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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday 10th April 2016
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IRTS AGM 2016

Today, Limerick Radio Club will host the 84th Annual General Meeting of
the Irish Radio Transmitters Society. The venue is the Radisson Blu
Hotel & Spa, Ennis Road, Limerick. The usual radio rally will take
place today also.

Everyone Welcome
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Amateur Station Licence Examination

The next Amateur Station Licence Examination will be held on Thursday,
2nd June in the ComReg Offices in Dublin and at other centers if
warranted by the numbers. Quite a few applications have been received
so those intending to sit the examination should apply very soon. Full
details, including entry procedure, examination fee and how to pay the
fee on line are available at www.irts.ie/exam . Please note that it is
necessary to download the application form from the web page and
forward the completed form and the appropriate fee so as to secure a
place for the examination.

If you pay the fee on line you must still complete and forward the
application form.

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is Thursday,
19th May.

Three Exam Reports which were previously published in Echo Ireland are
available on the Downloads section of the website at
www.irts.ie/downloads under Studying for the Harmonised Amateur Radio
Examination Certificate. These reports contain very useful information
for anyone studying for the Licence Examination. Intending candidates
are advised to pay particular attention to the syllabus for the
examination especially Annexes 1 and 2.
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2 Metres Counties Contest

A final reminder that tomorrow, Monday 11th April, is the latest date
for submitting logs for the recent 2 Metres Counties Contest. Logs
should be sent to contestmanager /at/ irts.ie The results of this
contest will be published shortly after the log deadline.
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Cork Radio Club

Cork Radio Club will hold their April meeting on Wednesday next April
13th at Carrigtwohill Community Centre, where Dave Deane EI9FBB will
deliver his presentation on his DXpedition to activate an all new IOTA
AF-119, Coetivy (Co-et-i-vy) Island S79C last November.

Dave recently travelled to Texas to the give this presentation at the
annual IOTA Bash and he was in Stirling, Scotland last weekend at the
GM DX Convention.

Along with Jeremy EI5GM, Dave will link up with members of the Bahrain
Amateur Radio Group 2 weeks from now, to activate another new IOTA
AS-202, Hawar Island. The Annual General Meeting of the Cork Radio Club
will be held on Wednesday May 11th at 8pm. Enquiries to Dave EI4BZ on
087-6290574 or ei4bz /at/ eircom.net
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DX News

Svein LA9JKA will be back on Jan Mayen Island signing JX9JKA from 12
April until early October. He will operate on all bands 160m to 10m.
QSLs go directly to his home call.

Tom KC0W will be active for several months as KH8/KC0W from American
Samoa starting 12th April. This will be a CW-only expedition and cards
go to his home QTH in the U.S.

The founder of ClubLog, Michael G7VJR, will be QRV as VK9L/G7VJR on
Lord Howe Island from 15m to 20 April. His plans are to use 100w CW to
wire verticals. QSLs will be dealt with by M0OXO using OQRS.

A multinational team lead by Juris YL2GM will be on the air from Iran
as EP2A from 16th to 25th April. Activity will be on all bands 160 -
10m. QSL via ClubLog OQRS.
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International Marconi Day

International Marconi Day is a 24 hour amateur radio event held
annually to celebrate the birth of Guglielmo Marconi on 25th April
1874. This year IMD will be held on Saturday 23rd April with many
special event stations on air which count as points towards the Marconi
Award. Certificates are available for both transmitting stations and
SWL stations. A list of participating special event stations may be
found at gx4crc.com/imd-stations/ A Facebook page is also available by
International Marconi Day - GB4IMD in the search area.
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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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