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LRS Messages of the Day:
Wed 27 May 2026 – LRS 160m D/F Hunt.
Meet at the Tardis Police Box on Braid Hills Rd for registration at 7.20pm; the event starts sharp at 7.30pm.
Sat 23 May 2026 – Historic Pre-War EMV-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.
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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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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16th Oct 2013 – LRS Autumn Surplus Equipment Sale
Some of the goodies sold at the sale – see what you missed! In spite of the weather, there was a good turnout of members of the LRS and other local clubs and lots of good “stuff” at the LRS Autumn Surplus Equipment Sale on 16th October at St Fillan’s Church. Click for…
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Wed 25th September – A Century of Communications – Angus Annan MM1CCR at MOC Burntisland
At the annual visit of the Lothians Radio Society to the Museum of Communication in Burntisland on 25th September, Angus Annan MM1CCR, a past-President of the Radio Society of Great Britain talked on “A Century of Communications”. Angus wrote: “Amateur Radio Then and Now – At the dawn of radio, everybody was an amateur and…
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Wednesday 11th Sept 2013 – “SOTA” – Presidential Address by Andy Sinclair MM0FMF
Andy Sinclair MM0FMF delivering his second Presidential Address The new year of LRS meetings started with a bang with the Presidential Address by Andy Sinclair MM0FMF on 11th September. The title was “SOTA – Summits on the Air, an award scheme for Radio Amateurs”. Andy described with very obvious enthusiasm how this scheme has rapidly…
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60th Anniversary of LRS RSGB Affiliation – 11th August 2013
The Secretary has found the original RSGB Affiliation Certificate of the Lothians Radio Society in the club archives. It is dated 11th August 1953 and is signed by RSGB President Leslie Cooper, G5LC. As far as we know, this has been continuous affiliation and so we toasted our 60th anniversary at LRS Pub Night 3…
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Cockenzie Mini-Rally / Junk Night – 9th August 2013
Jack GM1CQC, John GM8OTI, Brian GM8BJF, Paul GM4UPN, David GM4ZNX. There was a good turnout of LRS members at the the 20th annual Cockenzie Mini-Rally / Junk Night which was held on Friday 9th August 2013 at the Cockenzie & Port Seton Community Centre. The Lothians Radio Society had a promotional table as usual with LRS…
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6-7 July 2013 VHF NFD at Gatehouse of Fleet
Alan GM3PSP, Brian GM4DIJ, Danny GM6CMQ, Brian GM8BJF, Colin GM4HWO, Mike GM4IGS, Terry GM3WUX, Pete GM4BYF, Robin GM4YPL, Chris MMOZCT, with our long yagis behind. The GM3HAM Contest Group of the Lothians Radio Society had great weather for VHF NFD 2013 which we operated again from our site in the hills above Gatehouse of Fleet in…
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Summer Pub Nights – 2nd & 4th Weds, July & Aug 2013
During the summer break in July and August we held informal Pub Nights on the normal meeting nights of the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month at “Wee Bennets” Bar at Morningside. Some of those at Pub Night 3 on 14th August: Peter GM4DTH, Malcolm GM3TAL (rear), Bernie GM4WZG, John GM8OTI, Brian GM8BJF; behind camera:…
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26th June 2013 – Summer Barbecue
Enjoying the BBQ in the garden before the midges drove us inside! The Annual Summer Barbecue of the Lothians Radio Society was held on Wednesday 26th June 2013 at the QTH of Pete GM4BYF and Kay Bates GM6KAY. The weather was good and the turnout was excellent, both of Radio Amateurs and of midges in the…
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GM8OTI/P 10GHz Hilltopping – 26 May 2013
John GM8OTI/P with his Hilltops portable 10GHz station on Cairnharrow Hill, Dumfries & Galloway. The first UK Microwave Group 10GHz contest of the year on Sunday 26th May gave LRS member John GM8OTI a chance to try out his home brew 10GHz transverter from a hilltop. He chose Cairnharrow near Newton Stewart in Dumfries & Galloway in…
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AGM – 12th June 2013 – Election Results
At the Annual General Meeting of the Lothians Radio Society at the Braid Hills Hotel on 12th June 2013 the following committee members were elected for 2013-14: President: Andy Sinclair MM0FMF Secretary: Alan Masson GM3PSP Treasurer: Peter Dick GM4DTH Committee: Colin Wright GM4HWO Brian Flynn GM8BJF Malcolm Hamilton GM3TAL John Cooke GM8OTI Jack Smith…
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MOC Lecture “Invention and Inspiration in the Digital Age’ – Thurs 23rd May
EVENING LECTURE at THE MUSEUM of COMMUNICATION 131 High Street, Burntisland KY3 9AA on Thursday, 23rd May at 7.30 pm ‘Invention and Inspiration in the Digital Age’ Speaker: Prof. Bill Kennedy, (Professor of Photocommunications at St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas) DearSupporter, The next Lecture takes place in 10 days’ time and I hope…
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22 May 2013 – restoring the R1155 / T1154 Part 2 by Ian Ropper GM0UHC
Ian Ropper GM0UHC returned to the Lothians on 22nd May 2013 to present Part 2 of his talk “Restoring the R1155 / T1154. He described progress made since his last talk “Part 1” on 27 April 2011 (click for Pt.1 Report) – the short-comings of what went before, through the service life of the type and some…