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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday October 7th 2007
Silent Key EI9HY
We are sorry to have to tell you of the death of Brian Lynch EI9HY. Brian
died three weeks ago after a short illness. To his wife Eileen and to his
three daughters we extend our deepest sympathy. May he rest in peace.
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Important Anniversary
Tuesday last marked the 60th Anniversary of the conclusion of the
conference of the International Telecommunications Union held in Atlantic
City in 1947. The outcome of this conference was very beneficial to the
amateur community. A new HF band was obtained at 21 MHz and above 30 MHz
the basic structure of the amateur bands up to 10 GHz was established.
This included the VHF 2 metre band and the UHF 70 cm band together with
the microwave bands at 13 cms (2.4 GHz), 6cms (5.7 GHz) and 3 cms (10
GHz).
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Space Anniversary
Thursday last marked the 50th anniversary of the launch of the first
artificial Earth satellite. Sputnik 1 was launched by the USSR on the 4th
of October 1957. The 59-centimetre aluminium sphere weighed 84 kgs, had
four aerials protruding from the back and took about 98 minutes to orbit
the earth. The satellite carried batteries, which accounted for most of
the weight and two radio transmitters. These transmitters sent pulsed
signals on 20.005 MHz and 40.005 MHz and the length of these pulsed
signals varied depending on the satellites temperature and internal
pressure.
Radio amateurs throughout the world monitored the signals from Sputnik 1
and the signals heard on Radio Eireann here were recorded at an amateur
station in Dublin. The batteries in the satellite ran out after three
weeks on the 26th of October. The satellite re-entered the Earth's
atmosphere after three months and burned up on the 4th of January 1958
after about 1450 orbits of the Earth. It is interesting to note that just
four years after the launch of Sputnik 1 the first amateur satellite Oscar
1 was put into orbit by the American Air Force on one of its rockets.
This satellite orbited the earth for 22 days transmitting the familiar
"HI"greeting in CW.
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City of Belfast Radio Amateurs Society
COBRAS (GI2BX) are based in the Social Club of the famous Shorts aero-
engineering firm in Belfast and GB2MGY are closely associated with the
nearby SS Nomadic, the original tender ship of the Titanic.
COBRAS, the City Of Belfast Radio Amateurs Society look forward to
welcoming Mike McGirr, K9AJ as Guest Speaker on Monday the 8th of October.
Mike has become synonymous with many of the most memorable DXpeditions:
Most recently, he was a CW operator and Team Physician of the BS7H
activation of Scarborough Reef. The talk begins at eight o'clock in the
COBRAS meeting room in the Shorts Social Club on Holywood Road, Belfast
and all Visitors are very welcome to come along.
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CQIR
As you no doubt heard, CQIR caused quite a stir on the bands last weekend.
Despite poor propagation conditions on the Saturday, Irish stations on all
continents were worked by the Society's headquarters station EI75IRTS from
their location in the Phoenix Park. The team had erected a rhombic antenna
with five wavelength legs at a height of 65 feet beamed on the states and
this helped counter the poor propagation. The station made eleven hundred
QSO's in the 24 hours of the Contest and to date over a hundred logs have
been received for the event from around the world. Our thanks to all the
EI and GI stations who participated and remember to get your logs in as
soon as possible for inclusion in the draw. Details of how to submit your
log are available on the IRTS website.
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AREN supports Charity walk
AREN members Declan Horan, EI9FVB and Conor O Neill, EI4JN supported a
walk in aid of the Irish Heart Foundation on Saturday 29 September last.
The walk in the McGillicudy Reeks was led by Conor who radioed regular
reports to Declan through the Cork repeater. Declan operated from his home
QTH in Ballicollig Co. Cork. The walkers encountered thick fog on the
ascent, which later cleared, giving way to clear skies and spectacular
views.
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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 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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Marconi Lectures
Marconi's achievements will be celebrated with a series of Marconi
Centenary commemorative events from October the 12th to the 17th in Clifden,
coordinated by the Clifden Chamber of Commerce. The celebrations include a
lecture by Paul Duffy, Chartered Engineer and historian, entitled
'Marconi-The Engineering Marvel'. This lecture will take place at the
Clifden Station House Theatre on Sunday the 14th of October at 1 p.m.
Michael Sexton, Chartered Engineer and author of 'Marconi: The Irish
Connection', will give a lecture on the national aspect of Marconi's work
at the Clifden Station House Theatre on Monday the 15th of October at 1
p.m.
Professor Peter Kennedy will chair a forum entitled "Whither Wireless
Communications? Marconi's Legacy in the 21st Century" on Tuesday the 16th of
October at Clifden Station House Theatre. This forum will reflect on
Marconi's achievements and the future for wireless communications.
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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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Talk on TETRA Digital Radio
There will be a free talk on TETRA digital radio in Dublin on the Thursday
the 11th of October at 6 p.m. TETRA radio is a new secure radio system
currently being rolled out by the Gardai and is in use on the LUAS tram
system in Dublin. This system which operates in the UHF band features
mobile phone like dialling as well as group calling like most PMR analogue
systems. It may be rolled out in the future for all emergency
and public services. The talk will be held at Engineers Ireland, 22 Clyde
Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, which is beside the American Embassy.
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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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