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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday May 20th 2007
News from the IRTS
Ger McNamara EI4GXB has been appointed to fill the vacancy as Regional
Representative for Region 4 on the retirement of Paddy Maher EI3AV. The
region covers the counties Tipperary, Limerick, Clare and Kerry. Apologies,
as we ran Gers' callsign incorrectly in last weeks news.
Contact details for Ger are available on the Society's web page. As we
welcome Ger to the team we would like to thank Paddy for all the work he has
done for society over many years and wish him a speedy return to full
health.
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International Museums Weekend
The International Museums Weekend takes place on the 16th and 17th of June.
This amateur radio special event has grown in popularity since the first
event was held in 2002.
Among past participants are The Tower of London, HMS Belfast and the US
battleship New Jersey. The Howth Martello Radio Group will be participating
again this year, operating from the Vintage Radio Museum in Howth. Visitors
are welcome to call and operate the station over the weekend. The museum
web site is www.qsl.net/ei5em/museum.html. A full list of participating
museums and further information of the event is available from the
organiser's web site www.ukradioamateur.co.uk/imw/.
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Limerick Radio Club
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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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group
There will be no general meeting for the month of May. The next committee
meeting will take place on Monday the 4th of June. All committee members are
asked to attend.
Please note that all general meetings will now take place on the last Monday
of each month.
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Foyle and District
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of Amelia Earharts solo Atlantic flight
which landed just outside of Derry having flown from Newfoundland, The Foyle
and district amateur radio club will hold a live link-up with clubs in
Conception Bay and Harbour Grace Newfoundland. The clubs on the
Newfoundland side will be using vintage radio equipment at a local museum.
The planned frequencies are 14.220 MHz and 7.060 MHz, allowing slight
variation depending on QRM. The planned times of contact are 8 to 9.30 p.m.
local time on Sunday the 20th and Monday the 21st of May.
More information can be found at www.mn0aku.org.uk.
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Rallys
Bangor & District Amateur Radio Society Rally will take place on Sunday the
17th of June in the Crawfordsburn Country Park, Helen's Bay, Co. Down. The
Cork Radio Club Rally will take place on Sunday the 23rd of September in the
Blarney Park Hotel, Blarney, Co. Cork and the Mayo Radio Rally will be on
Sunday the 18th of November in the Belmont Hotel, Knock, Co. Mayo.
A full listing of upcoming rallys is available on www.irts.ie.
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Contests
The CW field day will take place in two weeks time on the 2nd and 3rd of June
and the VHF/UHF field day will take place on the weekend of the 7th and 8th
of July.
The RSGB IOTA contest will be held on the 28th and 29th of July.
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Ladies Mini Marathon
The 2007 Flora Ladies Mini Marathon takes place on Bank Holiday Monday the
4th of June at 3.00 pm. It starts from Fitzwilliam Square, and finishes in
Stephens Green Dublin 2. Sadly this year's event will happen without the
familiar voice of Donnchadh O'Shea who traditionally operated the net
control station. This year's public service event will be dedicated to his
memory. The co-ordinator for the event again this year will be George Adjaye
who may be contacted by phone on 086 2586103 or Fax 01 4908546 or email
"george_adjayeg at dcu.ie".
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Galtee Walking Festival
There are just 3 weeks to go to the 2 days of activity in the Galtees on the
Saturday and Sunday of the June Bank Holiday weekend. John Ronan EI7IG is
event Coordinator and he is being assisted by John EI2JB and other members
of the Tipperary Amateur radio Group. Preparations are at an advanced stage
but there are still radio positions to be filled on Saturday and Sunday.
Newcomers are welcome and training will be provided by AREN each morning.
Please contact John EI7IG on 086 8167310 or John EI2JB at QTHR.
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Comeragh Cycle Race
The national under 23 road racing championship will take place in Waterford
on the 1st of July. Richie EI9HR is event Co-ordinator and he is being
assisted by John EI8JA. This year's race will be on a greater scale with
over 160 riders taking part. The Civil Defence have come on board this year
to help with marshalling and RTE will be filming the event. AREN will
provide the communications for safe traffic management and accident
reporting. There will be more radio reporting points and mobile stations
than last year so more radio operators are required. Again newcomers are
welcome and training will be provided on the morning of the race. This is an
excellent opportunity for operators to put their radio skills to good use in
a very enjoyable and rewarding way for the benefit of the Community. All
operators irrespective of experience are welcome.
Please contact Richie on mobile 085-1465465 or evenings on 051-854315. You
can also contact Richie by e-mail at "ei9hr at yahoo dot com".
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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. 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 an examination will be held on the same date and
with the same paper at the Community Centre, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork.
The closing date for the examination is the 16th of June and it will be
strictly adhered to. 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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