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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday September 2nd 2007
Silent Key Billy Cantwell EI7GO
The many friends of Billy EI7GO will be saddened to hear of his death.
Billy had been ill for a relatively short period and died peacefully at
his home in Mullinahone on Monday last. Billy was one of the most regular
callers into the weekly HF news bulletins and prided himself on being
mostly the first to be heard on the 80-metre news call in.
Billy was an active member of the Tipperary Amateur Radio Group and
participated regularly in various HF and VHF nets. He was extremely
popular with all with whom he came in contact. Billy was blessed with an
infectious good humour and a ready wit, which we all enjoyed. The
experimenter community was well represented both at the removal on Tuesday
evening and at the funeral Mass on Wednesday. The 'voice of downtown
Mullinahone' as Billy humourously described himself is now silent and will
be sadly missed by us all.
To his wife Stella, his son Liam and to his daughters Anne, Noelle, Ailish
and Michelle we extend our sincerest sympathy. May he rest in peace.
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Counties Contest
The 2-metre Counties Contest took place last weekend. The weather was
good, which encouraged a number of stations to operate portable, however
the lure of the All-Ireland semi-final may have contributed to the absence
of a number of regulars. Most counties were heard at one time or another
during the day, with the midland counties certainly well represented.
The Slieve Blooms proved a popular spot for portable stations, with Trevor
EI2GLB and Joe EI7GY operating a few hundred metres apart on Wolftrap
Mountain, county Laois, and John EI4HS nearby, but over the border in
county Offaly. All who participated in the contest, even those who gave
out just a few points, are encouraged to send in their logs to the Contest
Manager. The latest date for log entry is the 25th of September.
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CQIR
September has arrived and our premier international event for our Jubilee
year, the CQIR Contest is just around the corner.
A quick internet search will demonstrate just how much interest there is
in the event from the international radio community. We hope your plans
for the event are well advanced and we have set ourselves an ambitious
target to have 250 EI and GI stations on the bands for part or all of the
weekend. This is more of a QSO party than a contest so we would encourage
the non-contesters to get involved and fly the flag for Ireland and the
Society on the 29th and 30th next.
EI75IRTS will be QRV for the event with the LF night time operation from
the EI7M site in Cork and a HF station for the Press located in the
Pheonix Park in Dublin. In respect of the Dublin station, we are anxious
to have some young operators on the operating team. If you are between 15
and 25 years of age, licensed or not, and are interested in helping out,
please contact Paul EI2CA on 087 2523908 or email "paul at comma dot ie".
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MRG Experimenter Group
The MRG experimenter Radio Group VHF/UHF SSB Challenge 2007 will take
place between 15.00 hrs and 18.00 hrs (local time) on Sunday the 9th of
September. The Fixed section takes place on 144 MHz & 432 MHz, SSB only
and the Portable section on 144 MHz and 432 MHz, SSB only.
Any EI/GI operator holding an amateur/experimenter licence can
participate. Closing date for logs is October 9h 2007. Please forward
completed logs to "ei2mrg at yahoo dot com" Trophies will be presented to
the winners of the fixed and portable sections later in the year. A full
copy of the rules can be had by visiting www.geocities.com/ei2mrg.
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Tipperary Amateur Radio Group
The next meeting of the Tipperary Amateur Radio Group will take place on
Thursday next the 6th of September at 8.00pm in Raheen House Hotel Clonmel.
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Limerick Radio Club
The next meeting of the Club will be on the Thursday 11th of October at the
usual venue, the Limerick Institute of Technology, Moylish at 19:30 hrs
local time. All those interested are welcome to attend.
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EI0MAR
EI0MAR will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of the IRTS by using the
call sign EI75IRTS 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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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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