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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday October 15th, 2023
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Reminder about the next HAREC Exams

The IRTS Examination Board wishes to remind candidates that the next
HAREC exams will be held on Saturday November 4th, 2023, at 11 a.m., in
both Cork and Dublin venues. The Dublin venue will be the Maldron
Hotel, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Co. Dublin, Ireland, Eircode D24 XC9W. The
Cork venue will be the Clayton Hotel Silversprings, Tivoli, Cork,
Eircode T23 E244. Registration on the day of the exam will begin at
10.30 a.m. sharp and the exam commences at 11 a.m. The deadline for
applications is Sun 22nd October 2023.
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IRTS Insurance Officer Required

The Irish Radio Transmitters Society is looking for your help. If you
are willing and, in a position, to advise or assist the committee in
the process of reviewing and replacing our current insurance policy,
please contact a committee member or the society secretary. This forms
an important part of our member service, and we welcome the experience
of our members in completing this process.
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Next IRTS Committee Meeting

The next IRTS Committee meeting will take place on Wednesday, October
18th at 8 p.m. on the Zoom platform. All IRTS affiliated clubs are
reminded that under Rule 16.1, the members in each affiliated club,
society or other body may elect a representative and an alternate
annually to attend IRTS Committee meetings. Clubs wishing to send a
representative should notify the IRTS Secretary, Owen EI4GGB at
irts_secretary /at/ irts.ie.
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North Dublin Radio Club Celebrating 50 Years

This year the North Dublin Radio Club is celebrating its 50th
anniversary. As part of their celebrations, they would like to invite
their many past members to the Christmas party to make it a special one
to remember. While arrangements are not yet finalised, they would like
to get a rough idea of numbers in advance. Traditionally, their party
is held during the week preceding Christmas. If you'd like to come
along and celebrate with them, please contact Tony EI6K on 086 298 5776
to express your provisional interest.
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Radio Scouting Ireland - EI0RSI - Jamboree on the Air 2023

Radio Scouting Ireland announce that JOTA-JOTI 2023 will take place
over the weekend of the 20th to the 22nd of October. JOTA-JOTI is a
fantastic annual event in the world scouting calendar where scouts from
all over the world connect with each other using amateur radio. It has
been in place since 1957. This year, there is huge interest from
scouting groups and radio operators across Ireland.

Over the weekend, more than 400 Irish scouts are expected to take part
in the event. Many of these scouts will have their first introduction
to amateur radio and make their first QSO. Hopefully, some will be
bitten by the bug and become licensed radio operators in the future.
There will be eight EI stations on air supported by clubs around the
country. Please listen for them, on all bands, and local repeaters. All
QSOs and reports are welcome. Thanks to all the radio clubs and
operators that will be assisting over the weekend.
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Collective Communication Update

Collective Communication has been asked to support this year's Jamboree
on the Air next weekend and are more than happy to do so. EI3CC will be
at Ballyscanlon Lake just outside Tramore, Co. Waterford for the full
weekend of 21st and 22nd October with their radio communications unit
and caravan. Following last year's very successful JOTA where over 60
scouts attended, they have been told to expect even more this year.
Last year's JOTA was a little damp, so they are hoping for better
weather this time.
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Mid Ulster Amateur Radio Club's SOTA Event

On Saturday October 7th, the Mid Ulster Amateur Radio Club held a
Summit on the Air (SOTA) and QRP event on Carrigatuke Mountain. It is
365m above sea level in Co. Armagh. This event was co-hosted by Jamie
2I0JVX and Ian GI0AZB who offered his advice on years of experience to
all attending on SOTA and QRP operation. VHF/UHF and HF were all
employed during the day with great results. The club hopes to host
similar events in the future and details will appear on their Facebook
page and through their normal club channels. Everyone is welcome to
attend. The club may be contacted directly via email to muarc.secretary
/at/ muarc.yahoo.co.uk.
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Tipperary Amateur Radio Group Meeting

The next meeting of Tipperary Amateur Radio Group will be held at The
Talbot Hotel, Clonmel on Wednesday the 18th of October 2023 at 8 p.m.
This meeting is open to all and Short Wave Listeners are in particular
very welcome to attend. For more information about Tipperary Amateur
Radio Group, visit their group website www.ei7trg.ie
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September's Edition of the IARU Monitoring System Newsletter

As you may be aware, the IRTS is the member society of the
International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). The September edition of the
IARU Region 1 Monitoring System newsletter has been published. In this,
they announce changes to region 1 national coordinators before moving
on to an update about recent interference that was affecting spectrum
segments typically used for FT8 and FT4 digital modes. Several reports
of interfering and intruder signals of military and other related
origin were noted again.

The newsletter also reports on a large range of unusual signals in the
10m band that have been relatively easy to spot due to the good
propagation over the past few weeks and months. The newsletter and
further information about the IARU Region 1 activities may be found at
www.iaru-r1.org
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Items for Inclusion in Next Week's Radio News

That is the news for this week. Items for inclusion in next week's
radio news can be submitted by email to newsteam/at/irts/dot/ie for
automatic forwarding to both the radio and printed news services. The
deadline is midnight on Thursday.

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