LRS Calendar 2026/27

LRS Meetings are arranged by James Gentles GM4WZP and are normally held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month at 7:30 for a prompt start at 8:00 pm (unless otherwise stated) at the Braid Hills Hotel, 134 Braid Road, EH10 6JD.

Braid Hills Hotel location: on OpenStreetMap

Rallies, conferences, contests and other events of interest to LRS members are indicated in BLUE.

Click on Blue and underlined subject title of past meeting for full report with photographs.

“LRS Nets” are being held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays (non-Meeting Wednesdays) at 8:00-9:00pm on 144.350MHz SSB.

For further information, and to be added to the LRS meeting notices E-mailing list, whether you are a member or not, please contact Iain Coates GM1MSS, secretary@lothiansradiosociety.com.

Many thanks to Program Manager, James Gentles GM4WZP for compiling this program (in draft – 2 October 2026).

DATESUBJECTSPEAKER / ORGANIZER
2026-2027START OF NEW LRS CLUB YEAR
9 Sep 2026President’s Address – ‘Secondary batteries for hams’Andy Sinclair GM4LLD
16 Sep 2026LRS Net 208 – 144.350 MHz SSB 8pmColin Wright GM4HWO
23 Sep 2026LRS Visit to MOC Burntisland 2026 Exhibition ‘When Screens were Small, but the Magic seemed Huge’- A Hundred Years of Television. There will also be a lecture by Professor Tom Stevenson – ‘100 Years of Television – some Technical Milestones, including the early days of TV in Orkney.’Colin Wright GM4HWO
30 Sep 2026Wee Bennet’s evening, Maxwell Street, Morningside Station – from 7:30 pmJames Gentles GM4WZP
7 Oct 2026LRS Net 209 – 144.350 MHz SSB 8pmColin Wright GM4HWO
14 Oct 2026Surplus Sale – St Fillan’s Church, Buckstone Drive – doors open 7.30 pm (not before) for an 8pm sharp startTBC
21 Oct 2026LRS Net 210 – 144.350 MHz SSB 8pmColin Wright GM4HWO
25 Oct 2026Galashiels and District ARS Rally – doors open at 11.00Iain Coates GM1MSS
28 Oct 2026′‘Blood Bikes Scotland’ (Phil Dodsworth and John Taylor)John Taylor GM3JRT
31 Oct 2026GMRT 2026 – Scottish Microwave Round Table
at Museum of Communication, Burntisland with the Dinner at the Kingswood Hotel		GMRT
4 Nov 2026LRS Net 211 – 144.350 MHz SSB 8pmColin Wright GM4HWO
11 Nov 2026The end of the 198kHz Radio 4 long wave serviceMark Hughes GM4ISM
18 Nov 2026LRS Net 212 – 144.350 MHz SSB 8pmColin Wright GM4HWO
25 Nov 2026‘My Shack’ – by our new SecretaryIain Coates GM1MSS
2 Dec 2026LRS Net 213 – 144.350 MHz SSB 8pmColin Wright GM4HWO
9 Dec 2026LRS Christmas Curry 2026 – Ghurka Cafe, 25-27 Cockburn Street EH1 – drinks from 7pmColin Wright GM4HWO
No meetings over the Christmas Festivities
2027
6 Jan 2027Pub Evening HAPPY NEW YEAR – Wee Bennet’s Bar, Morningside Station – 7pm for 7:30 pmJames Gentles GM4WZP
13 Jan 20272027 Film EveningJames Gentles GM4WZP
20 Jan 2027LRS Net 214 – 144.350 MHz SSB 8pmColin Wright GM4HWO
27 Jan 2027Construction with surface mount componentsBrian Flynn GM8BJF
3 Feb 2027LRS Net 215 – 144.350 MHz SSB 8pmColin Wright GM4HWO
10 Feb 2027Return of the BIG RIG TEST NIGHT – starts at 7.30pmColin Wright GM4HWO
17 Feb 2027LRS Net 216 – 144.350 MHz SSB 8pmColin Wright GM4HWO
24 Feb 2027Working with RF and high voltageNorman Stewart GM1CNH
3 Mar 2027LRS Net 217 – 144.350 MHz SSB 8pmColin Wright GM4HWO
10 Mar 202770cm EME on a shoestring – part 2John Cooke GM8OTI
17 Mar 2027LRS Net 218 – 144.350 MHz SSB 8pmColin Wright GM4HWO
24 Mar 2027BATC TV for Radio Amateurs – The Portsdown PlatformIain Coates GM1MSS
31 Mar 2027Wee Bennet’s evening, Maxwell Street, Morningside Station – from 7:30 pmJames Gentles GM4WZP
7 Apr 2027LRS Net 219 – 144.350 MHz SSB 8pmColin Wright GM4HWO
14 Apr 2027Surplus Sale – St Fillan’s Church, Buckstone DrivePeter Bates GM4BYF
21 Apr 2027LRS Net 220 – 144.350 MHz SSB 8pmColin Wright GM4HWO
28 Apr 2027Televisors with Transistors: The story of colour TVJames Gentles GM4WZP
5 May 2027LRS Net 221 – 144.350 MHz SSB 8pmColin Wright GM4HWO
12 May 2027TBA
19 May 2027LRS Net 222 – 144.350 MHz SSB 8pmColin Wright GM4HWO
26 May 2027RAYNET and the Lockerbie Disaster, December 1988Jack Hood GM4COX
2 Jun 2027Wee Bennet’s evening, Maxwell Street, Morningside Station – from 7:30 pmJames Gentles GM4WZP
9 Jun 2027LRS Net 223 – 144.350 MHz SSB 8pmColin Wright GM4HWO
16 Jun 2027Annual General MeetingIain Coates GM1MSS
23 Jun 2027Date TBC – LRS Summer BBQ Pete and Kay Bates QTH – starts at 7.30 – DO NOT TURN UP BEFORE 7.30Peter Bates GM4BYF
30 Jun 2027Summer Pub Night 1 at Wee Bennet’s Bar, Maxwell Street, Morningside Station – from 7:30 pmJames Gentles GM4WZP
7 Jul 2027LRS Net 224 – 144.350 MHz SSB 8pm Colin Wright GM4HWO
14 Jul 2027Summer Pub Night 2 at Wee Bennet’s Bar, Maxwell Street, Morningside Station – from 7:30 pmJames Gentles GM4WZP
21 Jul 2027LRS Net 225 – 144.350 MHz SSB 8pmColin Wright GM4HWO
28 Jul 2027Summer Pub Night 3 at Wee Bennet’s Bar, Maxwell Street, Morningside Station – from 7:30 pmJames Gentles GM4WZP
4 Aug 2027LRS Net 226 – 144.350 MHz SSB 8pmColin Wright GM4HWO
11 Aug 2027Summer Pub Night 4 at Wee Bennet’s Bar, Maxwell Street, Morningside Station – from 7:30 pmJames Gentles GM4WZP
18 Aug 2027LRS Net 227 – 144.350 MHz SSB 8pmColin Wright GM4HWO
25 Aug 2027Summer Pub Night 5 at Wee Bennet’s Bar, Maxwell Street, Morningside Station – from 7:30 pmJames Gentles GM4WZP

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