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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday September 23rd 2007
CQIR
CQIR is just a week away and preparations are well in hand for the event. A
large station is being assembled for the Press in the Phoenix Park and
EI75IRTS will be QRV before and during the contest promoting the event
worldwide. Low frequency operation for EI75IRTS will be from the EI7M
site in Cork which will ensure a great signal on those bands. We would again
encourage all EIs and GIs to make a big effort to get on the bands for what
promises to be a great celebration of Ireland and the Irish wherever they
may be throughout the world.
Dont forget that the first Irish entry pulled from the draw will win a long
weekend for two in New York City, all expenses paid. You get a free entry
for every 75 qsos made in the contest. Prizes are fully sponsored at no cost
to the Society. This is a showcase event for the Society and, as
always, good operating practice, friendliness and courtesy to other users of
the spectrum should be the order of the day.
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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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Logs
Logs for EI75IRTS 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 this Tuesday, the 25th of
September.
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Cork Radio Club
At the recent Annual General Meeting of the Cork Radio Club the following
were committe was elected: Con EI7DJB Cathaoirleach; Dick EI6HH Cuntasoir;
Frank EI6EVB Runai; John EI8HS, Vincent EI7HN, Finbarr EI1CS and Tony EI9ID.
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Kerry Amateur Radio Group
The Kerry Amateur Radio Group will hold its annual general meeting on
Saturday the 6th of October 2007 at 10 a.m. in the Muckross House Coffee
Shop, Killarney. The annual election of officers will take place, and the
following incumbents have been nominated: Ron Hahn, EI2JP, Chairman &
Treasurer, John Costello, EI9ESB, Vice Chairman
Billy O'Connor, EI7CQB, Hon. Secretary.
Ballots will be posted to all current members during the week of the 17th of
September 2007. These must be received by the Board on or before the start
of the AGM. After the AGM, there will be a more general disussion regarding
the Group's activities and direction for 2007/2008. All members are
requested to attend, and new members are always welcome.
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DXpedition to St Brandon
The 3B7C DXpedition, operating from the Saint Brandon Rocks in the Indian
Ocean, is still underway. By Wednesday last, the group had made more than
93,000 QSOs. CW continues to be the dominant mode, accounting for nearly
60% of QSOs to date.
160 metres has been the most difficult band for the group, partly due to the
high level of atmospheric noise in the area in which the group is operating.
Just 2% of QSOs to date have been on 160 metres. As regards modes, in
addition to CW and phone, RTTY was also heard from Saint Brandon during the
week. The group is not planning to use data modes other than RTTY.
As of Wednesday, there were 58 EI call signs in the log. Nicky EI9JF, who
has worked them on 15 band/mode slots, is top of the list, followed closely
by EI7BA, EI2JD, EI9FBB, EI3IO and EI4CF. The majority of QSOs with EI have
been on 15, 17 and 20 metres. At the time of writing, there we 48 GI calls
in the log, led by GI3OQR, GI4VIV and GI0KVQ.
The DXpedition finishes on Monday the 24th of September.
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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.
****************
Winlink and APRS
John, EI7IG, is experimenting/testing a Winlink Telpac Node in the Waterford
area. The frequency in use is 439.875 MHz and the callsign is EI3RCW-10. If
anyone is interested in participating, please contact him directly at 086-
8167310
Experiments in APRS are ongoing around the southeast on two metres using
144.800 MHz. A number of experimental digipeaters and Igates are in
operation. The WX station EI2WRC is also using this frequency. For more
information on APRS visit www.aprs.org.
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Limerick Radio Club
The next meeting of Limerick Radio Club will take place on Thursday the 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.
****************
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 members 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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Waterford Rally
The Waterford Radio and Electronics Rally will take place on Sunday the 21st
of October at the Woodlands Hotel on the Dunmore Road in Waterford. South
East Communications and Long Communications will be at the rally. The IRTS,
AREN and a bring-and-buy stand will also feature.
Doors open at 11 a.m. and admission is 5 Euro, accompanied children are
admitted free of charge. For details including a directions map, visit the
South Eastern Amateur Radio Group web site on www.searg.com.
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Upcoming Rallies
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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