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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday April 22nd 2007
Aidan Folan EI5W, Silent Key
Aidan Folan, formerly EI5W, from Terenure passed away recently.
Aidan lectured in Kevin Street College of Technology and was then involved
with RTE Radio in the mid 50's as first Sound and Balance Control officer,
prior to moving to RTE Television Operations and he finished his career as
Training Manager in RTE. He was also very involved with EBU committees.
Aidan was the youngest brother of Martin Enda Folan, formerly EI6W, and was
president of the IRTS arount the early 60s.
May he rest in peace.
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International Marconi Day
The 28th of April is International Marconi Day and the Cornish Amateur Radio
Club sponsors a radio event and presents awards for working the special
event stations. All IMD special event stations have historic connections
with Marconi. The Howth Martello Radio Group will be activating EI0MAR as a
special event award station on the 28th.
In 1905 Marconi carried our wireless telegraphy reception experiments at the
Martello Tower. The HMS Monarch steamed to various locations in the Irish
Sea and sent test transmissions back to Howth. Various antennas and earthing
methods were tried at the Martello Tower and comparisons made. The Howth
Group is justifiably proud of its association with the tower, which now
houses a vintage radio museum. The museum opens from 11 till 4 on weekends
until the end of April and from May until October every day. The museum
website is ei5em.110mb.com/museum.html. Visitors will be most welcome to
visit and operate the station on International Marconi Day. EI0MAR is QRV
most Sundays until 3 p.m. For more details you can email "ei0mar at
eircom.net". Access to the tower is up a steep pathway opposite the Abbey
Tavern.
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Galway Radio Experimenters Group
The Galway Radio Experimenters Group will be active from Clifden this year
for the international Marconi Day event on the 28th of April using the call
EI4IMD. It is hoped to have a portable station set up on the edge of
Derrygimlagh bog 600 metres from the original Marconi transmitter site.
On Saturday the 14th of April last, members of The Galway Radio Experimenters
Group supported the NUI Galway Mountaineering Club with communications for
the Maam Turk Walk. The 106 walkers had a beautiful day with perfect weather
and good ground conditions on the 15 mile hike between Maam and Leenane.
Thankfully this year there were no injuries. Club members participating
were Enda (EI2II), Ronan (EI8HJ), Kieran (EI4FFB), Joe (EI3HM), Nigel
(EI9JT), Des (EI5GT), Larry (EI9CN), John (EI8EU) and Tom (EI3ER).
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2 Metre Counties Contest
Please note that the deadline for receipt of logs for the 2 metre counties
contest on the Easter Bank Holiday weekend is the 9th of May.
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Second EmCom Party on the Air
IARU Region 1 invites the HQ-stations of its member societies and stations
of special emergency communication groups to participate in the "Second
EmCom party on the Air" on Saturday, May the 5th, 2007 at 11.00 - 15.00 UTC.
The operation will take place on and near the emergency Center-of-Activity
(CoA) frequencies on 40, 20 and 15 meters (+/-QRM). The CoA frequencies on
80 and 17 meters will not be used during this event.
The objective of the party is to increase the common interest among member
societies in emergency communication, test how usable the CoA frequencies
are across Region 1, and create practices for international emergency
communication between Region 1 member societies and special emergency
communication groups.
Please keep in mind: This is not a contest - it is an emergency
communications exercise!
The protocol is as follows: All traffic during the party will take place in
SSB only. IARU Region 1 HQ station will be OF3F in Finland. It will be QRV
simultaneously on the three CoA frequencies: 7060, 14300 and 21360 kHz +/-
QRM.
During first three hours each participating station will try to contact OF3F
and also as many other national HQ and special group stations as possible.
During the last hour, (14.00 - 15.00 UTC) these stations will contact only
OF3F for reporting. The report should be sent only once, on the band on
which communication with OH3F is best. All traffic in the party will happen
on SSB.
For creating a more realistic situation, please limit your transmitting
power during the exercise to 100 watts. A special value is given to stations
operating mobile/portable and/or on emergency power.
Greg Mossop G0DUB has kindly agreed to collect all information and to
prepare a final report. Please send your comments and logs to Greg at:
"gregm at greg-mossop.co.uk". The final report will be published in August
2007.
A third EmCom Party is planned for the 17th of November 2007, with new rules
and procedures.
More information including the exchange format is on the news page of
www.aren.ie.
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West Tyrone Amateur Radio Club
The West Tyrone Amateur Radio Club will Be Holding a Meeting on the 26th of
April at 8.00 p.m. in the Omagh Leisure Centre.
All amateur radio operators and Short Wave Listeners welcome to attend. It
is intended to reform the club that had existed in the West Tyrone area for
many years. Ultimately it is the intention to raise the profile of the
hobby and provide a learning environment for existing Amateurs and those
wishing to find out more about the hobby.
For more information, E-mail; "westtyrone_arc at yahoo.co.uk". Leave your
details with Eddie GI7FHZ, Billy GI3NVW or Charlie GI6DCC
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Theory Examination
The next Theory Examination for the Experimenters Licence will be held on
Thursday the 28th of June next. Places for the examination are limited and
will be allocated on a "first come first served" basis. In order to reserve
a place for the exam, intending candidates should forward the appropriate
fee to Se n Nolan EI7CD, 12 Little Meadow, Pottery Road Dunlaoghaire, Co.
Dublin. The fee is 50 Euro or 25 Euro for full time registered students,
those who are retired, are unemployed or have a disability. In addition to
the exam centre at the ComReg offices in Dublin, it has now been decided
with the agreement of ComReg that an examination should be held on the same
date and with the same paper at the Community Centre, Carrigtwohill, Co.
Cork. This is to facilitate those at present attending classes for the
experimenter licence examination in Cork and Waterford."
The closing date for the examination is the 16th of June and it will be
strictly adhered to. Sean EI7CD's address again is 12 Little Meadow,
Pottery Road, Dunlaoghaire, Co. Dublin and it can be found in the call book
section of the IRTS website at www.irts.ie Sean's e-mail address for further
enquiries is "ei7cd at gofree dot indigo dot 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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