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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday 3rd May 2009
****
IRTS AGM Weekend
The IRTS would like to thank the Shannon Basin club and
the Shamrock Lodge Country House Hotel for an excellent,
well-organised weekend.
There was a presentation to John Breen EI7BV on his
retirement from the DEpt. of Communications in
recognition of his support of Amateur and Experimental
radio at the highest International levels.
In attendance at the dinner & AGM was Colin Thomas G3PSN,
chairman of the external relations committee of IARU and
president of RSGB.
The dinner was also attended by Aidan Ryan of the Dept of
Comm, representing the Minister & Derek O'Reilly of
ComReg who confirmed that it was the Regulators intention
to proceed with the new Lifetime Licences early in June.
Ger McNamara EI4GXB created a little bit of history, as
his late Father Pat EI9CB also read the 80M HF news from
Athlone for the AGM 30 years ago, which incidentally was
the last time the AGM was held in Athlone, Ger and his
Father were the first father & son to read the HF news
from an AGM indeed they are the first to read the HF
news.
The Rally had a great turnout with lots of familiar and
new faces attending,outside in the Car park the AREN
Mobile Command Post was on display.
AREN's John Ronan EI7IG & Timothy McKnight EI5GPB ware on
hand to answer any questions. The AREN Website is aren.ie
Their was a large presentation of Trophies to the various
Groups & Individuals Including SWL's Congratulations to
all who worked hard to obtain their well deserved
recognition.
Brendan EI1429 would like to see more competition between
SWL's and plans on keeping The Ian Morris Trophy for some
time!!
The IRTS would like to welcome the following Committee
that ware Nominated at the 2009 AGM.
President: Paul Martin EI2CA, Vice-President: Seamus
McCague EI8BP.
EI2HX Pat Fitzpatrick, EI4GK Sean Donelan, EI4GXB Ger
McNamara,EI4HH Jim Holohan (who is also the Chairman of
South Dublin Radio Club),EI4HX Peter Grant,EI6IZ Brendan
Minish,EI6JK Mark Condon,EI7GY Joe Ryan,EI8CC Ger
Gervin,EI8JB Charlie Carolan who is our Radio News Editor
& EI9HZ Pat O'Connor.
Hon-Auditors
Brendan De hOra EI3GV & Brendan Lynch EI6GA.
IRTS would like to thank outgoing Committee members for
the service to the Society.
A full report on proceedings and the presentation of
Trophies will appear in the next issue of Echo Ireland
****
Theory Examination
The next Theory Examination for the Experimenters licence
will be held on Tuesday the 30th of June at 2p.m. in the
ComReg Offices in Dublin and in Carrigtwohill Co. Cork.
An exam could be held at another centre at the same time
and date should the numbers warrant it. Places for the
examination will be allocated on a first come first
served basis and will only be reserved on receipt of the
examination fee.
Intending candidates should forward the appropriate fee
to Sean Nolan EI7CD, 12 Little Meadow, Pottery
Road,Dunlaoghaire, Co. Dublin in order to reserve a place
for the exam. The fee is 50 Euro or 25 Euro for full-time
registered students, repeat candidates and those who are
retired, unemployed or have a disability. Cheques and
Money Orders should be made payable to the IRTS. When
forwarding the exam fee intending candidates should
enclose their postal address as well as phone and e-mail
contact details.
The closing date for applications to sit the examination,
which will be strictly enforced, is Monday the 15th of
June. Intending candidates should note that anyone who
fails to produce a photo identity on day of the
examination would not be allowed to sit the examination.
The photo ID can be a driving licence, a passport, an
employment photo identity card or a student card
containing a photograph. A national Gardai photo ID would
also be acceptable. Sean EI7CD's address can also be
found in the IRTS call book or in the call book section
of the IRTS website at www.irts.ie
.
Sean's e-mail address for any further enquiries is"ei7cd
at gofree dot indigo dot ie" Also available on the 'Where
Do I Start' section of the IRTS website are Examination
Notes with a sample examination paper as well as a link
to the ComReg's Experimenter Pages which contain some
very useful data under Licensing Information.
Also in the Radio Theory Links section on the website is
some very useful information for those studying for the
examination.
The examination consists of a question paper of
60multiple-choice questions divided into three main
sections A, B and C and the time allowed is two hours.
The pass mark is 60% and a pass is required in each of
the three main sections of the paper. We wish all
intending candidates the best of luck in the examination.
****
SOTA Amateur Radio and Hill walking
Those who want to combine amateur radio with
hill walking can get involved in the Summits On The Air
("SOTA") programme. SOTA is a bit like IOTA, with hills
and mountains replacing islands. It is designed to
encourage portable operation in mountainous areas, and
there are awards for activators, who ascend to the
summits, and chasers, who either operate from home, a
local hilltop or are activators on other summits.
More than 20 countries are currently involved in the
SOTA programme, including Ireland - North and South.
There are 387 eligible summits in EI (of which more
than 50 have been activated) and 66 eligible summits in
GI (of which 36 have been activated). More details,
including a list of eligible summits and a lot more,
can be found at www.qsl.net/sotaei and at
www.sota.org.uk
With a view to encouraging more SOTA activity, an
International SOTA Weekend is to be held this weekend.It
is hoped that this event will see many summit-to-summit
contacts between different SOTA associations, and give
chasers the chance to work activators from several
different DXCC entities.
****
Limerick Radio Club
International Marconi Day
Last Saturday 25th April Ger McNamara EI4GXB and Alan
Cronin EI8EM activated the Club call sign EI4LRC for the
International Marconi Day. A total of 250 contacts were
made during the day. Many thanks to Ger and Alan for
operating the station on behalf of the Club.
IRTS President's Cup
The Chairman and Committee of the Club were delighted to
learn that Ger McNamara EI4GXB was presented with the
IRTS President's Cup at the AGM in Athlone last Sunday.
This award is made for "exceptional service to amateur
radio and to the IRTS. Ger is a very deserving recipient
of this prestigious Cup and the Club members would like
to take this opportunity to congratulate him on his
award.
Next Meeting
The next meeting of the Club takes place on Thursday 14th
May at the Limerick Institute of Technology at 19:30. Tom
O'Sullivan EI3AL will give a lecture on Amateur
Satellite Operating. All those interested are invited to
attend
****
Tipperary Amateur Radio Group
The next meeting of the Tipperary Amateur Radio Group
will take place on Thursday next the 7th of May in Raheen
House Hotel, Raheen Road, Clonmel at 8.00 pm. All are
welcome.
****
South Dublin Radio Club
Upcoming talks at South Dublin Radio Club
11th May
"Logbook of the World" & EQSL.cc
by Dave Court EI3IO
The clubs website is southdublinradioclub dot ie which
has directions and meeting locations.
****
Rallies
Sunday 09th May 2009
Mid-Ulster Amateur Radio Club Rally which is being held
at Drumgor Youth Centre, Drumgor Heights, Craigavon, Co
Armagh for more details or contact Bobby 2I0ULL on 0774
701 9438.
More information on Rallies can be found on the IRTS
website www.irts.ie/rallies
****
History this week
1791 Birthday of Samuel F.B Morse
****
Items for inclusion in next weeks Radio News should be
forwarded to Charlie EI8JB, preferably 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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