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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday November 26th 2006
Richard Glynn EI5GC, Silent Key
We regret to inform you of the death in his native Galway of Richard Glynn
EI5GC on Thursday morning last. Richard was well known as he served as a
newsreader for many years. He was a prominent member of the Galway Radio
Experiments Club and was very involved with the provision and maintenance
of the Galway repeater. He was very active on HF, mainly on CW and was a
regular voice on the Galway repeater.
We extend our deepest sympathy to his wife Marian, daughter Catherine and
son Dave.
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IRTS Jubilee
The special 75th jubilee commerative IRTS logos are available to members for
use on their QSL cards, websites etc. Use of the logos will help promote
the Society and the 75th year celebrations. The logos can be downloaded
from the Society website www.irts.ie. Simply go to the Information section
and click on 'Downloads".
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Irish Hour
Last Sunday there was a mini Irish Hour on 15 metres (21.317 MHz at 17:00
UTC). There was an opening for a while and about seven stations checked
in. W2MAT, W3KEN, W7DFO and VE3AO. Jim N7HKO (from Kilbeggan) has a tower
up at his new QTH in Arizona and should be active soon. The group are
looking out for more activity on 21.317 MHz at 17:00 UTC. So fire up those
rigs and give a shout now that band conditions are improving.
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KARG Trip to Met Observatory and Costal Radio Station
The Kerry Amateur Radio Group made a combined trip to the Valentia
Observatory and the Valentia Coastal Radio Station on Saturday the 18th of
November. Present on the day were Ron EI2JP, Trevor EI4DWB, Billy EI7CQB,
Chris EI9CZB, John EI9ESB, Joe EI9HO, John EI9JO and SWL Caoimhe Hahn. The
attendees had a very comprehensive and interesting tour under beautiful
autumn skies of the entire Valentia Observatory and Museum, led by Michael
Gill of Met Eireann. During the visit, the group had the opportunity to
observe the preparation, launching, and subsequent real-time tracking of a
weather balloon with radiosonde attached. After an excellent lunch at the
Ring of Kerry Hotel in Cahirciveen, the group had an informative tour of
the facilities at the Valentia Coastal Radio Station, including a live
demonstration of NavTex in action.
The club's officers wish to thank Michael Gill of Met Eireann and Kenny,
the Duty Officer of Valentia Coastal Radio Station for allowing the club
access to their facilities and for giving such informative tours.
Based on the success of this day trip, the club is planning further day
trips to places of interest to Radio Experimenters in the New Year.
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Theory Examination
The next Theory Examination for the Experimenter's Licence will be held on
Thursday the 18th of January 2007 at 2 p.m. in the offices of ComReg, Abbey
Court, Irish Life Centre. Dublin.
Places for the examination are limited and some of these have already been
allocated. Documentation about the examination will issue in the coming
week to those who have already applied. In order to secure a place anyone
wishing to sit the examination in January should contact Se n Nolan EI7Cd
either at QTHR or by e-mail to "ei7cd at gofree dot indigo dot ie". Those
studying for the examination may wish to obtain a copy of the CD Course
Guide produced by the Society. These are available from Se n EI7CD at a
cost of 5 Euro to cover registration postage and packaging.
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Theory Classes
Theory classes are planned to commence in the Cork area in early January.
Anyone interested should contact Dave Moore EI4BZ on 087-6290574 or any
member of Cork Radio Club or the East Cork Radio Group.
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Tipperary Amateur Radio Group
Plans are being made for a Christmas dinner, please contact John, EI7IG for
details.
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Limerick Radio Club
Limerick Radio Club would like to thank all who attended the club meetings
during the year and to inform everyone that the next meeting will take
place on Thursday the 7th of December 2006 (the first Thursday of the
month). This will be an entertaining evening and will take the form of a
team quiz. Liam EI4GB and Pat EI9GY will be the quiz masters. This quiz
has proved to be very entertaining in previous years. Please make a special
effort to attend and make it a memorable evening for all. Prizes will be
presented to the first three teams.
The new Club Web Page is up and running and can be viewed at
www.qsl.net/ei4lrc. Suggestions, comments and additions to the web page
are welcome and should be sent to "ei4lrc at eircom dot net".
As part of the 60th anniversary celebrations the Club activated the special
call-sign EI60LRC in the Bunratty Castle Folk Park, Co. Clare on Saturday
the 18th of November 2006. The station operated from 10:00 to 16:00 hours
and throughout the day was visited by many tourists who showed a great
interest in amateur radio.
The Limerick Radio Club Committee would like to thank all those members who
contributed and participated at club meetings and who attended club events
during the year. The Chairman and committee would like to take this
opportunity to wish you a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
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South Dublin Radio Club
This year's South Dublin Radio Club Christmas Party will take place on
Tuesday
the 12th of December. After last year's success, the venue will remain the
same;
"The Morgue", Tempelogue from 8.00 p.m. until late.
Members of other clubs and visitors are very welcome to this social event.
It's
always a great turnout. Limited free food will be available for paid up
members
while visitors can choose from the bar menu up to 9.00 p.m.
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Changes to Amateur Rules in the United States
The long-awaited changes to the amateur rules are set to take effect at
12:01 AM EST on December the 15th. The so-called "Omnibus" Amateur Radio
proceeding, WT Docket 04-140, includes a significant expansion of the 75
metre phone band and a variety of other changes. The highlights are:
For Amateur Extra class licensees, the 75-metre phone band will start at
3600 kHz, while Advanced class licensees start at 3700 kHz and Generals at
3800 kHz. The high end of the CW/RTTY/Digital band is now 3600 kHz
(although CW is allowed on the entire band).
On 40 metres, Amateur Extra and Advanced licensees will be able to operate
phone beginning at 7125 kHz, while Generals start at 7175 kHz. The top end
of the CW/RTTY/Digital band will be 7125 kHz (although CW is allowed on the
entire band).
There are no changes to the 20 metre band.
On 15 metres, the General class phone band now starts at 21275 kHz.
On 10 metres, Novice and Technician Plus licensees can now operate
CW/RTTY/Digital from 28000 kHz to 28300 kHz.
In addition, Novices and Tech Plus licensees can use CW only on the same
frequencies as General and Advanced licensees on the 80, 40 and 15 metre
bands: 3525 kHz-3600 kHz; 7025 kHz-7125 kHz and 21025 kHz-21200 kHz.
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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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