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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday 29th May 2016
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Contests

The results of the 40 metres counties contest held on 8th May have been
published, and can be seen on the society's Contest Results page at
www.irts.ie/results An enhanced D-layer, caused by a fairly strong
geomagnetic storm, which hit the Earth shortly before the contest,
resulted in very poor propagation. Just 15 EI/GI counties were active
during the contest, however there was good participation from overseas
stations, which accounted for 7 of the 19 logs received.

Fortunately the adverse band conditions experienced on 8th May are
fairly rare, and let's hope that propagation is better for the
society's next contest - which is CW Field Day, on Saturday & Sunday
next, 4th & 5th June. This contest runs for 24 hours from 15:00 UTC,
but for those unwilling to operate for the full period, we have a
restricted 6-hour section. See www.irts.ie/contests for the full rules.
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group

The South Eastern Amateur Radio Group would like to wish all of the
candidates sitting the Harec exam next Thursday in Dublin and Waterford
the very best of luck. A special message of good luck to our own class
of 2016 and we look forward to having a chat with all of you on the
radio soon.

Normal monthly meetings of the club will resume in June. Meetings had
been temporary suspended to facilitate the theory classes on a Monday
night. The June meeting will take place in the Roanmore Social and
Sports Centre, Cleaboy Road, Waterford on Monday night the 27th of June
at 8.00 p.m. New members or anyone interested in learning more about
amateur radio are very welcome to come along.
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Dundalk Amateur Radio Society EI7DAR

The next business meeting of DARS will be held at the club premises
Larkin House, 113 Castletown Road Dundalk on Wednesday 1st June at
8.30pm.

The next club activity night will be held on Wednesday 15th June 8.30pm
at club QTH.

Remember to visit www.ei7dar.com for details of Radio Shacks of Ireland
photography competition.
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Shannon Basin Radio Club

The Shannon Basin Radio Club will take part in the IARU HF World
Championship as part of the EIDX Group team which takes place on the
9th and 10th July.

A large multi-multi station will be set up in Garbally College
Ballinasloe Co. Galway and EI0HQ will be the callsign for the contest.

This will be a great opportunity to see a large contest station in
action so visitors are of course welcome. For more details contact Dave
EI9FBB or PAT EI9HX, QTHR.

The next Club meeting will be on the 15th July at 20:30 in Hannons
Hotel Roscommon Town. For more information please see
www.shannonbasinradioclub.c om
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GK4LOH received over 3467 km on 144 MHz

We have received news that a reflection from the structure of the
International Space Station enabled a 144.175 MHz signal from Tim
GK4LOH in Cornwall to cross the Atlantic

At 02:40 UTC May 24th 2016 ISS Flypast. Signal heard 2 minutes 45 into
the recording and continued for over a minute. The transmitted message
was "GK4LOH GK4LOH T T T T T T T T T T"
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Dx News

FY/F6CKD. Gerard F6CKD will be active from French Guiana until 15th
June 2016 as FY/F6CKD.

Kevin K6TOP will again be active from B.V.I as VP2V/K6TOP between May
27th to June 15th 2016. QRV on 40-10m CW, spare time. QSL via LoTW.

John, 2M0JMN, will be active from the Cayman Islands as ZF2MN between
June 3rd to 17th 2016. QRV holiday-style, HF bands. QSL via M0OXO

Olli, OH0XX is active as PZ50X from Suriname between May 23rd to June
1, 2016. QRV on 160m to 10m mainly CW. QSL to the home call and logs
will be uploaded to Logbook of The World.

Prefix hunters should look for the special event station being operated
by the Radio Club des Ardennes until 21 June. The callsign is OS101AB
and commemorates the 101st Airborne Division action during the Battle
of the Bulge in World War 2. QSLs can be sent via the Belgian QSL
Bureau.
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Radio News Service

This is a reminder to Club secretaries to submit news to newsteam /at/
irts.ie, on a regular basis for inclusion in the weekly radio news
bulletins. Please make a special effort to submit news.
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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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