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LRS Messages of the Day:
Sat 31 Oct – GMRT-2026 – We have sold 43 Event tickets – 7 tickets left – max room capacity = 50. Book asap to avoid disappointment. See Rallies Etc below.LRS August Pub Nights: Wed 26th Aug, 7:30pm Wee Bennet’s Bar, 1 Maxwell St., Morningside Stn – All welcome.
LRS Summer Nets: Wed 2 Sept – 8pm 144.350MHz SSB – All welcome.
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 CANCELLED 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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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. We have sold 43 Event tickets – 7 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 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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Items usually archived as News or Silent Keys in LRS Archive after 1 month.
1. RADIO NEWS ITEMS
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2. RECENT MEETINGS
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14 Aug 2026 – LRS at the Cockenzie / Port Seton Mini-Rally
LRS President Andy GM4LLD & Secretary Iain GM1MSS at the LRS table.… 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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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)
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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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26 Apr 2026 – Bencher BY-1 Dual Paddle for Sale by Andy GM4LLD.
Bencher BY-1 dual paddle key. Chrome mechanics on black base. Used and slightly worn but in very good condition otherwise. Pictures available on request. Price £125 or offer. Andy Sinclair GM4LLD (formerly MM0FMF
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29 Jan 2026 – Items for Sale by Norman MM0BMG (Reduced Prices).
Norman has reduced the prices of many of the items on his list: GM1CNH Equipment Sale Updated: 29 January 2026 Item Description Price Alinco HF Mobile Whip Antenna 2.7 m mobile whip; antenna mounting bracket and spring; adjustable vehicle mounting bracket; heavy duty; boxed. NEW – £150 Anritsu MT8820A Radio Communication Analyser 30 MHz to 2.7 GHz, spectrum analyser, 2G/3G mobile phone tester, output power, modulation, RF signal generation, £300 Badger Boards HF Antenna wideband folded dipole antenna with balun N(f) connector; heavy duty centre spacer; termination resistor; 1.5 MHz to 30 MHz; supplied with 2 x 50 ft antenna…
Lothians Radio Society activities – latest reports
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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.
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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.
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23 Apr 2025 – Special Meeting: The Future of our Amateur Radio Hobby by Chris Tran GM3WOJ.
23 Apr 2025 – LRS Special Meeting: The Future of our Amateur Radio Hobby by Chris Tran GM3WOJ For this special meeting, our good friend Chris Tran GM3WOJ travelled down to Edinburgh from his home near Invergordon. This July Chris will have been licenced for 58 years and has been very active in contesting and…
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12-13 Apr 2025: Norbreck (Blackpool) Rally.
Photos tnx Colin GM4HWO: LRS group shot at end of rally. Norman Stewart GM1CNH, Peter Dick GM4DTH, Rob Humphrey MM0RHU, Colin Wright GM4HWO, Peter Barclay GM0PXV, Brian Flynn GM8BJF, Dan Robson GM1CMQ. Brian GM8BJF, Colin GM4HWO & Mike Chapman GM4IGS outside the Bispham Hotel. Dan GM1CMQ, Peter GM0PXV, Norman GM1CNH & Rob MM0RHU…
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9 Apr 2025 – Surplus Equipment Sale
The LRS Spring Surplus Equipment Sale was held as usual at St Fillan’s Church in Buckstone. There was an excellent turnout of 30, including a number of members of the Livingston club who brought many items for sale from a recent Silent Key. Ed Bain GM4AIS Norman Stewart GM1CNH LRS Chairman Andy…
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28 Mar 2025 – 80 Years of Airborne Radar – Dr Iain Scott FREng
Wed 26 March 2025 – Dr Iain Scott FREng: “80 years of Airborne Radar – From the Cavity Magnetron to Multi-Function RF Systems” Dr Iain Scott FREng, VP Capability & Chief Technology Office at Leonardo Electronics Division. The talk explored key milestones in the developments of airborne radar, from the development of the Cavity Magnetron…
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12 March 2025 – Amateur Radio in Colombia – Norman HK3/MM0BMG.
The T-shirt reads “He’s not a businessman, he’s a very naughty boy!”, or something like that… Report soon. Norman talked about his experiences operating in Colombia with reciprocal licence HK3/MM0BMG.
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Sat 15 March 2025 – MoC Goudie Lecture by Dr Peter Grant – Wartime Centimetre Wavelength Radar Developments
Click for full information.
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12 Feb 2025 – The End of the Line – for a Bit? – Ed Bain GM4AIS
12 Feb 2025 – The End of the Line – for a Bit? – Ed Bain GM4AIS. The continuing rollout of fibre optic cables, with the resultant increasing availability of high speed data and voice over internet circuits, is driving the current programme of line replacement to domestic and business premises. We look at some…
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Sat 15 Feb 2025 – MOC Goudie Lecture – The Pallimpsest Hoax –
Sat 15 Feb 2025 – MoC Goudie Lecture – The Pallimpsest Hoax – Mervyn Hagger (MoC) Click for details.
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31 Jan 2025 – Alan Masson GM3PSP – 80th Birthday
Jeremiah Bar. Andy MM0FMF, ?, Brian GM8BJF, Alan GM3PSP, John GM8OTI, Colin GM4HWO, Brian GM4DIJ, John GM4JRT. Long-term LRS member Alan Masson GM3PSP was 80 on 30th January 2025. He joined the LRS in 1959 while still at school. He left Edinburgh in 1969 for a brief 40 years to pursue a career with…
