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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday 7th December 2008
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Webmaster Wanted
The role of the IRTS web site includes keeping members
informed about local and international amateur radio
activities, encouraging members to continue their
membership and motivating potential members to join,
promoting the activities of radio experimenters and the
hobby of amateur radio.
Being a single source of information on matters of
interest to Irish radio experimenters which would
include, for example, club activities, contest results,
repeater frequencies, band plans and forthcoming rallies.
The job of the Webmaster is to maintain and develop the
web site so that it fulfils this role in an interesting
and accessible way. IRTS is looking for applications for
the position of Webmaster. Like all of the society's
officer positions, this is a voluntary position.
Members interested in being appointed Webmaster should
indicate their interest to the society's president
Finbarr Buckley EI1CS (buckleyf1@eircom.net) and
demonstrate their web skills by supplying links to web
sites or web pages which they have developed.
****
Amateur Radio Blogs
Many radio experimenters are now maintaining online
journals of their amateur radio activities. By now there
are probably thousands of amateur radio blogs on the web,
covering such diverse topics as DX, home brewing, CW,
moonbounce, solar flares, antennas and so on. A lot of
interesting reading can be found in these blogs, and most
provide the reader with an opportunity to post a comment
or reply to a question.
The webmaster has provided links to a sample of amateur
radio blogs, so have a look at www.irts.ie/blogs if you
want to see what other experimenters are talking about.
****
ENGINEERED...A WEEK OF WONDER!
Engineers Ireland will host a ''week of wonder'' for
Primary and Post Primary students in February 2009. IRTS
in collaboration with Engineers Ireland will run a number
of workshops at Engineers Ireland's Dublin headquarters.
These will consist of a two-hour, hands on, programme
which will act as in introduction to communications and
radio technology.
The Society also intends to package the programme so that
clubs around the country will be able to run similar
workshops. We have already approached a number of clubs
and they have indicated their willingness to participate
by running one or more workshops in their area. Engineers
Ireland will provide clubs with local partners such as
technical schools or libraries who are anxious to
participate.
The Society would urge clubs to commit to becoming
involved as soon as possible. There are obvious benefits
for all involved. With the programme packs provided by
the Society, clubs would need three or four personnel to
run the workshop. If your club or group are interested in
helping out, contact Paul EI2CA on 087 2523908 or by
email to paul@comma.ie
****
IOTA Contest Final Results
The final results for the 2008 IOTA Contest have been
published. As far as EI/EJ and GI stations are
concerned, the final results show no change in total
scores since the publication of the provisional results
in October. The category positions are also largely
unchanged, with just two small amendments as a result of
an entry on Germany's Ruegen Islands being moved from the
"DXpedition" to the "Fixed" category (this affected the
category positions of EI/DK2AT/P and EI4II only).
The IRTS web site has the final results for EI/EJ and GI
stations at www.irts.ie/iota which also has a link to the
complete results for this contest.
****
AREN nets
Winter training Nets will commence today and the 21st of
the month at 19:30. It is envisaged that the net on the
21st of the month will be a digital mode training net.
Members without email access should contact John, EI7IG
at 0868167310 for more details.
****
Limerick Radio Club
The next meeting of the Club will be held on Thursday 11
December 2008 at the Limerick Institute of Technology at
7:30 pm. The annual Christmas Quiz will be held, once
again under the stewardship of Pat (EI9GY) & Liam
(EI4GB). The Quiz, with prizes galore, has proven a most
enjoyable evening in past years so a large attendance is
expected on the night.
Limerick Radio Club would like to take this opportunity
to wish all its members and supporters a very Happy and
Peaceful Christmas.
****
The Mayo Radio Experimenters Network
The Mayo Radio Experimenters Network wish to thank all
the traders and customers who attended last week's rally
in Castlebar. The rally was bigger than last year and
this was largely due to all who spread the word of the
late change of venue, so effectively. The club also
wishes to thank the management and staff of The Welcome
Inn Hotel, especially Adrian Healy, who helped so much in
securing the venue and for his hard work on both Saturday
and Sunday.
****
DXCC End of year approaching
In order to appear in the printed 'Annual and Honour
Roll' listings your submission must be postmarked on or
by Wednesday, December 31, 2008.
The DXCC Honour Roll list is scheduled for publication in
August 2009 QST. For the 2008 calendar year the minimum
requirement to appear in the Honour Roll list is 329
current entities. The Top of the Honour Roll total is 338
for this period. Remember, deleted entities do not count
towards the Honour Roll.
Direct comments or questions to dxcc@arrl.org ....
****
DXCC Desk approves three operations
ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, reports that the
following operations have been approved for DXCC credit:
Wake Island -- WA2YUN/KH9 (for operations commencing
2007); Willis Island -- VK9DWX (2008),
and Andaman and Nicobar Island -- VU4RG (2008).
If you had cards rejected for the Wake Island operation,
please send an e-mail to the ARRL DXCC Desk and you will
be placed on the list for update
****
Antarctic operation
Dr Helmuth Spieler, W6KDX, will stay on the US Amundsen-
Scott South Pole station from December 5 until January 5,
2009. If time permits, he will try to become active as
KC4AAA mainly in SSB on 14243 kHz. QSL via K1IED.
More information about his activities at:
http://pole.uchicago.edu
****
DXpedition to Desecheo Island
Desecheo is located about 14 miles off the Puerto Rican
coast and is one of the rarer DXCC entities. Operations
from the island have been few and far between in recent
years and, apart a brief operation in December 2005,
there has been no activity from the island since 1994.
A major DXpedition to Desecheo is planned for early next
year. The island - prefix KP5 - is expected to be on the
air from 12th to 26th February 2009. Expect major pile-
ups when the KP5 stations go on the air - according to
the group's web site, KP5 is the 7th most-needed DXCC
entity world-wide, the 3rd most-needed DXCC entity in
Europe and the 2nd most-needed DXCC entity in Asia! For
more information, see www.kp5.us
****
Cancelled DXpedition
Due to a combination of logistical reasons the team
organising the March 2009 Dxpedition to Spratly Island
IOTA AS 051, has had to postpone. It is hoped that the
DXpedition will go ahead at a later date. Details on the
website www.spratly2009.com
****
Items for inclusion in next weeks Radio News should be
forwarded to Charlie EI8JB, via e-mail to "charlie dot
Carolan at gmail dot com. Or by phone to 087-6265418
News can also be submitted
via e-mail to "newsteam 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 Thursday
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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