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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday 27th December 2015
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New Year's Day Contest

The 80 metres counties contest takes place on Friday next, New Year's
Day, from 14:00 to 17:00 UTC. The 32 EI and GI counties are multipliers
in this contest, so the "rarer" counties will be very much in demand.
There are fixed and portable sections, with SSB only and mixed mode SSB
/ CW options, also a section for Shortwave Listeners.

See the web site at www.irts.ie/contests for the contest rules, and
note in particular the rule about permitted frequencies for this
contest.

This year, for the first time, in order to encourage more CW operation
in the mixed mode sections, there is a final score bonus of 1,000
points for any entry that includes at least 10 valid CW QSOs with EI or
GI stations; note also that there is a suggested CW "centre of
activity" of 3522.
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EI DXers

A group of EI DXers will meet on Saturday 2nd January 2016 in the
Maldron Hotel, Portlaoise at 12noon with the intention of forming an EI
DX Group.

The group's objectives is to cover everything DX related, from chasing
DXCC right through to DXpeditioning with the aim of forming an all EI
DXpedition group.

Anyone attending will be made very welcome and expressions of interest
to Dave EI9FBB or Pat EI9HX.
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ARISS Postpones Anniversary SSTV Event

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Slow-Scan
TV event set for December 26th to 27th has been postponed due to
"complications in planning," ARISS has announced. ARISS now is
targeting mid-January as the next possible opportunity.

This year marks the 15th anniversary of continuous Amateur Radio
operations on the International Space Station. The first ISS crew
conducted its inaugural ham radio contact from NA1SS in November 2000.
The first Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
school contact took place the following month.

ARISS will post more information as it becomes available.
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DX News

Harry JG7PSJ will be QRV again as JD1BMH from Ogasawara from 30th
December to 9th January. He will be active on all bands 160 - 10m SSB,
CW and RTTY. QSL to the home call.

Steve PJ4DX (also G4JVG) will be on the air from the PJ2T super-station
on Curacao from 28th to 29th December. During his short visit he will
use the callsign PJ2/KH0UN. Logs will be uploaded to Logbook of The
World but QSL cards will not be printed for this operation.

Rob DL7VOA will celebrate his 40th birthday by holidaying in Vanuatu in
the South Pacific from 27th December to 13th January. He will spend
some time on the air with the callsign YJ4AO mainly during the local
evening and night hours. QSLs go via the home call.

Dom 3Z9DX paid as short visit to North Korea earlier this month and
demonstrated amateur radio to the local licensing authorities. Using
the callsign P5/3Z9DX on 20/21 December he logged almost 800 QSOs. News
is awaited by the DX fraternity as to whether a return visit will be
made in 2016.
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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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