Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin

Sunday May 27th 2007
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CW Field Day

Don't forget that the CW field day takes place over the
June bank holiday weekend (the 2nd and 3rd of June).

EI4CF and Shannon Basin Club have once again made the
grounds of Garbally College in Ballinasloe available
for any stations interested in taking part from a
central location.

Any stations planning on entering the field day please
e-mail “contests at irts dot ie”.
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International Museums Weekend

The International Museums Weekend takes place in three
weeks time 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/.
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VHF News

The monthly 6-metre net organised by Kerry Amateur
Radio Group will take place next on Monday the 4th of
June. The frequency used is 50.135 MHz SSB at 9.00 p.m.
local time. The 6-metre net takes place on the first
Monday of each month.

The 4-metre activity night will take place on Tuesday
the 5th of June on 70.2625 MHz from 8 to 10 p.m. local
time. Modes in use are AM, FM and SSB. The 4-metre
activity night takes place on the first Tuesday of
each month.

The EI 6 meter beacon EI0SIX operates on 50.052 MHz
with using 20 Watts into a Trident V6M half-wave
vertical antenna. The beacon is located on the Hill of
Allen in County Kildare - IO63NF.
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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 rallies is available on
www.irts.ie.
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group

Please note that there will be no general meeting for
the month of May. The next committee meeting will take
place on Monday the 4th of June at 8.00 p.m. in The
Roanmore Centre, Waterford. All committee members are
asked to attend.
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Prefixes for Montenegro and Serbia

When Montenegro first became an independent country,
the prefix YU6 was tentatively allocated to it.
However, it now has a call sign block of its own. The
ITU now lists 4O (that’s “four Oscar”) as Montenegro’s
prefix. This means Montenegro stations may use 4O0
through 4O9, while Serbian stations will continue to
use YT and YU prefixes for all call districts, 0
through 9. The ITU reportedly wants the two nations to
complete the transition to new call sign blocks as soon
as possible.

The ITU has taken back the former 4N and YZ prefixes
for future reassignment.

Members that use computer logging software should
update their software to reflect these new prefix
allocations.
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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.
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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”.
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Galtee Walking Festival

It’s now just one week from 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. Newcomers
are welcome and training will be provided by AREN each
morning. Please contact John EI7IG on 086 8167310 or
John EI2JB at QTHR if you are interested in
participating.
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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".
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Isle of Man, Special Event

Mike GW6NLP and Colin MW0JNI are running a Special
Event Station until the 6th of June, in association
with Scarlett Point Amateur Radio Society, to celebrate
the 100th anniversary of the Isle of Man TT races.
They'll be based at Scarlett Point Tower in Castletown,
on the southern most tip of the Isle of Man.

They'll be running with the callsign GB100TT. A full
operating schedule will be on either Wrexham ARS'
website, or the Scarlett Point website hopefully this
will be finalised nearer the time. Wrexham ARS' website
is located at: www.qsl.net/wars and Scarlett Point ARS
is at www.scarlettpoint.com.
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EI75IRTS

Just a reminder that as part of the Society’s Jubilee
Celebrations, the IRTS has been allocated the call sign
EI75IRTS for the duration of 2007. The licence holder
is Finbarr Buckley EI1CS, and with his agreement, the
call sign may be used by individual and club members
holding a current Radio Experimenter’s licence.

Individual and club members of the IRTS can apply to
use the call sign EI75IRTS during the rest of the year.
More information is available on www.irts.ie.
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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.