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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday February 16th, 2025
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News from the IRTS
The IRTS would like to extend its thanks to Robert O'Donnell EI5CK who
has served as one of our auditors for many years up until his
retirement this year. Robert has been a watchful eye on our society's
finances each year when he reviews the accounts ahead of the AGM. As
such, we are seeking the services of a suitable volunteer replacement
to take over this duty. The role only involves the review of end of
year accounts. It is a couple of hours work for someone with a good
head for figures and may suit someone with business or accounting
experience although this is not essential. For anyone that is
interested, you are asked to get in contact with the IRTS secretary
Owen EI4GGB at irts_secretary /at/ irts.ie.
The next IRTS committee meeting will take place on Thursday, February
20th 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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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC
The 2025 Annual General Meeting of the South Eastern Amateur Radio
Group EI2WRC will take place at 8.00 p.m. sharp on Monday the 24th of
February 2025 in the South East Technological University, Netlabs
Research and Innovation Building, SETU West Campus, Carriganore,
Waterford. Eircode X91 WR86. All members are asked to please attend.
Any new members or anyone interested in radio communications in general
or finding out more about the group are welcome also
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 as almost all rooms have now been taken.
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 pre-booked also. Tables for individual
traders will be made available to be pre-booked at a later date. For
more information, visit 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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Dundalk Amateur Radio Society Bring and Buy Sale
Dundalk Amateur Radio Society is holding a bring & buy sale. The sale
will take place in their club headquarters from 8.00 p.m. on Wednesday
the 5th of March. You are invited to bring any radio-related equipment
that may be gathering dust to Marconi House in Dundalk. All funds
raised will go directly to supporting the society and its activities.
You can find contact details for the club at ei7dar.com.
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Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club AGM
The 2025 Annual General Meeting of Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club
takes place next Thursday the 20th of February. It will commence at 7
p.m. sharp in the Technological University of the Shannon, Midlands,
Midwest in Moylish, Limerick. All members are asked to attend.
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Shannon Basin Radio Club AGM
Shannon Basin Radio Club held their annual general meeting on January
31st in Hannons Hotel, Roscommon. It was very well attended by members
and newcomers to the club. Club officers elected on the night were
Chairman Pat O'Connor EI9HX, Secretary Owen O'Reilly EI4GGB, Treasurer
Anthony Dolan EI6GGB, PRO Keith Nolan EI5IN, Safety Officer Tom Nevin
EI4HCB, QSL Manager Paul Raftery EI9HQB, and club rep Mark McCrystal
EI6JYB. Joining them on the committee are John Roche EI5INB, Peter
Green EI2IU, Mark Chapman MI0MCZ, Joe McCormack EI2IFB, and Andy
McCarty EI7IOB. Following the meeting, a very enjoyable social evening
followed with plenty of food, refreshments, and chat. Further
information about the club may be found at www.sbrc.ie
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VHF/Microwave News
The EI1KNH 8 metre and 5 metre beacons, the EI4RF 4 metre beacon, and
the EI0SIX 6 metre beacon were scheduled to go QRT on Saturday,
February 15th. This is due to the sale of the site following the owner
of site going silent key. It is expected that most of the beacons will
return from a new location in the Wicklow mountains in the future.
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is
seeking submissions from education institutions and organizations 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 Friday
February 28th, 2025. Crew members aboard the International Space
Station take part in these contacts which last approximately ten
minutes. Proposal information can be found at
www.ariss.org __________________________________________________________________
IARU Region 1 Monitoring System Newsletter
The first IARU Region 1 Monitoring System newsletter of 2025 has been
published. The January edition highlights that almost one thousand
transmissions of powerful over the horizon radar signals were recorded
in the HF amateur bands for January alone. Transmissions associated
with the Russian Ukrainian radio war continue to dominate reports as
well. You can read more about these signals and see examples in the
free newsletter. This can be downloaded from the monitoring system
section at iaru-r1.org.
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Radio Rally Updates
The Lagan Valley ARS will be holding its annual rally on Saturday, the
1st of March 2025 at the Hillsborough Village Centre, 7 Ballynahinch
Road, Hillsborough, BT26 6AR. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. and the rally
ends at 1 p.m. Further details can be found at
www.lvars.uk Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club's annual rally takes place on the 9th
of March in Treacy's Oakwood Hotel in Shannon. Contact Dermot Gleeson,
EI2GT, at DermotGleeson1 /at/ gmail.com to book a table. Only bookings
made via email will be accepted.
IRTS Awards curator Mark EI4FNB will be able to collect returning IRTS
awards at the Limerick Clare ARC rally. 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.
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. Further details are available at
LoughErneRadioClub.co.uk.
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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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