IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday September 15th, 2024

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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday September 15th, 2024
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News from the IRTS

   The next IRTS Committee meeting will take place on Thursday, September
   19th at 8:00 p.m. on the Zoom platform. All IRTS affiliated clubs are
   reminded that under Rule 16.1, the members in each affiliated club,
   society or other body may elect a representative and an alternate
   annually to attend IRTS Committee meetings. Clubs wishing to send a
   representative should notify the IRTS Secretary, Owen EI4GGB at
   irts_secretary /at/ irts.ie in advance to ensure notification and links
   are provided.
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The next HAREC examination is on November 16th

   The next HAREC examination will be held on the 16th of November 2024.
   The exam venue is the Clayton Hotel Dublin Airport, Stockhole Lane,
   Swords, Co. Dublin, K67 X3H5.

   Doors open from 10.30 a.m. for registration. The exam itself will
   commence at 11.00 a.m. sharp and ends two hours later at 1 p.m. The
   closing date for applications is Thursday the 7th of November. As there
   are a limited number of places, anyone wishing to sit the exam should
   forward their application along with the appropriate fee. The
   application form and the payment details can be found at
   www.irts.ie/exams You can also contact Mick EI6IKB by email at
   irts_exams /at/ irts.ie if you have any queries.
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC

   On the 28th of September, with thanks to Maria Kyte, manager, EI2WRC
   will be active from the Waterford and Suir Valley Railway station
   Kilmeaden, Co. Waterford for the 2024 Railways on The Air event.
   Waterford Suir Valley Railway Company CLG was established to preserve
   and promote Waterford's rich railway heritage. The aim to develop and
   operate a 10km section of the abandoned Waterford to Dungarvan Railway
   line from Kilmeaden Station to Bilberry, Waterford City as a tourist
   attraction. The vision is that the area through which the railway
   travels will become a linear park and the railway will service other
   attractions along the route, eventually extending to Waterford city and
   operating with a steam engine. For more information about the WSVR
   please see www.wsvrailway.ie

   The following day, September 29th, EI2WRC will be active as a 145 Alive
   Control Station for the 145 Alive activity from 12:00 to 15:00 UTC. The
   EI2WRC team will be active on 145.250 MHz FM from the Nine Stones
   carpark located at the entrance to the Mount Leinster RT� mast site in
   south Carlow. Around Ireland, many other stations will be active from
   various locations on various frequencies. The idea of the 145 Alive
   event is to promote activity on the 2m band. Please listen out for as
   many stations as possible and give them all a shout if you can!

   For more information about EI2WRC, their activities, and for contact
   details please see www.searg.ie
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Shannon Basin Radio Club Update

   Shannon Basin Radio Club wish to extend their deepest condolences to
   club member Peter Carty KM6MJC and family on the death of his mother
   Alma Carty. Alma passed away last Sunday September 8th, 2024, in Sligo.
   Ar dheis D� go raibh a hanam.

   The club will soon recommence their HF DX SSB nets. Their hugely
   popular nets encourage experimentation and activity on 80m and topband.
   Further information will be announced over the coming weeks.
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Digital Mobile Radio Talk by South Dublin Radio Club

   The next South Dublin Radio Club talk focuses on Digital Mobile Radio
   (DMR) concepts. This will take place on Tuesday the 24th of September.
   The club opens at 7:30 p.m. and the talk starts at 8 p.m. sharp.
   Visitors are welcome at the community centre on Marian Road in
   Rathfarnham Dublin. Keith Garland EI9BAB will give a talk on DMR which
   is a popular digital voice standard used on VHF and UHF. This
   presentation will focus on some of the technical aspects of the
   protocol and how it is used in commercial systems including obfuscation
   and encryption facilities. There will also be some interesting
   real-world demos and a question-and-answer session.
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Help requested for a charity-based amateur radio initiative

   Anthony EI7LB based in Carlow town is working with a charity called
   Delta which involves working with young adults with intellectual
   disabilities. Some of you might be familiar with Anthony from his
   Friday morning repeater chats along with Kyle who is a service user in
   Delta. A lot more of the service users have a great interest in
   listening to ham radio and Anthony would like to take this a step
   further. He would like to start up a ham radio club where both the
   service users and members of the public can work together and become
   active ham operators. To do this, he is asking for help with equipment.

   If anyone has receivers, transceivers, or indeed any radio equipment
   that they are no longer using, he would be very grateful to receive
   them. He will give them a new home with very interested young people
   who could do with a little dig out. If you have anything suitable or
   want to give anything to help, you can get in contact with Anthony at
   anthony.brophy /at/ deltacentre.org or contact him at 087 1176676. All
   donations would be gladly accepted and appreciated.
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DX F�ile 2024

   DX F�ile which is organised and run by the EIDX Group takes place on
   Saturday October 5th in the Temple Gate Hotel, Ennis. This year's
   convention will feature presentations from the recent N5J DXpediton to
   Jarvis Island, the current CY9C DXpedition to St. Paul Island, the 8R7X
   team from Guyana, as well as EIDXG's own 7P8EI activity from Lesotho
   earlier this year.

   You are invited to come and meet Ireland's DXers and have a great day
   out with the hugely popular CW and SSB simulated pileups and fun DX
   Quiz to name a few. Accommodation packages are almost fully sold out
   however there are still some day tickets available for the convention.
   These still need to be pre-booked in advance. For further information
   please contact David ei9fbb /at/ gmail.com or telephone 087 7444777.
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145 Alive Event takes place on Sunday 29th September

   The next 145 Alive event is two weeks away. It takes place on Sunday
   the 29th of September from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. This is not a contest but
   is a fun activity to promote experimentation and use of 2-metre FM
   simplex. David Gardiner EI3IXB is coordinating net control locations
   and frequencies on a first come first serve basis. Anyone interested in
   getting involved as a net control station should contact David via
   email at ei3ixb /at/ gmail.com as soon as possible.
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August edition of the IARU Monitoring System newsletter

   The August edition of the IARU Monitoring System Region 1 newsletter
   features reports of new intruder activity on the 10-metre band. The
   report cites erratic behaviour of military radar type signals that make
   it hard to avoid on the band. Normally a quiet month in radio terms,
   radar-based intruders continued to dominate reports across all bands
   monitored. The reports provide detailed insights regarding intruders on
   the amateur radio bands and offer details of what to look out for. You
   can download the August newsletter as well as previous editions from
   the Monitoring System Region 1 page at www.iaru-r1.org
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Items for Inclusion in Next Week's Radio News

   That is the news for this week. Items for inclusion in next week's
   radio news can be submitted by email to newsteam /at/ irts.ie for
   automatic forwarding to both the radio and printed news services. The
   deadline is midnight on Thursday.

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