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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday 14th February 2010
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IRTS 78th AGM
Dundalk Amateur Radio Society shall be hosting the 78th
Irish Radio Transmitters Society A.G.M over the weekend
of Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th April 2010.
The venue for the event is the Fairways Hotel, Dundalk
Co.Louth, a number of rooms have been reserved for anyone
staying overnight, however it is advisable to book a room
early.
The Annual IRTS Meal will commence on Saturday 24th April
2010 at 8.30pm.The Radio Rally will commence on Sunday
25th April 2010 at 11.00am, followed by the IRTS AGM at
2.00pm.
Further details for booking trader's tables or any other
info please e-mail the following Thos EI2JD at email
address chairman@ei7dar.com or Peter EI4HX at email
address secretary@ei7dar.com
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Nomination of Awards for IRTS Trophies.
The time is here again for nominations for the several
awards for IRTS trophies
When considering your nominations please refer to
previous successful nominees as included in
www.irts.ie/cgi/awards.cgi
Closing date for nominations is April 2nd 2010
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Request for Return of Trophies presented in 2009
It is time once again to recall all trophies presented at
the 2009 AGM.
Trophies and cups can be returned to the IRTS stand at
the Phoenix Radio Rally, or to any IRTS Committee Member
to arrive to Peter EI4HX on or before the IRTS committee
meeting in early March 2010. This will allow time for
engraving to be done, and also any small repairs.
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AREN Meeting
The AREN Annual meeting took place last weekend in
Clonmel County Tipperary. The broad agenda included
various items, including a review of previous year's
activities, an Update on the Major Emergency Management
Process and various other items. The AREN Mobile Command
Post (MCP) was in attendance for everyone to inspect. and
a wide ranging discussion on various aspects of Emergency
Communications was had.
AREN would like to welcome Ger McNamara EI4GXB into the
roll of Public Information Officer.
Many thanks to all who travelled long distances to
participate.
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QRP at Lough Erne Rally
Rev. George Dobbs, G3RJV is the world's best known QRP
enthusiast. He will attend a major QRP display at the
Lough Erne Amateur Radio Club Rally on Sunday 11 April.
The Rally is again in SHARE on the shores of Lough Erne,
where islands abound with remains of ancient Celtic
Christianity, George's other keen interest.
Graham Firth, G3MFJ, who is another listed in the
International QRP Hall of Fame, is bringing the entire G-
QRP Club stall, with lots of interest for low-power radio
amateurs, and those intrigued by building their own rigs.
Graham will also tour the Erne's historic Second World
War flying boat sites. On a second QRP table, Dom Baines
M1KTA will display home-built kits, receivers,
transmitters and accessories, similar to his very popular
exhibition at the recent GQRP Convention. This will be
another excellent opportunity to examine, ask questions
and get expert advice from a master kit-builder.
A third and most interesting display will be set up by
Brendan Minish EI6IZ, from the Mayo Radio Experimenters
Network. His stall will feature top quality Elecraft QRP
kits from the USA, along with much good advice from
Brendan for novice and experienced kit builders alike.
Brendan's display will also feature Elecraft's latest K3
kit, everything you need to build your own 100 watt rig
to standards of quality that match the best on the
amateur radio market.
So, for all radio amateurs and experimenters interested
in today's thriving and traditional heart of amateur
radio, home construction and low power operation, the
place to be on Sunday 11 April has to be the Lough Erne
Rally, near Lisnaskea in Fermanagh. Details are on the
usual rally lists and www.learc.eu .
****
Dundalk Amateur Radio Society
Recently DAR have added a HF receiver to their website,
this can be controlled via the Internet this is another
well appointed addition to all that DAR have available.
The DAR contest team of EI0W would like to welcome
Anthony EI8GHB as a new team member.
Congrats also to Thos for all his hard work operating in
IOTA a photo of his recent IOTA antenna System is on the
front cover of the current issue of RadCom.
The DAR website can be found at www.ei7dar.com
****
Geopark Weekend
This years Geopark Communication weekend takes place over
the weekend of 22 May - 23 May
Radio stations from around the world will be exchanging
greetings over the airwaves with Radio Operators
operating special event stations from Geoparks of which
there are 53 Parks of this status worldwide.
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Grenada operation
Harry, AC8G, will once again be active as J37K beginning
March 4th.
Activity will include the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 6-
7th) as a Single-Op/High-Power entry.
Harry tells readers to look for him outside of the
contest mid-mornings on March 4-5th. He expects most of
his time will be on 15 or 17 meters SSB beaming EU during
openings. However, Harry will check 10 and 12 meters
occasionally.
QSL to AC8G, stateside direct with SASE. For others
sending by the Bureau, please clearly mark for QSLs to go
to AC8G.
****
LORAN-C shut down
On February 8 the U.S Coast Guard shut down the Loran-C a
navigation system that has been in use since World War
II.
LORAN (LOng RAnge Navigation) made use of a network of
Low Frequency (LF) radio transmitters and the receivers
used these multiple signals to determine the location and
speed of the vessel. It has served mariners and aviators
well for over 60 years.
****
Northern Ireland's first D-STAR 'hot spot'
Northern Ireland has its first D-STAR 'hot spot' -
Belfast simplex node MB6NI.
A hot spot provides access onto the D-Star network and
MB6NI is located in Carrickfergus and was a project of
GEARS to get more D-Star access in the Greater Belfast,
Belfast Lough areas.
The spot is run by Brian GI6DKQ and the plan is to try
and get more amateur radio clubs or individuals to put up
their own spot and create a hot spot network covering
Northern Ireland.
MB6NI is running on 145.2125 MHz
Further information can be had from Brian GI6DKQ
****
CARA AGM
The Crossakiel Amateur Radio Association's AGM is being
held at the Welcome Wagon Crossakiel, on 17th February at
20.30pm.
All members are requested to attend.
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South East Amateur Radio Group
The Annual General Meeting of South Eastern Amateur Radio
Group will take place at 8.00 p.m. on Monday the 22nd of
February 2010 in the Roanmore Social & Sports Club,
Cleaboy Road, Waterford.
All members are asked to attend and visitors are welcome.
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Limerick Radio Club
The AGM of the Club will be held on Thursday 25th
February 2010 at the Limerick Institute of Technology
at 7:30 pm. All members of the Club are requested to
attend.
The regular monthly meeting on the 2nd Thursday
of the month (11th February) has been cancelled to
facilitate the AGM later in the month.
****
South Dublin Radio Club
The South Dublin Radio Club annual general meeting (AGM)
will take place on Tuesday 2nd of March.
Classes are still being run every Tuesday evening and
visitors are always welcome.
****
Rallies
For Rally info and contact details please check out the
IRTS Website at http://www.irts.ie/cgi/rallies.cgi
****
This week in History
1876 Elisha Grey transmitted music over a telephone line.
1880 Edison notes experiments on what would be the
'Edison effect' electron flow.
1908 First round-the-world car race begins New York, ends
Paris in August.
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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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