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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.
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>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 tofile 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 /at/ 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
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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.
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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.
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