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Southgate Amateur Radio News for Monday 11 February 2013
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Mountain Goat award for Welsh radio amateur
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/cqvi2ExdDSU/mountain_goat_award_for_welsh_radio_amateur.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
SOTA (Summits on the Air) is pleased to report another long-time
participant reaching the coveted Mountain Goat award
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Syllabus for Irish Amateur Radio Licence
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/7PWw1kTyI00/syllabus_for_irish_amateur_radio_licence.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Earlier this year the Irish Radio Transmitters Society reported that ComReg
had published a revised version of the Amateur Station Licence Guidelines
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SDR Touch turns tablet/phone into SDR
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/zdGqwo6F5-c/sdr_touch_turns_tablet_phone_into_sdr.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Ham Radio Science reports on SDR Touch that allows you to use your Android
tablet/cell-phone and a cheap RTL2832U as a Software Defined Radio
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GM100RSGB video
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/jz2UGSsoo20/gm100rsgb_video.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
This video shows the Moray Firth Amateur Radio Society celebrating 100
years of the RSGB using the callsign GM100RSGB
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DXCC Country/Entity Report
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/xDZwbUScKv0/dxcc_report_1102.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday,
3rd-February, through Sunday, 10th-February there were 225 countries active
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Restoration of Grey Point Fort
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/cFGfvfH2mIQ/restoration_of_grey_point_fort.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
A 48-hour special event station, starting at 1700hrs UTC 31st May 2013 to
1700hrs UTC 2nd June 2013, will commemorate the restoration of Grey Point
Fort Crawfordsburn, NI
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IOTA news from OPDX
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/NRAcE_OFlhw/february_11.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Weekly IOTA (Islands On The Air) News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW,
editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin
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Radio Ham going where no Dane has gone before
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/Ksy3mVJGQF8/radio_ham_going_where_no_dane_has_gone_before.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Radio amateur Kenneth Hemstedt OZ1IKY is hoping to be the first-ever Dane
to set foot on the remote Clipperton Island
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Ham Radio in Kraft Velveeta TV ads
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/4vnNVNYLBTo/ham_radio_in_kraft_velveeta_tv_ads.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Kraft are using amateur radio in their TV adverts to promote their Velveeta
Shells and Cheese Original product
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Mountain Goat award for Welsh radio amateur
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/cqvi2ExdDSU/mountain_goat_award_for_welsh_radio_amateur.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
SOTA (Summits on the Air) is pleased to report another long-time
participant reaching the coveted Mountain Goat award
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Syllabus for Irish Amateur Radio Licence
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/7PWw1kTyI00/syllabus_for_irish_amateur_radio_licence.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Earlier this year the Irish Radio Transmitters Society reported that ComReg
had published a revised version of the Amateur Station Licence Guidelines
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SDR Touch turns tablet/phone into SDR
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/zdGqwo6F5-c/sdr_touch_turns_tablet_phone_into_sdr.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Ham Radio Science reports on SDR Touch that allows you to use your Android
tablet/cell-phone and a cheap RTL2832U as a Software Defined Radio
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GM100RSGB video
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/jz2UGSsoo20/gm100rsgb_video.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
This video shows the Moray Firth Amateur Radio Society celebrating 100
years of the RSGB using the callsign GM100RSGB
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DXCC Country/Entity Report
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/xDZwbUScKv0/dxcc_report_1102.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday,
3rd-February, through Sunday, 10th-February there were 225 countries active
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Restoration of Grey Point Fort
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/cFGfvfH2mIQ/restoration_of_grey_point_fort.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
A 48-hour special event station, starting at 1700hrs UTC 31st May 2013 to
1700hrs UTC 2nd June 2013, will commemorate the restoration of Grey Point
Fort Crawfordsburn, NI
///////////////////////////////////////////
IOTA news from OPDX
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/NRAcE_OFlhw/february_11.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Weekly IOTA (Islands On The Air) News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW,
editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin
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Radio Ham going where no Dane has gone before
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/Ksy3mVJGQF8/radio_ham_going_where_no_dane_has_gone_before.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Radio amateur Kenneth Hemstedt OZ1IKY is hoping to be the first-ever Dane
to set foot on the remote Clipperton Island
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Ham Radio in Kraft Velveeta TV ads
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/4vnNVNYLBTo/ham_radio_in_kraft_velveeta_tv_ads.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Kraft are using amateur radio in their TV adverts to promote their Velveeta
Shells and Cheese Original product
J1MBO ...
Feb 11, 2013, 6:58:00 AM2/11/13
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> GM100RSGB video
>
> Posted:
> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/jz2UGSsoo20/gm100rsgb_video.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
>
> This video shows the Moray Firth Amateur Radio Society celebrating 100
> years of the RSGB using the callsign GM100RSGB
>
Spike
Feb 11, 2013, 11:03:14 AM2/11/13
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On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:33:38 -0500, Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed
wrote:
> Syllabus for Irish Amateur Radio Licence
>
Verifiable on the RSGB website:
Exams:
Foundation £27.50 Intermediate £32.50 Full £37.50
Books:
Foundation Licence Now! £4.99 non members, £3.74 members
Intermediate Licence £6.99 non members, £5.24 members
Advance £11.99 non members, £8.99 members
Additional course fees vary depending on venue costs.
To go from nowt to full would cost at least £115.47 without either the course
fees or the RSGB membership to get the book discounts upon which this
figure is calculated. Some book fees may be shaved by being clever with
Amazon's second hand marketplace.
Makes the Irish exam look a bloody bargain, doesn't it?
(Thanks to Fred Roberts for the above information)(very slightly edited).
