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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday 14th June 2020
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VHF/UHF Contest

Due to the continuing need for social distancing, VHF/UHF Field Day,
which normally takes place over the first weekend of July, will not
take place this year. Instead, we are running a series of one-off
VHF/UHF contests over the weekend of 4th and 5th July. Stations
entering the contest may be fixed or portable, provided any travel to
the station QTH is in accordance with government guidelines. There are
separate contests for each of the five VHF/UHF bands, with two hours
each for 6 metres, 4 metres, 70 cms and 23 cms, and three hours for the
2 metres event. Full details may be found at www.irts.ie/contests the
IRTS Contests page.
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ISS

The international space station will be speaking to a school in Spain
on Tuesday 16th June at 1:26pm Irish time. One side of the conversation
will be clearly audible nationwide on 145.800 FM for the following 10
minutes as the ISS passes over Ireland. The contact time and date may
change depending on Astronaut rescheduling.
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Shannon Basin Radio Club

The Shannon Basin Radio Club net on 160m has ended for the summer.
Thanks to all who took the time to call in and the swls for the
reports. The nets on 80m and 2 m will continue as normal. See the club
website (www.sbrc.ie) or facebook page for details.
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Galway Digital Radio Group

The Galway Digital Radio Group are pleased to announce that the Galway
Radio Club Fusion Repeater is operational from its new site in
Knockroe, Loughrea Co. Galway. The Repeater is operating in AMS Mode
(Automatic Mode Select) so if it receives Analog signals it will
retransmit in Analog or if it receives C4FM it will transmit C4FM. The
input frequency is 145.025MHz and output is 145.625 MHz. CTCSS tones of
77Hz are required to access the Analog side of the Repeater. The
repeater transmits CTCSS tones of 77Hz on the Analog Side. Special
thanks to Aengus EI4ABB, Des EI5GT and Enda EI2II who set this up on
Saturday the 13th of June. Initial reports are coming in over a wide
area. Reports from Mayo state that the Repeater can be accessed on Low
power. Wires-X will be connected allowing worldwide access.
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EIDXG Summer Challenge

EIDXG members (who brought you 9N7EI, 7Q7EI,5V7EI to name a few), are
running a unique Summer Challenge as a fun event beginning June 1st
through August 30th. Simply work as many unique DXCCs, CQ Worked all
Zones, Participating EIDXG members and 32 Irish counties as possible
(each one counting just once regardless of band or mode) and whoever
accumulates the most points at the end is the Winner. Full information
can be found on their website: www.eidxg.com/sc2020 where one can see
the different categories and 'small print' however this promises to be
a fun event and will generate extra activity on the bands both
Internationally and on a local level. Logs to be submitted by September
6th and Winners will be announced at their DX Féile event in October.
Enjoy the Chase!
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