Scottish Charity number SC045038
-
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
-
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
-
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.
-
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/
-
9 May – 30 Sept – Weds & Sats – MOC Exhibition 2026
-
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
-
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
Click on image or “read more” to open full article.
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. RECENT MEETINGS
-
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
There are no current silent key notifications. Click on the heading to see the silent key archive.
4. ITEMS FOR SALE
There are no current items for sale. Click on the heading to see any archived items.
Lothians Radio Society activities – latest reports
-
18 June 2025 – Nicholas Gretzinger WN2G – 1st International Winner of the Andre Saunders GM3VLB Scottish Islands Award
18 June 2025 – WN2G Nicholas Gretzinger – 1st International Winner of Andre Saunders GM3VLB Scottish Islands Award Photo – tnx WN2G / QRZ.com “We continue with the Andre Saunders GM3VLB Scottish Islands Award which rewards activity in Scottish Islands. The award has had its first international recipient, Nicholas Gretzinger, WN2G (in NY State), which…
-
18 June 2025 – AGM – Summary.
The AGM was chaired by LRS President, Andy Sinclair MM0FMF. There was a good turn-out of 18 members and one visitor. 1. On election, the new committee is: President Andy Sinclair MM0FMF Secretary: Colin Wright GM4HWO Treasurer: John Taylor GM4JRT Program: James Gentles GM4WZP Charitable: …
-
9 June 2025 – GB3RMK 50MHz Beacon Back-on-Air nr Muir of Ord
GB3RMK Beacon-Keeper Chris GM3WOJ with GB3BI Beacon-Keeper Kenny MM0GKB. The 50MHz beacon GB3RMK, located on a hilltop near Muir of Ord, is back on the air on 50.002MHz and 50.460MHz. The reason for the two frequencies is that it is a synchronous beacon. The keying cycle is over a 5-minute period starting 0, 5, 10,…
-
2 July 2025 – SAQ Grimeton 100th Anniversary 17.2kHz VLF Transmissions. Report by Brian GM4DIJ.
Brian GM4DIJ listened for SAQ and reports: On July 2nd, 1925, 100 years ago, the Swedish Grimeton Radio Station SAQ was officially inaugurated. In 2025 there was a celebratory event including 2 transmissions using the unique Alexanderson alternator on 17.2kHz. https://alexander.n.se/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Jubileumsdagen_Grimeton100_en.pdf I was away from home on the 2nd, but I’m running a Web SDR…
-
Sat 14 June 2025 – Musical Evening with The Hi-Hats at Prestonfield GC.
Sat 14 June 2025– LRS members were invited by Mike Brunsdon GM8KCS to a musical evening by his wedding band The Hi-Hats at Prestonfield Golf Club. Among those attending was Melvyn Bond GM4HYR, who took these photos of the band in action:
-
Sun 15 June 2025 – Secret Listeners interview at Borders Book Festival in Melrose
Bruce McCartney GM4BDJ was interviewed by Alistair Moffat about the WWII Secret Listeners at the Borders Book Festival in Melrose on Sunday 15th June 2025. The second edition of Bruce’s book was available there. See www.bordersbookfestival.org for details. There was an excellent double-page (pp 26-27) article with photos in the Scotsman, Monday 9th June 2025.
-
31 May 2025 – Peebles Get-Together
Brian GM8BJF and Colin GM4HWO met up in Peebles for dinner & a pint with Brian’s friend Andrew Dozier visiting from USA.
-
28 May 2025 – LRS 2025 D/F Hunt
Summary report on D/F Hunt 2025 by Peter GM4DTH (Fox – GM3HAM/P). Photos by James GM4WZP (tnx). Starting from “The Tardis” on Braid Hills Road, the Fox station GM3HAM/P was located in the Roseburn Woods near to the Roseburn Bar. Four hunters were at the start and were welcomed and briefed by Coordinator James…
-
18 May 2025 – Braehead Rally, Glasgow.
LRS members Colin GM4HWO, Peter GM4DTH, Iain GM1MSS & Colin GM4EAU. For full report with many photos, click.
-
19 May 2025 – GB3EDN 1296MHz Beacon in Edinburgh spotted in Sweden
The GB3EDN beacon on 1296MHz in Edinburgh has been spotted on 2025-05-19.It was spotted on 1296.99MHz at 08:27 UTC by SM6VTZ locator JO58UJ27 distance 939km. Comment:- jo58uj<tr>io85jv 539 n 0.
-
Andy MM0FMF/P on Stuc a’Chroin in RSGB RadCom June 2025 p.59
Congrats to LRS President Andy Sinclair MM0FMF on the publication of his SOTA /portable photo on Stuc a’Chroin in Radcom, June 2025, p59.
-
14 May 2025 Engineering Challenges: Microwave Preamps for 70cm and 23cm by Pete Bates GM4BYF.
14 May 2025 Engineering challenges: Microwave Preamps for 70cm and 23cm by Pete Bates GM4BYF. There was a turnout of 23 for Pete’s talk on his work on UHF preamps.