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LRS Messages of the Day
Wed 30 Apr 2025 – LRS Pub Night – 7:30pm – Wee Bennet’s Bar, Maxwell St.
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 30th April 2025 – LRS Pub Night.
Bennets Bar As this is one of those magical months with 5 Wednesdays we shall be holding one of our LRS Pub Nights at Wee Bennet’s Bar in Maxwell St at Morningside Station, starting at 7:30pm to ensure we get a table. See you there – cheers!
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The full Calendar of LRS Meetings for 2024-25 has been prepared by James GM4WZP (mni tnx) and uploaded to this site (click top).
RECENT MEETINGS
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23 Apr 2025 – LRS Special Meeting: The Future of our Amateur Radio Hobby by Chris Tran GM3WOJ.
23 Apr 2025 – LRS Special Meeting: The Future of our Amateur… Read more
RALLIES AND OTHER EVENTS
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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
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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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23 Apr 2025 – LRS Members Survey
23 Apr 2025 – LRS Survey – conducted by Chris Tran GM3WOJ after his talk, assisted by Brian Flynn GM8BJF. […]
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27 Apr 2025 – CW Fun Day 2025
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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, […]
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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17 Apr 2025 – Two iPads 128GB 7th Generation – £100 ea – Dave 6
Two iPads 128 GB. 7th Generation With Mains Chargers & USB to Lightning Cables. Plus: Ovoe Padded Carrying Cases and Clear […]
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8 Apr 2025 – Raddy RF 919 Multiband Multimode Receiver – £100 – Dave 6
Raddy RF919 Multiband Multimode Receiver AM / FM / WFM / SSB / CW // SW / VHF / UHF / […]
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8 Apr 2025 – Uniden Bearcat BCD 160 DN Scanning Receiver: £120 – Dave 6
Uniden Bearcat BCD 160 DN Digital Scanning Receiver Modes DMR / NXDN / dPMR Digital Communications Boxed and in mint […]
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1 Apr 2025 – Portable Spectrum Analyzer £750 & Portable ‘Scope – £200 – Dave 6
Portable Spectrum Analyzer – Rechargeable In Fitted Flight Case Boxed and in mint condition – £750 FOR SALE – Portable […]
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3 Apr 2025 – J-Beam 7513 2m Collinear 3dB gain, 2.7m long – £50 – Colin GM4HWO.
Commercial quality Jaybeam 7513 2M VHF 3dB gain 2.7 metres long colinear for sale. New these aerials cost over £200 […]
Lothians Radio Society activities – latest reports
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24th Sept 2014 – Bob McFarlane “SOE Radio Operations in WWII” at Museum of Communication
Bob McFarlane (c) with Andre Saunders GM3VLB (l) & Colin Wright GM4HWO. Bob (R) with Yugoslav partisans. There was a great […]
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10th Sept 2014 – Presidential Address – Andy Sinclair MM0FMF – “Computers are now everywhere in Amateur Radio”
The first meeting for the new 2014-15 LRS club year was the Presidential Address by Andy Sinclair MM0FMF: “Computers are […]
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Dick Richardson GM3AKM – Silent Key
It is with great sadness that we have learned that LRS Life Member Dick Richardson GM3AKM became a Silent […]
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8 Aug 2014 – LRS at Cockenzie Mini-Rally
The LRS again had a promotional table at the Cockenzie & Port Seton Radio Club Mini-Rally and Junk Night on […]
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Channels in 144MHz Band to be used for Commonwealth Games
Following negotiations with the RSGB to minimise the impact on radio amateurs, Ofcom has announced that it will temporarily authorise […]
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4-6 July 2014 – VHF NFD
The GM3HAM Contest Group of the Lothians Radio Society took part in RSGB VHF National Field Day on 5-6 […]
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LRS Summer Pub Nights
The LRS held four summer pub nights on regular club dates during July and August 2014 at “Wee Bennet’s Bar” at […]
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New 3cm Beacon GM3WOJ/B installed by Brian GM8BJF
LRS member Brian Flynn GM8BJF has installed a new 3cm microwave beacon at the QTH near Invergordon of well-known DXer […]
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8 June 2014 – Judith Abseils from Forth Bridge in Memory of OM Brian Wilson MM0WZB-SK
Judith Wilson and her daughter Jackie abseiled from the Forth Bridge on Sunday 8th June 2014 to raise funds for MyelomaUK […]
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Wed 25 June 2014 – LRS Summer Barbecue
The Lothians Radio Society annual Summer Barbecue was held on Wednesday 25th June 2014 at the QTH of Pete GM4BYF […]
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11 June 2014 – Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Lothians Radio Society was held on Wed 11 June 2014 at the Braid Hills […]
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28 May 2014 – 3DA0SS – DX from Swaziland by GM3TAL
3DA0SS – DX from Swaziland was the title of the talk by LRS member Malcolm Hamilton GM3TAL / 3DA0MH on 28th May […]