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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday February 12th 2006
Trophy Returns
It is now time to return Trophies presented at the 2005 Limerick AGM in
preparation for this years upcoming AGM. The deadline for returns is the
18th of March 2006. Trophies can be returned to Peter Grant, EI4HX at
QTHR, Awards Committee, or any Committee Member.
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IRTS AGM 2006
Preparations are well advanced for this years IRTS AGM, which is being
held on Sunday April 23rd at the Vienna Woods Hotel in Cork and is being
hosted by Cork Radio Club. The weekend will follow the usual format with a
dinner on the Saturday night, a rally on Sunday and the Annual General
Meeting will be held on Sunday afternoon. The Vienna Woods Hotel is
located on the eastern side of Cork City just off the Glanmire roundabout
at the city side of Glanmire village.
For those wishing to stay in the hotel overnight, only double rooms are
available and these can only be booked through Dave EI4BZ on 087-6290574
at a cost of 110.00 Euro per room with breakfast. Please note that there
are only a few rooms left at the Vienna Woods. However, rooms are also
available at the neighbouring Ibis Hotel at a cost of 59 Euro for a single
room and 69 Euro for a double room. Breakfast costs Euro 8.50. The
telephone number for the Ibis Hotel is 021-4354354. Rooms are also
available at the nearby John Barleycorn Hotel at a cost of 45 Euro for a
single and 85.00 Euro for a double room including a full Irish Breakfast.
The telephone number here is 021-4821499. Enquiries to Finbarr EI1CS on
021-4346622 or Dave EI4BZ on 087-6290574.
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Coolmine Rally
The annual Phoenix Radio Club Rally will be held on Sunday February the
26th at the Coolmine Community School in Blanchardstown and not as
originally planned on the 12th of February. Morse testing will be
available throughout the day for anyone wishing to take the test. Doors
open to traders at 9.30 a.m. and to the general public at 11.00 a.m. All
enquiries to Tony on 01-8252074 or 087-2439997
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Limerick Rally
The Limerick Radio Club would like to remind everyone of their upcoming
Rally. It will be held in the Greenhills Hotel, Ennis Road, Limerick on
Sunday the 12th of March. Icom UK has confirmed attendance and will have
the IC7000, IC756Pro3 and IC7800 on display. The club is presently in
negotiation with several other suppliers. The first of the raffle prizes
has already been secured and it is a DSP Speaker from BHI UK. Anybody
interested in a table or simply needing further information feel free to
contact Paul EI6FE on 061 360122.
Further news will be forthcoming as soon as it becomes available. Members
of LRC are looking forward to a successful rally and meeting all their old
friends again.
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Lough Erne Amateur Radio Club
The Lough Erne Amateur Radio Clubs 25th Annual Radio Show will take place
in the Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen, on Sunday the 23rd of April 2006.
Doors open at 12 Noon and Admission is œ3.00 or 5.00 Euro. There is
generous car parking space and refreshments on site. There is a Bring &
Buy stand with no fees. There will be traders big & small selling Amateur
Radio gear, components, electronics, computer components and various new,
surplus and second-hand equipment. UK traders are expected. Usual large
attendance from North and South is expected as the club returns to the
familiar venue. For information on accommodation or trade stand space
contact Alan Gault GI6PYP on 07771 811484\028 6634 1108, "alan dot r dot
gault at homecall dot co dot uk" or Herbie Graham GI6JPO on 028 6638 7761.
Call early to avoid disappointment.
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Cork Radio Club
The Cork Radio Club would like to announce the Blarney Rally will be held
this year on the 24th of September at the usual venue. One of the longest
running in EI this will be in it's 15th year and still going strong. All
the usual traders will be in attendance along with casual sellers so don't
forget to chalk it down in your dairy.
Last Monday Con EI7DJB demonstrated how a torch with out batteries
operated using the Faraday method of induction. He also showed a unusual
wind up torch that charged a battery and lit up 3 LED's.
The Cork Radio Club meet every Monday night in the SMA community building
room 4 Wilton all are welcome.
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South Dublin Radio Club
South Dublin Radio Club will hold its AGM on Tuesday the 21st of February
at 8 p.m. Also the club will be running the annual Spring challenge during
the month of February starting on the 1st of February at 00:00 hours and
finishing on the 28th of February at 00.00 hours. The rules are published
in the IRTS Handbook or may be obtained from the Club Chairman or
committee.
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Limerick Radio Club
The Annual General Meeting of the Limerick Radio Club will be held on the
23rd of February 2006. It will start at 8.00 p.m. sharp in the limerick
Institute of Technology, Moylish, Limerick. All members are requested to
attend.
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group
The Annual General Meeting of South Eastern Amateur Radio Group will take
place at 8.00 p.m. in the Roanmore Centre, Cleaboy Road, Waterford on
Wednesday the 22nd of February. All members are asked to attend and
visitors are welcome.
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AREN
Following the success of last years AREN trip to Isle of Man for the Manx
National Rally, expressions of interest are invited from any AREN members
who would like to assist Raynet again this year. The rally takes places
over the 5th and 6th of May. For information see www.manxrally.org. Full
training will be provided. For further details contact Munster AREN co-
ordinator, Conor O Neill, EI4JN on 021 4801111 or
e-mail "ei4jn at eircom dot net".
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Dundalk Amateur Radio Society
Twinning of Dundalk Amateur Radio Society and Church Island ARG. (EI7DAR
and MI0LBA)
On Thursday night last 09/02/06 some members of the Dundalk ARS travelled
to Bellaghy Co. Derry to the QTH of the Church Island ARG. The meeting was
to celebrate the Twinning of the two clubs. Thos EI2JD Chairman of Dundalk
club was given a beautiful engraved Plaque by John MI0MIO chairman of
Church Island to commemorate the event. Both chairmen commented on
improved cross border communications and both are looking forward to
assisting each other in Amateur TV, contesting and Field day events. On
behalf of Dundalk club Thos would like to thank the Church Island club for
it's warm hospitality and invites them down to the next meeting in
Dundalk.
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CQIR - Ireland Calling: Preliminary Announcement
In 2007 the IRTS celebrates the 75th anniversary of its founding in 1932.
As part
of the jubilee celebrations the Society is organising an International
Radio Contest,
"CQIR - Ireland Calling".
For this event, references to Ireland mean the island of Ireland and it's
offshore
islands - both EI and GI. CQIR is a once-off event with a difference -
the difference being that overseas Entrants with 75 or more QSO's have the
opportunity to win a trip to Ireland.
CQIR is a 24-hour, single-operator HF CW/SSB contest on the weekend of
30/31st
September 2007. As this is the fifth full weekend in the month, there is
no clash
with any established event.
CQIR is a celebration of both the IRTS Jubilee and the "Irish" amateur-
radio
community world-wide. It's where the Irish, at home and abroad, work the
World -
and where those of Irish descent identify themselves by including their
ancestral
County in the exchange: County Mayo, County Antrim etc.
Full rules and county codes will appear on www.irts.ie and will be
available shortly in Echo Ireland. Free software will be provided to
support CQIR.
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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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