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LRS Messages of the Day:
Wed 2 Sept 2026 – 20:00h 144.350MHz SSB – LRS Net 207 – All welcome.Wed 9 Sept 2026 – 20:00h BHH – LRS President’s Address: “Secondary Batteries for Hams”.
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 9 Sept 2026 – Presidential Address – “Secondary Batteries for Hams” – Andy Sinclair GM4LLD. Andy will be talking about battery technology and battery choices for amateur radio use with the main slant on portable operating.
Wed 23 Sept 2026 – LRS Visit to MOC Burntisland 2026 Exhibition – When Screens were Small, but the Magic seemed Huge – 100 Years of Television. There will also be a lecture by Prof. Tom Stevenson – 100 Years of Television – some Technical Milestones, including the early days of TV in Orkney.
RALLIES AND OTHER EVENTS
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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. The panel of speakers is now complete. The registration system is open for booking. We have sold 47 Event tickets – 3 tickets left – max room capacity = 50. Suggest you book asap to avoid disappointment. https://gmroundtable.org.uk/
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9 May – 30 Sept – Weds & Sats – MOC Exhibition 2026
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27 Sept 2026 MOC Goudie Lecture – 100 Years of Television.
The next MOC Goudie Lecture will take place at 7.30 pm on WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER and is entitled 100 Years of Television. It will be presented by Museum Chair Prof. Tom Stevenson. Please see Events – Museum Of Communication for further information.
Sunday 25 Oct 2026 – Galashiels Rally
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, RECENT MEETINGS, SILENT KEYS and FOR SALE / WANTED
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1. RADIO NEWS ITEMS
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26 Aug 2026 – Pub Night at Wee Bennet’s Bar with guest Dave VE3KG.
We had a great turn-out of about a dozen members and one guest at the Pub Night on 26th August 2026 at Wee Bennet’s Bar at Morningside Station. Also one canine – GM4JRT/K9. We were delighted to welcome Canadian guest, Dave Goodwin VE3KG from Smiths Falls, Ontario. As well as his Canadian call, Dave also holds the rather interesting UK call GM3AAA. He sat and passed all three levels of RAE exams and chose the re-issued UK call GM3AAA which was originally issued as the first UK call after WW2.
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22-23 Aug 2026 – LRS Members at Montrose Air Station Open Weekend
Mike GM8KCS, Michael MM3MDB, Melvyn GM4HYR, Colin GM4HWO. WW2 Singer. Melvyn GM4HYR Sopwith Camel – WWI
2. RECENT MEETINGS
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3. SILENT KEYS
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4. ITEMS FOR SALE
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21 Aug 2026 – Sigma 2010 Skip Master 25-30MHz Antenna for sale By Colin GM4HWO.
Sigma 2010 Skip Master 25-30MHz am/fm/ssb , fibreglass home base antenna, power handling 1000 watts, length 5.48 m/ 18 feet, Gain 9.9 dB, impedance 50 ohms, frequency 25-30MHz (with tuning), construction fibreglass, swr 1:1.3, Mounting bracket pole, the Sigma Euro-Comm ½ wave Skip Master 2010 is a high performance base station antenna. The top section has a tuneable whip that can be trimmed to suit your desired frequency band, The total bandwidth with tuning is 5MHz, from 25 to 30MHz. This makes it ideal for cb 10-metre band as well as dx’ing. The construction is 3 sections of fiberglass and…
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28 June 2026 – Corsair CV450 modern PC PSU – for sale by Andy GM4LLD
Corsair CV450 modern PC PSU. Comes from my son’s PC as he has just updated with some new GPU that needs a bigger PSU. No box but clean and working. £20 Andy GM4LLD (ex-MM0FMF)
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13 June 2026 – Dell Monitor for Sale by Andy GM4LLD
Dell U2412M hi-res 1920 x 1200 LCD monitor Adjustable stand DisplayPort, DVI & VGA inputs 1920 x 1200 WUXGA resolution 4 port USB2 hub. Mains lead Very good condition, no screen blemishes. £35 Andy GM4LLD.
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26 Apr 2026 – Bencher BY-1 Dual Paddle for Sale by Andy GM4LLD.
Bencher BY-1 dual paddle key. Chrome mechanics on black base. Used and slightly worn but in very good condition otherwise. Pictures available on request. Price £125 or offer. Andy Sinclair GM4LLD (formerly MM0FMF
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29 Jan 2026 – Items for Sale by Norman MM0BMG (Reduced Prices).
