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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday 27th June 2010
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Silent Key
We are sorry to have to inform you of the death on 18
June of Frank Cullen EI9FC. Frank was originally from
Valencia Island in Kerry and died at his home in Dalkey
County Dublin after an illness. He was 82 years of age.
Frank will be sadly missed by his six children, his
grandchildren, his brother, three sisters and his
extended family.
Franks funeral took place from Knightstown Church on
Valencia Island on Wednesday last.
We extend our sincerest sympathy to his family and
friends. May he rest in peace.
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80 Metre Counties Contest
Unfortunately band conditions were very poor for last
weekend's 80 metre counties contest. Band noise was very
high and propagation conditions were very poor. In
addition, the good summer weather, the World Cup and the
US open provided alternative attractions leading to a
small turnout of stations.
A few stalwarts stuck it out for the full three hours and
probably worked anyone participating in the contest. The
result should be interesting.
Participating stations please send your logs to the
contestmanager@irts.ie
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Increased Power for Contests
The Society is continuing to pursue with ComReg the
question of securing increased power for the duration of
contests on a list of international HF and VHF contests
still to be finalised. In order to take this matter
further, ComReg wish to have submitted a list of licensed
amateurs who would be interested in getting permission to
operate with increased power for the contests concerned.
Anyone who wishes to have their name included on this
list should e mail the contest manager Thos Caffrey EI2JD
at contestmanager@irts.ie or to thoscaffrey@hotmail.com
****
Oman on 50 MHz
On the IARU-R1 website, Abdalla A41KB reports that radio
amateurs in Oman can now use the 50-52 MHz band.
The Omani Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has
allocated the 50-52 MHz band to the amateur service on a
secondary basis.
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North Cork Radio Group
The North Cork Radio Group would like to once again
invite interested parties to the group. The group is now
6 months old and are pleased that in this time have
gained momentum and are now proud to have 15 members.
The aim of the Group is to make Amateur radio more fun
and appealing to prospective members, so far this year
the Group have organized and attended 3 field day events,
making use of the Groups callsign EI1NC/P.
The goal is to activate at least 1 field trip a month
with an emphasis on "FUN" and the Group's operating
styles are that of the operator and not
competition. Meetings are on the first and third
Wednesday of the month at the Halfway house in Rathduff
from 8pm till late, these meetings are at a social level
and give members the opportunity to get to know each
other as well as plan future events.
The next meeting is on Wednesday the 7th of July and an
open invitation is extended to all.
Further information on the group is available at
http://NorthCorkRadioGroup.com
****
Major Castles On The Air activation in Northern Ireland
Castles And Stately Homes On The Air in Northern Ireland
will have a major activation on 16 July. Bobby, MI0RYL
has obtained permission to activate both the Stormont
Parliament Buildings and Stormont Castle within the
Stormont estate in Belfast.
To commemorate this activation, a special QSL card will
be issued to any contacts that are made. Propagation
permitting, they hope to cover many bands and modes
throughout the day to allow as many people as possible
the opportunity to make contact.
The station should be up and running by 10am with the
castle activation number GI022 and WAB No J37
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Tipperary Amateur Radio Club
The next meeting of the Tipperary Amateur Radio Group
will take place on Thursday next the 1st of July in
Raheen House Hotel Raheen Road Clonmel at 8.00 pm ,All
are welcome.
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Rallies
For further details on Rallies please see
www.irts.ie/rallies
****
History this Week
1885 C Bell and C.S. Tainter applied for a patent for the
gramophone.
****
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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With reduced activity on Packet and many with inet connection
Can readers reading this please drop me a packet to confirm ?
I would simply like to know if this service is still required.
Best 73 from John, Sysop @ EI3DIB.#TIPP.IRL.EU
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