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LRS Messages of the Day:
Wed 14 Oct 2026 – LRS Autumn Surplus Equipment Sale at St Fillans Church. Sat 24 Oct 2026 – MoC Goudie lecture Baird, Early Television and Museum Legacy, will be presented by Iain Logie Baird, grandson of John Logie Baird. See Upcoming Meetings. Sun 25 Oct 2026 – Galashiels Rally – 11:15am – Volunteer Hall, Galashiels. Sat 31 Oct 2026 – NOTE – GMRT-2026 is now FULLY BOOKED.
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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The next MoC Goudie Lecture will take place at 11.30 am on Saturday 24 October, followed by a buffet lunch for in-person attendees. Entitled Vision 1926: Baird, Early Television and Museum Legacy, presented by Iain Baird, grandson of John Logie Baird. Please see Events – Museum Of Communication for further information.To attend in person, please email enquiries@mocft.co.uk or REPLY ALL to this e-mail.
Zoom access details will be sent to you about 10 days before the Lecture.
Attendance in person costs £5. Those viewing the lectures online are encouraged to make a voluntary donation of £5 in support of MoC activities via our web page at Shop – Museum Of Communication . We are a charitable organisation that relies on
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. GMRT-2026 is now FULLY-BOOKED – all 50 places sold. WAITING LIST – Contact Colin GM4HWO. https://gmroundtable.org.uk/
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Sun 25 Oct 2026 – Galashiels Rally
11:15 am – Volunteer Hall, Galashiels.
See: Galashiels and District Amateur Radio Society (GDARS) GM4YEQ
CONTEST CALENDAR
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The LRS operates GM3HAM/P from a great site near Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries & Galloway.
(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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Items usually archived as News or Silent Keys in LRS Archive after 1 month.
1. RADIO NEWS ITEMS
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23 Sept 2026 – LRS visits MoC for TV Exhibition and Goudie TV Lecture
LRS members had dinner at the Sands Hotel in Burntisland before going on to the Museum of Communication to view the 2026 exhibition “100 Years of Television – When Screens were small but the magic felt huge” and the lecture by Prof. Tom Stevenson. An MoC guide describes an exhibit item to LRS visitors. An old TV repair shop. Applications of television technology. Introduction to the history of TV – 1905: First images in a Cathode-RayTube. Applications of TV technology. John Logie Baird’s dummy Stookie Bill and his disc scanner. An image…
2. RECENT MEETINGS
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23 Sept 2026 – MoC Goudie Lecture – 100 Years of Television – some technical milestones – by Prof Tom Stevenson
The was an excellent turnout of members of the Museum of… Read more
3. SILENT KEYS
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4. ITEMS FOR SALE
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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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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)
Lothians Radio Society activities – latest reports
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11 Aug 2017 – Pete GM4BYF at Cockenzie Mini Rally
LRS Member Pete GM4BYF had a well-stocked table of ju.. surplus equipment for sale. (Hold the front page)! General view of the Mini-Rally
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4 Aug 2017 – RSGB VHF NFD – GM3HAM/P Wins 6m & 4m – Leading GM Restricted Section
The GM3HAM/P Contest Group of the Lothians Radio Society had another excellent result in RSGB VHF NFD in 2017. Operating in the Restricted Section we were: Leading Scottish station (Cockenzie Quaich) 1st Place on 50MHz (Certificate) 1st Place on 70MHz (Certificate) 4th Place on 144MHz 3rd Place on 1.2GHz Congratulations to all the operators. Click…
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GM3WUX 4 metre Quad Demo
We have just learned of two YouTube videos of our good friend Terry GM3WUX demonstrating his 6-element 4 metre quad antenna at a meeting of the West of Scotland Amateur Radio Society. Click for: Video 1 Video 2
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Wed 23 Aug – LRS Pub Night 4
There were nine LRS members at PN4 on 23rd August including Alan GM3PSP who took this photo. During the summer break in July and August we held our Summer Pub Nights at ‘Wee’ Bennet’s Bar on the corner of Maxwell St at Morningside Station at 8:00pm on normal club nights – Wednesdays 12th & 26th…
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1-2 July 2017 – GM3HAM/P – VHF NFD – Gatehouse of Fleet
VHF NFD 2017 at Gatehouse of Fleet was another success for the LRS with good wx most of the time and good scores on 50MHz, 70MHz, 144MHz and 1296MHz in the Restricted section. We were joined by Mike GM4IGS from Troon and Terry GM3WUX from Glasgow as operators on 6m & 4m. On the Friday…
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28 June 2017 – LRS Summer Barbecue at QTH-GM4BYF
The annual LRS Summer barbecue was held on Wednesday 28th June 2017 at the QTH of Pete GM4BYF and Kay Bates GM6KAY at Fairmilehead. Wonderful food was provided (as always) and participants brought their own liquid refreshments. In view of the rather cold wx outside, the BBQ was held in the sunroom and kitchen. …
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14 June 2017 – LRS Annual General Meeting
Congratulations to Dr Brian Flynn GM8BJF who was elected President of the Lothians Radio Society for 2017-18 at the Annual General Meeting on 14th June. President: Brian Flynn GM8BJFTreasurer: Peter Dick GM4DTHSecretary: Mike Burgess MM0MLBCommittee: Andy Sinclair MM0FMF Malcolm…
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24 May 2017 – D/F Hunt – Peter Dick GM4DTH
L-R: Alasdair GM6ZQQ, Melvyn GM4HYR (winner), Mike Jr MM3MDB, Mike Sr GM8KCS The annual LRS Direction-Finding Contest (D/F Hunt) took place on Wednesday 24th May 2017 with Peter Dick GM4DTH operating the Fox station GM3HAM/P.. The results were: Melvyn Bond GM4HYR / Alasdair GM6ZQQ: 1h 19mMike Brunsden GM8KCS / Mike Jr MM3MDB: 1h 51mPete Bates…
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7 May 2017 LRS Members at Ham Radio Convention 2017
L-R: Brian GM8BJF, Chris GM3WOJ, Briain GM8PKL, Robin GM4YPL A number of LRS members attended the ASRA Ham Radio Convention 2017 at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow on Sunday 7th May 2017. As well as buying ‘stuff’, it was an opportunity to meet up with old friends. Brian GM8BJF catches a quick QSO on 10GHz…
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10 May 2017 – Radio in WW-I – Malcolm Fergusson
Malcolm Fergusson, formerly of Edinburgh University Physics Department, talked about Radio in WW-I at the meeting on 10th May 2017. His talk was about the start of radio, who was involved, who did what, development of military radio, French Radio, RFC developments and expansion. Marconi’s basic spark transmitter Malcolm revealed that this mystery photo, shown in the meeting…
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24 April 2017 – Malcolm GM3TAL – Our Man in Havana
L-R: Hector; Amed CO2AME; Malcolm GM3TAL; Moises CM2YV On the last day of his recent trip to Cuba, Malcolm was delighted to meet Amed, CO2AME and to exchange QSL cards for a contact made in the Nov 2016 CQWW CW contest. ======================================== VHF NFD Trophies at 26 April LRS Meeting VHF NFD 2016 operators holding the trophies won…
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26 April 2017 – Enigma – the Unsung Heroes – Pete Bates GM4BYF
At the LRS meeting on 26th April 2017 Pete Bates GM4BYF gave a very well researched talk on ‘Enigma – the Unsung Heroes’. He outlined how the Enigma machine was used, the inputs and work required and the lesser known actions of some brave, dedicated people’. A German Enigma machine used for the encryption and decryption of messages during WWII.…