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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday April 29th 2007
Jubilee Dinner and AGM
The 75th Jubilee Dinner and AGM of the Society took place over last weekend
at the Vienna Woods Hotel in Cork. The Jubilee Dinner was on the Saturday
evening and 120 sat down to enjoy a first class meal. Guests at the dinner
included Dave Sumner K1ZZ, Secretary of the IARU and CEO of the ARRL, Ole
Garpestad LA2RR, President for Region 1 IARU, Dermot Nolan, Director of
ComReg and Derek O'Reilly from ComReg, Angus Annan MM1CCR, President of the
RSGB, John Breen EI7BV who represented the Minister for Communications,
Marine and Natural Resources and Roderick Mooney EI2P a Trustee of the
Society and one of the longest standing active call signs in EI being
licensed since 1937. After the usual toasts to the President of Ireland,
the IRTS and the Guests gifts were exchanged between Dave Sumner K1ZZ, Ole
Garpestad LA2RR, Angus Annan MM1CCR and the President Finbarr EI1CS. The
President then presented special commemorative badges to the Past
Presidents. Of the present nine Past Presidents, eight of them were in
attendance at the dinner to receive the presentation. The ninth was
attending a family wedding in the UK.
Groups of friends chatted into the wee small hours and it was very evident
that the evening was very much enjoyed by the large attendance. After the
rally on Sunday the 75th Annual General Meeting of the Society took place at
2.30 p.m. Somewhere between 60 and 70 members attended the meeting, which
was addressed by K1ZZ, LA2RR and MM1CCR. The President, Finbarr EI1CS in
his address to the meeting referred to the extent of the work being carried
out by Committee members and others and he emphasised the wonderful
cooperation and assistance that he had received during the year.
The Committee nominations were formally approved by the AGM. At the
conclusion of the meeting the Society Awards were presented and we will
bring you details of these next week.
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AREN News
AREN had a stand at the recent IRTS AGM rally in Cork on the 22nd of April.
There was an exhibit of the Anderson Powerpole system, the PG-40s power
manager/charger and the Watts-up meter. A Power-pole crimping service was
made available. The new Open tracker 2 was demonstrated along with the SMT
version that fits inside the new Alinco DR135Mk2. Also on display was a HF
Go-kit which included an FT857D, compact switch mode PSU and an NVIS antenna
and tuner all housed in a compact case.
Official AREN bibs and hats were also displayed. Officers John Ronan, Conor
O'Neill and John Ketch were on hand to discuss activities and queries form
visitors to the stand.
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2 Metre Counties Contest
Thanks to all the participants of the recent 2m counties contest. The turn
out was much the same as previous years, with a large turnout from GI
stations which shows the wide interest for the contest.
Conditions were variable with QSB causing some problems. Several of the
rarer counties were activated, however Co. Sligo is still needed. Please
send logs to EI8IU at QTHR oe email to "contests at irts dot ie" by the 9th
of May.
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Booklet about Howth Martello Tower
Tony, EI5EM has written a short booklet outlining the history of the Howth
Martello Tower, which now houses a vintage wireless museum and also is the
home of the Howth Martello Radio Group (EI0MAR). The booklet is an 18-page
A4 document and was primarily written for visitors to the tower. However,
Tony feels that it might also be of interest to EI experimenters as two
famous pioneering experimenters, Marconi and de Forest (inventor of the
triode valve) conducted experiments from the tower. The first successful
telegraph cable from Great Britain to Ireland came ashore on Balscadden
Beach and terminated in the tower in 1854.
EI0MAR was QRV yesterday for Internal Marconi Day and had award station
status for the celebration. A report on the day will follow shortly. If
anybody would like a copy of the booklet, Tony will be glad to post it at a
nominal charge of ?5. Tony's address is in the call-book or email "ei0mar at
eircom dot net".
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Limerick Radio Club
The next meeting will take place on Thursday the 10th of May at 7 p.m. at
Limerick Institute of Technology.
Limerick Radio Club has been invited by the Foynes Flying-Boat Museum to
operate a special Amateur Radio Station in conjunction with the
commemorative Transatlantic Re-Enactment Flight 1937 from Newfoundland
Canada to Foynes Ireland. A special call-sign has been allocated to the
station EI-70-FOY. The station will be on the air from the 6th to the 8th of
July 2007. On HF the station will operate from 80 to 10 metres. It will
also operate on VHF / UHF using the EI70FOY call-sign.
A special QSL card, commemorating the Re-Enactment Flight, will be sent to
all stations worked over the three-day event. All QSL cards should be sent
to the Club's QSL Manager Alan Cronin EI8EM at QTHR.
Limerick Radio Club can be contacted at "ei4lrc at eircom dot net" or at
www.qsl.net/ei4lrc.
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Tipperary Amateur Radio Group
The next meeting of The Tipperary Amateur Radio Group will take place on
Thursday next the 3rd of May at Raheen House Hotel Clonmel at 8 p.m. Any
Expermenters wishing to take part in the Galtee Walking Festival on the June
bank holiday weekend are more than welcome, Contact any member of the club
or call into the meeting, all are welcome.
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group
Going forward and starting from Monday the 28th of May, meetings of South
Eastern Amateur Radio Group will take place on the last Monday of each month
instead of last Wednesdays. The move has been decided in order to
facilitate a number of members who are unable to attend on Wednesdays.
The committee meetings will also take place on the first Monday of each
month and the next committee meeting will take place on Monday the 7th of
May.
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Second EmCom Party on the Air
The Second EmCom party on the Air will take place on Saturday the 5th of May
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. This is not a contest - it is an emergency
communications exercise!
More information including the exchange format is on the news page of
www.aren.ie.
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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 Sean 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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