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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday 16th August 2009
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IRTS Committee Meeting
The next meeting of the IRTS Committee takes place next
Saturday in Port Laoise. Affiliated Club's are reminded
that they are entitled to send a club representative to
the meeting.
Amongst the items on the agenda for consideration is the
possibility of holding some committee meetings in Athlone
rather than Port Laoise to facilitate Clubs in the West
and North West.
If your club has an opinion on this proposal please
attend or convey your feelings to a committee member.
****
Next Theory Examination
The 21st of September is the closing date for applications
to sit the next Theory Examination for an Amateur Station
Licence which will be held on Tuesday the 6th of October
at 2p.m. in the ComReg Offices in Dublin. To reserve a
place at the exam intending candidates should forward the
appropriate fee to Sean Nolan EI7CD, 12 Little Meadow,
Pottery Road, Dunlaoghaire, Co. Dublin.
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.
Sean's e-mail address for any further enquiries is "ei7cd
at gofree dot indigo dot ie"
Intending candidates should note in particular, that in
Section B of the paper - National and International Rules
and Operating Procedures'- questions on the National
Rules will be based on the new Wireless Telegraphy
(Amateur Station Licence) Regulations 2009 which came
into force on I June 2009. These Regulations and other
matters in relation to the operation of amateur stations
can be found in the 'Amateur Station Licence Guidelines'
published by ComReg in Document 09/45 which is available
on the 'Publications' section of the ComReg website at
www.comreg.ie
There is also some very useful information available
under 'Radio Theory' in the 'Links' section of the IRTS
website at www.irts.ie
****
IRTS 2m Counties Contest
Sunday the 30th of August is the date for the Autumn 2m
counties contest. It takes place between 14.00 and 16.00
local. The full rules are available on the IRTS website
under the contest tab.
This contest does have a good number of Portable entries
and the would be glad of any contacts on the day. As most
people have some type of 2m rig please try to be active
and give away some points on the day.
****
70cms Activity Hour
To try to promote activity and see if it is worthwhile to
run a 70cms Counties contest. We will be having a 70cms
activity hour following the 2m contest on Sunday the 30th
August. Both FM and SSB stations will be welcome and both
Calling channels will be monitored.432.2 for SSB and
433.5 for FM users.
We look forward to hearing many portable and fixed
stations on the day.
****
Dave Court EI3IO
Dave will be moving to Bahrain (A9) on 28 August,
initially for a period of 2 years. No call-sign
information is available as yet. However you may find
Dave on 20m in A9 from September onwards, depending on
the time it takes to obtain residency etc.
A QTH has been chosen which appears to be good for all
bands 160m to VHF. Subject to licensing restrictions,
Dave plans to be QRV on most MF, HF and low VHF bands.
Equipment being taken includes an Elecraft K3
transceiver, Acom 1000 amplifier, yagis for 14 MHz to 70
MHz and an 18 metre Spider Beam fibre glass support for
MF and low HF verticals.
It should be noted that 600m, 60m, 6m and 4m are
currently not available in A9. EI3IO will still be QRV
from Ireland during the next few years, during vacation
trips to the family home in Shankill, where family
members will still be resident. The Dublin DX Cluster
EI7SDX will also remain QRV with internet access only -
click http://shandx.ath.cx/cgi-bin/ei7sdx.cgi or
telnet://EI7SDX.ath.cx:7300 for access."
****
30 Meter Multi-Mode Weekend August 22-23
The Amateur radio 10 MHz (30 metre) band will be alive
with digital signals during the multi-mode weekend on
August 22-23
The objective is to promote experimenting and using
different digital modes on unique 30 Meter Band. A number
of digital mode groups will be participating this weekend
so if you wanted to try out a mode you have thought about
trying here is your chance to get on the 30 Meter Band to
try those digital modes and/or try a digital modes
software that includes multiple digital modes.
This is NOT a contest.. no set times.. no rules.. no
exchanges.. no winners other than those that participate
with casual use of the 30 Meter Band to experiment, rag
chew, DX and have some fun!
****
Crossakiel Amateur Radio Association
C.A.R.A are holding their first club event, which is a
field day on Sunday 16th August in Crossakiel. They hope
to be active on 80m-2m and on 145.550 Simplex from 10am-
10pm
Please have a listen out for the EI4CARA club station on
the bands. The Club meets every Wednesday at 8pm in the
Welcome Wagon in Crossakiel. Everyone is welcome to
attend.
****
The Mayo Roscommon Galway Experimenter Radio Group
The MRG experimenter Radio Group VHF/UHF SSB Challenge
2009 will take place between 15.00hrs - 18.00hrs (local
time) on Sunday 6th September.
Fixed section: 144Mhz & 432Mhz (SSB only)
Portable section 144Mhz & 432Mhz. (SSB only)
Any EI/GI operator holding an amateur/experimenter
licence can participate. Closing date for logs is October
4h 2009. Please forward completed logs to ei2mrg@yahoo.com
Trophies will be presented to the winners of the fixed
and portable sections later in the year. A full copy of
the rules can be had by visiting
www.geocities.com/ei2mrg/
****
Limerick Radio Club
On the 15th and 16th of August, members of Limerick
Radio Club will be participating from Tarbert Island
Lighthouse for the International Lighthouse
Weekend, using the call sign EI4TLH.
Club members, who intend taking part in the event should
contact John EI6IW at QTHR or by e-mail to "johne at
gofree dot indigo dot ie"
****
South Eastern Amateur Radio Group
The next general meeting will take place at 8.30 p.m. on
Monday the 31st of August.
Please Note: Both Committee and General meetings take
place on the last Monday of each month. Committee
meetings take place at 8.00 p.m. and the general meeting
follows at 8.30 p.m. General meetings are open to all
members and visitors are very welcome.
****
AREN Net
It is envisaged that the net on the 21st of each month
will be a digital mode training net.
****
DX News
7O1YGF - Yemen approved for DXCC
The following operation has been approved for DXCC:
7O1YGF - Yemen. Operation from April 16, 2000 through
April 26, 2000.
After reviewing recently received information regarding
the 7O1YGF operation and after additional dialogue with a
leader of the DXpedition, the DXCC desk has approved this
operation.
****
Rallies
For Full details of upcoming Rallies please check the
IRTS Web page.
****
This week in History
1877 Thomas A. Edison finished figuring out his first
phonograph.
1893 France is first country to introduce car
registration plates.
1907 The first taxicab took to the streets of New York
City.
1919 E.Fisk demos radiotelephony for the first time in
Sydney, Australia.
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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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