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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday August 19th 2007
2 metre Counties Contest
The 2 metres counties contest will take place on Sunday the 26th of August
from 2 until 4 p.m. local time. This is a good opportunity for clubs and
individuals to be active on VHF, even if you're not competitive this can
be an enjoyable two hours so lets hope that we get a good turnout in the
contest this year. Details and rules are available on the IRTS web site
at www.irts.ie.
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HF SSB Field Day
The IRTS SSB field day will take place over the first weekend (1st and 2nd)
of September from 13:00 UTC on Saturday to 13:00 UTC on the Sunday. Again
the grounds of Garbally College, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway will be
available, thanks to Niall EI4CF and once again the Shannon Basin Club
will be hosting their now famous Barbeque.
This is a multi-operator contest for portable stations and provides an
opportunity for clubs and groups to practice their portable operating and
station set-up skills. The Paddy Daly Microphone is awarded to the
station with the highest checked score in the open section and the IRTS HF
Shield is awarded to the station with the highest checked score in the
restricted section. Details and rules are available on the IRTS web site.
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CQIR - Ireland Calling Contest
The Society's 75th Anniversary Contest CQIR will take place on the last
weekend in September from 12:00 UTC on Saturday the 29th to 12:00 UTC on
Sunday the 30th. There is great interest world wide being expressed in
this contest which is a celebration of Ireland and the Irish, throughout
the world and with 40 million people in the United States alone claiming
Irish forefathers; we expect that CQIR will be one of the largest 'one
off' contests ever aired on the Amateur Bands. It is a 24-hour single
operator contest with the emphasis on participation rather than winning
and to this end every participant gains an entry ticket for a spectacular
draw for every 75 QSO's made during the Contest.
The ticket drawn out of the EI/GI drum will win an all expenses paid long
weekend in New York City for two people. ARRL have confirmed that this
will include a visit to their national headquarters hosted by ARRL.
Kinnitty Castle in Offaly will host the international winners for a week
with flights for two from anywhere in the world. The prizes have been
fully sponsored at no cost to the Society and this is really an excellent
opportunity to celebrate the Society and its 75 years of service to Irish
experimenters. We would encourage all Irish operators to be active during
the Contest. So ring fence the last weekend of September in your diary,
make an effort to have that new antenna up for the event and lets ensure a
good show from the local Irish operators to support the international
Irish who will no doubt come on the bands in their thousands for the
contest. Full rules are on the IRTS website.
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Notice from ComReg
ComReg would like to advise all Experimenters that there is currently a
delay in the issue of Experimenter Renewals. During this delay, unless
previously expressly indicated, no experimenter whose fee has been
submitted is restricted from operating within normal licence conditions.
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EI0MAR
During the past week, Tom O'Donnell (EI4Z) paid a visit to EI0MAR at the
vintage radio museum in Howth. Tom is 93 years old and still hale and
hearty as he proved by walking up the steep pathway to the Martello Tower
housing the museum. Tom was accompanied by his son Philip who was a radio
officer himself from 1968 until 1980 and operated with the call sign EI3DA
maritime mobile.
Philip claims that his father is Ireland's oldest living radio
experimenter. Is there anybody out there who knows if this claim can be
challenged?
EI0MAR will be celebrating the IRTS's 75th birthday by using the call sign
EI75IRTS on Sunday 26th of August and on the first two Sundays in
September. CW will be the main mode of operation although some CQ calls
will also be made on SSB as well. If conditions are favourable, the 7 MHz
band will be the main focus, to allow as many EIs as possible to work the
special call sign. The station may also be QRV on the Saturdays of the
same weekends. EI0MAR is QRV most Sundays between 11 and 3. Telephone and
email contact details for EI0MAR are available on the museum website which
is www.qsl.net/ei5em/museum.html. A link on the museum web page will take
you to EI0MAR's own web site.
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Church Broadcasts
For some weeks we have been carrying an item about broadcasts of Mass from
a Church in the north Dublin area on 28.105 MHz FM. Stations are reminded
to listen out for these transmissions on weekdays at 1000 hrs and on
Sundays at 0900, 1000, 1100 and 1200 local time to try to identify the
Church concerned. Stations in the Dublin area are asked to take bearings
on the transmissions or try to identify the general area from which the
transmissions originate. We would appeal again to stations in the Dublin
area to put a little effort into identifying the source of the transmissions so that details can be forwarded to ComReg. We are getting international reports on these transmissions and we have an obligation to do something about them.
We have also received reports of transmission of Mass on 28.285 MHz. We
do not have any idea yet where this transmission is originating. We would
ask stations countrywide to listen on 28.285 MHz FM at the appropriate
times in their areas so that this station can also be identified. If you
hear anything worth reporting you should send a report to Thos Caffrey
EI2JD the IRTS Intruder Watch coordinator at QTHR or to
"thoscaffrey at hotmail dot com" with a copy to Sean Nolan EI7CD at QTHR
or to "ei7cd at gofree dot indigo dot ie". The report should include
date, time, frequency, signal strength, possible location of station if
identified, beam heading in degrees from true north and any other relevant
information. If the station is identified from an announcement of local
events, details should be given. Should you hear anything, no action
should be taken other than forwarding a report as requested.
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group
The next general meeting of South Eastern Amateur Radio Group will take
place on Monday the 27th of August at 8.00 p.m. in the Roanmore Centre. All
are welcome!
For up to date information, visit the groups' web site on www.searg.com.
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Upcoming Rallies
Cork Radio Club Rally will take place on Sunday the 23rd of September in
the Blarney Park Hotel. For information contact Con on 021-427136.
The Waterford Rally will take place on Sunday the 21st of October in the
Woodlands Hotel, Waterford. For more information visit www.searg.com.
The Foyle and District Rally will take place on Sunday the 4th of November
2007 at the White Horse Hotel, Derry. For more information visit
www.mn0aku.org.uk.
The Mayo Radio Rally will take place on Sunday the 18th of November in the
Belmount Hotel, Knock, Co. Mayo. For more information contact Padraic
Baynes, EI9JA @ QTHR.
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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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