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LRS Messages of the Day
Wed 8th Oct 2025 – LRS Net 187 – 20:00h 144.350MHz SSB – all welcome.
Wed 15th Oct 2025: LRS Surplus Sale at St. Fillan’s Church, Buckstone Drive, EH10 6PD. Doors open at 7.30pm for 8pm start.
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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AUTUMN 2025
Wed 15th Oct (3rd Wed) – 8pm at St Fillan’s Church, Buckstone Drive – LRS Surplus Equipment Sale. Do not arrive before 7:30pm.
Wed 29th Oct – Pub Night at Wee Bennet’s Bar, Maxwell St., Morningside Stn.
Wed 12th Nov at BHH: Radio Safari to Eswatini 3DA0 by Malcolm Hamilton GM3TAL
Wed 26th Nov – at BHH: Something to do with Beacons by Brian Flynn GM8BJF.
Wed 10th Dec: LRS Xmas Curry: 8:00pm at Kahani Indian Restaurant (BYOB), 10 Antigua Street, after pre-dinner drinks at 7:00-7:55pm at Jeremiah’s Tap, Elm Row.
RECENT MEETINGS
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24 Sept 2025 – LRS Visit to MoC TV Exhibition & Bletchley Park Talk by Pete GM4BYF.
Speaker Pete GM4BYF was introduced by MoC Chair, Prof Tom Stevenson. Wed… Read more
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10 Sept 2025 – Andy Sinclair MM0FMF – Presidential Address – “Things that made me go hmmmmmm…….” (Windows-11 & QRP ATUs).
LRS President Andy Sinclair MM0FMF started the new club year with his… Read more
RALLIES AND OTHER EVENTS
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Sat 1 Nov 2025 – Scottish Microwave Round Table (GMRT 2025)
The 13th Scottish Microwave Round Table GMRT-2025, will go ahead between 10.30h and 17.00h on Saturday 1st November at the Museum of Communication, Burntisland, Fife. An interesting programme of speakers has been arranged, microwave test facilities will be provided and there will be an opportunity to buy components and microwave-related items. An optional Dinner will be held in the evening at the Kingswood Hotel. Full info / online registration available at https://gmroundtable.org.uk/or email Colin GM4HWO gm4hwo@gmail.com. Note the event has a maximum capacity of 50 people and only 8 places left – book now!
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Sun 26 Oct 2025 – Galashiels Rally
Click for details.
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 MM0FMF 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
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
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19 Sept 2025 – LRS Members in RSGB RadCom
LRS member Vic GM3OWU has a letter on RAYNET Voice Procedure published in RSGB RadCom Oct 2025, p.89. (Over & Out)! […]
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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14 May 2025 – Antennas & Duplexers – Dave 6
Antennas and Duplexers For sale by Dave GM6KGZ – 14th May Diamond A144S5R2 5 Element 2M Beam Antennas – 2 […]
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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 […]
Lothians Radio Society activities – latest reports
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8 March 2023 – Brian Flynn GM8BJF – Nano-VNAs (1) In Theory
8 Mar 2023 – Brian Flynn GM8BJF – Nano-VNAs (1) – in Theory. In Part 1 – “In Theory” Brian […]
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22 Feb 2023 – André Saunders GM3VLB Awards 2022
22 Feb 2023 – André Saunders GM3VLB SOTA Scottish Islands Awards 2022. The award has run for its first year and […]
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22 Feb 2023 – Peter Dick GM4DTH – “Receiving MF D/F Beacons”
22 Feb 2023 – Receiving MF D/F Beacons – Peter Dick GM4DTH Peter Dick GM4DTH At the LRS meeting […]
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8 Feb 2023 – Dr Roger Hill – “Plasmas – their Generation & Application”
Dr Roger Hill. Plasmas – their generation & application – Mercury arc, Neon lamp, Radio wave propagation, Laser design and manufacture. […]
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25 Jan 2023 – Peter Scott – “Pre-War Television”
25 Jan – Pre-War TV – Peter Scott Peter gave a most interesting talk about the pre-war days of television […]
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11 Jan 2023 – LRS Video Night – ‘A US Selection’
Peter Dick GM4DTH The theme was the Cold War, including early space-based communications: 01 – Communism 10:41 02 – The […]
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3 Jan 2023 – LRS New Year Pub Night – Wee Bennets Bar
“Wee” Bennets Bar, Maxwell St, Morningside Tues 3 Jan 2023 – LRS New Year Pub Night Colin GM4HWO, Colin GM4EAU, […]
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14 Dec 2022 – Christmas Curry – Gurkha Cafe
14 Dec 2022 – LRS Christmas Curry Peter, Colin, Alan & Colin at the Gurkha There was a small (but […]
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1 Dec 2022 – Committee Meeting
Colin GM4HWO, Andy MM0FMF, Colin GM4EAU, Pete GM4BYF, James GM4WZP, Peter GM4DTH, Alan GM3PSP. The meeting was held at […]
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23 Nov 2022 – Ed Bain GM4AIS – AI in Diagnostics
Artificial intelligence has been around for over 60 years. In reality it covers various techniques. One of them, Expert […]
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9 Nov 2022: David Stockton GM4ZNX – Limiting Factors in Receiver Design over the Decades
David writes: It’s quite simple if unusual. All the marketing departments of all the component, system etc manufacturers trumpet what their […]
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30 Oct 2022 – LRS Members at Galashiels Rally
Mike MM0MLB, Brian GM4DIJ, Colin GM4HWO / Brian GM8BJF, Norrie GM1CNH. The Canny Man. (Gateshead). Click for more photos taken […]