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LRS Messages of the Day:
LRS Barbecue POSTPONED from Wed 24th June. New date TBA ~ Aug/Sept.
Wed 10th June – 19:30h – LRS Pub Night at Wee Bennet’s Bar, Morningside Stn.
Wed 17th June – 20:00h – LRS AGM at Braid Hills Hotel.
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 Barbecue POSTPONED from Wed 24th June. New date TBA ~ Aug/Sept..
Wed 10 June – 19:30h – LRS Pub Night at Wee Bennet’s Bar, Morningside Stn.
Wed 17 June – 20:00h – LRS AGM, Braid Hills Hotel.
RALLIES AND OTHER EVENTS
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Sunday 25 Oct 2026 – Galashiels Rally
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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
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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.
https://gmroundtable.org.uk/
Speakers to present microwave related talks are urgently needed – contact Colin gm4hwo@gmail.comDetails will be available nearer the date.
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9 May – 30 Sept – Weds & Sats – MOC Exhibition 2026
CONTEST CALENDAR
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Pete GM4BYF has confirmed that the Lothians Contest Group will participate in VHF NFD on 3 – 5 July 2026 and is looking for more members to come along for the weekend and help set up the station and operate. The group is also looking for help with transporting equipment to the site at Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries & Galloway. Rough camping is available on site; public toilets, shops and an excellent pub / restaurant are nearby- There will be a team meal as usual on the Friday night in the Masonic Arms in Gatehouse.If you are interested, please contact Pete GM4BYF = gm4byf@blueyonder.co.uk
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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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Lothians Radio Society activities – latest reports
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19 Oct 2024 – SOLAR MAX HAS ARRIVED
19 Oct 2024 – SOLAR MAX HAS ARRIVED: It’s official. NASA and NOAA announced this week that Solar Maximum has arrived. This kicks off a period of high solar activity which could persist for another 1 to 2 years. (Tnx Spaceweather.com).
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17 Oct 24 – GM4DTH Peter’s Second 70th Birthday Bash!
For those unable to attend GM4DTH Peter’s 70th birthday bash on 10th September, a second event was held on 17th October, again at Jeremiah’s Bar and the Kahani Indian Restaurant on Leith Walk. Angus GM8GSV/GM0EAX, Jim Kydd GM0JPK, Peter GM4DTH, Veronica Saunders, Pete GM4BYF, Colin GM4HWO, Brian GM4DIJ. We were particularly pleased to…
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16 Oct 2024 – LRS Autumn Surplus Sale
The LRS Autumn Surplus Sale at St Fillan’s Church on 16th October was an epic event with 30 participants including guests from Cockenzie, Livingston & Glasgow, and lasted almost 2½ hours. This sale attracted a large number of items including some really heavy ones. Pete GM4BYF had…
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9 Oct 2024 – Welcome to Otter Kvindesland LA9IHA
We were delighted to welcome Norwegian amateur Otter Kvindesland LA9IHA (R) from Sandnes as a guest at the Moonbounce talk on October 9th.
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10 Oct 2024 – Aurora photo from Blackford Hill by Peter GM4DTH and Auroral recordings of Chris GM3WOJ (SSB) & Terry GM3WUX (CW) by Brian GM4DIJ/P
Peter GM4DTH reports: Before I was going to turn in for the night I looked out of the window to the south and saw a red glow in the sky. I went across the road and S2577 was the source. I walked to Blackford Hill and took some more photographs. It was a race against…
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28 Sept 2024 – LRS Members at Newark Show
Danny GM6CMQ has kindly provided this photo of Norrie GM1CNH and Peter GM4DTH enjoying a “vegetarian breakfast” while attending the Newark show recently.
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9 Oct 2023 “Getting started on 23cm EME” – Dr Paul Dobie GM0PJD
Paul Dobie GMØPJD from Biggar writes: “With a 480,000 mile round trip, every EME contact (Earth-Moon-Earth / Moonbounce) is DX! The presentation goes on a journey looking at the Moon as seen by the Apollo program, through to top tips to help radio amateurs successfully get their own 23cm signals safely to the moon &…
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25 Sept 2024 – Visit to the MoC Exhibition “Its about TIME”.
Poster for the 2024 exhibition “It’s about TIME”. After having coffee provided by his wife, Winnie, we were welcomed to the MoC by our good friend, Chairman, Prof Tom Stevenson, who also took a number of the photos in this article.. The exhibition is described on the MoC website, Museum Of Communication:…
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11 Sept 2024 – President’s Address – Andy Sinclair MM0FMF
After serving two years as LRS Hon Secretary, Andy Sinclair MM0FMF gave his first President’s Address on the subject of the Saturn-V Rocket and the Apollo mission in space. Summary of talk. The Free-Return Trajectory of the Saturn-V rocket. The Project Apollo Ground Computers took up a lot of space in…
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10th Sept 2024: Peter Dick GM4DTH: 70th Birthday Curry
Happy 70th birthday to Peter Dick GM4DTH. Peter has been LRS Hon. Treasurer & RSGB GB2RS Newsreader for many years, and a leading-light of the Edinburgh Cine & Video Society. Peter GM4DTH was joined by 13 guests to celebrate his 70th birthday on 10th September 2024. After beers at Jeremiah’s Tap Room on Elm Row,…
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28 Aug 2024 – Summer Pub Night 4 at Wee Bennet’s Bar
Good turnout of 11 of the usual suspects for the last pub night of the summer at Wee Bennet’s Bar at Morningside Station.
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14 Aug 2024 – Summer Pub Night 3 at Wee Bennet’s Bar
Great turnout of 13 for the 3rd Pub Night this summer. Early group shot in the evening. We were joined by two (student) guests, Clair MM7YUE (at rear) and Adrian MM7WCR (R) who are interested in joining the LRS. For some reason, Bond, Melvyn Bond GM4HYR (centre) was rather shy this evening!…