(BUTTON) Go Back

This Week's News

IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday October 29th, 2023
__________________________________________________________________

IRTS Officers 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.

The IRTS is also seeking a volunteer to undertake the role of Youth
Officer. The work the Youth Officer does is important in promoting the
hobby to younger generations. Some responsibilities include organizing
youth activities such as participating in YOTA contests and activities,
helping coordinate JOTA/JOTI, and liaising with other youth
organizations and radio clubs.

This role comes with detailed handover documentation and a supportive
committee to enable the new Youth Officer to get up to speed quickly
and continue encouraging youth in our hobby. Anyone interested in
taking on this role is asked to get in touch with any IRTS committee
member.
__________________________________________________________________

Seeking HF News Readers

The IRTS is also still inviting HF newsreaders to join the panel for
the weekly Sunday morning 40m and 80m IRTS news bulletins. The more
people that volunteer to become readers, the less often that each
individual person will have to read a bulletin. There is very little
involved in reading the weekly news bulletin and no experience is
necessary. If any licenced IRTS member living in EI feels like they
would be interested in becoming part of the IRTS News Readers panel, or
for more information, please get in touch with the IRTS News
Coordinator Seany EI2HZB by phone on 083 4713001 or by email to
irts_pro /at/ irts.ie.
__________________________________________________________________

EI0IRTS New Weekly News Bulletin

Last week, the IRTS news team was delighted to announce a new
additional weekly EI0IRTS news bulletin. The new bulletin is read by
members of the Dundalk Amateur Radio Society EI7DAR on Wednesday
evenings at 8:00 p.m. local time on the EI2CCR Clermont Cairn 2m
repeater. This bulletin is on a trial basis and a call in takes place
after the news itself. You are all invited to call in and support this.
EI2CCR's output frequency is 145.675MHz and it uses a 110.9Hz CTCSS
tone. The IRTS wishes to thank the members of DARS for this Wednesday
night bulletin and wish them every success with it.
__________________________________________________________________

South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC

As tomorrow Monday, October 30th is a Bank Holiday, there will be no
physical meeting of the South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC. The
next physical meeting will be their November meeting on Monday,
November 30th at 8 p.m. sharp at the New Community Men's Shed, Ozanam
Centre, Coffee House Lane, Waterford. New members, or anyone interested
in learning more about amateur radio or the group are as always very
welcome to attend. Everyone in EI2WRC would like to wish all the
candidates sitting the HAREC exam in both the Dublin and Cork venues
next Saturday the 4th of November, the very best of luck. They hope to
hear you all on the airwaves very soon. To find out more about EI2WRC,
their activities, and for contact details please see www.searg.ie
__________________________________________________________________

North Dublin Radio Club Celebrating 50 Years

As reported recently, the North Dublin Radio Club is celebrating its
50th anniversary this year. The club wishes to remind everyone that 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.
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.
__________________________________________________________________

Build Your Own Satellite Ground Station

Jeffrey Roe EI7IRB is running another of his very popular workshops
about Tiny Ground Station, or known as TinyGS, where you can build and
program your own ground station and antenna to receive data from space.
This hands-on, beginner-friendly workshop is perfect for anyone
interested in radio, electronics, Internet of Things, antenna design,
and space exploration. The workshop will take place on Sunday 12th of
November from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. It costs 80 euro and the venue will be
the Tog Hackerspace on Kylemore Road in Dublin 12. For more information
and to book a spot, visit www.tog.ie/calendar
__________________________________________________________________

IRTS 2m and 70cm Autumn Counties Contest Results Published

The results of the IRTS 2m and 70cm Autumn Counties Contest have been
published. For the 70cm contest, eighteen counties were logged overall,
and twenty-five counties were logged for the 2m contest. The results
may be found on www.irts.ie/results . Well done to all the winners and
stations that took part.
__________________________________________________________________

SSTV from the International Space Station

After a long absence, satellite enthusiasts can again attempt to
receive SSTV images from the International Space Station until
Wednesday of this week. Transmissions are on 145.800MHz during active
passes. This is a test to verify the performance of replacement SSTV
equipment onboard the space station. Due to the testing, activity is
not guaranteed, and SSTV may not be active during all passes. For
Irish-based operators, the satellite passes occur during the night and
early morning this week.
__________________________________________________________________

Upcoming UKEICC 80m Contest

The next UKIECC 80m contest of the 2023-2024 season will be on
Wednesday 1st November 2023 at 8 p.m. on SSB. The bonus station EI5G
will be operated by Marty EI2IAB. The second bonus station GW5GEI, will
be operated by Stew GW0ETF. This is a one-hour contest, and the scoring
is distance-based. No RST should be sent but instead the exchange is
your six-character grid locator.
__________________________________________________________________

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.ie for
automatic forwarding to both the radio and printed news services. The
deadline is midnight on Thursday.

[C]
News Archives