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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday 9th May 2010
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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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International Summits on the Air Weekend
Summits on the Air (SOTA) is a programme that encourages
radio amateurs who enjoy hill walking to take their
radios with them and operate from the mountain tops. To
promote interest in SOTA, an activity weekend for SOTA
was held over the first weekend in May. Summits in more
than 20 countries in Europe and North America were on
air, with all bands from 80 metres to 70 cms in use by
the activators.
Two Irish radio amateurs were out on the hills during the
weekend - Ken GI4FLG was on 20 metres CW from Cairngaver
in County Down, while Joe EI7GY was on 30 metres and 40
metres CW from Croaghanmoira in Wicklow. The SOTA
programme is not just for hill walkers, however, as it
relies heavily on the interest in summit activations by
those who prefer to stay in the shack.
For more about the SOTA programme, see www.qsl.net/sotaei
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Mills on the Air Weekend
This weekend radio amateurs all over Europe will be
setting up stations in windmills and watermills. There
has been a growing interest in this annual gathering with
interesting stories to be told about the Historic and
working mills
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Harley Davidson special event station - Portugal
Look for the amateur radio special event station CS2HD to
hit the air waves between May 12-16th.
Activity is to celebrate the International Harley
Davidson meeting in Tavira on May 15th and 16th.
All contacts will receive a QSL card from this activity
via the Bureau or direct if requested (via CT2FPE), SWLs
are always welcome. This activity will not use eQSL or
LoTW, only paper QSL.
Check out the QSL on QRZ.com.
****
From Spark to Space
From Spark to Space is the title of a book published by
the Saskatoon Amateur Radio Club, from Saskatchewan
Canada. The book charts the history of Amateur Radio in
Canada up until the late 60's.
This book is available as a free pdf download thanks to
the generosity of the Saskatoon Amateur Radio club
linking the download from their website.
Please note the download pdf file is 41MB in size, which
translates into a 100 page document. The pdf is full of
very interesting information of Early Experimental Radio
in Canada and also includes an early callbook.
It is suggested when clicking on the link to save link as
etc to prevent having a browser hang due to file size.
The website is www.ve5aa.dyndns.org the link is located
at the bottom of the menu.
Please note that best practice need to be adhered to when
downloading any files from any source.
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4m Beacon
As of 12:00 UTC May 3rd, a Radio Science E-Skip
propagation beacon has been activated from the eastern
coast of North America. QRG is 70.005MHz. ERP is
currently 3kW aimed at the EU.
The beacon is scheduled to run 24 hours a day until
September 1st unless there are technical issues
precluding that. The beacon is non-Amateur and sadly no
2-way QSOs could take place.
Any and all reception reports via e-mail to:
wa1zms@att.net
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Anyone fancy a trip to Mozambique in October?
David, GI4FUM is running an amateur radio DXpedition to
Bilene which is a costal resort on the Indian Ocean 150km
north of Maputu. The Group will fly out from Heathrow on
13th October to Johannesburg and drive up to Mozambique.
The Group plans to run a station for Jamboree on the Air
with local scouts on the weekend of 16th/17th October and
will also enter a station for CQWW SSB over the weekend
of 30th/31st October.
There will be plenty of opportunity for individuals to
operate under their own C91 callsigns and if you fancy
sun bathing on an Indian Ocean beach in late African
spring there will be plenty of opportunity for that too.
There are a few places on the team still available. If
you want further details check out the CQ-DX African
Safaris web site at http:/www.3da0ss.net
****
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
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History this Week
1897 Sir J.C. Bose, India, demonstrates microwave
transmissions.
1899 Lawnmower was patented.
****
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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