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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin

Sunday May 20th 2007
______________________________________________

News from the IRTS

Ger McNamara EI4GXB has been appointed to fill the
vacancy as Regional Representative for Region 4 on the
retirement of Paddy Maher EI3AV. The region covers the
counties Tipperary, Limerick, Clare and Kerry.
Apologies, as we ran Gers’ callsign incorrectly in last
weeks news.

Contact details for Ger are available on the Society's
web page. As we welcome Ger to the team we would like
to thank Paddy for all the work he has done for
society over many years and wish him a speedy return
to full health.
______________________________________________

International Museums Weekend

The International Museums Weekend takes place on the
16th and 17th of June. This amateur radio special
event has grown in popularity since the first event
was held in 2002.

Among past participants are The Tower of London, HMS
Belfast and the US battleship New Jersey. The Howth
Martello Radio Group will be participating again this
year, operating from the Vintage Radio Museum in Howth.
Visitors are welcome to call and operate the station
over the weekend. The museum web site is
www.qsl.net/ei5em/museum.html. A full list of
participating museums and further information of the
event is available from the organiser's web site
www.ukradioamateur.co.uk/imw/.
______________________________________________

Limerick Radio Club

Limerick Radio Club has been invited by the Foynes
Flying-Boat Museum to operate a special Amateur Radio
Station in conjunction with the commemorative
Transatlantic Re-Enactment Flight 1937 from
Newfoundland Canada to Foynes Ireland. A special call
sign has been allocated to the station EI-70-FOY. The
station will be on the air from the 6th to the 8th of
July 2007. On HF the station will operate from 80 to 10
metres. It will also operate on VHF / UHF using the
EI70FOY call sign.

A special QSL card, commemorating the Re-Enactment
Flight, will be sent to all stations worked over the
three-day event. All QSL cards should be sent to the
Club’s QSL Manager Alan Cronin EI8EM at QTHR. Limerick
Radio Club can be contacted at “ei4lrc at eircom dot
net” or at www.qsl.net/ei4lrc.
______________________________________________

South Eastern Amateur Radio Group

There will be no general meeting for the month of
May. The next committee meeting will take place on
Monday the 4th of June. All committee members are
asked to attend.

Please note that all general meetings will now take
place on the last Monday of each month.
______________________________________________

Foyle and District

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of Amelia Earharts
solo Atlantic flight which landed just outside of Derry
having flown from Newfoundland, The Foyle and district
amateur radio club will hold a live link-up with clubs
in Conception Bay and Harbour Grace Newfoundland. The
clubs on the Newfoundland side will be using vintage
radio equipment at a local museum.

The planned frequencies are 14.220 MHz and 7.060 MHz,
allowing slight variation depending on QRM. The planned
times of contact are 8 to 9.30 p.m. local time on
Sunday the 20th and Monday the 21st of May.

More information can be found at www.mn0aku.org.uk.
______________________________________________

Rallies

Bangor & District Amateur Radio Society Rally will take
place on Sunday the 17th of June in the Crawfordsburn
Country Park, Helen's Bay, Co. Down. The Cork Radio
Club Rally will take place on Sunday the 23rd of
September in the Blarney Park Hotel, Blarney, Co. Cork
and the Mayo Radio Rally will be on Sunday the 18th of
November in the Belmont Hotel, Knock, Co. Mayo.

A full listing of upcoming rallys is available on
www.irts.ie.
______________________________________________

Contests

The CW field day will take place in two weeks time on
the 2nd and 3rd of June and the VHF/UHF field day will
take place on the weekend of the 7th and 8th of July.

The RSGB IOTA contest will be held on the 28th and
29th of July.
______________________________________________

Ladies Mini Marathon

The 2007 Flora Ladies Mini Marathon takes place on Bank
Holiday Monday the 4th of June at 3.00 pm. It starts
from Fitzwilliam Square, and finishes in Stephens Green
Dublin 2. Sadly this year’s event will happen without
the familiar voice of Donnchadh O’Shea who
traditionally operated the net control station. This
year’s public service event will be dedicated to his
memory. The co-ordinator for the event again this year
will be George Adjaye who may be contacted by phone on
086 2586103 or Fax 01 4908546 or email “george_adjayeg
at dcu.ie”.
______________________________________________

Galtee Walking Festival

There are just 3 weeks to go to the 2 days of activity
in the Galtees on the Saturday and Sunday of the June
Bank Holiday weekend. John Ronan EI7IG is event
Coordinator and he is being assisted by John EI2JB and
other members of the Tipperary Amateur radio Group.
Preparations are at an advanced stage but there are
still radio positions to be filled on Saturday and
Sunday. Newcomers are welcome and training will be
provided by AREN each morning. Please contact John
EI7IG on 086 8167310 or John EI2JB at QTHR.
______________________________________________

Comeragh Cycle Race

The national under 23 road racing championship will
take place in Waterford on the 1st of July. Richie
EI9HR is event Co-ordinator and he is being assisted by
John EI8JA. This year’s race will be on a greater scale
with over 160 riders taking part. The Civil Defence
have come on board this year to help with marshalling
and RTE will be filming the event. AREN will provide
the communications for safe traffic management and
accident reporting. There will be more radio reporting
points and mobile stations than last year so more radio
operators are required. Again newcomers are welcome and
training will be provided on the morning of the race.
This is an excellent opportunity for operators to put
their radio skills to good use in a very enjoyable and
rewarding way for the benefit of the Community. All
operators irrespective of experience are welcome.

Please contact Richie on mobile 085-1465465 or evenings
on 051-854315. You can also contact Richie by e-mail at
"ei9hr at yahoo dot com".
______________________________________________

Theory Examination

The next Theory Examination for the Experimenters
Licence will be held on Thursday the 28th of June next.
Places for the examination are limited and will be
allocated on a “first come first served” basis.
Intending candidates should forward the appropriate fee
to Seán Nolan EI7CD, 12 Little Meadow, Pottery Road
Dunlaoghaire, Co. Dublin. The fee is 50 Euro or 25 Euro
for full time registered students, those who are
retired, are unemployed or have a disability. In
addition to the exam centre at the ComReg offices in
Dublin an examination will be held on the same date and
with the same paper at the Community Centre,
Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork.

The closing date for the examination is the 16th of
June and it will be strictly adhered to. Sean's e-mail
address for further enquiries is "ei7cd at gofree dot
indigo dot ie".
______________________________________________

Items for inclusion in next weeks Radio News should be
forwarded to Mark Wall, EI7IS at QTHR or by phone to
051-853806 or 087-6302026. Items for the radio news can
also be faxed to 087 5 6302026. News should be
submitted via e-mail to “news at irts dot ie” for
automatic forwarding to both the radio and printed news
services. Please note that items for the radio news
should reach the editor no later than midday on Friday
in order to be guaranteed inclusion in the following
Sunday’s bulletin.

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