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LRS Messages of the Day:
Wed 7 Oct 2026 – LRS Net 144.350MHz. 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
There are no current silent key notifications. Click on the heading to see the silent key archive.
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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9-29 April 2026 – JLBTV100 – 100 Years of Television – Helensburgh.
Test card with John Logie Baird, the inventor of Television. Iain Baird, grandson of John Logie Baird, the inventor of Television. Exhibition : 100 years of Television , running from 9th – 29th April, from 10:00 – 16:00 every day in Helensburgh Community Hub. . – see https://jlbtv100.org/ for details. This exhibition was visited by…
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28 March 2026 – GMDX-2026 Convention & Dinner at Bannockburn.
Saturday 28th March 2026 – 27th ANNUAL GMDX CONVENTION & DINNER The 27th Annual GMDX Convention & Dinner was held on Saturday 28th March 2026 at the King Robert Hotel, Bannockburn, nr Stirling, Several LRS members attended. GMDX Convention Programme 27th March 2026. Photos tnx Colin GM4HWO: The GMDX-2026 Convention was held as usual…
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Bletchley Park Visit
Your webmaster’s daughter Sheila recently visited Bletchley Park, including the RSGB’s National Radio Centre, GB3RS, which she enjoyed very much. In the photo the guide on the right is Mike Batchelor G0RBB who was originally from Edinburgh, licensed after service in the RAF.
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11th March 2026 – Which Way is Up? by Malcolm GM3TAL & Sue Hamilton
Anatomy of human balance system. A wee bit of physics, accelerometry and angular measurements, and microdevices that can do this (MMEs). Some examples of applications, medical and military. Demonstration of medical application. Intriguing! …
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25 March 2026 – Rig Testing & Calibration Evening.
Pete GM4BYF, Bill GM8RBT, Bob GM4CMI, Brian GM8BJF. Some members had requested a RIG TESTING & CALIBRATION EVENING. This was held on 25th March 2026 in the BHH Gathering Room. There were three test tables: two with Marconi 2955 Mobile Radio test sets (manned by Mike GM8KCS and Colin GM4HWO) and a third table manned…
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11 March 2026 – GB3NGI Beacon back on 70cm & 23cm – Brian GM4DIJ.
GB3NGI on 70cm & 23cm in Co. Antrim are back in service. Beaconkeeper Gordon GI6ATZ is looking for spots on beaconspot. They are loud here in Edinburgh at IO74, but that’s not surprising. They were either not there or just a trace on Spectran in Edinburgh earlier in the year. Click for beacon website.
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4 March 2026 – IET Talk – The Voyager Interstellar Mission – by James GM4WZP & John GM8OTI
Wed 4th March – Napier University, Colinton Campus – Rivers Suite – IET Talk: The Voyager Interstellar Mission. Launched in 1977, the Voyager 1 & 2 spacecraft continue to send back scientific data despite now being almost 1 light-day from Earth. How has this been done and what of the future? This talk was…
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Wed 25 Feb 2026 – Digital Voice Modes – Allister Watson GM7RYR
Title: The Digital Shift: How DMR is Changing the Face of Amateur Radio A record attendance of 30 was squeezed into the Library room at the Braid Hills Hotel for this lecture by Allister Watson GM7RYR. While traditional FM remains a staple, lowest common denominator mode for radio amateurs, the digital voice modes…
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Wed 11 Feb 2026 – LRS Quiz Night 2026
There was a turnout of 15 for the Quiz Night 2026, prepared and organized by Brian Howie GM4DIJ. There were 3 teams: 1. Endfed Halfwits: Andy MM7MOX, Chris MM0UHR, Pete GM7EEY. 2. BBBs: Pete GM4BYF, Malcolm GM3TAL, Alastair GM4JKT, 3. EMC2: David GM3YMX, Iain GM8LYQ, Colin GM4EAU, Ed GM4AIS The Endfed Halfwits won from BBBs…
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RSGB Old Timers’ Honour Roll 2026
The February 2026 issue of RSGB RadCom magazine lists all those who have been members of the RSGB for 50 years or more. These include the following members and friends of the Lothians Radio Society: 74 Lothians Radio Society GM3HAM (Not listed) 69 Vic Stewart GM3OWU 66 Bruce Taylor HB9ANY (GM3NZI) 65 Alan Masson …
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Thurs 12 Feb – 6-7 pm – EU Lecture – Frontiers of Wireless Communication by Prof Gerhard Fettweis
Thurs 12 Feb – 6-7 pm – EU Lecture – Frontiers of Wireless Communication by Prof Gerhard Fettweis – Large Events Space, Edinburgh Futures Institute, 1 Lauriston Place. CLICK. Prof Gerhard Fettweis. Edinburgh Futures Institute (formerly ERI).
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NASA says ISS will return to Earth in 2030
NASA has announced that the International Space Station (ISS) will return to earth in 2030, set to de-orbit into the Pacific Ocean and ending an era when crews of humans from several countries at a time have been aboard and closing a saga of international unity. Since November 2000 there have always been several humans…