IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday October 6th, 2024

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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday October 6th, 2024
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Silent Key - Ron Skingley EI8GMB

   We were saddened to learn of the death of Ron Skingley EI8GMB. Ron
   passed away at his home in Coomkeen, Co. Cork on September 27th, 2024.
   We extend our condolences to his partner Rachel, son Duncan, extended
   family, and friends.

   As a mark of respect for the late Ron Skingley EI8GMB, we will now
   pause for a moment of silence.
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News from the IRTS

   The latest IRTS Committee meeting took place on Thursday, September
   19th. It started at 8 p.m., concluded shortly after 10 p.m., and was
   held on the Zoom platform. The very well attended meeting was hosted by
   IRTS President, Enda EI2II. Many items were discussed during the
   meeting with the following being of major importance to the general
   membership. The IRTS examination board has appointed a new chairman,
   John Ronan EI7IG. John takes over the chairman role from Declan Horan
   EI9FVB. The IRTS would like to thank Declan for the massive amount of
   time and effort he put into the role as chairman especially as we
   navigated out of Covid-19 restrictions. The IRTS also wish to
   acknowledge the appointment of Des Chambers, EI5GT, Deputy head of NUIG
   IT department to the examination board. Des has over 30 years of 3rd
   level teaching in communications and networks with a background in
   electronics and will be a great addition to the team. The IRTS wish
   both John and Des the very best of luck in their new roles.

   As noted earlier this year the IRTS club affiliation process is being
   overhauled to improve our systems. Going forward, we will be requiring
   all clubs applying for, or renewing affiliation to complete a form
   giving the society up to date contact details for each club. This is to
   enable us to work closer with clubs on promoting the hobby and managing
   our insurance requirements more efficiently. We are requesting club
   secretaries to submit current details before the end of October, so we
   have the information at hand for our 2025 insurance renewal. As many
   clubs hold AGMs also at the end of the year or early in 2025, we would
   ask to be notified of any changes. Application/renewal forms can be
   found on the download section of the IRTS website.

   The next IRTS committee meeting will take place on Wednesday, November
   13th 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 or
   society 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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IRTS Contest Manager Update

   The next and last IRTS contest of the year is the 80m Evening Counties
   contest using SSB and CW on Tuesday the 8th of October 2024. It runs
   for one hour starting at 19:00 UTC

   Stay tuned to the IRTS contest results webpage where the 2m/70cms
   Counties contest results are expected to be published over the next few
   days.

   Contest manager Mark EI6JK is very willing to help anyone with logging
   programs for contests anytime. You can contact him via email at
   contestmanager /at/ irts.ie.
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VHF/Microwave News

   Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is planning a
   Slow Scan Television experiment, scheduled to start on Tuesday the 8th
   of October 2024 at 16:00 UTC and running through to Monday the 14th of
   October 2024 at 14:10 UTC. There will be an interruption on 11 October
   2024 for planned school contacts over Europe. The ISS radio downlink
   frequency will be 145.800 MHz FM using the PD120 mode. The ISS will use
   the callsign RS-Zero-ISS.

   A 2m FM simplex net takes place each Thursday night from 8 p.m. in the
   southern Ireland region on 145.200MHz. It is run by the Patriot Radio
   Communications Club EI7PRC. All are welcome to call in.

   FM nets also take place in the Cork region on Tuesday nights from 9
   p.m. rotating through the 2m, 70cm, and 4m bands. On the first Tuesday
   of the month, you can find activity on 145.475 MHz, 433.475 MHz on the
   second Tuesday of the month, 70.2625 MHz on the third Tuesday, and
   using DMR on Talk Group 2723 on the 4th Tuesday.

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   South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC

   The South Eastern Amateur Radio Group is delighted to announce that
   they will be QRV as Echo India 25 Juliet Oscar Tango Alpha (EI25JOTA)
   with the 25th Wexford Scouts from October 18th to 20th as part of the
   2024 International JOTA/JOTI festival. The group will be active from
   the beautiful Dunbrody Abbey, which is located just outside Campile in
   Co. Wexford. More information will follow in the coming days and will
   be available on www.searg.ie and the club's other social media outlets
   as well as IRTS news bulletins.

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

   North Dublin Radio Club will be setting up a Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA)
   station for Malahide Sea Scouts at the scout den in Malahide. More
   details will be announced when finalised.
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Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club

   The next monthly meetings of the club will take place at 7.30 p.m. on
   Thursday the 10th of October in Room 10A05 of the Technological
   University of the Shannon, Midlands, Midwest at Moylish in Limerick. At
   the meeting, the club will discuss the formulation of a programme of
   events up to the end of the year.

   At the latest committee meeting, a vote of sympathy was passed to club
   member Simon Kenny on the recent death of his wife. Simon is well known
   and respected in the amateur radio community through his work on
   various areas of activity over many years, most recently as a popular
   tutor on the National Short Wave Listeners Club HAREC Courses.

   Club activation of their station at the Shannon Aviation Museum,
   callsign EI4SAM, continues each Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. with
   7.123MHz as the initial calling frequency, plus or minus QRM.
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Tipperary Amateur Radio Group

   The next meeting of the Tipperary Amateur Radio Group will be held at
   The Princess Bar, Irishtown Upper, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary on Wednesday
   the 9th of October 2024 at 8 p.m. The Eircode for this venue is E91
   PW90. The meeting is open to all and Short Wave Listeners are in in
   particular very welcome to attend. For more information about Tipperary
   Amateur Radio Group, visit their group website at www.ei7trg.ie
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Shannon Basin Radio Club SSB DX Nets

   Shannon Basin Radio Club's 80m SSB DX net continues again at 9 p.m.
   local time on Thursday night next on 3.770 MHz plus or minus QRM. All
   are very welcome to join in including SWL reports. Further information
   may be found at www.sbrc.ie or via the club's social media channels.
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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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