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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday 22nd August 2010
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Acknowledgement
The family of the late Pat Maher E13AV, Knockearl,
Cloughjordan, wish to thank most sincerely all of the
Radio Club members who attended Pats Removal, Requiem
Mass and Burial, those who sympathised with us on our sad
loss, who sent Mass Cards and Certs of Enrolment. As it
would be impossible to thank everyone, individually,
please accept this acknowledgement as a token of our
appreciation.
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass has been offered.
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CQ CQ calling news items
As is common through the year we have occasional lulls
in news. If your group or club are involved in anything
that you would like to share with our Listeners or
readers please pass on the information to our editor.
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Theory Examination
The next theory examination for the Amateur Station
Licence will be held on Wednesday, 6th October next at 2
p.m. in the ComReg Offices in Dublin. The closing date
for receipt of applications to sit the examination is
Friday, 17th September.
For further information on the application procedure,
exam fees and other details see 'Theory Examination' in
the 'Information' section of the website. The
'Downloads' section of the website includes a very useful
document 'Studying for the Amateur Radio Examination'.
The 'Links' section of the website under 'Radio Theory'
contains much useful information for anyone studying for
the licence examination.'
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Dublin 2m News Interruption
During the latter half of August there may be a temporary
interruption of the 11:45 two-metre news broadcast from
Dublin on Sundays. This is unavoidably due to overlapping
holiday commitments of the four regular newsreaders
Tony(EI5EM), John (EI7JG), Frank (EI6EF) and Liam
(EI3HK).
Every effort will be made to maintain the service.
However, if by chance there is no transmission on a
particular Sunday, please accept our apologies in advance
and rest assured that the regular two-metre service will
resume as soon as possible.
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Appeal from Pakistan Amateur Radio Society
The Pakistan Amateur Radio Society is asking the
International and National Ham Community to provide the
following equipment, if possible.
1. Cross band repeater radios (any brand) 3 (144-430
MHz)
2. Coaxial Cable 100 ftx3 with connectors
3. Power supplies x 3
4. Hi gain dual band antennas x 3
5. Handhelds (any brand vhf 2meter) x 5
The equipment could be new or used but should in a
workable condition.
In order to facilitate collection and shipping of donated
equipment from EI to our counterparts in Pakistan. Please
contact Conor at email ei4jn@aren.ie Conor's mobile 087
7993085 for further information or pledges of donations.
Conor would like top make the first shipment in approx 1
week time.
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IARUMS news
It is requested that amateurs & SWL's please keep a
listening watch around 28.265 FM as there have been
incursions by churches on this frequency heard throughout
Europe at up to 59 +20db. Please send details of names
etc used so we can identify locations and report them to
ComReg for investigation.
All information can be sent to Ger McNamara EI4GXB who is
the IRTS IARUMS co-ordinator at ei4gxb@gmail or 087
2532512
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IOTA activation EU-123
For the week starting 18th September, members of Sands
Contest Group and Workington Radio Club along with
Brendon Minish, EI6IZ will be visiting the Isle of Arran
off the coast of south western Scotland, operating under
the callsign MS0SCG.
They plan to operate on VHF, HF, SSB, CW and data modes.
The location is IOTA island number EU123 and SCOTIA
island number CS14.
For more information and an up to date blog on the event,
Please checkout the group's website
http://www.m0scg.org.uk
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International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend
The International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend being
held this Weekend sees some 430 registrations in 40
countries setting the scene for a great weekend.
Members of Limerick Radio Club will be activating Tarbert
Lighthouse. The lighthouse number is IE0002 and the
callsign in use will be EI4LRC/P.
Activity will be on all bands and look forward to working
as many stations as possible over the weekend. QSL via
EI4GXB
Charlie EI8JB, John EI6GHB and David EI7GEB will be
operating /P from St Johns Point Lighthouse. The
Lighthouse number is IE0005 Activity will be on HF, Digi
& Satellite.
Those who can't go portable and operate from a lighthouse
or lightship this weekend can still lend their support
for the fun event by listening around the bands and
working as many as possible.
The website www.ILLW.NET is an excellent guide and
checklist.
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Special event station Sail 2010
The Special event station is active during Tall Ships
Sail 2010 in Amsterdam August 19-23.
Callsign PD10SAIL
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ISS COLLING SYSTEM AFFECTS ARISS CONTACTS
A cooling system failure on the International Space
Station has impacted ARISS operations. On August 11th,
NASA astronauts successfully completed the second of
three to four space walks in an effort to
replace a faulty ammonia pump module on the International
Space Station's truss. One that has forced cutbacks
abroad the orbiting outpost including time that astronaut
hams are spending on the air.
Since July 31st the space station has been operating at
half its usual cooling capacity utilizing the one
remaining cooling pump. This forces the astronauts to
power down equipment to prevent overheating on the
ISS.
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Rallies
North Cork Radio Group is pleased to announce their
first annual rally and electronics fair at the
Blarney Golf Resort, Tower, Co Cork. on Sunday
September the 19th 2010
More information is available via the Groups website
www.NorthCorkRadioGroup.com, traders are very welcome
but it essential that they contact the events organiser
Liam EI7GTB, Tel: 085-7039042 Email: ei7gtb /at/
gmail.com as soon as possible.
For further details on Rallies please see
www.irts.ie/rallies
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History this Week
1872 The first telegraph messages between London and
Adelaide were exchanged.
1932 The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began its
first experimental TV broadcast in England.
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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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