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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday April 7th, 2024
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News from the IRTS

The Irish Radio Transmitters Society's 91st AGM Weekend takes place
next weekend, April 13th and 14th. The event which is being hosted by
the Shannon Basin Radio Club will take place in the Shearwater Hotel,
Ballinasloe, Co. Galway. The weekend will feature workshop type talks
on Saturday afternoon and the IRTS Gala Dinner on Saturday evening. On
Sunday, the SBRC radio rally and monster raffle takes place from 10
a.m. and the weekend's activities conclude with the 2024 IRTS AGM on
Sunday afternoon which starts at 3 p.m. A small number of gala dinner
tickets remain and anyone who may want one is asked to get in touch
with Anthony EI6GGB immediately please. All fully paid-up members of
the IRTS are welcome and encouraged to attend the 2024 AGM on the
Sunday afternoon. Everyone in the IRTS looks forward to meeting friends
both old and new over the weekend and wish the SBRC the best of luck
hosting the event.

For anyone who may be joining or renewing their membership of the IRTS,
please take note of the following. For those who wish to pay by cheque
or postal order, please ensure that the cheque or postal order is made
payable to the Irish Radio Transmitters Society and don't just use the
initials IRTS. This is to follow guidelines that are in place in our
bank. People are encouraged to use the PayPal method to pay membership
fees but for anyone that wishes to use cheque or postal please make
sure the payable to name is correct. If not, cheques or postal orders
cannot be accepted by our bank and will be return to the sender for
correction.
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC - Special Event Station

EI150IMD is the special event call which will be activated by members
of the South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC to celebrate the 150th
anniversary of the birth of Guglielmo Marconi. The call will be
activated by members of the group between April 25th and December 31st.
The special event station will be active from Rosslare, Co. Wexford,
Ireland on International Marconi Day, April 27th. Marconi established a
wireless transmitting station on the site where Marconi House now
stands in Rosslare in 1901. A special QSL card is available for anyone
that makes contact with the EI150IMD call. The club extends a special
thanks to the Cornish Radio Amateur Club G4CRC for planning and
organising this great event again this year. EI2WRC wishes to thank the
Rosslare Development Association, Wexford Co. Co., Eleanor White, and
the club's own Steve Kelly EI2JLB. For more information about EI2WRC,
their activities, and for contact details please see www.searg.ie
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150th Anniversary of Marconi

Continuing with the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the birth
of Marconi, the special station "Marconiana" IY1EY is operational until
next Sunday April 14th. The special event station is using SSB, CW, and
digital modes on all HF bands from 80m to 10m. The Marconian special
prefix will be active simultaneously on multiple bands and modes.
Points can be collected by working the station across the modes and
bands. You can then claim an award when a minimum of 20 points has been
gathered.
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Galway Radio Experimenters Club Update

Members of Galway Radio Experimenters club were again ready to assist
the university College Galway mountaineering cub in the running of the
2024 Maam Turk walk in Connemara on Saturday April 6th. However, due to
storm Kathleen, the event was cancelled on safety grounds. GREC has
been performing this service yearly since 1991. This is only the fourth
time that the event has not run since 1975. GREC will be holding their
next meeting on Monday 8th of April in the Menlo Park hotel, Galway at
8pm. Visitors and new licensees are welcome to come along.
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EIDX Group Returns Home from Lesotho

The EIDX Group returned safely from their 7P8EI trip to Lesotho last
Sunday with over 50,000 QSOs in the log. Despite the poor band
conditions, they were delighted to get so many EIs and GIs in the log.
The group will be giving a presentation at next week's IRTS AGM weekend
talks in Ballinasloe. They will be soon talking bookings for their
annual DX F�ile event to be held this year on October 5th in the Temple
Gate hotel in Ennis.
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Maritime Radio Day 2024

The annual Maritime Radio Day takes place next week on the 14th and
15th of April to commemorate almost 100 years of wireless telegraphy
service for seafarers. It commences at 12:00 UTC on the 14th and
finishes at 23:00 UTC on the 15th. For more information, you can visit
www.radioofficers.com/mrd -2024/
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Rally Reminders

Shannon Basin Radio Club's rally and monster raffle featuring over
twenty-five traders and clubs as well as approximately EUR3000 in
prizes from fifteen sponsors takes place next Sunday April 14th.
Radios, shack equipment, tools, and vouchers are up for grabs. Among
the prizes is a Cushcraft top band vertical antenna sponsored by
Shannon Basin Radio Club which will enable the lucky winner to join in
on topband DX activities. The venue is the Shearwater Hotel in
Ballinasloe, Co. Galway as part of the 2024 IRTS AGM weekend. Doors
will open at 10.00 a.m. and admission will be EUR5. Further information
may be found at www.sbrc.ie/agmweekend

Lough Erne Amateur Radio Club's 40th rally takes place on Sunday 5th
May 2024. The venue is the Share Discovery Village located at 221
Lisnaskea Rd, Lisnaskea, Enniskillen BT92 0JZ. Doors will open at 11
a.m. and admission is five euro or five pound which includes a ticket
for the draw on the day.
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