General info about the exam, including details of how to get the 5 euro coursework CD here:
http://irts.ie/cgi/licence-exam.cgi
Visit http://irts.ie/cgi/downloads.cgi for:
470kB PDF Studying for the Harmonised Amateur Radio Examination Certificate
127kB PDF Amateur Station Licence Examination Syllabus
(Note: “Studying for the Harmonised Amateur Radio Examination Certificate”
includes a copy of the Syllabus)
141kB PDF Examination Application Form
Here's a sample of return air fares for the last Wednesday (picked at
random) in June next year, the exam window currently being June-July:
London Luton Ryanair £62
London Stansted Ryanair £65
Birmingham Ryanair, Aer Lingus £69
Bristol Ryanair, Aer Lingus £73
Leeds Bradford Ryanair £73
Liverpool Ryanair £73
Manchester Ryanair, Aer Lingus £73
Newcastle Ryanair £73
Blackpool Aer Lingus £75
Cardiff Aer Lingus £75
Glasgow Prestwick Ryanair £75
Isle of Man Aer Lingus £76
East Midlands Ryanair £77
Edinburgh Aer Lingus, Ryanair £77
London Southend AerLingus £78
Glasgow International Aer Lingus £79
Aberdeen Aer Lingus £89
London Heathrow Aer Lingus, British Airways £102
Dublin Bus offers an express AirLink service (route 747) every 10 minutes
at peak times to the city centre and bus station for €6 or €10 return.
This service uses the Dublin Port Tunnel to avoid the city traffic and can
reach the city centre in minutes.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/DublinBusRoute747
The nearest stop to the ComReg offices appears to be that in
Cathal Brugha St., about half-a-mile to the north.
Try this web site for food and drink:
http://travel.thedublinguide.com/food-drinks/
Use a budget airline, sit one 2-hour exam, and get a HAREC for less than £100, depending on
your location...and the UK Full (Reciprocal) licence is indistinguishable
from any other UK Full licence over the air. Do the 12wpm in Eire and get
a swanky two-letter Irish call as well, which could assist in overcoming the minor annoyances of the Reciprocal.
It's also a licence for life, validatable every five years to any postal address in the world.
Much better than all that faffing about with a specially-arranged weekend (has
anyone costed this? I bet they daren't publish the figures) to do all
three of the current UK exams and their associated tests, appreciations
and other irritating obstacles.
HTH
--
Spike
wrote:
> Syllabus for Irish Amateur Radio Licence
>
> Earlier this year the Irish Radio Transmitters Society reported that
> ComReg had published a revised version of the Amateur Station Licence
> Guidelines
Might be worth noting this:
> ComReg had published a revised version of the Amateur Station Licence
> Guidelines
Verifiable on the RSGB website:
Exams:
Foundation £27.50 Intermediate £32.50 Full £37.50
Books:
Foundation Licence Now! £4.99 non members, £3.74 members
Intermediate Licence £6.99 non members, £5.24 members
Advance £11.99 non members, £8.99 members
Additional course fees vary depending on venue costs.
To go from nowt to full would cost at least £115.47 without either the course
fees or the RSGB membership to get the book discounts upon which this
figure is calculated. Some book fees may be shaved by being clever with
Amazon's second hand marketplace.
Makes the Irish exam look a bloody bargain, doesn't it?
(Thanks to Fred Roberts for the above information)(very slightly edited).
General info about the exam, including details of how to get the 5 euro coursework CD here:
http://irts.ie/cgi/licence-exam.cgi
Visit http://irts.ie/cgi/downloads.cgi for:
470kB PDF Studying for the Harmonised Amateur Radio Examination Certificate
127kB PDF Amateur Station Licence Examination Syllabus
(Note: “Studying for the Harmonised Amateur Radio Examination Certificate”
includes a copy of the Syllabus)
141kB PDF Examination Application Form
Here's a sample of return air fares for the last Wednesday (picked at
random) in June next year, the exam window currently being June-July:
London Luton Ryanair £62
London Stansted Ryanair £65
Birmingham Ryanair, Aer Lingus £69
Bristol Ryanair, Aer Lingus £73
Leeds Bradford Ryanair £73
Liverpool Ryanair £73
Manchester Ryanair, Aer Lingus £73
Newcastle Ryanair £73
Blackpool Aer Lingus £75
Cardiff Aer Lingus £75
Glasgow Prestwick Ryanair £75
Isle of Man Aer Lingus £76
East Midlands Ryanair £77
Edinburgh Aer Lingus, Ryanair £77
London Southend AerLingus £78
Glasgow International Aer Lingus £79
Aberdeen Aer Lingus £89
London Heathrow Aer Lingus, British Airways £102
Dublin Bus offers an express AirLink service (route 747) every 10 minutes
at peak times to the city centre and bus station for €6 or €10 return.
This service uses the Dublin Port Tunnel to avoid the city traffic and can
reach the city centre in minutes.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/DublinBusRoute747
The nearest stop to the ComReg offices appears to be that in
Cathal Brugha St., about half-a-mile to the north.
Try this web site for food and drink:
http://travel.thedublinguide.com/food-drinks/
Use a budget airline, sit one 2-hour exam, and get a HAREC for less than £100, depending on
your location...and the UK Full (Reciprocal) licence is indistinguishable
from any other UK Full licence over the air. Do the 12wpm in Eire and get
a swanky two-letter Irish call as well, which could assist in overcoming the minor annoyances of the Reciprocal.
It's also a licence for life, validatable every five years to any postal address in the world.
Much better than all that faffing about with a specially-arranged weekend (has
anyone costed this? I bet they daren't publish the figures) to do all
three of the current UK exams and their associated tests, appreciations
and other irritating obstacles.
HTH
--
Spike
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