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LRS Messages of the Day
Wed 1st April 2026 – Pub Evening @ Wee Bennet’s Bar, Morningside Station – from 7:30 pm
Sat 28 March 2026 – TOMORROW – GMDX-2026 at Bannockburn. See Rallies etc below.
25 March 2026 – Rig Testing & Calibrations – see photos in report, below, RHS.
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 1st April – 7:30pm – LRS Pub Night at Wee Bennet’s Bar, Maxwell St, Morningside Stn. All welcome!
Wed 15 Apr – St Fillan’s Church, Buckstone Drive – 20:00h – LRS SPRING SURPLUS SALE.
Wed 22 Apr 2026 – BHH 20:00h – MICROWAVE ENERGY GENERATION ADVANCES WHICH ENABLED THE DEVELOPMENT OF WW2 AIRBORNE RADAR by Dr Peter Grant, Emeritus Regius Professor of Engineering, University of Edinburgh.
RALLIES AND OTHER EVENTS
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Sun 12 April 2026 – Norbreck (Blackpool) Rally
Pete GM4BYF confirms that parking at the rear of the Norbreck Hotel will be free provided that car owners register on the tablet provided within the convention.
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Saturday 28th March 2026 – 27th ANNUAL GMDX CONVENTION & DINNER
The 27th Annual GMDX Convention & Dinner will be held on Saturday 28th March 2026 at the King Robert Hotel, Stirling, FK7 0LJ.
A link to the Convention Programme is below, along with the booking form. Please use the instructions on the booking form, or visit the GMDX website link below to secure your booking: https://gmdx.org.uk/27th-annual-gmdx-convention-dinner/ It would be very much appreciated if you could book as soon as possible. See you there! Thanks & 73. Gordon, MM0GOR GMDX SecretaryGMDX Convention Programme 27th March 2026
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Sunday 25 Oct 2026 – Galashiels Rally
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Friday 14th August 2026 18:00 to 21:00 Cockenzie & Port Seton Junk Night, Port Seton Community Centre, South Seton Park Port Seton EH32 0BG
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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.
Looking for a programme organizer for GMRT – contact Colin GM4HWO.
Details will be available nearer the date.
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13 March 2026 – Braehead Rally Discontinued
Due to changes in large venues legislation, it will not be possible to continue the Braehead Rally in Glasgow.
See: https://www.braeheadradiorally.com/
CONTEST CALENDAR
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Would like to do the 144 MHz May weekend at Gatehouse of Fleet if there are enough people? Anyone up for this on 15 – 17 May?As an alternative could do the May UHF and microwaves weekend on 1 – 3 May instead?73 – Norman Stewart GM1CNH
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2026 RSGB Contest Rules published 20 Dec 2025:
2m May contest back to old slot.
70cm and 23cm 24hours again for VHF NFD.
Bonuses rather than multipliers (Post code etc) retained.https://www.rsgbcc.org/vhf/rul
es/26rules/frameindex.html Tnx Brian GM4DIJ.
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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.
(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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Lothians Radio Society activities – latest reports
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24 Sept 2025 – LRS Visit to MoC TV Exhibition & Bletchley Park Talk by Pete GM4BYF.
Speaker Pete GM4BYF was introduced by MoC Chair, Prof Tom Stevenson. Wed 24th Sept – at Museum of Communication, Burntisland
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19 Sept 2025 – LRS Members in RSGB RadCom
LRS member Vic GM3OWU has a letter on RAYNET Voice Procedure published in RSGB RadCom Oct 2025, p.89. (Over & Out)!
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10 Sept 2025 – Andy Sinclair MM0FMF – Presidential Address – “Things that made me go hmmmmmm…….” (Windows-11 & QRP ATUs).
Ø LRS President Andy Sinclair MMØFMF started the new club year with his Presidential Address “”Things that made me go
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3 Sept 2025 – Tower Removal.
Colin GM4HWO reports: John GM4JRT purchased a 9m-high Strumech tower from the XYL of a SK who resided in a
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LRS Online Membership Payment Option
From LRS Treasurer, John Taylor GM4JRT: This year we will be offering several different methods for members to pay their
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1-7 Sept 2025 – GB70RS on the HF Bands (Peter GM4DTH).
Peter GM4DTH, our local GB2RS news reader in Edinburgh, writes: I operated GB70RS, which is the callsign
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27 Aug 2025 – LRS Pub Night 5 at Wee Bennet’s Bar
There was a very good turnout of at least 11 for the last Pub Night of the summer, (Tnx Colin
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13 Aug 2025 – LRS Pub Night 4 at Wee Bennet’s Bar
L-R Melvyn GM4HYR, Peter GM4DTH, Grant GMØDQZ and (cameraman) Briain GM8PKL. Peter GM4DTH writes: There was a small turnout with
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8 Aug 2025 – Cockenzie & Port Seton 30th Mini-Rally & Junk Night.
Photos of the event tnx Colin GM4HWO, Peter GM4DTH & Pete GM4BYF. General view, showing LRS (L) and RSGB
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Wed 30 July 2025 – LRS Pub Night 3 @ Wee Bennet’s Bar
Peter GM4DTH, Mike GM8KCS, John GM4JRT (+ dog Skye/K9 under arm), John GM8OTI.
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23-24 Aug 2025 – Montrose Air Station Open Days, Radio Sale & HF Demo Station
Three LRS members – Colin GM4HWO, Bill Dent GM8RBT and Mike GM8KCS attended. “We are holding the Open day at
