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LRS Messages of the Day
SEASON’S GREETINGS from the Committee to all LRS Members & Friends.
Note: President Andy Sinclair is now officially GM4LLD (formerly MM0FMF).
Wed 7th Jan 2026 – 7:30pm – LRS Pub Night at Wee Bennet’s Bar, Maxwell St, Morningside Stn.
Wed 14th Jan 2026- NOTE 7:30pm – BHH Gathering Room – LRS Video Night – see below for program.
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 7th Jan 2026 – 7:30pm – LRS Pub Evening at Wee Bennet’s Bar, Maxwell St, Morningside Stn.
Wed 14th Jan 2026 – NOTE START TIME – 7:30pm – LRS Video Evening in BHH Gathering Room:
- From Raw Crystal to Crystal Oscillator – Crystals Go to War in 1943. (45 min)
- The Spying Game – the SOE (from History Channel). (45 min).
Wed 21 Jan 2026 – 7:30pm – LRS Net 194 – 144.350MHz SSB.
Wed 28 Jan LRS at BHH – ALMA ( Atacama Large mm Array) – A Radio Observatory in Chile – Trials and Tribulations of working at greater than 100 GHz by Bill Dent GM8RBT.
RECENT MEETINGS
RALLIES AND OTHER EVENTS
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Sun 12 April 2026 – Norbreck (Blackpool) Rally
Pete GM4BYF confirms that parking at the rear of the Norbreck Hotel will be free provided that car owners register on the tablet provided within the convention.
CONTEST CALENDAR
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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, SILENT KEYS and FOR SALE / WANTED
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Send items to Alan GM3PSP:
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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12 Nov 2025 – A Radio Safari to Eswatini 3DAØ (formerly Swaziland) by Malcolm Hamilton GM3TAL / 3DAØMH
Speaker Malcolm Hamilton GM3TAL / 3DAØMH.
2. SILENT KEYS
There are no current silent key notifications. Click on the heading to see the silent key archive.
3. ITEMS FOR SALE
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12 Dec 2025 – For Sale by Dave 6 – GM6KGZ – Owon Spectrum Analyzer With Tracking Generator- Portable and Rechargeable – 9kHz. – 1.5GHz – As New
Owon HSA015- TG Spectrum Analyzer With Tracking Generator- Portable and Rechargeable – 9kHz. – 1.5GHz 8” IPS Colour Touch-screen. Vivid Display
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31 Oct 2025 – 2 Items for Sale by Dave 6 – GM6KGZ
For sale by Dave 6. Tel. : 0131 539 2858 Anytone AT-D878UVII Plus – Digital Hand-Held DMR Radio. Boxed and
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MyDel 13.8 Volt 30 Amp Switching Power Supply Unit – Dave 6
MyDel 13.8 Volt 30 Amp Switching Power Supply Boxed and Unused ML&s Price £80 Only £40 Tel: 0131 539 2858 Dave
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21 Aug 2025 – Steel Ammo Box – £25 – Pete GM4BYF
For sale: Steel ex army ammunition box. Useful for carrying tools etc. Two handles. 58 x 26 x 26 cm
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17 Aug 2025 – Badger Boards HF Antenna – Norman Stewart GM1CNH
Badger Boards HF Antenna – wideband folded dipole antenna with balun; N(f) connector; heavy duty centre spacer; termination resistor; 1.5MHz
Lothians Radio Society activities – latest reports
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14 May 2025 Engineering Challenges: Microwave Preamps for 70cm and 23cm by Pete Bates GM4BYF.
14 May 2025 Engineering challenges: Microwave Preamps for 70cm and 23cm by Pete Bates GM4BYF. There was a turnout of
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23 Apr 2025 – Special Meeting: The Future of our Amateur Radio Hobby by Chris Tran GM3WOJ.
23 Apr 2025 – LRS Special Meeting: The Future of our Amateur Radio Hobby by Chris Tran GM3WOJ For this
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12-13 Apr 2025: Norbreck (Blackpool) Rally.
Photos tnx Colin GM4HWO: LRS group shot at end of rally. Norman Stewart GM1CNH, Peter Dick GM4DTH, Rob Humphrey MM0RHU,
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9 Apr 2025 – Surplus Equipment Sale
The LRS Spring Surplus Equipment Sale was held as usual at St Fillan’s Church in Buckstone. There was an excellent
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28 Mar 2025 – 80 Years of Airborne Radar – Dr Iain Scott FREng
Wed 26 March 2025 – Dr Iain Scott FREng: “80 years of Airborne Radar – From the Cavity Magnetron to
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12 March 2025 – Amateur Radio in Colombia – Norman HK3/MM0BMG.
The T-shirt reads “He’s not a businessman, he’s a very naughty boy!”, or something like that… Report soon. Norman talked
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Sat 15 March 2025 – MoC Goudie Lecture by Dr Peter Grant – Wartime Centimetre Wavelength Radar Developments
Click for full information.
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12 Feb 2025 – The End of the Line – for a Bit? – Ed Bain GM4AIS
12 Feb 2025 – The End of the Line – for a Bit? – Ed Bain GM4AIS. The continuing rollout
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Sat 15 Feb 2025 – MOC Goudie Lecture – The Pallimpsest Hoax –
Sat 15 Feb 2025 – MoC Goudie Lecture – The Pallimpsest Hoax – Mervyn Hagger (MoC) Click for details.
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31 Jan 2025 – Alan Masson GM3PSP – 80th Birthday
Jeremiah Bar. Andy MM0FMF, ?, Brian GM8BJF, Alan GM3PSP, John GM8OTI, Colin GM4HWO, Brian GM4DIJ, John GM4JRT. Long-term LRS
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26 Feb 2025 – Frequency Standards for General Use – What do we really need? – Brian Flynn GM8BJF
26 Feb 2025 – Frequency Standards for General Use – What do we really need? – Dr Brian Flynn GM8BJF
