IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday May 24th 2023

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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday May 24th 2023
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Silent Key - George Mc Clarey EI6S

We regret to report on the death of George Mc Clarey EI6S of
Mountnugent, Co. Cavan on Sunday last May 14th in Cavan General
Hospital. George was one of EI's leading DXers and was a DXCC Honor
Roll member with the highest total of 357 countries ever confirmed by
an EI radio amateur. He was a low band specialist and was well known
worldwide particularly on top band and 80 metres. We extend our deepest
sympathy to his sons Martin, Kieran and Brendan and his extended
family. George was laid to rest on Wednesday May 17th at Kilgarry
cemetery.
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Committee Meeting Postponed

The IRTS committee meeting scheduled for Saturday May 20th in Athlone
was postponed and has been rescheduled for Thursday next May 24th at
2000 on the Zoomplatform.
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Mills on the Air

Last weekend was the annual Mills on the Air event and as usual Shannon
Basin Club members set up a station with the callsign EI2EWM at the
three hundred year old Windmill in Elphin, County Roscommon. Operation
was carried out over Saturday and Sunday. Collective Communication
EI3CC set up a station at the Tacumshane Windmill in County Wexford
operating from the club caravan. A gazebo was set up with simple
'electronic' games and basic circuit building blocks to engage with
members of the general public.
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National Shortwave Listeners Club

Many members of the National Shortwave Listeners Club are currently
anxiously waiting on the results from the HAREC examination held on
Saturday May 13th in both Dublin and Cork. Many new callsigns should be
heard on the air over the coming weeks. The Sunday socials will
continue over the Summer months and many interesting topics will be
covered. The clubs Annual General Meeting will be held on June 25th
with the usual AGM agenda of reports, elections, future planning, etc.
The next on line course which will be the clubs sixth, will start in
the Autumn and already there is strong interest from potential
participants. All information about the club and classes is available
on swl.ie.
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Collective Communications ARDF

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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Contest News

The CQWW CW WPX contest is the big event and will be held over 48 hours
next weekend. In two weeks time we will have the IRTS CW Field Day
starting at 1500z on Saturday June 3rd. There are' three sections, the
open section runs for 24 hours and there are two restricted sections,
one for 24 hours and one for six hours. Last year's open section was
won by Avondhu Radio Club EI1E with 821 QSOs, there was no entry in the
24 hours restricted section and Joe EI7GY won the restricted 6 hour
section with 304 QSOs. We appeal to clubs to get involved in this our
oldest contest.
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC

The Irish Vintage Society's All Ireland Vintage Rally will be held on
Sunday next May 28th in Ballyfin, Co. Laois (Eircode R32 AD92) starting
at 10am. The South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC will be
showcasing the hobby at this event, their second time participating in
the national event. If you cannot visit them on the day, keep a listen
out on the bands and keep an eye on the cluster for the EI2WRC/P call.
If you want to find out more about the South Eastern Amateur Radio
Group and their activities, email them at southeasternarg at gmail.com
or go along to any of their meetings. You can check their website at
www.searg.ie and you can find EI2WRC on Facebook and Twitter /at/
seargnews.
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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. For
HQ stations it is a multi station event with different bands and modes
being operated at various stations throughout the country. Organisers
Mark EI6JK and Rafal EI6LA hope to have all stations networked. 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.
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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. If
you feel you can help by joining the rota or if you need further
information, please contact the IRTS Radio News Co-ordinator Seany
EI2HZB directly on 083-4713001 or by email at irts underscore pro /at/
irts.ie. As well as the broadcasts on SSB, the news is broadcast on
RTTY at 1300 on 3.580MHz on Sundays on a trial basis and volunteers are
also required for this service.
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QRZ.com

QRZ.com is a website that's lists almost all amateur radio callsigns in
the world and was founded 30 years ago by its President Fred Lloyd,
AA7BQ. It is a small business, run by hams. QRZ.com has been running an
online logbook for the past eight years and have announced a special
award to celebrate their 30th anniversary and is one of many available
to their logbook users. All the details are on qrz.com
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Outdoor Operating

Now that Summer is here we can look forward to more outdoor radio
activity both of the mobile and portable variety. Clubs will be running
special event and field day stations and individuals can participate in
the many award schemes like the Worked EI Counties, Worked All Ireland,
Parks on the Air, World Wide Flora and Fauna and Castles on the Air.
The WEIC and WAI awards are run by IRTS and details can be found on
their website at irts.ie. The World Wide Flora and Fauna information is
available at https://eiffirl.wordpress.com and the Parks on the Air
details can be found on parksontheair.com.
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Deadline for printed news

The EI News monthly online IRTS publication is distributed on the first
day of each month to all members who have an email address listed with
the membership records officer. News items are very welcome and should
be submitted by Monday May 29th. 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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