Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday 20th September 2009

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THEORY CLASSES IN REGION 4

Plans are being put in place to run radio theory
classes in the Limerick area by IRTS Region 4
representative Ger McNamara EI4GXB, with the hope that
the theory examination can be held in Limerick which
will be dependant on numbers.

Those interested in attending the theory classes can
contact Ger via email at ei4gxb /at/ gmail.com or 087
2532512 or QTHR
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LIMERICK RADIO CLUB

Limerick Radio Club wishes to advise new applicants for
membership & former members who wish to re-join the
club, can find the application form on the club website
at www.eircom.net/ei4lrc

Please forward completed application forms to the club
chairman Dermot Gleeson EI2GT at QTHR.

Full details of the application process are also
available on the club website.
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AREN Net

The AREN Net on the 21st will be a Digital Mode NET.
The mode in use is PSK31, and will commence at 19:30
local time.
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Dublin Area Repeaters

Dublin, Kippure, repeater EI2KPR on
145.7625 Mhz has been operational since Wednesday 2nd.
    Sept Access 88.5Hz CTCSS and 2.5Khz deviation.

3 Rock repeater EI2TRR on 145.600 Mhz. is now on it's
new antenna since Tuesday 8th. Sept.

3 Rock 70Cms repeater EI7DUR on 433.225Mhz This is back
on air also since Tuesday 8th. Sept.

Happy listening, and if your licensed you are more then
welcome to use them.

Reception reports to ei2dj (at) eircom.net
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Broadcasters HF Net

KE7GGV has formed the 14.316 Broadcasters HF
Net-Sunday's 2300 UTC.

This net is a gathering place for current and former
Broadcasters/Engineers in (Radio/TV). All Amateurs
are welcome.

This is an open net that welcomes roundtable
discussions, technical tips and ideas, questions and
more.
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TAPR Digital Communications Conference

Over the weekend of the 25-27 September the annual ARRL
and TAPR DCC is being held in Chicago Illinois.

John Ronan EI7IG will be presenting his joint paper:
Experiments with Delay and Disruption Tolerant
Networking in AX.25 and D-STAR Networks.

John will also be presenting in the Introductory
sessions, an Introduction to APRS.
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EI2MOG- How To operate the Internet Gateway

EI2MOG on 145.2125Mhz located on Mount Oriel, Co.Louth
now requires the use of CTCSS tone 88.5Hz, and further
information can be found at
www.ei7dar.com/gateway.html.
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EI2GBW Special event Station - Cork Swansea Ferry

The purchase of MV Julia for the new Cork-Swansea ferry
service has now been completed. Julia left Finland on
16 September bound for Swansea, and is expected there
on Wednesday 23 September for berthing trials before
continuing on to Cork.

You can track her progress on marinetraffic.com under
'Ships Map' on the top left of the home page, and then
finding 'Julia' under the 'Go to vessel' option.

Following her brief visit to Swansea, Julia is expected
in Cork on Thursday 24 September or possibly the next
day or two if her departure from Swansea is delayed.

To celebrate her arrival in Cork, special event station
EI2GBW will be operating from the AREN mobile command
post trailer at Customs House Quay on the day she
arrives in Cork. Check press reports for exact timing
of Julia's arrival in Cork.

EI2GBW will be QRV on 80m and 40m for the day. Planned
frequencies are 3.660 to 3.680 MHz and 7.120 to 7.140
MHz. Operators will be John EI2GN, Tim EI2KA, Conor
EI4JN and John EI9JO. Visit the EI2GBW page on QRZ.com
for background information on the station.
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MRE AGM

The AGM of the Mayo Radio Experimenters will be
held on Wednesday October 7th at 9.30pm local time
in The Welcome Inn Hotel, Castlebar. All are
welcome to attend.
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4W6AL Logbook now available online

The 4W6AL log has also been updated and is available
online at: http://algarvedx.com

Please Note: QSL Manager/Pilot Station Toze, CT1GFK,
reports that some 100 stations worked a PIRATED 4W6AL
station on September 12th! Only four stations worked
the actual 4W6AL station. Check the log before QSLing
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Alpha Radio Products forms new Company

Alpha Radio Products. A newly formed company, RF
Concepts, LLC, has acquired all the assets of Alpha
Radio Products.

RF Concepts will manufacture the world-class amplifiers
and other products that, for more than 40 years, our
community has come to appreciate.
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Ray Oliver’s G3NDS - Sailing

As previously reported Ray Oliver’s sail for charity,
Ray is on his final leg of his journey to his homeport
after leaving in April 2008.

Rays journey is available with stories and photos on
his blog, weather permitting if all goes well he should
be home in time for this weekend.

Rays blog is available at www.roundukcruise.org.uk
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Swaziland DXpedition - QSL status

QSL Manager for the Swaziland DXpedition in August
2009, David, GI4FUM/3DA0DJ, reports that 5,000 QSL
cards have arrived from the printer (in the Ukraine),
on September 11th, so the cards are on their way back
to anyone who QSLed direct.

Cards from the UK and Ireland have been dealt with
first. Unfortunately, the present postal strikes will
not help, but the cards are on their way.

There are two designs, so anyone who worked more
than one member of the team should get cards in
both designs.
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Rallies

Sunday 1st November 2009 Foyle and District ARC Rally

Venue: White Horse Hotel, 68 Clooney Road, Derry, BT47
3PA (same hotel as last year)

Sunday 22nd November 2009 Mayo Radio Rally

Venue: Welcome Inn, Castlebar, Co. Mayo

The rally organiser and main contact is Padraic Baynes
EI9JA mobile 087 - 695 7154 or email pbaynes1 at
eircom dot net Special Accommodation Rates are also
available please check the full details on the
www.ei7mre.org website

For more information on Rallies please check the
IRTS website.
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This week in History

1736 Death of G.D. Fahrenheit, inventor of the
thermometer.

1853 E.G.Otis demonstrates the world's first lift.

1939 Sikorsky flies first successful helicopter
the VS-300.
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