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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday December 18th 2005
ComReg Consultation Paper
ComReg has issued its response to the Consultation Paper entitled "Review
of Fees applicable to Rights of Use for Radio Frequencies". This new paper
has significant implications for the EI experimenter community and promises
a new licensing regime commencing in 2006.
As already suggested, all existing Experimenters' licenses, including
Repeater and Club licenses, will become lifetime licenses at the time of
next renewal, for a once-off fee of 30 Euro. All new Experimenters'
licenses, including Repeater and Club licenses, will be issued on a
lifetime basis for a once-off fee of 100 Euro. Individuals who are over 65
years of age or in receipt of a Disability Allowance will qualify for a
reduced fee of 30 Euro.
Once-off Special event licenses will be subject to a fee of 30 Euro but
Special event licenses for recurring events (e.g. an annual event) will be
charged a once-off fee of 100 Euro.
Experimenter licenses issued under the proposed new scheme will be valid
for all modes and frequency bands relevant to the class of license held.
Previously, an individual application was required for use of each non-
standard extension, for example 70 MHz.
There is a requirement outlined in the document for Experimenters to
confirm their license details to ComReg once every five years. This
process will be originated by ComReg writing to all licensees but the
obligation to confirm license details will lie squarely with the licensee.
Failure to submit appropriate confirmation could result in loss of license.
The full ComReg document No. 05/89 is available on the ComReg website
www.comreg.ie under Consultations. IRTS is pleased that most of the
points raised in its submission have been accepted by ComReg and
incorporated into the amended document.
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IRTS
The Irish Radio Transmitters Society would like to take this opportunity to
wish a very happy Christmas and prosperous New Year to all it's members and
their families and to thank those that supported the radio and printed news
services during 2005. We look forward to your continued support during the
New Year.
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Radio Theory Examination
The next Radio Theory Examination will take place on Wednesday January the
18th at 2 p.m. in the ComReg offices. Irish Life Centre, Lower Abbey St.,
Dublin 1. Those interested in sitting this examination should contact Sean
Nolan EI7CD by email to "ei7cd at gofree dot indigo dot ie", telephone 01
2851599 or by letter at QTHR. The entry fee is 50 Euro with a reduction
for full-time students. The closing date for entries is January the 6th. A
sample question paper is available on the IRTS web site at or by post from
Sean Donelan EI4GK at QTHR. Information about the examination is available
in the September/October edition of Echo Ireland.
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Cork Radio Club
Cork Radio Club will have its annual Christmas get together on Monday next
December 19th at Wilton Park House, Wilton, Cork. This will be the last get
together before the end of the year. It is hoped that all members will
make an effort to attend. Cork Radio Club would like to take the
opportunity to extend Christmas greetings and good DX for the coming year
to their members and all radio experimenters.
The club would also like to extend a welcome to Warren Alwell 2E0ZYQ from
Newbury in the UK who has come to live in Cork and has become a member of
CRC.
As extensive renovations will be underway in the New Year at Wilton Park
House, it will not be possible to have any meetings there for some time to
come. The committee is endeavoring to find alternative accommodation for
meetings and would be grateful for any suggestions. The club will keep
members posted of any developments.
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Tipperary Amateur Radio Group
The Tipperary Amateur Radio Group would like to wish all their Members and
fellow Experimenters a happy and peaceful Christmas and a special thank you
to their newsreaders and all the members who helped out at the various
events through the year.
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group
SEARG would like to take this opportunity to wish a very happy Christmas
and prosperous 2006 to all experimenters. The club would especially like
to thank all its members who participated in its various events during the
past year.
The committee will reconvene on Wednesday the 4th of January 2006.
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80 metre Counties Contest
Following the continuing success of the 2 metre Counties Contest, it has
been decided to have an 80-metre event, broadly along the same lines.
The first contest will be held on Monday the 2nd of January 2006 from 1200
to 1500 hours local time. This is the Bank Holiday following New Year's
Day and there will be the usual Fixed and Portable Sections.
The rules of the 80 metres counties contest, which we have mentioned in
previous weeks, are now available on the IRTS web site. They can be
downloaded in PDF format from the Home page, or viewed in text form at
the Contest Rules page. The rules will also be carried in the December
issue of Echo Ireland.
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SD Contest Logger
Paul EI5DI has updated his contest logger, SD, to support the 80m Counties
Contest on the 2nd of January. SD runs on any Windows PC and is free from
ei5di.com.
Once you start SD, simply select the "IRTS County EI/GI" template.
Overseas entrants select the "IRTS County DX" template.
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EI Call Listings
The online listing of EI calls now has a new home, as the listing has been
moved to the main IRTS web site. The new location is www.irts.ie/callbook/
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Long Distance ATV
A Dublin to Yorkshire 23cm ATV contact was made on the 23rd of November last
when the ATV repeater GB3YT, sited at Queensbury near Bradford was accessed
by Dave EI2HR in Tallaght, South Dublin, a distance of 192 statute miles.
The repeater had been seen on the 22nd, but no live contacts made.
On the 23rd, contact was made with G3KJX via the repeater from his QTH in
Northalleton 44 miles North East of Bradford. The two way contact peaked
at P3 with QSB. A second contact was made this time with M0DTS of Yarm,
which is 56 miles North East of the repeater. This one at P4. Both
stations suffered from Radar interference in the form of thin horizontal
white lines across their pictures but the test cards from GB3YT were radar
free and reached P5 for over two hours. The Dublin barometric pressure
over the two days was 1039 millibars.
The Repeater Keeper has confirmed by e-mail that these are their first
contacts with the Island of Ireland. He stated that pictures of the
contact have been put on the following Web site. w.m0dts.co.uk, which also
contains a video clip.
A few years ago a direct ATV record for 70cm was made by Charlie EI2EM,
with a contact from Swords Co. Dublin into Holland, a distance of 515
statute miles.
For your further interest, the Irish Amateur Television Club have a Web
site at www.homepage.eircom.~iatc
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DX News
Mike, EI0CL has been working ZS and the general African continent on 20
metres after propagation to the West has reduced (and may appear dead) once
darkness extends over the Atlantic. It is worthwhile to turn the beam
South-South-East, 160-170 degrees true for 2 to 3 hours after darkness has
extended. The ZS can be more difficult to read earlier due to stronger
European and US stations being heard.
VK & ZL are coming in on the short path soon after the earlier long path
propagation reduces (approximately 08.30 to 10.30). So it's worth trying
the short path roughly after 11.00 hrs and up to 13.00 hrs on 20 metres, at
this time there is the odd JA coming through as well as others in that
general area. Thanks also to Patrick EI9HX for information.
The "Holyland DX Group" will operate from the middle of the Dead Sea at the
lowest dry point on the Globe, 411 meters below the sea level. The HDX
Group will be active on Dec 23rd and 24th 2005 starting 0700 UTC in the very
rare Holyland squares M25BS and M26BS. The call sign will be 4X411 - A,
indicating this special point.
Two stations will be QRV on 80 to 10 metres, CW and SSB. The QSL manager
will be Shalom 4Z4BS. Visit www.4z5la.net/4x411a for more information.
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Items for inclusion in next weeks Radio News should be forwarded to Mark
Wall, EI7IS at QTHR or by phone to 051 853806 or 087 6302026. Items for
the radio news can also be faxed to 087 5 6302026. News should be
submitted via e-mail to "news at irts dot ie" for automatic forwarding to
both the radio and printed news services. Please note that items for the
radio news should reach the editor no later than midday on Fridays.
Best 73 from John, Sysop @ EI3DIB.#TIPP.IRL.EU
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