding 70cm.
John GM8OTI described his efforts over the years to achieve reception of… Read more
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22 April 2026 – Microwave Energy Generation Advances Which Enabled the Development of WW2 Airborne Radar – Prof Peter Grant, University of Edinburgh.
3. SILENT KEYS
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4. ITEMS FOR SALE
There are no current items for sale. Click on the heading to see any archived items.
Lothians Radio Society activities – latest reports
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27th Feb 2019 – Amateur Radio Operating in Colombia – Norrie Stewart GM1CNH / HK3/MM0BMG
On 27th Feb 2019 Norrie Stewart GM1CNH gave an illustrated talk on Amateur Radio Operating in Colombia as HK3/MM0BMG. Having travelled to Colombia many times since 2010, in 2018 he decided to take radio gear with him. This is how he got on… Self-taught in Amateur Radio while at school and first licenced in 1983 with…
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More on AMSAT Es’hail-2 geostationary satellite – now called Quatar OSCAR-100 or QO-100
LATEST: Brian Flynn GM8BJF reports that he has worked PY2GN near Sao Paolo in Brazil at GG56tv. Feb 2019 – Brian Flynn GM8BJF reports that he is now QRV on the satellite and has worked / ragchewed with G8BKE and has heard GM3SBC and GM0ONN, noting that “on the whole, the satellite is not too…
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13th Feb 2019 – Munros on the Air – James Gentles GM4WZP
At the meeting on 13th February 2019 LRS member James Gentles GM4WZP talked about “Munros on the Air”. “Long before SOTA (Summits on the Air), Amateurs were out on the Scottish hills activating them. Whilst James Gentles GM4WZP wasn’t first, his story is of the first Amateur to systematically activate every Munro in the 1980s,…
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23rd Jan 2019 – (1) Modern Roll-Your-Own PCBs – (2) The AMSAT Es’hail2 Geostationary Satellite – Brian Flynn GM8BJF
LRS President Brian Flynn GM8BJF was the speaker at the meeting on 23 Jan 2019 when he gave two talks: 1. Modern Roll-Your-Own PCBs. Brian stressed that the messy days of etching your own PCBs with ferric chloride were now history! He described how high quality PCBs can be bought from numerous suppliers in China,…
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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 Edinburgh Cine & Video Society in Fettes Row. The title of the show was “The Dish on the Dish” a comprehensive record of the first moon-landing, from President Kennedy’s decision for Americans to be the first…
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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 Curry was held on 12th December at the new venue of the Gurkha Café & Restaurant in Cockburn St where we had a very enjoyable Nepalese meal. In the Booking Office bar beforehand, we…
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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 recent RSGB National Conventions. ……………………………………..………………………… (1) 3000 + km QSOs on 2m by Tropo & MS by John Regnault G4SWX ~ 45 mins ………………………………..………………………….. (2) Home Design and Construction by Bob Burns G3OUU ~ …
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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 ‘Why Churchill Waged R.V. Jones’ “Most Secret War”. During his darkest hours Prime Minister Winston Churchill turned to a young scientist, R V Jones, still in his twenties, to explain how enemy bombers were able…
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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 antenna for 13cm. Members of the LRS again organized the Scottish Microwave Round Table on 3rd November 2018 at the Museum of Communication in Burntisland. This enjoyable event, chaired by Martin Hall GM8IEM, was attended…
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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 any (radio) questions that members were brave enough to ask. Click for Report. Log-Periodic Antenna characteristics. ========================================== In addition, the two trophies won by the LRS GM3HAM Contest Group in RSGB VHF NFD 2018 in…
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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 a good turnout and lots of ju.. surplus equipment was sold. The sale included many items from Silent Key John Royston Buchanan GM8BYF. Click for photos.
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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 talked about: The X Factor – a presentation of the all-singing, all-dancing Linux computer operating system and its relationship to OSX, Unix and Microsoft X’ Karl managed his own IT company for over 20 years…