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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday 25th April 2010
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IRTS 78th AGM
The 78th AGM of Irish Radio Transmitters Society is being
hosted by the Dundalk Amateur Radio Society, this Weekend
the 24 / 25th April 2010.The venue will be Fairways Hotel
Dundalk Co Louth.
The Rally is also being held today Sunday 25th of April
in the Fairways Hotel, Dundalk Co Louth. Doors opening at
11.00 AM, all the usual traders will be represented plus
some new ones.
Fore more info on the AGM weekend, Rally please check
www.irts.ie or www.ei7dar.com
****
Theory Examination
The next theory examination for the Amateur Station
Licence will be held on Wednesday, 7th July at 2pm in
the ComReg Offices in Dublin and at other centres if
warranted by the numbers.
Information on examination fees and other details
please see 'Theory Examination' in the 'Information'
section of the IRTS website at www.irts.ie
Intending candidates are also referred to 'Studying for
the Amateur Radio Examination' in the 'Downloads'
section of the website.
The latest date for receipt of applications to sit the
examination is Wednesday, 23 June next but it is
important to note that places at the exam are allocated
on a first come first served basis.
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Amsat - Arklow School selected.
In October last the IRTS news carried an item from Amsat
inviting teachers to submit students' science work to be
considered for carrying on board the next satellite to be
launched later this year.
P draig EI7GK, a science teacher in Gaelchol iste na
Mara, Arklow, submitted work from 6 of his students. All
have been selected and their work will "fly" on board the
satellite.
Gaelchol iste na Mara is the only school in EI to be
selected. Other schools selected are in the U.S.
Canada, UK etc.In Gaelchol iste na Mara all subjects
including Science are thought through Irish so an English
translation had to accompany the original work.
****
Duhallow Voice Repeater back on air.
The Duhallow Voice Repeater EI7SMR is back on air since
Tuesday last the 20th of April 2010. The repeater which
is located on Musheramore Mountain, in north Cork was off
air undergoing repairs and is now operating with a new
antenna installed on site. EI3SMR operates on RU74,
430.925mhz, input is 438.525mhz (7.6mhz split) and
requires a ctcss tone of 103.5Hz.
****
Cashoita NI
The Ballymena Radio Club and Antrim and District Amatuer
Radio Society will be jointly activating Shanes Castle,
Antrim, as part of the Steam Traction Engine Show.
The clubs will be using the Cashota-NI callsign
GN4KPT/P on Sunday 2 May 14:00 - 17:00 2010 and Monday 3
May 10:00 - 16:00 2010
Talk-in and information on 145.550
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Wicklow Radio Club
The next meeting for the club has been confirmed for Wed
12 the May at 19.30 in the Glebe National School, Church
Hill Wicklow.
The Club hope to be able to finalise the cw field day in
June so they are looking for lots of cw operators...
don't be shy.
****
Morse code practice via Echolink
You can now get Morse code practice sessions on your 2m
FM hand held by using Echolink to connect to the W1AW
Conference Server 'W1AWBDCT' Node 37374.
Audio from W1AW's CW code practices and CW/digital
bulletins is now available using EchoLink via the W1AW
Conference Server "W1AWBDCT" Node Number 37374. The 9:45
PM ET phone bulletin is currently unavailable via
W1AWBDCT.
The audio is sent in real-time and runs concurrently with
W1AW's regular transmission schedule.
****
IARU Region 1 EC Meeting 2010
Due to volcanic ash that was covering many parts of
Europe, the International Amateur Radio Union Region 1
Executive Committee held its annual meeting via a web
conference.
On World Amateur Radio 2010, the IARU Region 1 EC held
its annual meeting, only five EC members made it to
Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.
The rest of the EC had either to return home or to stay
at their home QTH and participated in the EC meeting
through WebEx (a remote meeting application).
****
Radio Kuwait cleared from amateur radio band
Radio Kuwait was broadcasting in the Amateur Radio 7 MHz
allocation, however speedy action by the IARU Monitoring
System Intruder Watch resolved the problem.
A 'combined action' led to the removal of Radio Kuwait on
7150 and 7190 kHz. From 12 to 19 April 2010 the
broadcaster had been transmitting programs in Arabic
language with up to S9+30dB signals blocking almost 20
kHz of the 40m Band.
****
Rallies
Saturday 29th May 2010 Mid Ulster Amateur Radio Club
Rally, Drumgor Youth Centre, Drumgor Heights, Craigavon
Information:www.muarc.com
For further Rally info and contact details please check
out the IRTS Website.
http://www.irts.ie/cgi/rallies.cgi
****
History this week
1892 Duryea, first commercially successful US car made.
Springfield.
1895 W. Latham - the first moving picture projected on a
screen in NY.
1900 Marconi International Marine Communication Company
Ltd. formed.
****
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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