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LRS Messages of the Day
TOMORROW – Sunday, 18 May 2025 – Glasgow Braehead Rally (photos pse!).
WANTED: Relief Newsreader for GB2RS – see Radio News Item, below, RHS.
Wed 21 May 2025 – LRS Net 178 20:00h 144.350MHz SSB – All welcome.
Wed 27 May 2025 – D/F Hunt with Fox Peter GM4DTH, at 7:30pm from the Tardis on Braid Hills Rd.
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 21 May 2025 – LRS Net 178 – 144.350MHz SSB 20:00h
Wed 28 May 2025 – D/F Hunt with Fox Peter GM4DTH, starting at the Tardis on Braid Hills Road at 7:30pm.
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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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… 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 from Colin GM4HWO.
CONTEST CALENDAR
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The LRS usually operates GM3HAM/P from a great site near Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries & Galloway.
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
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WANTED – Standby Newsreader for GB2RS in Edinburgh area on Sundays.
Peter Dick, GM4DTH, Newsreader for RSGB GB2RS in the Edinburgh area, reports: My current reserve newsreader is taking a break […]
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Andy MM0FMF/P on Stuc a’Chroin in RSGB RadCom June 2025 p.59
Congrats to LRS President Andy Sinclair MM0FMF on the publication of his SOTA /portable photo on Stuc a’Chroin in Radcom, […]
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16 Apr 2025 – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is DK7DQ (RadCom).
Radcom, May 2025, p.8: “Do you have a QSL card from DK7DQ in your collection? If you do, you’re in […]
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15 May 2025 – All BBC-TV Channels to Switch to 100% Digital Distribution
BBC chief Tim Davie has announced that all BBC-TV channels will switch to Digital Distribution at a date in the […]
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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26 June 2019 – LRS Barbecue
The group at BBQ-2019 at “Bates Motel” The LRS BBQ was again held at the QTH of Pete Bates GM4BYF […]
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23 May 2019 – Silent Key – Andre Saunders GM3VLB
André after MoC lecture on 11th May 2019. We were saddened to learn of the passing of LRS member, André […]
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22 May 2019 – LRS Direction -Finding Contest (D/F Hunt)
Some of the starters. The annual LRS Direction-Finding Contest (D/F Hunt) took place on 22nd May 2019, starting from the […]
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16 May 2019: Congratulations to Andy MM0FMF for winning the RSGB Jock Kyle Trophy
Photo courtesy WoSARS Congratulations to LRS Past-President Andy Sinclair MM0FMF (L) for jointly winning the RSGB Jock Kyle Trophy with […]
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5 May 2019 – UHF / Microwave Contest – Lauder Common
Norrie GM1CNH and Peter GM4DTH operated on 70cm in the RSGB UHF / Microwave contest on Sunday 5th May […]
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8 May 2019 – ‘What I Brought Tonight’ – coordinated by James Gentles GM4WZP
On 8th May, James Gentles GM4WZP hosted a meeting titled: “WHAT I BROUGHT TONIGHT”, an evening where members and visitors brought […]
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24 April 2019 – ‘Writing in Iron’ – Magnetic Sound Recording – Terry Martini-Yates
At the meeting on 24th April 2019 Terry Martini-Yates of Ferrograph World, based in Rosyth, talked about “Writing in Iron” […]
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10th April 2019 – LRS Spring Surplus Equipment Sale – St Fillan’s Church, Buckstone
The LRS Spring Surplus Equipment Sale was held on 10th April 2019 at St. Fillan’s Church, Buckstone. This sale included […]
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27th March 2019 – Energy Storage – Prof. Win Rampen
At the meeting of the LRS on 27th March 2019 Prof Win Rampen, the Chair of Energy Storage at […]
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13th March 2019 – Phantasmagoria – traditional magic lantern show – Winnie Stevenson, MoC.
Archer Magic Lantern At the meeting of the LRS on 13th March 2019 our good friend Winnie Stevenson from the […]
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27th Feb 2019 – Amateur Radio Operating in Colombia – Norrie Stewart GM1CNH / HK3/MM0BMG
On 27th Feb 2019 Norrie Stewart GM1CNH gave an illustrated talk on Amateur Radio Operating in Colombia as HK3/MM0BMG. Having travelled […]
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More on AMSAT Es’hail-2 geostationary satellite – now called Quatar OSCAR-100 or QO-100
LATEST: Brian Flynn GM8BJF reports that he has worked PY2GN near Sao Paolo in Brazil at GG56tv. Feb 2019 – […]