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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday 1st November 2009
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GlobalSET 2009
Global Simulated Emergency Test Saturday
IARU Region 1 invites the HQ-Stations of all IARU member
societies and stations of Emergency Communications Groups
to participate in a Global Simulated Emergency Test on
Saturday November 14th, 2009 18.00 - 22.00 UTC.
The operation will take place on and near the emergency
Centre-of-Activity (CoA) frequencies on 80, 40, 20, 17
and 15 metres (+-QRM ).
This is an exercise between stations interested in
emergency communications and is not a contest. Activity
will be concentrated around the IARU Emergency Centre of
Activity frequencies which are now incorporated in band
plans around the world.
The details of the exercise will be published on the IARU
Region 1 website (www.iaru-r1.org) under the Emergency
Communications Working Group section.
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Galway APRS Digipeater
The Galway VHF Group are delighted to announce that the
Galway APRS Node will be active before the 1st of
November. The Digipeater will be located in Mervue,
Galway, and has a very good distance view to the
horizon. This will provide excellent coverage around
County Galway and beyond. The callsign of the APRS node
will be EI2GCP-2 and this will link into the already
established national system. This will fill in a large
gap that has been present on the western and north-
western side of the country.
Brendan, EI6IZ, has kindly offered to link into our APRS
node facilitating the north western area to give
additional coverage into Co. Mayo and above. We hope to
add the facility of a weather station in the following
months which will send its information via beacon text.
By checking the data from the weather beacons on the
APRS it is possible to form a general synopsis of the
weather around the country. Such information can prove
valuable to those active on VHF and more so on
Microwaves.
Special thanks to Martin List-Peterson for providing a
location for the Digipeater on the roof of his Airwire
office building, Gerry, EI8DRB, and Enda, EI3IX, who
finalised the installation of the antenna and associated
equipment. Sadly the transceiver for this project has
been held up in the post due to the Royal Mail dispute.
To view the activity in Ireland from the internet
connect into www.aprs.fi and scroll the map to Ireland.
At present, the bulk of the activity would appear to be
in the southern direction and also in the Dublin area.
To view activity from received signals off air, it would
be necessary to run the program UIView and have a TNC
running in Kiss-Mode to receive the local
information. Further information about the Galway APRS
can be obtained from Gerry EI8DRB or Steve EI5DD.
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Galway VHF Group 24 hour Radio Operation from
RNLI Stations
Using the callsign EI 185 RNLI, Over three weekends in
November, members of the Galway VHF Group will be
operating a HF station for a 24hour period from Lifeboat
Stations in County Galway. The purpose of this operation
is to promote the 185th Anniversary of the establishment
if the Lifeboat Service in Ireland which is coinciding
with a major fundraising effort.
Members of the Galway VHF group will also be raising
money for these fundraising activities. These much
needed funds will assist with the training of volunteers
and assist with the maintenance of equipment and running
of the Lifeboat Stations. It should be noted that the
RNLI is completely funded by voluntary contributions and
receives no funding from the government.
Crew member Mark Armour, EI6GUB, is also a member of the
Galway VHF Group. Mark has recently completed his
probationary training with the Lifeboat Service and is
now a member of the crew regularly called out in the
event of an emergency. It doesn't stop there as there is
a continuous ongoing program of training to follow on
top of his weekly service.
The first operation will take place from the Galway
Lifeboat Station over the weekend of the 7th and 8th of
November. The following weekend, 14th and 15th of
November will see an operation from the Aran Island
Lifeboat station at Kilronan, Inishmore. The final
operation will take place from Clifden Lifeboat Station,
Ballyconneely, over the weekend of the 28th and 29th of
November. The callsign will be EI 185 RNLI
All operation will take place on the HF bands with two
stations in operation at all times. There will be
operation on Phone and Digital Modes with some operation
on SSTV also possible. There will be a special QSL card
for all contacts made and SWL reports will also be
welcomed. Varying types of antenna construction will be
used including a Kite antenna for the LF bands.
