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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday September 16th 2007
CQIR
With the CQIR Contest only two weeks away the sub committee are working hard
to promote the event worldwide. There is excellent coverage on the various
contest reflectors but we believe this event will also attract a lot of
interest from non-contesters. It is more difficult to get the message out to
these operators and we would ask our own DXers to actively promote the event
on the bands over the next two weeks. You can stress the point that 75 QSO's
with any stations in the contest will get them into the draw for the trip to
Ireland, and then simply refer them to the IRTS website, www.irts.ie.
EI75IRTS will be very active before and during the event and we will have
more details of these activities next week. If any members have contacts
with local press or local radio stations, who are interested in covering the
event, the Society can assist you with Press Releases and other support
documentation. If you need assistance contact Paul EI2CA by email, "paul at
comma dot ie", or phone 087 2523908.
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Short Range Devices (SRDs) on 10 GHz
ComReg is proposing to open the segment 10.4 to 10.42 GHz to licence-exempt
Short Range Devices or SRDs. These will be mainly for movement detection in
the context of traffic control and will have a power level of 500
milliwatts. There is an experimenter secondary allocation at 10.0 to 10.5
GHz. The EU notification procedure and the standstill period for
observations means that a final position on this will not be adopted until
early October at the soonest. The relevant document is ComReg 07/37 and is
available on the ComReg website at www.comreg.ie. Any experimenter having
concerns about this proposal can write to Jim Connolly at ComReg.
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Logs
Logs for EI7IRTS activity on CW and SSB are required by the QSL Manager,
Denis, EI6HB immediately. There are a lot of direct QSL cards after arriving
and QSO details must be checked before confirmation is sent out. Logs
(preferably in ADIF format) should be sent to "ei6hb at eircom dot net".
All who participated in the 2 metre counties 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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DXpedition to St Brandon
A group of mainly European amateurs are currently operating from Isle du
Sud, one of about 16 small islands known as the Saint Brandon Rocks on an
extended reef in the Indian Ocean northeast of Mauritius. The call sign
being used is 3B7C, and well-known EI contester Paul O'Kane EI5DI is one of
the operators. In their first 5 days of operation, the group clocked up
50,000 QSO's, of which almost 60% were on CW. Their signals have been heard
on all HF bands in EI, and to date there are more than
100 QSO's with EI stations in the log. There is still plenty of time to
work them, as the plan is to continue operating until Monday the 24th of
September.
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Galway Radio Experimenters Club
The Galway Radio Experimenters club (GREC) held its AGM in the Menlo Park
Hotel on Tuesday last the 11th of September 2007. The agenda for the night
was to discuss club issues, elect a new committee and to discuss the
upcoming Marconi field day which is of course the 100th anniversary of the
first commercial radio link between Europe and the United States. The new
committee members elected are as follows:- Tom Frawley (EI3ER) as chairman.
Damian Commins (EI2HG) as treasurer And Adrian Jackson (EI7DMB) Club
secretary. Two ordinary committee members were also elected and these were
Larry MCGriskin (EI9CN) and Tom McNamara (EI8DD).
It is the aim of the club to Run Classes in the New Year and to participate
in most if not all of the upcoming field days and events. There was an
excellent turn out for the meeting and the committee would like to thank the
24 members who took time out to attend.
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EI0MAR
EI0MAR will be QRV on Saturday and Sunday the 29th and 30th of September for
the CQIR event. On Saturday the station will be active between 1100 and 2200
UTC and also on the following morning. On Saturday evening, the North Dublin
Radio Club's weekly meeting will take place at the station. The vintage
radio museum in Howth, which houses EI0MAR, is located in the Martello tower
in Howth. Access is up a steep pathway opposite the Abbey Tavern. Visitors
are welcome and may operate the station using their own or the club's call
sign. Further information on EI0MAR is available on the club's website.
This is easily found by googling the words EI0MAR, Martello and Howth. A
link to the museum web page will allow downloading of a free 22-page booklet
about the tower and the history of wireless.
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Marconi Clifden Celebrations
On the 17th of October 1907 Guglielmo Marconi sent his first commercial
message from the then new station at Clifden, Ireland. This October in
celebration of this historic event member of the Galway Radio Experimenters
Club will be running a special event station from Saturday 13th to Wednesday
17th from Clifden. The club has been issued the call sign EI100MFT for the
event, MFT been the last call sign used on the original station.
On the Wednesday they will be making a special linkup with the Marconi
sister station in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Part of this linkup will be an
exchange of greetings between President Mary McAleese and Lieutenant
Governor of Nova Scotia the Honourable Mayann E. Francis. The group will
also be honoured to have Princess Electra Marconi present as she is coming
to Clifden for the festival along with an Exhibit from the Marconi
Foundation in Bologna. The Galway Radio Experimenters Club will also be
presenting a display of vintage equipment. More details on the festival can
be found at www.clifden.ie. Visitors to the station are more than welcome
and if you would like to participate this can also be arranged. For further
information please contact Enda Broderick (II2II) on 086-8676410 or email:
"enda dot Broderick at lightnet dot ie".
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Winlink Experiment
John, EI7IG, is experimenting/testing a Winlink Telpac Node in the Waterford
area, if anyone is interested in participating, please contact him directly
at 086-8167310.
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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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Theory Classes
There is a free course for the forthcoming radio theory exam running in the
Ballyroan Community centre, Marian Rd, hosted by South Dublin Radio Club. It
is held between eight and ten p.m. on Tuesday evenings. Also there will be
a course held in Crossakiel, Kells held on a Wednesday 8:30 to 10:30, hosted
by the newly founded CARA club (Crossakiel Amateur Radio Association).
Also anyone interested in radio will find a visit to the clubs enjoyable.
Call Michael (EI2GKB) on 0872481970 for details.
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Blarney Rally
The Cork Radio Clubs 16th Radio Rally will take plane on Sunday the 23rd of
September at the Blarney Park Hotel. The rally will feature all the usual
traders including club stands and the IRTS. The bring-and-buy will also
feature and there is ample car parking.
Doors open at 11 a.m. For details, contact Con on 021-4270136 or 086-
1071312.
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Other Upcoming Rallies
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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DX News
A team of 9 Greek amateur radio operators are going to activate the Syrian
island of Arwad (AS-186) for the first time in the IOTA program, between the
1st and 13th of November. The callsign for this station will be YK9SV.
Activity is on all HF bands with at least 2 stations operating around the
clock, including 6 meters and using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL is via
SV1JG. For latest info visit www.raag.org/arwad.
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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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