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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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25 July 2024 – Dave 6 – GM6KGZ – Many Items, boxed, new condition:
PLEASE NOTE: DAVE HAS REDUCED THE PRICES SHOWN HERE BY A FURTHER 25% (5 Feb 2025): 1. Uniden Bearcat BCT15X […]