****
Solar Cycle 24
Some additional information can be gained in relation to
our solar cycle by checking out the following Internet
link.
http://www.solarcycle24.com/
****
Marconi Nobel 100 Award
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Marconi receiving
the Nobel Prize, listen for and work 10 different special
event 'SI' stations between November 9th and December
10th.
The following special anniversary callsigns will be on
the air: SI0GM, SI1GM, SI2GM, SI3GM, SI4GM, SI5GM, SI6GM
and SI7GM. Other SM stations may be using the special
prefix SI, but only the above stations count.
Each anniversary station counts once per band.
No endorsements.
More details via qrz.com
****
A 500khz First
Earlier this week Finbar O'Connor EI0CF had a QSO with
Joe Craig, VX9MRC. Joe was on 507.77 khz and Finbar was
on .056 khz. The antenna at EI0CF was a 70
foot vertical with 6 X 50 foot top loading wires.
The respective reports were, EI0CF heard in Canada at
559 and VX9MRC heard at 529. The mode was CW, using
straight morse keys.
This is the first MF/MF Irish / Canadian contact on the
500 khz band.
The QSO started at 2235z and ended at 2244z.
Finbar was the marine operator at malin head marine
station who 'signed off' 500KHz when Ireland ended
keeping a listening watch.
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Tipperary Amateur Radio Group
The 2009 Annual General Meeting of the Tipperary Amateur
Radio Group will take place on Thursday the 5th of
November at 8.00 pm in Raheen House Hotel, Raheen Road,
Clonmel. All are Welcome.
****
Easter Island activation
A Group of Amateurs are planning to activate Easter
Island (SA-001) between Oct 31 and Nov 15.
They have a licence for all shortwave bands but will
emphasize the bands 160m/80m/40m and most of all 30m
(only CW allowed).
They plan to work with three radios at the same time (two
of them with amplifiers) mainly in CW but also in SSB and
RTTY.
Classic QSL cards for Europe/Asia/Africa/Pacific are
managed by SQ8X, via bureau or direct. Logs will also be
uploaded to Lotw.
****
Canadian Special Event Stations
The Vancouver Olympics Amateur Radio Group (VOARG) will
activate three special calls to celebrate the Olympic
Winter Games and Paralympics which will take place in
Vancouver, British Columbia in February/March 2010.
VG7V: Oct 1,2009, until Nov 30,2009,
VG7W: Dec 1,2009, until Jan 31,2010,
VG7G: Feb 1,2010, until Mar 31,2010.
A website will go online soon, all logs will be uploaded
to the LoTW.
QSL cards can be sent via bureau or direct to:
VOARG.
****
15th World ARDF Championships
The Croatian Amateur Radio Association is pleased to
invite ARDF competitors as well as guests from all over
the world to 15th World ARDF Championships which will be
held in Croatia in September 2010.
For more information, see the event's website:
http://www.ardf2010.com/
****
Dundalk Amateur Radio Society
In addition to the Repeater Listen live link on the
Dundalk Society's website. There is now a Listen live
link also to the Echolink Internet Gateway EI2MOG. This
Echolink gateway has been extremely popular and has seen
a lot of traffic and will make some interesting listening
for anyone who may have no direct RF access.
The Societies next meeting is next Wednesday 4th November
at 20.30pm at the Premises in Dundalk. All are welcome to
attend.
The Societies website is www.ei7dar.com for more information
and the Echolink gateway can be accessed from the Gateway
tab on the main page of the above site.
****
Rallies / Events
Sunday 1st November 2009 Foyle and District ARC Rally
Venue: White Horse Hotel, 68 Clooney Road, Derry, BT47
3PA (same hotel as last year)
Dxpedition and IOTA Talk by Declan Craig EI6FR
The Mayo Club has organised Declan Craig EI6FR to give a
talk the evening before the Mayo Radio Rally, Saturday
21st November.
Sunday 22nd November 2009 Mayo Radio Rally
Venue: Welcome Inn, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
The rally organiser and main contact is Padraic Baynes
EI9JA mobile 087 - 695 7154 or email pbaynes1 at
eircom dot net Special Accommodation Rates are also
available please check the full details on the
www.ei7mre.org website
For more information on Rallies please check the
IRTS website.
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This week in History
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