IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday June 22nd, 2025

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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday June 22nd, 2025
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Silent Key - EI3JF Maurice Donworth

   This week, we learned the sad news that Maurice Donworth EI3JF passed
   away on June 8th, 2025. Maurice lived in Bruff, Co. Limerick. We extend
   our sympathies to his family Mandy, Lewis, and Desmond, extended
   family, and friends. May he rest in peace.
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC

   There will not be a physical June meeting of the EI2WRC club. The next
   in-person meeting will be the July one, which will take place Monday,
   July 28th at 8 p.m. sharp at the South East Technological University.
   Netlabs Research and Innovation Building, SETU West Campus,
   Carriganore, Waterford. The Eircode is X91 WR86. New members or 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 also.

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

   Shannon Basin Radio Club will host their next meeting on Friday the
   27th of June at 8 p.m. sharp. This will take place in a new location
   which is St. Brigid's GAA Clubhouse in Kiltoom, Co. Roscommon. This is
   just outside Athlone and the Eircode is N37 WK60. All are welcome to
   attend and discuss the upcoming events, contests, and participation in
   the "IRTS Hamfest" weekend. Further details about Shannon Basin Radio
   Club may be found at www.sbrc.ie or via email to admin /at/ sbrc.ie
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AllStar/EchoLink Node on Truskmore Back Online

   The AllStar/EchoLink Node on the EI2TKR Truskmore repeater in Co.
   Sligo, operated by Donegal Radio Club went offline in the middle of
   May. The issue was investigated by keeper EI5IMB and found to be a
   failure of the Raspberry Pi computer.

   Subsequently, difficulties with firmware upgrades and configuration
   compatibility of the LTE router prolonged the overall restoration of
   service. However, Donegal Radio Club is happy to announce it is back
   online as of June 18th.

   Keeper Dave and the Donegal Club would like to convey their thanks to
   John EI5INB of the Shannon Basin Radio Club for his patience and
   assistance in restoring the router element of the system.

   EI2TKR is part of a network with permanent links to the EI2SBR Sliabh
   Bawn and EJ7IBD Inishbofin repeaters, except on Tuesday nights when it
   separately connects to the Southern Ireland Repeater Network for the
   IRTS News.
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Emergency Frequencies for Hurricane Erick

   AREN reports that Hurricane Erick was expected to make landfall in
   Mexico over the past few days. The Director of the National Emergency
   Network of the Mexican Federation of Radio Experimenters requested
   protection for emergency frequencies for use during the approach and
   aftermath up of the hurricane.

   These are 3.960kHz, 7.128kHz, and 14.120kHz. The frequencies are
   centres of activity, and some emergency activity may take place in
   adjacent frequencies. The hurricane may have passed before this news
   bulletin, but follow-up activities may still be using the frequencies.
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Anniversary Day at Grimeton Radio Station

   The 100th anniversary of World Heritage Site Grimeton takes place on
   July 2nd, 2025. The establishment was formally inaugurated on this day
   in 1925. To mark this occasion, two transmitter launches are planned
   along with the transmission of a telegram using the callsign SAQ. The
   frequency used will be 17.2kHz and the mode is CW. Several online
   receivers are available for you to listen in to the activity. The event
   will also be livestreamed on YouTube. Further information may be found
   at alexander.n.se
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VHF/Microwave News

   Round 7 of the European FT8 activity series takes place on Wednesday
   July 2nd. This runs from 17:00 to 21:00 UTC using both FT4 and FT8
   modes on the 2m band. Increased activity will provide the possibility
   of working new DXCC or squares. It can make use of short-lived
   propagation or even detect great openings which have been occurring
   over recent days and might otherwise go unnoticed. Further information
   about this activity may be found at ft8activity.eu

   For users of Automatic Packet Reporting System or APRS, a weekly net
   called APRSThursday takes place for 24 hours. Each Thursday, a global
   network of amateur radio operators use this mode to share messages.
   144.800MHz is the APRS frequency in Europe. For operators both old and
   new, it is a great opportunity to explore APRS and make contacts with
   other stations joining the net. It has steadily grown in popularity
   with now over 500 operators taking part in APRSThursday each week.
   Further information may be found at aprsph.net
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Contests and Events

   The RSGB 50MHz CW Contest takes place next Sunday June 29th. It will
   run for three hours starting at 09:00 UTC and the scoring is one point
   per kilometre.

   The next IRTS field day focuses on the VHF and UHF bands. It will run
   over the weekend of July 5th and 6th. Five separate contests take place
   on each of the 6m, 4m, 2m, 70cm, and 23cm bands. Further details
   including the rules may be found at www.irts.ie/contests
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Items for Inclusion in Next Week's Radio News

   That is the news for this week. Thanks to everyone for sending items
   into the weekly IRTS radio news. They are very much appreciated and are
   a great way to update the rest of the community about activities. If
   you have any club events, activities, meetings, or other items of
   interest, you are very welcome to email newsteam /at/ irts.ie with the
   details. These will be automatically forwarded to the IRTS radio and
   printed news services. The deadline each week is midnight on Thursdays.

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