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LRS Messages of the Day
TONIGHT – Wed 30 Apr 2025 – LRS Pub Night – 7:30pm – Wee Bennet’s Bar, Maxwell St.
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 30th April 2025 – LRS Pub Night.
Bennets Bar As this is one of those magical months with 5 Wednesdays we shall be holding one of our LRS Pub Nights at Wee Bennet’s Bar in Maxwell St at Morningside Station, starting at 7:30pm to ensure we get a table. See you there – cheers!
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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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23 Apr 2025 – LRS Special Meeting: The Future of our Amateur Radio Hobby by Chris Tran GM3WOJ.
23 Apr 2025 – LRS Special Meeting: The Future of our Amateur… 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 GM4HWO. Still one or two presentation slots available. Do you have something interesting you could talk about?
CONTEST CALENDAR
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The LRS usually operates GM3HAM/P from a great site near Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries & Galloway.
3-4 May 2025 – May VHF/UHF Contest – Nobody interested in operating from Gatehouse of Fleet. Norman MM0BMG may operate 432MHz on the Sunday from Lauder Common.
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
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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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22 Feb 2025 – Triangular Mast 15m FREE to Pick up
Sat 22 Feb 2025 – 15m Tower : dismantled 2 sections x 7m triangular 0.5m. FREE to pick-up from Tom […]
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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 […]
Lothians Radio Society activities – latest reports
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9 Oct 2023 “Getting started on 23cm EME” – Dr Paul Dobie GM0PJD
Paul Dobie GMØPJD from Biggar writes: “With a 480,000 mile round trip, every EME contact (Earth-Moon-Earth / Moonbounce) is DX! […]
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25 Sept 2024 – Visit to the MoC Exhibition “Its about TIME”.
Poster for the 2024 exhibition “It’s about TIME”. After having coffee provided by his wife, Winnie, we were welcomed […]
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11 Sept 2024 – President’s Address – Andy Sinclair MM0FMF
After serving two years as LRS Hon Secretary, Andy Sinclair MM0FMF gave his first President’s Address on the subject of […]
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10th Sept 2024: Peter Dick GM4DTH: 70th Birthday Curry
Happy 70th birthday to Peter Dick GM4DTH. Peter has been LRS Hon. Treasurer & RSGB GB2RS Newsreader for many years, […]
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28 Aug 2024 – Summer Pub Night 4 at Wee Bennet’s Bar
Good turnout of 11 of the usual suspects for the last pub night of the summer at Wee Bennet’s Bar […]
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14 Aug 2024 – Summer Pub Night 3 at Wee Bennet’s Bar
Great turnout of 13 for the 3rd Pub Night this summer. Early group shot in the evening. We […]
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9 Aug 2024 – LRS at Cockenzie Mini Junk-Sale
Pete GM4BYF & Colin GM4HWO at Pete’s “Bargain Basement” Main Hall in the Cockenzie & Port Seton Community Centre. […]
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1 Aug 2024 – Curry! LRS Members at Kahani Restaurant
Peter GM4DTH, Colin GM4HWO, Briain GM8PKL & Mike GM8KCS met for Indian dinner at the Kahani restaurant opposite the Playhouse […]
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24 July 2024 – Summer Pub Night 2 at Wee Bennet’s Bar
The merry band at Wee Bennet’s Bar for Summer Pub Night 2.
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10 July 2024 – Summer Pub Night 1 at Wee Bennet’s Bar
Great turnout of 11 for first summer Pub Night at Wee Bennet’s Bar. “Bullshit Corner” (Commercial)!
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5-7 July 2024 – RSGB VHF-UHF NFD – GM3HAM/P
LRS members and friends took part again in RSGB VHF-UHF NFD from our cherished location on a hill behind Gatehouse […]
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26 June 2024 – LRS Summer Barbecue at Bates Motel
24 members & family enjoyed a great BBQ with Pete & Kay Bates on a sunny evening. We also […]