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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday February 25th 2007
IRTS 75th Annual General Meeting
Arrangements are well in hand for the Society's 75th Annual General Meeting
to be held at the Vienna Woods Hotel in Cork on Sunday April 22nd. The
weekend celebrations will follow the usual format with the 75th Jubilee
Dinner being held on the Saturday night. Tickets prices have been
maintained at last years level and are great value at only 30 Euro.
Several high profile international guests will attend the dinner and AGM
and included are Dave Sumner K1ZZ, Secretary of the International Amateur
Radio Union and C.E.O. of the ARRL, the American National Society. Also
joining us will be the Chairman of Region 1 IARU Ole Garpestad LA2RR and
the Presidents of several other sister national societies in Region 1.
All the rooms at the Vienna Woods Hotel have been reserved and there are
still a few available and these must be booked through Dave EI4BZ. For
those not wishing to stay at the Vienna Woods Hotel, there is an IBIS
Hotel very near the venue and the rates there are 82 Euro for a double
room and 60 Euro for a single room. Bookings should be made directly with
the IBIS Hotel on 021-4354354. If anybody needs a B & B or Hostel
organised, contact Dave EI4BZ on 087-6290574.
The Committee is obliged by rule to nominate members for the positions of
President, Vice President and eleven committee positions. These
nominations will be carried in the upcoming issue of Echo Ireland. This
does not preclude other nominations for any of the positions and further
nominations must be made to the Secretary within fourteen days of
receiving the committee's lists of nominations. Members should read rule
23 covering nominations for office.
The Society has several awards for honouring members who have excelled in
some aspect of the hobby. Nominations for these awards are now being
sought and should be forwarded to the Awards Manager, Peter Grant EI4HX.
Members in possession of trophies since last years AGM are requested to
arrange for their return to EI4HX or any committee member as soon as
possible. The AGM rally will be held on Sunday April 22nd at the Vienna
Woods Hotel and requests for tables should be directed to Dave EI4BZ on
087-6290574. There will be no charge for tables which will be allocated
on a first come first served basis.
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Swazi DXpedition team meeting 18th Feb 2007
The team had a final meeting, before they head to South Africa in March,
at the City North Hotel near Julianstown, Co. Meath on Sunday the 18th of
February. Those present were EI2CA, EI7CC, EI3GV, EI4DJ (GI4FUM), EI4DJB
and GI4VIV. The meeting was very constructive and quite a few problem
areas were highlighted. Hopefully the team also found solutions. Pete
GI4VIV gave a demo of the Logger 32 logging program and CW control
software. The team are now all keen to be off to South Africa.
As there is only a small team of operators and we will only be in
Swaziland for 10 days the main activity will centre around the SARL VHF
contest on the 17th of March and the CQ WPX SSB contest the following
weekend. It is hoped to have assistance from our ZS6 friends for these two
contests. As the VHF contest on St Patrick's day will depend on making
contacts on 6m and 2m by EME and MS they will be active during the hours
of Moonrise and Moonset on the 16th, 17th and 18th of March. Therefore
expect to hear activity on 2m and 6m EME and/or Meteor Scatter between
Midnight and early afternoon. As far as activity on HF is concerned the
team will concentrate on the WARC bands during the week after the St.
Patrick's activity.
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West Cork Rally Repeater Site Testing
On Wednesday night last, AREN officers EI7IG, EI2GN, EI9FVB and EI4JN,
with assistance from: SWL, James McCarthy, Kristian Wash of WIT and John
Harrington of Cork Motor club, tested a proposed new repeater site for the
upcoming rally.
Declan operated the base station on the hill and the others teamed up to
travel the stages, shared driving, navigating and radio operating duties.
Weather conditions were less than ideal with strong winds experienced at
the summit and dense fog covering the route below. Signal reports were
exchanged at pre-described locations along the entire route of the rally.
The resulting logs will be studied over the coming week and the Radio
Communications Plan submitted to the Clerk of the Course. This year John
EI7IG will assist Conor EI4JN in managing the communications equipment for
the club on the event which takes place over St Patrick's weekend. For
more Information on the Amateur Radio Emergency Network visit www dot AREN
dot ie.
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Return of Trophies
Congratulations to the winners of IRTS trophies for Contests and Awards,
at the 2006 AGM. Please note that the deadline for return of Trophies is
the 11th of March. This is to allow time for up dating engraving, and any
minor repairs, which may be needed. Trophies may be returned to any IRTS
Committee Member before that date, or to the IRTS stand at the Limerick RC
Rally, on the 11th of March, or by post to EI4HX at QTHR.
****************
Tipperary Amateur Radio Group
The next meeting of the Tipperary Amateur Radio Group will take place on
Thursday next the 1st of March in Raheen House Hotel Clonmel at 8.00 pm
sharp. All are welcome.
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Shannon Basin Radio Club Sprint Challenge.
The Shannon Basin Radio club request that all logs for the 2006 Sprint
challenge be submitted by the end of February 2007, either by post to the
contest Manager Noel Mulvihill, Hillquarter, Coosan, Co Westmeath, or by
E-Mail to "nfmulvihill at eircom dot net".
Shannon Basin Radio Club would like to thank all for participating in the
challenge, and wish them the best of luck with the results.
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South Dublin Radio Club
The Experimenter's Classes are on going in SDR, and have recently started
from the beginning again. The classes run on Tuesday nights between
20:00-22:00 for the forthcoming exam in late June. All are welcome.
The South Dublin Radio Club annual general meeting will take place on
Tuesday the 13th of March at the club's premises on the Marian Road in
Rathfarnam.
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group
The Annual General Meeting of South Eastern Amateur Radio Group will take
place this coming Wednesday the 28th at 8.00 p.m. in the Roanmore Centre,
Cleaboy Road, Waterford.
All are welcome and members are asked to attend.
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Rallies
The following rallies are scheduled to take place during March and April
2007. First comes the Limerick Rally, which is in the Greenhills Hotel on
Sunday the 11th of March. Later that month, on Saturday 24th of March, the
Lagan Valley Amateur Radio Society holds its rally in Lisburn. The date
Lough Erne Amateur Radio Show has been changed to Sunday the 22nd of April
at the Share Centre Lisnaskea Co. Fermanagh.
The IRTS AGM and Rally takes place on Sunday the 22nd of April in the
Vienna Woods Hotel, Cork, with the AGM Dinner on the previous night. More
details of these events are on the "Rallies and Events" page of
www.irts.ie
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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 Sunday's bulletin.
Best 73 from John, Sysop @ EI3DIB.#TIPP.IRL.EU
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