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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday July 1st 2007
Theory Examination
The most recent theory examination for the experimenters licence was held on
Thursday the 28th of June last. This is the fifth examination that has taken
place since the arrangement was entered into in May 2005 with ComReg under
which the IRTS is responsible for runnimg the examinations. This brings to
111 the total number of candidates to sit the examination in the two years
since the new arrangements came into effect. Thursday was also the first
time that there were two examination centres. There was one in Dublin where
20 candidates took the examination and the other was in Carrigtwohill where
there were 25 candidates. The next examination will be held in the latter
half of January 2008.
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Tipperary Amateur Radio Group
The next monthly meeting of the Tipperary Amateur Radio Group will be held
on Thursday next the 5th of July in the Raheen House Hotel, Raheen Road,
Clonmel at 8.00 p.m.
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CW Field Day Logs
Please note that logs for the CW Field Day must be with the contest manager
by Tuesday the 3rd of July.
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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
The next committee meeting will take place on Monday the 2nd of July at 8.00
p.m. in the Roanmore Centre, Waterford.
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Foyle and District Amateur Radio Club
Foyle and District Amateur Radio Club, Bready, Strabane, Co. Tyrone will be
heading to St. Angelo Airport, Enniskillen for the 2007 Jet World Masters
competition. The competition itself runs from the 5th to the 14th of July.
The club station will be on the air during the weekend July the 13th and 14th
using the club's callsign MN0AKU/P.
This event is the ultimate radio-controlled model aircraft competition.
These model planes are capable of speeds up to 250 miles per hour. One
hundred pilots from 31 countries will be taking part in this competition.
More information can be found on their website www.jwm2007.com
The club wishes to express its gratitude to all the operators who contacted
them during the 2 days of their Amelia Earhart special event station on May
the 20th and 21st. A sepia-tone photo of the aviator has been used for a
unique QSL card and these will soon be sent out via the buro. Foyle and
District Amateur Radio Clubs web address is www.mn0aku.org.uk.
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Rally's
The Cork Radio Club Rally will take place on Sunday the 23rd of September in
the Blarney Park Hotel, Blarney, Co. Cork, the Waterford Rally will take
place on the 21st of October 2007 in the Woodlands Hotel, Waterford 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 rally's is available on www.irts.ie.
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AFRI75
During the IRTS Jubilee expedition to Swaziland the team met with the Scout
Association and agreed to support their Thirst for Life Programme, which
helps Aids orphans in Swaziland. You will find details of the project on
the Afri75 page of the IRTS website. The team is pleased to announce that
the first initial funding for the project of 350 Euro is on its way to
Swaziland and this will fund the purchase of chickens for their farm. The
money was raised by donations included with direct QSL cards received from
stations worked around the world, together with funds raised from the sale
of Afri75 caps at the AGM in Cork. The team are still anxious to continue
support for the project, and if you think you can help please contact Paul
EI2CA.
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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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