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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday August 27th 2006
Kerry Amateur Radio Group
The club operated at the Cromwell Point Lighthouse (IRE-077), Valentia
Island, Co. Kerry on the 19th and 20th of August for International
Lighthouse weekend. In spite of poor band conditions on the Sunday, an
excess of two hundred contacts were made over the weekend using an inverted
L antenna and 50 watts as the primary station. The majority of these were
made on CW, and the club owes a great debt of gratitude to Brendan, EI0CZ,
for travelling all the way down from Co. Clare to support the event.
The next monthly meeting is on Saturday, 2 September 2006 (8 days from now)
in the coffee shop at Muckross House, Killarney National Park, starting at
10am.
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Limerick Radio Club
Members of Limerick Radio Club were QRV from Tarbert Island Lighthouse No.
IRE073, using the call-sign EI4TLH for the International Lighthouse Weekend
on the 19th and 20th of August. The Committee would like to thank John EI6IW
for arranging access to the Lighthouse and making the facilities available
and to the QSL manager, Alan EI8EM. The weekend was very enjoyable and LRC
look forward to next year event.
Limerick Radio Club is QRV as EI60LRC until the end of the year to mark 60
years since the clubs foundation.
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group
Those interested in sitting the upcoming Theory Classes should attend the
Information and Registration night on Wednesday the 30th of August at 8.00
p.m. in the Roanmore Centre, Cleaboy Road, Waterford. All are welcome.
The Waterford Rally will take place on Sunday the 15th of October in the
Woodlands Hotel, Waterford. Enquiries to Michael Hoban EI5DCB on 051-
873310.
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South Dublin Radio Club
Congratulations to Finbarr, Terry, Fred and Stephen who recently passed the
theory exam. They sat the course with South Dublin Radio and Stephen has
already got the call sign EI4GKB. This represents a one hundred percent
pass rate for the class.
The classes are continuing with SDR every Tuesday between 8.00 p.m. and
10.00 p.m. in the Marian Community Centre, Marian Road, Tempelogue. The
classes are run on an ongoing basis with an informal structure and anyone
interested in radio are welcome to drop in at any time.
For information contact Michael EI2GKB on 087-2481970.
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VHF Nets
The next 6-metre SSB net is on Monday the 4th of September 2006 on 50.135
MHz (horizontal polarisation) at 2100 hours local time. The first net on
the 5th of June 2006 included stations from all around Ireland. All are
encouraged and welcome to participate.
The 4-metre activity night takes place on the first Tuesday of each month
between 20:00 and 22:00 local time. The next activity night is Tuesday the
5th of September. Please send reports to "ei3ix at eircom dot net". Call
in frequency is 70.2625 MHz. So if you have any AM/FM/SSB gear, vertically
or horizontally polarised, give a call in! Don't forget to have a listen
for the 4-metre simplexer on 70.350 MHz.
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AREN Winter training
Material is currently being prepared for the next phase of member training.
Topics will include the use of Digital Modes such as Automatic Packet
Reporting System (APRS) and PSK 31 for emergency communications. Also
covered will be Search techniques and Antennas for Emergency
communications.
The material will be prepared assuming little or no prior knowledge of the
topics by the participants and be available for download from the AREN
website. On air sessions reviewing the material will be conducted on the
40 or 80 meter bands as conditions permit on one or two evenings per month.
The accumulated knowledge will be put into practice during a field exercise
in cooperation with one of the emergency services.
All EI licensed experimenters are eligible to become members of the Amateur
Radio Emergency network. For information on how to join visit www.aren.ie.
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Mayo Rally
The Mayo Rally will take place on Sunday the 26th of November 11:00 a.m. in
the Belmont Hotel, Knock. Special rates are available for those wishing to
stay overnight. Bed and Breakfast is 50 Euro per person sharing or 70 Euro
with evening meal.
For bookings, contact the Belmont Hotel directly on 094-9388122. For
enquiries about the Mayo rally, contact the rally organiser Padraig Baynes
EI9JA on 087-6957154 or email 'pbaynes1 at eircom dot net'.
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MRG VHF/UHF SSB Challenge 2006
The MRG VHF/UHF challenge will take place from 1500 hours to 1800 hours
local time on Sunday the 10th of September 2006. Any EI/GI operator holding
an amateur/experimenters licence can enter the contest. Clubs can also
participate. There are two sections. A fixed and portable section in each
of which operation can take place on 2 metres and 70 cm SSB only.
A trophy will be awarded to the winners of each section (Fixed & Portable).
More information will be available in Echo Ireland. All enquiries to Joe
(EI3IX) at "joe_fadden at yahoo dot com".
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DX and Special Events
AP2IA is usually QRV from Pakistan on 20 metres using CW most days from
around 1330 to 1500 UTC.
DT8A has been QRV from the South Shetland Islands on 30 metres at around
2030 UTC.
DS4DRE/4 is QRV from Hong Island, Korea IOTA AS-093, until the end of the
year. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL direct to home
call.
SX8AYT is active from a number of Greek Islands in the EU-049 IOTA group.
The station will be active until the 30th of August and activity will be on
80 through to 2 metres using mainly SSB. QSL is via SV2AYT or via the
bureau.
GB1CPB, representing GB One Century Portland Bill, will be QRV until the
end of 2006, from Portland Bill Lighthouse in Dorset to commemorate 100
years operation of the lighthouse.
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Dates for Your Diary
The SSB Field Day will take place on September the 2nd and 3rd at Garbally
College in Ballinasloe.
The MRG VHF/UHF challenge will take place from 1500 hours to 1800 hours
local time on Sunday the 10th of September.
The Blarney Rally will take place on September the 24th. The Waterford
Rally will be held on Sunday the 15th of October and the Mayo Rally will
take place on Sunday the 26th of November.
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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 Friday in order
to be guaranteed inclusion in the following Sundays bulletin.
Best 73 from John, Sysop @ EI3DIB.#TIPP.IRL.EU
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