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LRS Messages of the Day
Wed 2 Apr 2025 – LRS Net 175 – 20:00h 144.350MHz SSB
Wed 9 Apr 2025 – LRS Surplus Equipment Sale at St Fillan’s Church, 8 Buckstone Drive, EH10 6PD. Time 7:30 for 8:00pm. Club takes 10% of selling price.
Wed 23 Apr 2025 – LRS Special Meeting – The Future of our Amateur Radio Hobby by Chris Tran GM3WOJ. See Upcoming Meetings below.
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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SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES 23 Apr 2025 – LRS Special Meeting: The Future of our Amateur Radio Hobby by Chris Tran GM3WOJ
For this special meeting, our good friend Chris Tran GM3WOJ will be coming from his home near Invergordon. Chris is well-known as a very successful contester, DXpeditioner and contributor to RSGB RadCom magazine and as the host of the GM3WOJ 10GHz personal beacon built by LRS member Dr Brian Flynn GM8BJF. For more info about Chris, insert GM3WOJ into the Search function in the top RH corner of this Home Page.
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Wed 9 Apr 2025 at 2-4pm – “Optimising Interface Management on Railway Projects” by Gurvinder Singh.
LRS members are invited to this IET talk at the Napier University Craiglockhart Campus.
Registration is not essential, however it is helpful for us to manage the event. The Plus4 link to the registration page is given below:A reminder and any Joining Instructions will be sent on the 5th April.
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Wed 2nd April 2025 – Net #175 at 20:00h on 144.350MHz SSB.
RECENT MEETINGS
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Wed 26 March 2025 – Dr Iain Scott FREng: “80 years of… Read more
RALLIES AND OTHER EVENTS
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Sat 5 Apr 2025 – 26th GMDX Convention & Dinner
- King Robert Hotel, Bannockburn, on Sat 5 Apr 2025. – Click for Booking Info
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Sun 13 April 2025 – NORBRECK Rally, Blackpool
Click the image for the NARSA link
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Sun 18 May 2025 – Glasgow Braehead Rally
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Sat 1 Nov 2025 – Scottish Microwave Round Table (GMRT 2025)
GMRT-2025, – Saturday 1 Nov, Museum of Communication, Burntisland; dinner at the Kingswood Hotel. More information in June/July GM4HWO.
CONTEST CALENDAR
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The LRS usually operates GM3HAM/P from a great site near Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries & Galloway.
3-4 May 2025 – May VHF/UHF Contest – Nobody interested in operating from Gatehouse of Fleet. Norman MM0BMG may operate 432MHz on the Sunday from Lauder Common.
5-6 July 2025 – VHF NFD – LRS will enter, organized by Pete GM4BYF & Colin GM4HWO.
6-7 Sept 2025 – 2m Trophy – undecided at present.
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
Click on image or “read more” to open full article.
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
There are no RADIO NEWS ITEMS. Click on the heading to see the radio news archive.
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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25 July 2024 – Dave 6 – GM6KGZ – Many Items, boxed, new condition:
PLEASE NOTE: DAVE HAS REDUCED THE PRICES SHOWN HERE BY A FURTHER 25% (5 Feb 2025): 1. Uniden Bearcat BCT15X […]
Lothians Radio Society activities – latest reports
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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 […]
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22 Jan 2025 – The Moxon Beam – Theory & Demo – Malcolm Hamilton GM3TAL.
Malcolm described the theory and practice of the Moxon beam for 4m, 6m and 10m and attempted a demo with […]
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8 Jan 2025 – LRS Video Night at Edinburgh Cine & Video Society
LRS Video Night at Edinburgh Cine & Video Society, 23A Fettes Row, Edinburgh – Peter Dick GM4DTH. The first […]
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11 Dec 2024 – LRS Xmas Curry
The LRS 2024 Xmas Curry was held as usual at the Gurkha Restaurant in Cockburn Street with a great turnout […]
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27 Nov 2024- “Tracking the Future – Satellites & Celestia-UK” – Dr Carol Marsh
Report on this very interesting talk. […]
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21 Nov 2024 – Getting Started on 23cm – GM3TAL-GM8BJF-GM8OTI Sked Report by John Cooke GM8OTI
Three LRS members were on the air on 23cm (1296MHz) this evening, 21st November. Malcolm GM3TAL had given a talk […]
