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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday January 26th, 2025
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IRTS Awards Committee
IRTS Awards curator Mark EI4FNB requests that any members who won
awards last year and who have not already returned them already could
they please do so as soon as possible. Awards can be returned to any
IRTS committee member. Mark also hopes to collect returning awards at
both the Limerick Clare Amateur Radio and at the Phoenix Amateur Radio
club rallies. For anyone who needs to get in contact with Mark
regarding return of trophies, you can find his contact details on the
contact section on irts.ie.
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC
The January meeting of the EI2WRC group will take place tomorrow,
Monday, January 27th at 8 p.m. sharp at the South East Technological
University. Netlabs Research and Innovation Building, SETU West Campus,
Carriganore, Waterford. Eircode X91 WR86. Everyone is welcome. EI2WRC
will be hosting the 92nd IRTS AGM Weekend in The Woodford Dolmen Hotel,
Kilkenny Rd, Carlow over the weekend of the 12th and 13th of April
2025. People who are planning on attending are urged to book their
hotel rooms immediately to guarantee having one for the weekend.
Dinner tickets for the Gala Dinner which will be held on Saturday,
April 12th are now available to be pre-booked. Rally tables for
clubs/groups and commercial traders for the rally on Sunday, April 13th
can now be booked also. Tables for individual traders will be made
available to be pre-booked at a later date. For more information, go to
searg.ie and click on the IRTS AGM 2025 link.
For more information about EI2WRC, their activities, and for contact
details please see www.searg.ie
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Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club
Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club's 2025 Annual General Meeting takes
place on Thursday the 20th of February at 7 p.m. sharp in the
Technological University of the Shannon, Midlands, Midwest in Moylish,
Limerick. All members are asked to attend.
The club's weekly activation of EI4SAM runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on
Saturdays. The initial calling frequency is 7.123 MHz, plus or minus
QRM. All callers are welcome.
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Shannon Basin Radio Club AGM
Shannon Basin Radio Club reports that they had to postpone their AGM
due to the severe storm. At the time of compiling the news, the meeting
was tentatively rescheduled for next Friday, January 31st.
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Radio Rally Updates
Phoenix Amateur Radio Club EI2PAR holds their annual radio rally on
Sunday February 16th, 2025. It will take place in Coolmine Community
School, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Doors open at 10 a.m. and entry will
cost five euro. You can book a table by contacting Tony EI7GI at 087
2439997.
Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club's annual rally takes place on the 9th
of March in Treacy's Oakwood Hotel in Shannon. To book a table, you are
asked to please contact Dermot Gleeson, EI2GT, at DermotGleeson1 /at/
gmail.com. Only bookings made via email will be accepted.
Lough Erne Amateur Club's Radio Rally will be held on Sunday the 18th
of May 2025. The venue is the Share Discovery Village, 221 Lisnaskea
Road, Lisnaskea, Enniskillen BT92 0JZ. Doors will open at 11 a.m. Entry
costs five euro or five pounds which includes a ticket for the draw.
The rally will include a bring and buy and usual facilities including
food and refreshments. For tables, contact Alan Gault via email to
argault91 /at/ gmail.com. Further details are available at
LoughErneRadioClub.co.uk.
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VHF/Microwave News
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is
seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations,
individually or working together, to host an amateur radio contact with
a crew member on board the ISS. It is anticipated that the contact
would be held between July 1st, 2025, and December 31st, 2025. The
deadline to submit a proposal is February 28, 2025. Crew members aboard
the International Space Station take part in these contacts which last
approximately 10 minutes. Proposal information and more details such as
expectations, proposal guidelines, and the proposal form itself can be
found at
www.ariss.org Back on Earth, nets on the 6m and 2m bands take place throughout the
week in EI. All are welcome to join in. Further information about these
may be found on the VHF/UHF/SHF page on www.irts.ie
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Contest Updates
The RSGB SHF UK Activity Contest runs from 19:30 to 22:30 UTC on
Tuesday the 28th. All modes on the 13, 9, 6, and 3cm bands will be
used. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator square.
The next UKIECC contest of the 2024-2025 series of 80m contests is on
the following night, Wednesday the 29th of January 2025. It starts at
20:00 UTC using CW. The EI5G Bonus station will be operated by Ger
EI5KF and the G5GEI bonus station will be operated by David G3PLE.
Rules and further details are available at
www.ukeicc.com On Monday the 3rd of February, you can take part in the RSGB 3.5 MHz
Club Championship Contest. It runs for ninety minutes starting at 20:00
UTC. They note a rule change for 2025 on a trial basis that permits the
use of self-spotting. You can find out more about this contest at
www.rsgbcc.org __________________________________________________________________
High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program Update
The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) will be
conducting research activities from tomorrow January 27th through to
the 31st of January. This involves transmitting signals into the
ionosphere with power levels up to 3.6 megawatts from their transmit
site in Alaska. Operating frequencies will vary, but all HAARP
transmissions will be between 2.75 MHz and 10 MHz. Actual transmit days
and times are highly variable based on real-time ionospheric and/or
geomagnetic conditions.
The signal bandwidth may be up to 46 kHz depending on which experiment
is running. For SWLs using an actual or online software-defined
receiver, the advice is to set your centre frequency to 6.35 MHz and
use a bandwidth of 8 MHz. This will enable you to monitor the entire
frequency band that will be used. For more up to date information, you
can visit haarp.gi.alaska.edu.
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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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