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LRS Messages of the Day:
Wed 9 Sept 2026 – LRS President’s Address: “Secondary Batteries for Hams”. The new LRS year got off to a good start with Andy’s talk on batteries – report: see Recent Meetings.Wed 23 Sept 2026 – LRS Visit to MOC Burntisland 2026 Exhibition – When Screens were Small, but the Magic seemed Huge – 100 Years of Television. There will also be a lecture by Prof. Tom Stevenson – 100 Years of Television – some Technical Milestones, including the early days of TV in Orkney. 5:00pm Pre-Dinner at Sands Hotel, Burntisland.
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 23 Sept 2026 – LRS Visit to MOC Burntisland 2026 Exhibition – When Screens were Small, but the Magic seemed Huge – 100 Years of Television. There will also be a lecture by Prof. Tom Stevenson – 100 Years of Television – some Technical Milestones, including the early days of TV in Orkney.
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. The registration system is open for booking. We have sold 47 Event tickets – 3 tickets left – max room capacity = 50. Suggest you book asap to avoid disappointment. https://gmroundtable.org.uk/
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9 May – 30 Sept – Weds & Sats – MOC Exhibition 2026
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27 Sept 2026 MOC Goudie Lecture – 100 Years of Television.
The next MOC Goudie Lecture will take place at 7.30 pm on WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER and is entitled 100 Years of Television. It will be presented by Museum Chair Prof. Tom Stevenson. Please see Events – Museum Of Communication for further information.
Sunday 25 Oct 2026 – Galashiels Rally
CONTEST CALENDAR
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The LRS operates GM3HAM/P from a great site near Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries & Galloway.
5-6 Sept 2026 – Brian GM4DIJ operated GM3HAM/P in RSGB 2m Trophy from IO74MU near Stranraer. See report in Radio News Items.
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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1. RADIO NEWS ITEMS
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22-23 Aug 2026 – LRS Members at Montrose Air Station Open Weekend
Mike GM8KCS, Michael MM3MDB, Melvyn GM4HYR, Colin GM4HWO. WW2 Singer. Melvyn GM4HYR Sopwith Camel – WWI
2. RECENT MEETINGS
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9 Sept 2026 – Secondary Batteries for Hams – Presidential Address by Andy Sinclair GM4LLD.
Andy Sinclair GM4LLD got the new LRS year off to a good… Read more
3. SILENT KEYS
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4. ITEMS FOR SALE
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Lothians Radio Society activities – latest reports
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12 Feb 2014 – Whither Windows XP? – Andy Sinclair MM0FMF
(Logo courtesy Microsoft Corp.) In light of the imminent loss of support by Microsoft for the Windows XP operating system from May of this year, LRS President Andy Sinclair MM0FMF (who knows a thing or two about computers) gave a timely talk “Whither Windows XP” at the LRS meeting on 12th February. Andy wrote: “I…
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22 Jan 2014 – Life at Sea as a Radio Officer in the 1960s & 70s – Eric Lamb
At the LRS meeting on 22nd January 2014 Eric Lamb described his experiences as a ship’s Radio Officer in the 1960s and 70s and brought a number of interesting demonstrations. The photo is of Eric in his last position, on the MV Providence Bay. Full report.
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Wed 8th Jan 2014 – Video Night
There was an excellent turnout of 25 including several visitors for the first meeting in 2014 on Wed 8th January – the annual Video Night in the excellent screening room of the Edinburgh Cine & Video Society, organised by Peter GM4DTH. The programme was: 1. “The Tower of Babble” (1964) – Post Office Tower. 2. “The…
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11 Dec 2013 LRS Christmas Curry
Twenty LRS members and visitors enjoyed our annual Christmas Curry at the Himalaya Tandoori Restaurant at Bruntsfield on Wed 11th December 2013. Full Report with many photos.
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21 Nov 2013 FUNcube-1 AO73 Satellite Launched
The AMSAT FUNcube-1 / AO-73 educational satellite was launched on Thursday 21st November 2013. (Photo courtesy AMSAT-UK) It has already been heard, and data decoded, by LRS member John GM8OTI. John reports it’s very loud on his 5-element yagi. Alan GM3PSP has also heard it using a vertical antenna. The nominal beacon / data frequency is…
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27 Nov 2013 – Home Spun Antennas by Malcolm Hamilton GM3TAL
At the meeting of the LRS on Wednesday 27th November 2013 LRS member Malcolm Hamilton GM3TAL talked on “Home Spun Antennas” including a 5/8λ vertical and a Bobtail Curtain for 10m. Full report.
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18-20 Nov 2013 Special Event Station GM100RSGB
The antenna dismantling crew on Sunday. L-R: Alan GM3PSP, Danny GM6CMQ, Peter GM4DTH, Brian GM8BJF, Vic GM3OWU, Mike GM8KCS, Bill T6/K5WEJ & Norrie GM1CNH. The LRS operated special event station GM100RSGB as part of the RSGB’s Centenary celebrations on Mon 18th to Wed 20th Nov. from a nice quiet site near Armadale, West Lothian, with…
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2nd Nov 2013 – GMRT – Scottish Microwave Round Table
LRS member David GM4ZNX attracted a lot of interest with his Noise Factor measurements. The third Scottish Microwave Round Table (GMRT) was held on Saturday 2nd November 2013 at the Museum of Communication in Burntisland with a number of LRS members involved as organizers and active participants. Afterwards there was an informal dinner at…
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4th Aug 2013 3cm Portable Operations by Pete GM4BYF/P & Brian GM8BJF/P
Pete GM4BYF/P (in natty hat)! Brian GM8BJF/P (who should have been wearing a hat)! Two keen Lothians microwavers Pete GM4BYF and Brian GM8BJF (our two “BF’s”) were out portable on 3cm on 4th August 2013 and posed for the camera. More information shortly.
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Sayonara Vic and Haste Ye Back
L-R: Mike GM8KCS, Peter GM4DTH, Vic JA5VQ, Bill GM8SQM & Malcolm GM3TAL. October 30th was the last LRS meeting for this year for our good friend Vic Imamura JA5VQ / MM0JVQ before he and his XYL Keiko JG5JUS returned to Japan. We look forward to seeing them again next summer.
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Wed 13th Nov – Lighthouse Weekend 2013 – Geoff Crowley MM5AHO
At the LRS meeting on Wednesday 13th November we welcomed back Geoff Crowley MM5AHO for his talk – “International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend 2013 – the crazy Crowleys sail again!”. He described the cruise this year with his son Matt MM1EUI to exotic islands such as Wee Cumbrae and Ailsa Craig in the Firth of…
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19-20 Oct 2013 – JOTA & Galashiels Rally
It was a busy weekend for LRS, in Jamboree on the Air on Saturday and the Galashiels Rally on Sunday. John GM8OTI with one of the many Scouts who were persuaded to speak into the microphone to send greetings to other JOTA stations from GB0BSS. Looking on is David GM3YMX, a former LRS member who…