Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin

Sunday September 9th 2007
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SSB Field Day

The SSB Field Day, held last weekend, seems to have
attracted only one EI entry. Shannon Basin Club, using
the call sign EI3Z/P, operated from the grounds of
Garbally College. Propagation on the high bands during
the weekend was generally poor – the club had no QSO’s
on 10 metres and just a few on 15 metres. 20 metres
produced some excellent DX at times, but suffered from
deep fading at other times. Weather conditions were
good for the field day station and the operators and
visitors to the site enjoyed a barbecue on Saturday
evening, prepared by Tony EI3HA.
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Counties Contest

All who participated in the 2 metre counties contest,
even those who gave out just a few points, are
encouraged to send in their logs to the Contest
Manager. The latest date for log entry is the 25th of
September.
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CQIR

September is well upon us and our premier international
event for our Jubilee year, the CQIR Contest is just
around the corner.

A quick Internet search will demonstrate just how much
interest there is in the event from the international
radio community. We hope your plans for the event are
well advanced and we have set ourselves an ambitious
target to have 250 EI and GI stations on the bands for
part or all of the weekend. This is more of a QSO party
than a contest so we would encourage the non-contesters
to get involved and fly the flag for Ireland and the
Society on the 29th and 30th next.

EI75IRTS will be QRV for the event with the LF
nighttime operation from the EI7M site in Cork and a HF
station for the Press located in the Phoenix Park in
Dublin. In respect of the Dublin station, we are
anxious to have some young operators on the operating
team. If you are between 15 and 25 years of age,
licensed or not, and are interested in helping out,
please contact Paul EI2CA on 087 2523908 or email “paul
at comma dot ie”.
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EI0MAR

Tony, EI5EM, has updated and expanded the information
booklet about the Vintage Radio Museum in Howth. As
well as being a guide to the museum, the booklet is a
potted history of the development of wireless
technology. It details the 1903 and 1905 experiments
carried out in Howth by Lee de Forestand the Marconi
Company, and quotes from documents published at the
time. A full page reproduction of the Dublin Penny
Journal's report on de Forest's 1903 experiments is
reproduced in the booklet.

This 22-page booklet is on sale in the museum for a
small sum, but it can now be downloaded free from a
link at the bottom of the museum website which is
http://ei5em.110mb.com/museum.html . The website can
also be easily located from the Google search engine
with the keywords "museum, wireless, Howth."

EI75IRTS has been QRV from the museum for the last
three weekends, mainly on 20-metres CW. The call-sign
will also be QRV today (9 Sept.) and if conditions are
favourable, the 40-metre band will be the main focus,
SSB and CW.
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Limerick Radio Club

The next meeting of the Club will be on the Thursday
11th of October at the usual venue, the Limerick
Institute of Technology, Moylish at 19:30 hrs local
time. All those interested are welcome to attend.
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Theory Classes

There is a free course for the forthcoming radio theory
exam running in the Ballyroan Community centre, Marian
Rd, hosted by South Dublin Radio Club. It is held
between eight and ten p.m. on Tuesday evenings. Also
there will be a course held in Crossakiel, Kells held
on a Wednesday 8:30 to 10:30, hosted by the newly
founded CARA club (Crossakiel Amateur Radio
Association).

Also anyone interested in radio will find a visit to
the clubs enjoyable. Call Michael (EI2GKB) on
0872481970 for details.
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Upcoming Rallies

Cork Radio Club Rally will take place on Sunday the
23rd of September in the Blarney Park Hotel. For
information contact Con on 021-427136.

The Waterford Rally will take place on Sunday the 21st
of October in the Woodlands Hotel, Waterford. For more
information visit www.searg.com.

The Foyle and District Rally will take place on Sunday
the 4th of November 2007 at the White Horse Hotel,
Derry. For more information visit www.mn0aku.org.uk.

The Mayo Radio Rally will take place on Sunday the 18th
of November in the Belmount Hotel, Knock, Co. Mayo. For
more information contact Padraic Baynes, EI9JA @ QTHR.
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