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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday May 27th 2007
CW Field Day
Don't forget that the CW field day takes place over the June bank holiday
weekend (the 2nd and 3rd of June).
EI4CF and Shannon Basin Club have once again made the grounds of Corbally
College in Ballinasloe available for any stations interested in taking
part from a central location.
Any ststions planning on entering the field day please e-mail "contests at
irts dot ie".
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International Museums Weekend
The International Museums Weekend takes place in three weeks time 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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VHF News
The monthly 6-metre net organised by Kerry Amateur Radio Group will take
place next on Monday the 4th of June. The frequency used is 50.135 MHz SSB
at 9.00 p.m. local time. The 6-metre net takes place on the first Monday
of each month.
The 4-metre activity night will take place on Tuesday the 5th of June on
70.2625 MHz from 8 to 10 p.m. local time. Modes in use are AM, FM and
SSB. The 4-metre activity night takes place on the first Tuesday of each
month.
The EI 6 meter beacon EI0SIX operates on 50.052 MHz with using 20 Watts
into a Trident V6M half-wave vertical antenna. The beacon is located on
the Hill of Allen in County Kildare - IO63NF.
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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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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group
Please note that there will be no general meeting for the month of May.
The next committee meeting will take place on Monday the 4th of June at
8.00 p.m. in The Roanmore Centre, Waterford. All committee members are
asked to attend.
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Prefixes for Montenegro and Serbia
When Montenegro first became an independent country, the prefix YU6 was
tentatively allocated to it. However, it now has a call sign block of its
own. The ITU now lists 4O (that's "four Oscar") as Montenegro's prefix.
This means Montenegro stations may use 4O0 through 4O9, while Serbian
stations will continue to use YT and YU prefixes for all call districts, 0
through 9. The ITU reportedly wants the two nations to complete the
transition to new call sign blocks as soon as possible.
The ITU has taken back the former 4N and YZ prefixes for future
reassignment.
Members that use computer logging software should update their software to
reflect these new prefix allocations.
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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
It's now just one week from 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. Newcomers are welcome and training
will be provided by AREN each morning. Please contact John EI7IG on 086
8167310 or John EI2JB at QTHR if you are interested in participating.
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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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Isle of Mann, Special Event
Mike GW6NLP and Colin MW0JNI are running a Special Event Station until the
6th of June, in association with Scarlett Point Amateur Radio Society, to
celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Isle of Man TT races. They'll be
based at Scarlett Point Tower in Castletown, on the southern most tip of
the Isle of Man.
They'll be running with the callsign GB100TT. A full operating schedule
will be on either Wrexham ARS' website, or the Scarlett Point website
hopefully this will be finalised nearer the time. Wrexham ARS' website is
located at: www.qsl.net/wars and Scarlett Point ARS is at
www.scarlettpoint.com.
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EI75IRTS
Just a reminder that as part of the Society's Jubilee Celebrations, the
IRTS has been allocated the call sign EI75IRTS for the duration of 2007.
The licence holder is Finbarr Buckley EI1CS, and with his agreement, the
call sign may be used by individual and club members holding a current
Radio Experimenter's licence.
Individual and club members of the IRTS can apply to use the call sign
EI75IRTS during the rest of the year. More information is available on
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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