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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday April 9th 2006
New Course Guide
As you may be already aware a small group within the Society has been
working for some time on preparing a Course Guide for the Radio
Experimenter's Examination. The guide uses a web page presentation on CD
ROM and contains a very detailed outline of all of the topics included in
the HAREC syllabus on which the multiple-choice examination is based.
The Guide is intended to assist individuals to prepare for the examination
or to act as a detailed template for those organising classes. It can also
be used as a refresher course for those already licensed. For the first
time, the Guide brings together in one source all of the material necessary
for the examination including all the Regulations, National, International
and CEPT.
At the Committee meeting on Saturday, Paul EI2CA the Society's PRO gave a
demonstration of a pre-launch version of the Guide. Users are promised a
very impressive, informative and useful package. Clubs have been written
to in the last week with a view to commencing, in September, a series of
classes for the examination. The course guide will be launched at the AGM
and there will be a meeting and demonstration for club representatives at
1315 on the Sunday afternoon prior to the AGM of the Society.
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IRTS Shop
The Irish Radio Transmitters Society has reached agreement with the Radio
Society of Great Britain to enable IRTS members to avail of the 10 per-cent
discount on purchases currently available to RSGB members. To avail of
this discount IRTS members should log-on to a new website www.irtsshop.com
which is run by RSGB. A link to this site is also available from the IRTS
website www.irts.ie
All RSGB products are listed on this website and prices are quoted in
Euros. Purchases will normally be made off the website by credit card.
IRTS members quoting their callsigns will automatically qualify for a 10
per-cent discount. The introduction of this facility will make it
significantly easier for IRTS members to access radio related books and
materials and it also introduces a new level of cooperation with our sister
society in the U.K.
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IRTS AGM 2006
The IRTS AGM, will take place on Sunday April the 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.
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Limerick Radio Club
Limerick Radio Club normally meet on the second Thursday of each month.
Unfortunately, Aprils LRC meeting which was due to take place on Thursday
the 13th of April has had to be cancelled as a result of the venue being
unavailable.
Meetings will return to normal for May with the next meeting of Limerick
Radio Club taking place on Thursday the 11th of May at 7.30 p.m. in Limerick
Institute of Technology.
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Shannon Basin Radio Club
The Shannon Basin Radio Club meetings are held in the Royal Hotel Roscommon
on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 8.30 p.m.
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South Dublin Radio Club
A Special Event will take place over Easter weekend to mark the 1916 90th
Anniversary Commemoration. The station will run from the SDR club QTH
using the callsign EI90GPO. Activity will be on all HF bands from 80
metres to 10 metres.
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Mid Ulster Amateur Radio Club
The Mid Ulster Amateur Radio Club (GI3VFW) will be holding its rally at the
Discovery Centre, Oxford Island near Lurgan on Sunday the 21st of May. A
new and exciting venue right on the shores of Lough Neagh with a Host of
attractions for all the family including boat trips, caf‚, bird hides,
nature trails, paddling pool, play area, picnic and barbecue areas. There
will be a display by Lough Neagh rescue team and rescue vehicle's on site
for viewing. This should prove to be a great day out whether you want to
browse the radio rally enjoy the wild life and scenery our take part in the
activities you can be sure of an enjoyable day. Bring your binoculars and
camcorders.
The site and rally are wheelchair accessible. For more information,
contact John, GI0KUH at "j.p.mccabe at btinternet dot com".
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QRP Discussion Group
There is a new email discussion list for QRP in Europe! The EUQRP List. Anyone wishing
to join should send a blank email message to:
"euqrp-subscribe at yahoogroups dot com". Everyone is welcome!
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HF Conditions
Those of you new to the HF bands and finding DX hard to come by given the
sunspot minimum, might be interested in the following; With the Spring
equinox just past, LF conditions to the Pacific area in the mornings have
been excellent. In particular VK and ZL signals on 40 metres between 07:00
and 08:00 local time have been extremely strong both on CW and SSB. These
stations have been much easier to work than on 20 metre band even using
simple low dipoles. Check around 7130 on SSB and 7015 on CW.
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International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend-2006
This highly popular and ever growing amateur radio event is on again this
year from the 19th to the 20th of August.
In 2005 there were 382 lighthouses in 48 countries that registered. This
year's event in particular will be dedicated to the memory of its founder
and main organiser, Mike Dalrymple GM4SUC, who passed away in December
2005.
The event normally starts at 0001 UTC on the first day of the event and
ends at 2359 UTC on the Sunday. This year the event will start at 0002 UTC
reserving the first minute in silence as a moment of reflection on Mike's
life.
The event is a fun weekend designed to promote amateur radio and
lighthouses. It is NOT a contest, so take time to have a chat with the
stations contacted and maybe get the public involved as well. On the
Sunday the International Association of Lighthouse Keepers will hold their
Lighthouse Day opening their lighthouses all around the world to the
public. Last year some stations even had the media present taking film of
the event.
Full guidelines, an online entry form and a list of entrants are all on the
ILLW web site at illw.net together with contact details if you need further
information.
So, come along grab a lighthouse and join in the fun. It's also a great
opportunity to increase your DXCC contacts and other lighthouse awards.
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International Marconi Day
Saturday the 22nd of April is International Marconi Day. The Cornish Radio
Amateur Club organises this special event each year about this time to
celebrate Marconi's birth in Bologna on the 25th of April 1874. This is not
a contest, but awards are made for working or submitting SWL reports for
the special Award Stations, each of which has some historical connection
with Marconi.
EI0MAR will be QRV from the Martello Tower in Howth on CW and SSB as an
award station. The tower houses a vintage radio museum. So why not pay
the station a visit and maybe even do a little bit of operating on Saturday
the 22nd? EI0MAR will also be monitoring 145.575 MHz (S23) throughout the
day and hopes to be QRV from about 10:00 am local time.
Access to the tower is up a steep pathway almost opposite the Abbey Tavern.
More information about the station is available on the EI0MAR site, which
has a link from the IRTS web site. Information about the awards and about
the award stations is available at www.gb4imd.org.uk.
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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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