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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday 14th January 2018
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80 Meters Counties Contest

Reminder regarding the 80 metres Counties Contest, which took place on
New Year's Day, the deadline for submission of logs is Monday 15th
January. The contest manager is calling for any outstanding logs to be
submitted before this date.
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QSL Outwards Manager

Tony Baldwin EI8JK is stepping aside as QSL Outwards Manager after many
years of sterling service. The Society is indebted to him for all his
work and sends him sincerest thanks.

Dave O'Connor EI6AL has agreed to take up the position in addition to
his many other commitments to IRTS. Full contact details are on the
QSLs page which is to be found under Services on the IRTS web site.
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Morse Tests

Morse testing will be held at the Phoenix Radio Club Rally at the
Coolmine Community School on Sunday February 11th starting at 1100.

Places can be booked by contacting Dave EI4BZ on 087-6290574 or by
email to "ei4bz /at/ eircom /dot/ net".
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Wild Atlantic Way

While the on air activity for the WAW operators and co-ordinators has
ended, the work goes on for the WAW QSL Manager, Dave EI6AL. Please
don't forget to send your logs as soon as possible to him, so that he
can crunch the numbers to make the totals available.

Please note that the cut off date receipt of all WAW logs is today
Sunday the 14th January 2018. The final results will be announced at
the IRTS AGM in Galway on Sunday 15th April 2018 - when Certificates
and Trophies will be awarded.
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SOTA

Despite the current weather spring is not far away and many amateurs
thought will turn to the great outdoors and Summits on the Air (SOTA).
Albert White EI6KO has produced a tri-fold brochure explaining SOTA and
amateur radio to members of the public and others that may be
interested.

This excellent publication is available to download from the Downloads
section of the IRTS Web site. It can be found there under "Operating".
Why not print out a few copies and have them available to explain our
hobby.
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Southern Ireland Repeater Group

It recently became necessary to relocate our 70cm repeater EI7BWR on
430.875 to an alternative site due to a change of site owners who were
not as accommodating to amateur radio. The new site is Mullaghanish
Mountain which is located on the Cork/Kerry border. The coverage from
the new site should be similar to the previous site but with improved
coverage in a Westerly direction. Because of the relocation and to keep
with the licensing format the repeater's callsign has been changed to
EI7MHR.

Our 2 meter repeater EI2DBR on 145.650 located at Devil's Bit Co.
Tipperary has been suffering from interference on and off for the past
while due to intermod. The interference is very intermittent and out of
our control so it was decided to change the access to CTCSS to prevent
the false triggering of the repeater causing an annoyance to users. A
site visit was made on the 12th of January last to made the necessary
changes and the tone 103.5Hz was decided on and programmed in the unit.

Any users with queries regarding the changes can email them to:
"sirnrepeaters /at/ gmail /dot/ com"
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Phoenix Amateur Radio Club Rally

A little reminder that the Phoenix Amateur Radio Club rally will take
place on 11th February 2018 in Coolmine Community School, Dublin 15,
D15 FW97. Doors will open at 10:00 a.m. To book a table contact Tony at
087-243 9997. Tea and refreshments will be available all day. Unlimited
free car parking.
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AREN

On the weekend of 3rd and 4th of February, AREN will hold a National
training and development weekend in Domineer, County Tipperary.
Accommodation is available, booking required. For more information,
visit www.aren.ie or contact EI4JN. New members welcome.
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group

The January meeting of the group will take place on Monday the 29th of
January 2018 in the Roanmore Social and Sports Centre, Cleaboy Road,
Waterford at 8.00 p.m. sharp. At this meeting Keith EI5KJ will be doing
a show and tell on working amateur radio satellites entitled
"Satellites made simple!". New members or anyone interested in learning
more about amateur radio or the group are as always very welcome to
attend

For anyone that wishes to find out more about the South Eastern Amateur
Radio Group and their activities you can come along to any of their
meetings. You can check out their website www.searg.ie and you can also
join them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter.
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Limerick Radio Club

LRC wishes to congratulate John and Ivars who have been advised of
their success in the recent HAREC Examination. As they await their call
signs, the club wishes them many years of happy and successful
operating.

Morse code instruction continues after the IRTS News, which is read at
20:00 on Mondays. Code for improvers is on Tuesdays at 20:00. EI QRP
and Homebrew Group The EI QRP and Homebrew Group on Facebook has been
growing from strength to strength with over sixty members to date.
Currently, many of the members are building the QCX transceiver kits
from QSP Labs. The group is a great place for exchange of ideas and
general information on QRP and homebrew activity in EI. So if you are
on Facebook why not join our group.
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Cork Radio Club

Congratulations to club member Justin McDonagh on recently passing the
HAREC examination and we look forward to hearing him on the airwaves
soon. Mentoring for members intending sitting the HAREC examination in
the summer continues and new participants are very welcome to join in.

Contact regarding any Cork Radio Club activity can be made by email to
"info /at/ corkradioclub /dot/ ie" or by telephone to 087-6290574
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DX News

Chris VK2YUS will be QRV from Efate in Vanuatu from 14th - 21st
January. He will be using the callsign YJ0CA and hopes to be on 40 and
20m SSB. The IOTA reference is OC-035 and QSLs go to the home call. A
small multi-national team led by Zorro JH1AJT will operate as E31A from
Asmara, Eritrea from 14th - 23rd January. They will be on all bands 160
- 10m CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via Club Log OQRS. Brian GW4DVB will be
back in St Vincent in the Caribbean from 21st - 27th January. He will
be heard from Palm Island using his J88PI callsign. Activity will be
mainly SSB on 40 - 6m. QSL to his home call. The well-travelled JA1PBV
is at present operating as 5X2S from Entebbe, Uganda. QSL to his home
call. Pete K8PGJ will reactivate his ZF2PG callsign from the Cayman
Islands from 13th - 21st January. Logs will be uploaded to Logbook of
The World and QSLs can be obtained via his home call.
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