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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

  • 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 2025
    Pub Night 5 @ Wee Bennet’s Bar
    Colin Wright GM4HWO
  • 13 Aug 2025 – LRS Pub Night 4 at Wee Bennet’s Bar

    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

  • 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.

    GMRT-2025 Program published (click).

  • 23-24 Aug 2025 – Montrose Air Station Open Day & Radio Sale

    See Radio News Items above, RHS.

  • Sun 26 Oct 2025 – Galashiels Rally

    Galashiels Rally – GM4YEQ

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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 6m

    https://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/vhfresults.pl?Contest=VHF%20Fixed%20Station%20Contest&year=2025

     

     

  • 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.

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RADIO NEWS, SILENT KEYS and FOR SALE / WANTED

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Items usually archived as News or Silent Keys in LRS Archive after 1 month.

  • 23-24 Aug 2025 – Montrose Air Station Open Days, Radio Sale & HF Demo Station (Free Admission)

    23-24 Aug 2025 – Montrose Air Station Open Days, Radio Sale & HF Demo Station (Free Admission)

    NOTE: Pete GM4BYF will probably be going and will have spare seats available. We are holding the Open day at […]

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  • 11 July 2025 – Museum of Communication news (website stuck at present).

    11 July 2025 – Museum of Communication news (website stuck at present).

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  • Sat 13 Sept 2025 – Service and Tea for Mike Senior GM3PAK-SK

    (Click for Silent Key). Mike’s XYL Marian (GM1DCB) invites everyone who knew Mike to celebrate his life on Sat 13th […]

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  • 21 Aug 2025 – Steel Ammo Box – £25 – Pete GM4BYF

    21 Aug 2025 – Steel Ammo Box – £25 – Pete GM4BYF

    For sale: Steel ex army ammunition box. Useful for carrying tools etc. Two handles. 58 x 26 x 26 cm  […]

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  • 17 Aug 2025 – Badger Boards HF Antenna – Norman Stewart GM1CNH

    Badger Boards HF Antenna – wideband folded dipole antenna with balun; N(f) connector; heavy duty centre spacer; termination resistor; 1.5MHz […]

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  • 2 Aug 2025 – ICOM R100 Receiver – Pete GM4BYF

    2 Aug 2025 – ICOM R100 Receiver – Pete GM4BYF

    ICOM – R100 General coverage receiver in excellent condition with all accessories and handbook.  Covers 100kHz to 1.8GHz – AM, […]

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  • 26 July 2025 – 2 Bearcat Scanners – Dave 6

    26 July 2025 – 2 Bearcat Scanners – Dave 6

    (1) – BCD260DN – Boxed and in mint condition – £  175 Tel:  0131 539 2858  Dave 6 (2) – BCT-15X […]

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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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  • 25 March 2015 – Vector Network Analyzer – Brian Flynn GM8BJF

    25 March 2015 – Vector Network Analyzer – Brian Flynn GM8BJF

    LRS member Brian Flynn GM8BJF talked about The Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) at the meeting of the LRS on Wed […]

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  • Lecture – James Clerk Maxwell – Thursday 19 March 2015

    Lecture – James Clerk Maxwell – Thursday 19 March 2015

    Click for FULL-SIZE flier Although this lecture is free, seats must be reserved in advance by contacting Tom at: stevenson.roslin@talk21.com […]

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  • 11 March 2015 – Antenna Modelling – Brian Howie GM4DIJ

    11 March 2015 – Antenna Modelling – Brian Howie GM4DIJ

    Brian Howie GM4DIJ talked about and demonstrated Antenna Modelling Software at the LRS meeting on 11th March 2015. Brian writes: […]

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  • 25 Feb 2015 – The Cloud – Andy Sinclair MM0FMF

    25 Feb 2015 – The Cloud – Andy Sinclair MM0FMF

    The subject of the LRS meeting on 25th February was that mysterious place where we are told we shall be […]

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  • 11 Feb 2015 – Using a VDA on a Scottish Beach – Malcolm Hamilton GM3TAL

    11 Feb 2015 – Using a VDA on a Scottish Beach – Malcolm Hamilton GM3TAL

    Malcolm Hamilton GM3TAL talked about “Using a Vertical Dipole Array on a Scottish Beach” at the LRS meeting on Feb […]

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  • 28 Jan 2015 – Maritime Mobile off the West Coast – Geoff Crowley MM5AHO

    28 Jan 2015 – Maritime Mobile off the West Coast – Geoff Crowley MM5AHO

    Our good friend Geoff Crowley MM5AHO braved snowy roads on January 28th to talk about his Maritime Mobile adventures off […]

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  • 21 Jan 2015 – LRS Video Night at ECVS

    21 Jan 2015 – LRS Video Night at ECVS

      Aspidistra (from The Secret Wireless War)   The first LRS meeting of 2015 was the annual Video Night, arranged and […]

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  • New Video Section on Website – contributions invited

    New Video Section on Website – contributions invited

     One of the exciting videos now available! A new section has been added to the LRS Archive area of this […]

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  • 10th Dec 2014 – LRS Christmas Curry – Himalaya Restaurant

    10th Dec 2014 – LRS Christmas Curry – Himalaya Restaurant

      Colin GM4HWO, Mike MM0MLB, Peter GM4DTH, Alan GM3PSP Sixteen LRS members and friends attended the LRS Christmas Curry on […]

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  • 26th Nov 2014 – From Dipoles to Hexbeams in African Locations – Nick Henwood G3RWF

    26th Nov 2014 – From Dipoles to Hexbeams in African Locations – Nick Henwood G3RWF

    At the LRS meeting on 26th November 2014 Nick Henwood G3RWF talked about “From Dipoles to Hexbeams in African Locations”. […]

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  • Visit by Eddie DU1EV – Past President of Philippines ARA – 6th Nov 2014

    Visit by Eddie DU1EV – Past President of Philippines ARA – 6th Nov 2014

    Thanks to communications from George GM4COK / DU1GM in the Philippines, we entertained Eddie Valdez DU1EV, Past-President of the Philippines […]

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  • 12th Nov 2014 – The Post Office Tower – Mike Burgess MM0MLB

    12th Nov 2014 – The Post Office Tower – Mike Burgess MM0MLB

      At the meeting of the LRS on 12th November Mike Burgess MM0MLB presented “The Post Office Tower – the […]

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