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LRS Messages of the Day:
Fri 14th Aug – 6-9pm – Cockenzie & Port Seton Junk Night with LRS table – volunteers needed!LRS August Pub Nights: Wed 5th Aug, Wed 19th Aug, 7:30pm Wee Bennet’s Bar, Morningside Stn – All Welcome.
NOTE: Wed 5th Aug – expecting Austrian visitors Silvia OE5TTB & Ortwin OE5OMO – see News Item below.LRS August Nets: Wed 12th Aug, Wed 26th Aug 8pm – 144.350MHz SSB – All welcome.
31 Oct 2026: GMRT, the Scottish Microwave Round Table now has a complete panel of speakers and a dinner menu. It is now open to bookings. https://gmroundtable.org.uk/ and see below.
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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LRS 2026 Barbecue CANCEELED due to Kay’s accident.
Wed 9 Sept 2026 – Presidential Address – Andy Sinclair GM4LLD.
Wed 23rd 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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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
22-23 Aug 2026 – Montrose Air Station Museum – FREE Open weekend with demo radio shack and sale of surplus radio equipment.
Sunday 25 Oct 2026 – Galashiels Rally.
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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 now open for booking.
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 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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2. RECENT MEETINGS
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22 July 2026 – Summer Pub Night 2
Photos by John GM8OTI taken at Wee Bennet’s Bar, Morningside Station. Also… 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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10th Aug 2012 – LRS Table at Cockenzie Mini-Rally
L-R: Andy MM0FMF, Brian GM8BJF, Jack GM1CQC & Paul GM4UPN The Lothians Radio Society had a table at the annual Cockenzie & Port Seton ARC Mini Rally & Junk Sale, on Friday 10th August 2012. In addition to the PowerPoint show of LRS activities and display of leaflets, we also had members’ items for sale on the…
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Wed 12th Sept – Amateur Radio in Japan – Vic JA5VQ / MM0JVQ
LRS member Vic Imamura JA5VQ / MM0JVQ (above) was the speaker at the first meeting of the new club year on 12th September 2012 at the Braid Hills Hotel. Vic gave a most interesting Powerpoint presentation on Amateur Radio in Japan. including the response of Japanese amateurs to the catastrophic earthquake & tsunami in March 2011. Click for Full Report.
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7-8 July 2012 VHF National Field Day
GM3HAM/P VHF NFD 2012 L-R: Mike GM4IGS, Pete GM4BYF, Terry GM3WUX, Colin GM4HWO, Brian GM8BJF, Brian GM4DIJ, & Alan GM3PSP The GM3HAM Contest Group of the Lothians Radio Society operated in RSGB VHF NFD on 7th-8th July 2012 from our excellent site in the hills above Gatehouse of Fleet, looking out over the Solway Firth towards…
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It’s Summer Break, but we have been enjoying our Summer Pub Nights!
Vic & Alan didn’t have exotic headgear like that worn by Peter & Melvyn at the last Pub Night on 22 Aug! Formal meetings of the Lothians Radio Society will resume after the summer break on Wednesday 12th September 2012. In the meantime, we have been having our regular Summer Pub Nights on the normal club meeting…
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Tues 19th June 2012 – MOC Lecture – Antarctic Communications” by Mike Gloistein, GM0HCQ
Mike Gloistein GM0HCQ. Photo GM0HCQ website. The official vote of thanks & gift presentation were made by MOC & LRS member Colin GM4HWO (L). Mike Gloistein GM0HCQ traced the development of Antarctic communications from Morse Code to the World Wide Web in his talk on 19th June 2012 at the Museum of Communication in Burntisland. Mike joined…
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Wed 20th June 2012 – LRS Summer Barbecue
BBQ host Pete GM4BYF (in natty apron & hat) with some of the guests at the 2012 barbecue. The annual Lothians Radio Society Summer Barbecue was held on Wednesday 20th June 2012, once again graciously hosted by retiring LRS President Pete Bates GM4BYF and his XYL Kay GM6KAY at their home at Fairmilehead. Report with 16 photographs.
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14th June 2012 – LRS Operating GS4WAB in Olympic Torch Event
Peter GM4DTH operating GS4WAB on 40m. The Lothians Radio Society operated Special Event Station GS4WAB for the WAB Olympic Torch Event on Thursday 14th June 2012 from the QTH of Pete GM4BYF at Fairmilehead. Over 400 QSOs were made, principally on 40m. The Olympic Torch then continued its journey towards London for the opening of the Olympic Games…
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AGM – Wed 13th June 2012
The Annual General Meeting of the Lothians Radio Society was held on Wednesday 13th June 2012 at the Braid Hills Hotel. The newly-elected committee for 2012-13 is: President: Andy Sinclair MM0FMF Secretary: Alan Masson GM3PSP Treasurer: Peter Dick GM4DTH Committee: John Cooke GM8OTI Brian Flynn GM8BJF Paul Ingram GM4UPN Jack Smith GM1CQH Colin…
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Wed 23 May 2012 – D/F Hunt
The cunningly-hidden den of Fox GM4BYF. The Lothians Radio Society held its annual Direction-Finding Competition (D/F Hunt) on Wednesday 23rd May 2012. Click for Full report.
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UHF-Microwave Contest – 5th-6th May 2012
The GM3HAM/P UHF-Microwave Contesters 2012 planning strategy in the Gatehouse Conference Centre (aka the Masonic Arms) Last weekend, 5th – 6th May 2012, members of the GM3HAM/P Contest Group of the Lothians Radio Society again took part in the RSGB UHF-Microwave Contest. Our location was on a hilltop above Gatehouse of Fleet in Kirkcudbrightshire where we have operated…
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Wed 9th May 2012 – ZK2V DXpedition by Chris Tran ZL1CT / GM3WOJ
The ZK2V QTH (Photo courtesy GM3WOJ / ZL1CT) At the meeting of the Lothians Radio Society on Wednesday 9th May 2012, well-known Scottish DXer Chris Tran ZL1CT / GM3WOJ described his single-operator DXpedition to the island of Niue (OC-040) in the South Pacific from 21st October to 20th December 2011. Using the callsign ZK2V Chris made 35,686 QSOs from this rare…
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Wed 25th April 2012 – DXCC, LOTW & 7Q7GM Malawi DXpedition by Rob GM3YTS
Rob Ferguson GM3YTS (photo courtesy QRZ.com) At the meeting of the Lothians Radio Society on 25th April 2012 Rob Ferguson GM3YTS, dedicated DXer and well-known as the Chairman of the GMDX Group, talked about the ARRL DX Century Club award (DXCC) and ARRL Logbook of the World (LOTW), the on-line system for QSLing contacts. As a bonus, Rob also described his DXpedition to…