Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin

Sunday September 23rd 2007
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CQIR

CQIR is just a week away and preparations are well in
hand for the event. A large station is being assembled
for the Press in the Phoenix Park and EI75IRTS will be
QRV before and during the contest promoting the event
worldwide. Low frequency operation for EI75IRTS will be
from the EI7M site in Cork which will ensure a great
signal on those bands. We would again encourage all EIs
and GIs to make a big effort to get on the bands for
what promises to be a great celebration of Ireland and
the Irish wherever they may be throughout the world.

Dont forget that the first Irish entry pulled from the
draw will win a long weekend for two in New York City,
all expenses paid. You get a free entry for every 75
qsos made in the contest. Prizes are fully sponsored at
no cost to the Society. This is a showcase event for
the Society and, as always, good operating practice,
friendliness and courtesy to other users of the
spectrum should be the order of the day.
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EI0MAR

EI0MAR will be QRV on Saturday and Sunday the 29th and
30th of September for the CQIR event. On Saturday the
station will be active between 1100 and 2200 UTC and
also on the following morning. On Saturday evening, the
North Dublin Radio Club's weekly meeting will take
place at the station. The vintage radio museum in
Howth, which houses EI0MAR, is located in the Martello
tower in Howth. Access is up a steep pathway opposite
the Abbey Tavern. Visitors are welcome and may operate
the station using their own or the club's call sign.

Further information on EI0MAR is available on the
club's website. This is easily found by googling the
words EI0MAR, Martello and Howth. A link to the museum
web page will allow downloading of a free 22-page
booklet about the tower and the history of wireless.
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Logs

Logs for EI75IRTS activity on CW and SSB are required
by the QSL Manager, Denis, EI6HB immediately. There are
a lot of direct QSL cards after arriving and QSO
details must be checked before confirmation is sent
out. Logs (preferably in ADIF format) should be sent to
“ei6hb at eircom dot net”.

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 this Tuesday,
the 25th of September.
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Cork Radio Club

At the recent Annual General Meeting of the Cork Radio
Club the following were committe was elected: Con
EI7DJB Cathaoirleach; Dick EI6HH ****asoir; Frank
EI6EVB Runai; John EI8HS, Vincent EI7HN, Finbarr EI1CS
and Tony EI9ID.
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Kerry Amateur Radio Group

The Kerry Amateur Radio Group will hold its annual
general meeting on Saturday the 6th of October 2007 at
10 a.m. in the Muckross House Coffee Shop, Killarney.
The annual election of officers will take place, and
the following incumbents have been nominated: Ron Hahn,
EI2JP, Chairman & Treasurer, John Costello, EI9ESB,
Vice Chairman Billy O'Connor, EI7CQB, Hon. Secretary.

Ballots will be posted to all current members during
the week of the 17th of September 2007. These must be
received by the Board on or before the start of the
AGM. After the AGM, there will be a more general
disussion regarding the Group's activities and
direction for 2007/2008. All members are requested to
attend, and new members are always welcome.
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DXpedition to St Brandon

The 3B7C DXpedition, operating from the Saint Brandon
Rocks in the Indian Ocean, is still underway. By
Wednesday last, the group had made more than 93,000
QSOs. CW continues to be the dominant mode, accounting
for nearly 60% of QSOs to date.

160 metres has been the most difficult band for the
group, partly due to the high level of atmospheric
noise in the area in which the group is operating. Just
2% of QSOs to date have been on 160 metres. As regards
modes, in addition to CW and phone, RTTY was also heard
from Saint Brandon during the week. The group is not
planning to use data modes other than RTTY.

As of Wednesday, there were 58 EI call signs in the
log. Nicky EI9JF, who has worked them on 15 band/mode
slots, is top of the list, followed closely by EI7BA,
EI2JD, EI9FBB, EI3IO and EI4CF. The majority of QSOs
with EI have been on 15, 17 and 20 metres. At the time
of writing, there we 48 GI calls in the log, led by
GI3OQR, GI4VIV and GI0KVQ.

The DXpedition finishes on Monday the 24th of
September.

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Short Range Devices (SRDs) on 10 GHz

ComReg is proposing to open the segment 10.4 to 10.42
GHz to licence-exempt Short Range Devices or SRDs.
These will be mainly for movement detection in the
context of traffic control and will have a power level
of 500 milliwatts. There is an experimenter secondary
allocation at 10.0 to 10.5 GHz. The EU notification
procedure and the standstill period for observations
means that a final position on this will not be adopted
until early October at the soonest. The relevant
document is ComReg 07/37 and is available on the ComReg
website at www.comreg.ie. Any experimenter having
concerns about this proposal can write to Jim Connolly
at ComReg.
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Winlink and APRS

John, EI7IG, is experimenting/testing a Winlink Telpac
Node in the Waterford area. The frequency in use is
439.875 MHz and the callsign is EI3RCW-10. If anyone is
interested in participating, please contact him
directly at 086-8167310

Experiments in APRS are ongoing around the southeast on
two metres using 144.800 MHz. A number of experimental
digipeaters and Igates are in operation. The WX station
EI2WRC is also using this frequency. For more
information on APRS visit www.aprs.org.
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Limerick Radio Club

The next meeting of Limerick Radio Club will take place
on Thursday the 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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Marconi Clifden Celebrations

On the 17th of October 1907 Guglielmo Marconi sent his
first commercial message from the then new station at
Clifden, Ireland. This October in celebration of this
historic event members of the Galway Radio
Experimenters Club will be running a special event
station from Saturday 13th to Wednesday 17th from
Clifden. The club has been issued the call sign
EI100MFT for the event, MFT been the last call sign
used on the original station.

On the Wednesday they will be making a special linkup
with the Marconi sister station in Glace Bay, Nova
Scotia. Part of this linkup will be an exchange of
greetings between President Mary McAleese and
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia the Honourable
Mayann E. Francis. The group will also be honoured to
have Princess Electra Marconi present as she is coming
to Clifden for the festival along with an Exhibit from
the Marconi Foundation in Bologna. The Galway Radio
Experimenters Club will also be presenting a display of
vintage equipment. More details on the festival can be
found at www.clifden.ie. Visitors to the station are
more than welcome and if you would like to participate
this can also be arranged. For further information
please contact Enda Broderick (II2II) on 086-8676410 or
email: “enda dot Broderick at lightnet dot ie”.
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Waterford Rally

The Waterford Radio and Electronics Rally will take
place on Sunday the 21st of October at the Woodlands
Hotel on the Dunmore Road in Waterford. South East
Communications and Long Communications will be at the
rally. The IRTS, AREN and a bring-and-buy stand will
also feature.

Doors open at 11 a.m. and admission is 5 Euro,
accompanied children are admitted free of charge. For
details including a directions map, visit the South
Eastern Amateur Radio Group web site on www.searg.com.
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Upcoming Rallies

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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