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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday 13th December 2015
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IRTS AGM 2016 & 2017

The 2016 Annual Dinner and AGM hosted by Limerick Radio Club will be
held on the weekend of 9th and 10th April at the Radisson Blu Hotel,
Ennis Road, Limerick. Preliminary information is on the IRTS website at
www.irts.ie/agm

A decision regarding the 2017 AGM Weekend will be made shortly. Clubs
who are interested in hosting the 2017 Weekend should send a note to
secretary /at/ irts.ie to be considered
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Echo Ireland

The December issue of Echo Ireland will be mailed to members during the
week. News updates in this issue include the recent activities of clubs
in Cork, Mayo, Dundalk, Dublin, Kerry and Shannon Basin. Also included
is South Eastern Amateur Radio Group's participation in the annual
Railways On The Air weekend from the Waterford & Suir Valley Railway in
Kilmeaden, Co. Waterford. Plus, there are reports on JOTA - Jamboree On
The Air - activities in Rathcormac (hosted by the Avondhu Radio Club)
and in Navan.

John EI3KA shares his experiences of the technical and practical issues
involved in SOTA - Summits On The Air - activations. This year, John
has operated from over a dozen hills in EI, which he enjoyed from a
radio and a fitness point of view. Perhaps John's very interesting
article will encourage other EIs to take to the hills in 2016?

An article by Tony EI4DIB deals with the history of the 4 metre band as
well as usage and propagation characteristics of this band. Brian
EI8EJB chronicles his progress over the years, originally on VHF but
more recently on the HF bands, and gives his views on current operating
standards. In addition, he describes the construction of a fan dipole
that works on all bands from 10 to 40 metres.

December's Echo Ireland also has the usual regular features, such as
excerpts from the files of Pat EI2HX, 'HF Happenings' from Anthony
EI2KC and lots more.
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group

The South Eastern Amateur Radio Group's Theory Course will start in
mid-January 2016. Anyone interested should get in contact with Sean
EI2HZB on 083-1379764 or email to proffice /at/ searg.ie

For up-to-date news about the South Eastern Amateur Radio Group and
it's actives you can check our website www.searg.ie and you can also
follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
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South Dublin Radio Club

This year's South Dublin Radio Club Christmas Party will take place on
Tuesday 15th December.

The venue will be the same as last year, "The Morgue", Tempelogue
Village from 8pm until late.

Members of other clubs and visitors are as usual very welcome to this
social event. Limited free food will be available for paid-up members;
visitors can choose from the bar menu until 9pm. The club will then
break for Xmas and return on January 5th 2016
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ITU World Radiocommunication Conference Finds Amateur Bands Unsuitable for
Non-Amateur Satellites

The World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) held in Geneva during
November 2015 has recommended an agenda for the next WRC, to be held in
2019, to the Council of the International Telecommunication Union
(ITU). The resolution wording may be viewed on www.iaru.org

The International Amateur Radio Union welcomed the exclusion from
consideration of all existing frequency allocations to the amateur and
amateur-satellite services. IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH, observed:
"This is an excellent result for the amateur services and clearly shows
that non-amateur satellite constructors need to consider spectrum other
than the very limited and congested segments that are available for
amateur satellites at 144 MHz and 435 MHz."
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Limerick 2m Repeater

The Limerick 2M repeater will be off air until further notice due to
the adverse weather conditions on site. The Monday IRTS news will now
be read on the club's 70cm repeater.
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DX News

Magnus SM6WET will be visiting the South Cook Islands between 14th
December and 8th January. He will be mainly active from Aitutaki Island
(IOTA OC-083) but will also be on Rarotonga Island (IOTA OC-013). His
callsign will be E51WET.

Christian F4WBN and Rene F5DUX are at present active in Mali as TZ9A.
They will be there until 19th December with a preference for RTTY. QSLs
go via F4WBN.

Aaron VA1AXC is back on Sable Island until the end of January signing
CY0/VA1AXC. He will be on the air during his spare time and his QSL
Manager is JE1LET.

For those interested in working stations located in the Antarctic there
is a new operator at the Bharati Research Station. He is from India
(home call VU3BPZ) and his Antarctic callsign is 8T2BH. He will be
there for one year and his QSLs will be handled by I1HYW.
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SDR Net

The SDR net on 40m is held for over an hour before the Sunday news.
Stations are welcome to call in before 10.30 - 10.40 as this allows
stations ample time to get involved in the Net. From around 10.45
onwards we start to wind down the net to make way for the IRTS News
bulletin and it is not always possible to fully involve those that
call-in just before the frequency is handed over. All stations are
encouraged to get involved.
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Items for inclusion in next week's Radio News can be submitted via
e-mail to "newsteam /at/ irts / dot / ie" for automatic forwarding to
both the radio and printed news services. Urgent news items for the
radio news may be telephoned to the radio news editor, Aidan, EI7JC on
085 7100511.

Please note that items for the radio news should reach the editor no
later than midday on Thursday in order to be guaranteed inclusion in
the following Sunday's bulletin.

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