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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday 13th June 2010
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Silent Key
EI4Z Tom O'Donnell who was in his mid-nineties and the
oldest living EI passed away last weekend. in St. Mary's
Hospital in the Phoenix Park after a long illness,
against which he battled courageously.
This sad news was relayed by his son Philip, an ex-radio
officer, who said of his father "He came from an era when
ships were made of wood and men were made of steel."
Shortly before his death, Tom made Philip promise to
carry on the EI4Z call-sign and wrote to Comreg
expressing his wish.
As Philip already holds a PMG certificate, we hope to
hear the EI4Z call QRV soon again activated by Philip.
To Philip, Joan, Ray and all the family we extend our
deepest sympathy on Tom's death. May he rest in peace.
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Revised Syllabus for the Amateur Station Licence
Examination Approved
Following positive discussions with ComReg in March and
the subsequent submission of a very detailed document by
the IRTS Examinations Board, ComReg has now approved a
revised syllabus for the Amateur Station Licence
Examination. The revised syllabus will be effective for
examinations held from 1 January 2011 onwards.
In the five years since IRTS took over responsibility for
the theory examination, the Examinations Board of the
Society has compiled a significant question pool and has
gained considerable experience in setting, organising and
correcting the theory examination for an amateur radio
Licence.
It was this experience, coupled with feedback from
candidates and tutors, as well as some changes in
emphasis on the requirements for a licence that convinced
the Society that it was time to provide a more structured
and focused syllabus for the theory examination.
The objective of the revised syllabus is not in any way
to lower the standard of the examination but rather to
better reflect the topics to be covered for the
examination and to assist candidates and tutors to
understand the extent and depth of knowledge required on
the various topics.
The revised syllabus mirrors the structure and format of
the examination, which is not being changed, and outlines
for each subsection the topics that need to be covered.
In addition, for each subsection there is a 'Notes for
Candidates' section to help tutors and candidates
organise their work in preparing for the examination in a
more focused and meaningful way.
As at present, the revised syllabus is for an examination
leading to a Harmonised Amateur Radio Examination
Certificate (HAREC) and has been approved by ComReg as
complying with CEPT Recommendation T/R 61-02.
We wish to express our sincere thanks to the staff of the
Spectrum Licensing Division of ComReg for their
constructive approach to this matter and for the
timeframe within which approval for the revised syllabus
was granted.
The web page at www.irts.ie/syllabus contains a link to
the revised syllabus.
The 2011 syllabus is being published now in order to give
as much notice as possible to tutors and prospective
examination candidates of the changes. However, it is
important to note that examinations held up to
the end of 2010 will be based on the existing syllabus
contained in the document "Studying for the Amateur Radio
Examination" which is available for download from the
IRTS web site.
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Theory Examination
It is now less than two weeks to the closing date for the
next Theory Examination for the Amateur Station Licence
which will be held on Wednesday, 7 July at 2 p.m. in the
ComReg Offices in Dublin and at the Limerick institute of
Technology.
If you intend sitting the examination and have not yet
applied to do so and paid the appropriate fee you should
do so immediately.
For information on examination fees and other details see
'Theory Examination' in the Information section of the
IRTS website at www.irts.ie The latest date for receipt
of applications to sit the examination is Wednesday 23
June.
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Class turns the tables on Instructors
In a show of their appreciation the Region 4 Theory Class
in Limerick have presented Trophies to their Instructors.
A class Rep has been in contact with the News Desk to
have this item mentioned and to make it known that the
Class appreciates the hard work, commitment, time &
dedication shown to them by their Instructors recognized.
The trophies ware presented in the past week to Ger
EI4GXB & Simon EI7ALB. Gerry EI3JU will receive his
Trophy upon his return from his holidays. Thank you once
again from your former candidates of the Limerick Region
4 Class.
.
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CQ Help for Friedrichshafen
The Society will again have a stand this year at the
Friedrichshafen Rally from 25th to 27th June. Anyone
travelling to the rally that is willing to give a couple
of hours to help staff the stand please contact Se n
EI7CD on 01-2851599 or by e mail to
ei7cd@gofree.indigo.ie
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Theory Classes in Clane
Michael EI2GKB who has run very successful classed in the
South Dublin Radio Club intends to run classes for the
Amateur Station Licence examination in Scoil Mhuire,
Clane, Co. Kildare in the autumn. If you are interested
please contact Michael on 087-2481970.
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CW Field Day
A number of groups operated under field day conditions
last weekend for the annual CW Field Day. Shannon Basin
Radio Club and South Dublin Radio Club both operated from
the grounds of Garbally College in Ballinasloe, County
Galway. During the 24 hours of the contest, the Shannon
Basin group overcame problems with their computer, their
antenna and the generator - all the elements that make up
an enjoyable field day weekend!
The Dundalk Amateur Radio Society took up residence for
the contest on Howth Head and reports suggest that they
finished with a very satisfactory score. Other groups
operating portable for the contest were in Wexford and
Kinsale. All the groups reported good conditions on the
higher bands - with good sporadic-E openings on 10 and 15
metres providing plenty of QSOs with field day stations
in Continental Europe. Conditions on the lower bands
were particularly difficult, with more than the usual
level of atmospheric noise on Top Band in particular.
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Portable Satellite Operation
Dave Ryan EI4HT / M0GIW be operating /P on Satellite from
the following locaions over the next few weeks.
10th to the 29th of June from Pembroke Dock in the
afternoons and from Rosslare Harbour in the evenings as
passes allow. He will also be receive only when Maritime
Mobile between Pembroke Dock and Rosslare Harbour each
day as work allows.
During this time Dave hopes to also try some SSTV / P if
anyone is about in the Wexford area. From 1st July to the
16th July Dave will be operating from Paphos in Cyprus
from KM 64 ES.
Dave's plan is to use Satellites AO51 & HO68 as the
schedule allows. And APRS on ISS if active. Also APRS as
nodes are available whilst out and about, Should be
visible on www.aprs.fi as EI4HT-7
Dave will be using the following equipment. Kenwood Thd-7
and Kenwood VC-H1 for SSTV if sat schedule allows. Garmin
e-trex for APRS. Antenna ARROW dual band satellite
antenna.
The following callsigns depending on locations. EI4HT/p
M0GIW/p and 5B4 / EI4HT / P from Cyprus.
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New Yahoo APRS Group
The primary goal of this new group is to try to encourage
APRS activity in the Northern Counties. The group is open
to all Country wide the Groups address is as follows.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/APRS-NI/
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South Dublin Radio Club news
Declan Craig EI6FR will be giving a talk titled "IOTA and
DX petitioning" on Tuesday 15th June at Terenure college
at 8pm sharp. Visitors are welcome. The club is also
running radio exam classes every week as usual.
Directions and information is available on the website:
http://www.southdublinradioclub.ie
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Wicklow Radio Club
The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 23rd June at
7:30 in the Glebe National School.
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History this Week
1902 Colour TV patented by Otto von Bronk, Germany.
1909 SS Slavonia first to use SOS distress signal, sank
off Azores.
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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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