Norman has reduced the prices of many of the items on his list: GM1CNH Equipment Sale Updated: 29 January 2026 Item Description Price Alinco HF Mobile Whip Antenna 2.7 m mobile whip; antenna mounting bracket and spring; adjustable vehicle mounting bracket; heavy duty; boxed. NEW – £150 Anritsu MT8820A Radio Communication Analyser 30 MHz to 2.7 GHz, spectrum analyser, 2G/3G mobile phone tester, output power, modulation, RF signal generation, £300 Badger Boards HF Antenna wideband folded dipole antenna with balun N(f) connector; heavy duty centre spacer; termination resistor; 1.5 MHz to 30 MHz; supplied with 2 x 50 ft antenna…
Lothians Radio Society activities – latest reports
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17 Oct 24 – GM4DTH Peter’s Second 70th Birthday Bash!
For those unable to attend GM4DTH Peter’s 70th birthday bash on 10th September, a second event was held on 17th October, again at Jeremiah’s Bar and the Kahani Indian Restaurant on Leith Walk. Angus GM8GSV/GM0EAX, Jim Kydd GM0JPK, Peter GM4DTH, Veronica Saunders, Pete GM4BYF, Colin GM4HWO, Brian GM4DIJ. We were particularly pleased to…
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16 Oct 2024 – LRS Autumn Surplus Sale
The LRS Autumn Surplus Sale at St Fillan’s Church on 16th October was an epic event with 30 participants including guests from Cockenzie, Livingston & Glasgow, and lasted almost 2½ hours. This sale attracted a large number of items including some really heavy ones. Pete GM4BYF had…
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9 Oct 2024 – Welcome to Otter Kvindesland LA9IHA
We were delighted to welcome Norwegian amateur Otter Kvindesland LA9IHA (R) from Sandnes as a guest at the Moonbounce talk on October 9th.
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10 Oct 2024 – Aurora photo from Blackford Hill by Peter GM4DTH and Auroral recordings of Chris GM3WOJ (SSB) & Terry GM3WUX (CW) by Brian GM4DIJ/P
Peter GM4DTH reports: Before I was going to turn in for the night I looked out of the window to the south and saw a red glow in the sky. I went across the road and S2577 was the source. I walked to Blackford Hill and took some more photographs. It was a race against…
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28 Sept 2024 – LRS Members at Newark Show
Danny GM6CMQ has kindly provided this photo of Norrie GM1CNH and Peter GM4DTH enjoying a “vegetarian breakfast” while attending the Newark show recently.
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9 Oct 2024 “Getting started on 23cm EME” – Dr Paul Dobie GM0PJD
Paul Dobie GMØPJD from Biggar writes: “With a 480,000 mile round trip, every EME contact (Earth-Moon-Earth / Moonbounce) is DX! The presentation goes on a journey looking at the Moon as seen by the Apollo program, through to top tips to help radio amateurs successfully get their own 23cm signals safely to the moon &…
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25 Sept 2024 – Visit to the MoC Exhibition “Its about TIME”.
Poster for the 2024 exhibition “It’s about TIME”. After having coffee provided by his wife, Winnie, we were welcomed to the MoC by our good friend, Chairman, Prof Tom Stevenson, who also took a number of the photos in this article.. The exhibition is described on the MoC website, Museum Of Communication:…
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11 Sept 2024 – President’s Address – Andy Sinclair MM0FMF
After serving two years as LRS Hon Secretary, Andy Sinclair MM0FMF gave his first President’s Address on the subject of the Saturn-V Rocket and the Apollo mission in space. Summary of talk. The Free-Return Trajectory of the Saturn-V rocket. The Project Apollo Ground Computers took up a lot of space in…
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10th Sept 2024: Peter Dick GM4DTH: 70th Birthday Curry
Happy 70th birthday to Peter Dick GM4DTH. Peter has been LRS Hon. Treasurer & RSGB GB2RS Newsreader for many years, and a leading-light of the Edinburgh Cine & Video Society. Peter GM4DTH was joined by 13 guests to celebrate his 70th birthday on 10th September 2024. After beers at Jeremiah’s Tap Room on Elm Row,…
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28 Aug 2024 – Summer Pub Night 4 at Wee Bennet’s Bar
Good turnout of 11 of the usual suspects for the last pub night of the summer at Wee Bennet’s Bar at Morningside Station.
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14 Aug 2024 – Summer Pub Night 3 at Wee Bennet’s Bar
Great turnout of 13 for the 3rd Pub Night this summer. Early group shot in the evening. We were joined by two (student) guests, Clair MM7YUE (at rear) and Adrian MM7WCR (R) who are interested in joining the LRS. For some reason, Bond, Melvyn Bond GM4HYR (centre) was rather shy this evening!…
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9 Aug 2024 – LRS at Cockenzie Mini Junk-Sale
Pete GM4BYF & Colin GM4HWO at Pete’s “Bargain Basement” Main Hall in the Cockenzie & Port Seton Community Centre. The Canny Man’s Components. Norrie GM1CNH & John GM4JRT. Colin GM4EAU, Brian GM8BJF & Mike GM8KCS. RSGB Book Stand Pete GM4BYF assisted by James GM4WZP. Norrie GM1CNH & Peter…