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LRS Messages of the Day
21 Aug 2025 – Ammo Box for sale £25 (GM4BYF) – see Items for Sale below, RHS.
Sat 23 – Sun 24 Aug 2025 – Montrose Air Station Open Days, Radio Sale & HF Demo Station (free admission) – see News Item, below, RHS.
Wed 27 Aug 2025 – LRS Pub Night 5: 7:30pm @ Wee Bennet’s Bar.
Sat 6 – Sun 7 Sept 2025 – RSGB 2m Trophy – LRS will NOT be entering.
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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SUMMER 2025
We are currently in our summer break with no formal meetings at the Braid Hills Hotel until we start again in September. First meetings of the new club year:
Wed 10th Sept – at Braid Hills Hotel: Presidential Address by Andy Sinclair MM0FMF.
Wed 24th Sept – at Museum of Communication, Burntisland for MOC 2025 Exhibition – The Box that Changed the World – 100 Years of Television, and talk on Bletchley Park, Enigma, Y Stations – The Unsung Heroes/Heroines by Pete Bates GM4BYF. Synopsis:- One or two names are rightly well known for their parts in the system for gathering and decoding/decrypting radio messages and producing Ultra – the intelligence which made a major contribution to the Western Allies eventual success in WW2. But many others were heroes – some of whom gave their lives in the process. This presentation will highlight some of lesser known aspects of what took place. LRS pre-meeting Fish and Chips at the Sands Hotel – 5pm sharp).
Wed 1st Oct (1st Wed) – at BHH: Using Ansys HFSS for Amateur Radio Projects by Brian Howie GM4DIJ. (Ansys HFSS = High Frequency RF Simulation Software).
Wed 15th Oct – at St Fillan’s Church, Buckstone – LRS Surplus Equipment Sale. Do not arrive before 7:30pm.
Wed 29th Oct – at Wee Bennet’s Bar, Morningside Stn. – Pub Night.
Wed 12th Nov at BHH: A 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 – location TBD.
Until then, Summer 2025 Program – tnx Colin GM4HWO:
27 Aug 2025Pub Night 5 @ Wee Bennet’s BarColin Wright GM4HWO
RECENT MEETINGS
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13 Aug 2025 – LRS Pub Night 4 at Wee Bennet’s Bar
L-R Melvyn GM4HYR, Peter GM4DTH, Grant GM0DQZ and (cameraman) Briain GM8PKL. Peter… 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 information and online registration are now available at https://gmroundtable.org.uk/or email Colin GM4HWO gm4hwo@gmail.com for further information. Note the event has a maximum capacity of 50 people and only 12 places left – please book now to avoid disappointment.
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23-24 Aug 2025 – Montrose Air Station Open Day & Radio Sale
See Radio News Items above, RHS.
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Sun 26 Oct 2025 – Galashiels Rally
Click for details.
CONTEST CALENDAR
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This photo, by Andy MM0FMF, is in RSGB RadCom, Sept 2025, p.80 (full width)!
VHF NFD Results are out. (Tnx Brian GM4DIJ).
LRS GM3HAM/P entered in Restricted Section from our usual excellent site near Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries & Galloway:
3rd in Restricted as predicted.
2nd on 6m / 50MHz
1st on 4m / 70MHz
4th on 2m / 144MHz
6th on 70cm / 432MHz
A couple of UBNs on 4m and 6mhttps://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin
/vhfresults.pl?Contest=VHF%20F ixed%20Station%20Contest&year=2025 
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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.
6-7 Sept 2025 – 2m Trophy – LRS will NOT be entering.
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
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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29 Jan 2025 – Uniden Bearcat BCT 15X Desktop Scanner – £150 – Dave 6
Uniden Bearcat BCT 15X Desktop Scanner For Sale by Dave GM6KGZ See attached files for details. Boxed and in mint […]
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8 Nov 2024 – Equipment for Sale by Norman MM0BMG
MM0BMG Equipment Sale – Updated: 8 November 2024 Item Description Price Alinco HF Mobile Whip Antenna 2.7 m mobile whip; […]
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22 Nov 2024 – Tecsun PL990x Multiband Portable Radio plus Active Antenna – PRICE REDUCED TO £90 TO CLEAR – Dave 6 GM6KGZ
Tecsun PL990x – Multiband Portable Radio, boxed and in mint condition ML&s price £269. NOW ONLY £90 TO CLEAR for […]
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31 Oct 2024 – Avantree Portable Digital Radio with 30W Speakers – Dave-6
2. Avantree PowerByte Portable Digital FM Radio with 30W Speakers. Boxed and in mint condition – £40 Tel: 0131 […]
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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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19 Oct 2016 – LRS Surplus Equipment Sale
LRS Secretary, Mike MM0MLB welcoming everyone. The LRS Autumn Surplus Equipment Sale and raffle was held on Wednesday 19th October […]
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12 Nov 2016 – GMRT-2016 – Scottish Microwave Round Table at MoC
GMRT speakers: Stuart G8CYW, John G4BAO, Pete GM4BYF, morning chair John GM8OTI, Sam G4DDK GMRT-2016, the Scottish Microwave Round Table, […]
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12 Nov 2016 GMRT – Scottish Microwave Round Table at MoC
Alan GM0USI speaking at GMRT-2015 Registrations are now open for GMRT-2016, the Scottish Microwave Round Table on Saturday 12th November […]
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6 Sep 2016 – Bill Hunter GM3HUN – Silent Key
Bill Hunter GM3HUN, a former member of the Lothians Radio Society, died peacefully at the age of 90 in a care […]
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28 Sept 2016 – Admiralty Anti-Submarine Research Station, Hawkcraig Pt. – Diana Maxwell
At the annual LRS visit to the Museum of Communication, Burntisland on 28th September local historian and author Diana Maxwell gave […]
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3-4 Sept 2016 – GM3HAM/P – RSGB 2m Trophy – Gatehouse of Fleet
Photos by Peter Dick GM4DTH The GM3HAM/P contest group of the Lothians Radio Society operated in the RSGB […]
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Website changes
Regular readers will have noticed some changes to the appearance of our website. The changes are due to us moving […]
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14 Sept 2016 – What’s in the Box? – Andy Sinclair MM0FMF
14th Sept: the first meeting of the new LRS club year was the Presidential Address by Andy Sinclair MM0FMF: “What’s […]
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17 July 2016 – LRS GM3HAM/P Wins RSGB VHF NFD & Scotland Restricted Sections
The Martlesham Trophy for Overall Winner of the Restricted Section of RSGB VHF NFD Congratulations to the LRS Contest Group GM3HAM/P […]
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12 July 2016 – Film – The Battle of the Somme – The Museum of Communication, Burntisland
The Museum of Communication in Burntisland is holding a special Film Night on Tuesday 12th July 2016 at 7:30pm with […]
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13 July – 24 Aug – LRS Summer Pub Nights
Pub Night 4 (24th Aug): There was a good turnout of ten for the last for this summer, and no sweaty […]
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2-3 July 2016 – RSGB VHF NFD – LRS Contest Group GM3HAM/P
GM3HAM/P VHF NFD 2016. The Lothians Radio Society Contest Group GM3HAM/P operated in RSGB VHF NFD on 2-3 July 2016 from our usual […]