IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday May 28th 2023

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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday May 28th 2023
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IRTS Committee

The first meeting of the newly elected IRTS Committee was held on
Thursday last May 25th on the Zoom platform. This is the meeting where
all the officer posts are filled and thankfully there were only four
vacancies to fill. Long time IARU Liaison Officer Dave Court EI3IO has
decided to step down from the role and the society is very grateful for
all his work over the years. He will be handing over the role to IRTS
Vice President Robbie Phelan EI2IP. Brian Canning EI8IU has been
looking after the 8 series incoming QSL cards for over 15 years and
will be handing over the job to Charlie Carolan EI8JB. Thanks to Brian
for the great service. The vacancy for a radio news editor was filled
with the appointment of Keith Nolan EI5IN. Almost fifty members are
involved in running the Society and we thank them all for the
commitment. The venue for next year's Annual General Meeting has not
been identified and expressions of interest are invited from clubs
willing to host the event. Contact the IRTS secretary Owen O'Reilly
EI4GGB at irts underscore secretary at irts.ie The next meeting of the
IRTS committee will be held on Thursday June 29th on the Zoom platform.
Affiliated cubs are reminded to advise the IRTS secretary of the names
of their delegate and a substitute.
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National Shortwave Listeners Club

Members of the National Shortwave Listeners Club are currently waiting
to hear of all the results from the HAREC examination held on Saturday
May 13th in both Dublin and Cork. To date they have twenty-eight new
licencees on board. All new licensees are reminded to contact the
Society's membership officer David EI3IXB at memrecords at IRTS.ie with
the details of their new callsigns so that their records can be
updated. The Sunday socials will continue over the summer months and
many interesting topics will be covered. Due to an extraordinary
interest in the learning of CW among their members, the club will be
holding three Thursday night special sessions in June to help members
learn more about the subject. The club's Annual General Meeting will be
held on June 25th with the usual AGM agenda of reports, elections,
future planning, etc. Information about the club is available on
SWL.ie.
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Contest News

Next weekend, the IRTS CW Field day will be run in conjunction with the
IARU Region 1 CW Field Day. It starts at 1500z on Saturday and has
three sections, 24 hours open, 24 hours restricted and a six hour
restricted section. Full rules are available on www.irts.ie/contests
The UK Six Metre Group run their summer contest over 24 hours from
1300z on Saturday June 3rd. Why not add a six metre station to your CW
field day station. The modes permitted are SSB, CW, FM, AM, SSTV &
RTTY. Full rules available on uksmg.org The ARRL International Digital
Contest runs from 1800z on Saturday June 3rd to 2359z on Sunday 4th.
Amateurs worldwide contact and exchange QSO information with other
amateurs using any digital mode (excluding RTTY) that supports the
4-digit Grid Square exchange on the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, and 6
meter bands, attended operation only allowed.
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ComReg New Amateur Station Guidelines 09/45 R5

On May 22nd, the Commission for Communications Regulation published a
new document covering Amateur Station Licence Guidelines. The Reference
is ComReg 09/45R5. This was a surprise development, and nobody was
aware of the intended publication. An early perusal suggests that there
is some positive news but also there are some anomalies that need
further study. Members have already started discussions on the topic on
the IRTS Groups.io forum and further input from members is welcome to
help form Society policy on the documents content.
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TinyGS Station Workshop in Cork

Jeffery Rowe EI7IRB is running a workshop in Cork on Friday June 9th
from 1830 to 2030 where you will build and programme your own ground
station and antenna to receive data from space. TinyGS is an open
community-run network of Ground Stations distributed around the world
to receive and operate LoRa satellites, weather probes and other flying
objects, using cheap and versatile modules. With a TinyGS ground
station, you can receive data from a variety of sources, such as
CubeSats. No prior experience is required, and you will be provided
with all the necessary materials, tools, and equipment to guide you
through the process. The venue is Benchspace, Marina Commercial Park,
Centre Park Road, Cork City, postcode is T12 YAE4. Book your place at
https://benchspacecork.ie. The cost is EUR80.00.
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC

The May meeting of the South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC will
take place on Monday the 29th of May 2023 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. For anyone that wishes
to find out more about the South Eastern Amateur Radio Group and their
activities you can email them at southeasternarg /at/ gmail.com or go
along to any of their meetings. You can check their website
www.searg.ie and you can also find them on Facebook. You can also
follow them on Twitter /at/ seargnews
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Collective Communications - Amateur Radio Direction Finding

On Sunday June 11th Collective Communication are having a pedestrian
ARDF 'fox hunt' at Oughaval Woods near Stradbally in Co. Laois
primarily for members of the National Short Wave Listeners Club. The
idea behind the event is not a formal radio fox hunt as such, but more
a hands-on demonstration and participation in pedestrian Amateur Radio
Direction Finding, allowing newcomers to gain the basic experience and
techniques required for successful Direction Finding. EI3CC will be
supplying the equipment and offering encouragement and advice by
demonstrating/helping those participating to find the elusive little
foxes that will have been pre-hidden within the woodland. Oughaval
woods is a reasonably central location and as such shouldn't be too
difficult to get to from all parts of the country. A HF station will be
on air from their caravan along with liquid refreshments for those
requiring R&R following their hunting exertions.
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LimerickClare 2m Repeater back on air

ComReg has issued the call sign EI2REG for the Limerick Clare Amateur
Radio Club 2M repeater. The repeater will be installed near Ardagh in
West Limerick and will go "live" during the coming week. Full details
will be available on the IRTS web site. LCARC congratulates all who sat
the recent HAREC exam and welcomes new members including SWLs to join
the club and to operate from the Club's station at the Shannon Aviation
Museum.
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HF Newsreaders Required

The Society's HF radio news service on Sunday mornings on the 80 and 40
metre bands is in urgent need of additional volunteer newsreaders. Help
is needed with both the SSB and RTTY broadcasts. If you feel you can
help, please contact the IRTS Radio News Co-ordinator Seany EI2HZB
directly on 083-4713001 or by email at irts underscore pro /at/
irts.ie.
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EI0HQ in IARU HF Championships

It is intended that the IRTS HQ Station callsign will be used in this
years IARU HF Championships over the weekend of July 8th and 9th. If
you are interested in participating, either from your home station or
from a multi-operator station, please contact contest manager Mark
EI6JK at 087 673 8356 or by email at ei6jk /at/ hotmail.com.
Headquarter stations are allowed multi station entries and Mark plans
to have a good station on every band and mode for the contest. All
stations will be using the DX-Log software and will be networked under
the guidance of Rafal EI6LA.
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Deadline for printed news

The deadline for the June EI News is Monday May 29th and the deadline
for submissions to the summer edition of Echo Ireland is May 31st. 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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