IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday May 26th, 2024

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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday May 26th, 2024
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Welcome to 26 New Operators

   The National Short Wave Listeners Club is delighted to announce that
   the most recent HAREC course, Class Golf, has not only finished as
   scheduled, on the 2nd of May, but it has also delivered a great result.
   After six months of hard work and study, a group of 26 students sat
   their HAREC exams in Dublin and in Tralee on 11 May 2024. In a first,
   all of the NSWLC candidates have passed! There are already 24 new Irish
   call signs, and a further two on their way in Germany and in the
   Netherlands. A special welcome to J�zef EI6JDB who is 13, and who took
   the exam with his dad, Derek EI6JEB.

   The students' hard work and dedication was only matched by the
   dedication of the teaching team of 18 volunteers, who invested 700
   hours of work into Class Golf. The tutors were Dave EI4BZ, Diarmuid
   EI4LF, Eamo EI7LC, Jerry EI6BT, Keith EI5KJ, Mike EI4HF, Paraic EI9IRB,
   Pat EI2JQB, Rafal EI6LA, Ray EI2JPB, and Simon EI7ALB. Class Golf
   Mentors were Damian EI7LF, Gerry EI7IFB, Joe EI3JVB, Mike EI2LF, Miguel
   EI4JKB, S�bastien EI2JZB, and Vlado EI4JCB. Two just-licensed members,
   John EI6JSB and Brendan EI7JBB have organised and run a study group
   that focused on exam questions from other HAREC countries. Every time a
   new op volunteers to help others get their licence, the century-long
   amateur radio tradition of friendship and helpfulness lives on.

   The NSWLC would like to thank the IRTS Exam Board for the timely exams
   and for their attention to the candidates' needs and concerns.
   Gratitude also goes to ComReg for processing the results rapidly, with
   almost all the candidates receiving their new call signs within a
   matter of just a few hours.

   The NSWLC has 133 members at present, all of whom are also members of
   the IRTS. Many will be taking the next HAREC course, Class Hotel,
   planned for the late autumn. The NSWLC would like to thank the national
   society; the IRTS, for directly supporting the club and its educational
   activities. Indeed, the NSWLC is very grateful for the support of each
   and every member of the IRTS and their clubs, and they express their
   sincere hope that everyone continues to support the IRTS in any way
   they can.
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC

   The May meeting of the EI2WRC group will take place tomorrow, Monday,
   May 27th at 8 p.m. sharp at the New Community Men's Shed, Ozanam
   Centre, Coffee House Lane, Waterford. Anyone that has an interest in
   amateur radio or communications in general are very welcome to come
   along. SWLs are in particular very welcome to attend.

   EI2WRC will be QRV as EI2WRC/P from the Old Copper Mine, Tankardstown,
   Bunmahon, Co. Waterford on Saturday next, June 1st. Although there is
   no official European geopark activation taking place this year, the
   club is pleased to announce that the location can be activated in the
   following categories, Echo India Flora and Fauna, EI POTA, and also EI
   COTA. Please see searg.ie for more details.

   For more information about EI2WRC, their activities, and for contact
   details please see www.searg.ie
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IARU Monitoring System Region 1 Newsletter

   The April edition of the IARU Monitoring System Region 1 Newsletter has
   been published. Radio jamming in the context of electromagnetic warfare
   on the 40m and 15m bands is noted in the report. Several instances of
   relatively rare modulation schemes and protocols associated with mainly
   military use cases were also detailed. You can learn more about these
   and view examples of the recorded intruding signals by downloading the
   free newsletter at www.iaru-r1.org
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IRTS CW Field Day

   The IRTS CW Field Day event takes place next Saturday June 1st and
   Sunday June 2nd. Running from 15:00 UTC on Saturday to 15:00 UTC
   Sunday, entrants can choose different categories. The first is the open
   section where the output power is the maximum permitted by the station
   licence and without a restriction on the number or type of antennas.
   The second option is a restricted section which also offers a six-hour
   section in addition to the full 24 hours. Further details may be found
   at www.irts.ie/contests
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North Dublin Radio Club AGM

   North Dublin Radio Club will hold their AGM at 8.30 p.m. on the 8th of
   June. The meeting will take place in the Artane Beaumont Family
   Recreation Centre, Kilmore Road, Dublin 5. All members are hereby
   notified and asked to attend.
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Cyberattack takes Logbook of the World offline

   The American Radio Relay League announced that a cyberattack disrupted
   its online and IT operations approximately ten days ago. For many radio
   operators around the world, the immediate impact was that the ARRL's
   popular Logbook of the World (LoTW) online database was no longer
   accessible. At the time of compiling this news, the ARRL was still
   working on the addressing the issue which they described as a serious
   incident. However, according to them, it is not a LoTW server issue and
   doesn't affect the security of LoTW data either.
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Items for Inclusion in Next Week's Radio News

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