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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday 8th January 2017
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Wild Atlantic Way

The Wild Atlantic Way project has been underway since New Year's Day.
There has been good demand on the air for the WAW call signs, with big
pileups from time to time. It is important to maintain high visibility
for the project over the full year, so the coordinators are looking for
additional operators to help out. See www.irts.ie/waw-ops for more
information.
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Cork Radio Club

Cork Radio Club will hold their first meeting of the new year on
Wednesday next, 11th January, in the Carrigtwohill Community Centre
starting at 8.30pm. Members look forward to welcoming home two much
travelled DXers, Dave EI9FBB and Jeremy EI5GM, from their recent trip
to activate another rare IOTA, Asia-088 in Qatar with the local amateur
radio society.

All members are requested to attend this meeting as outline plans for
the coming year's activities will be discussed. As well as the field
days, other activities will depend on the interest shown by members.

In an effort to support students who are studying for the theory
examination, the club proposes to hold study days during the coming
months. This will involve day long get-togethers where experts in all
aspects of the syllabus will be available to mentor students.
Expressions of interest should be sent to Dave EI4BZ via email to
davebeag /at/ gmail.com or by phone to 087-6290574.

Also contact Dave to operate the Cork Wild Atlantic Way call sign,
EI99WAW, on any band or mode.
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Shannon Basin Radio Club

Shannon basin radio club is holding its AGM in Hannons Hotel Roscommon
on Friday the 13th at 20:30. All members are requested to attend and
anyone wishing to join is very welcome.
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South Dublin Radio Club

Theory classes will return at the club starting 17th January and then
weekly until May 2017 for those interested in obtaining an Amateur
Radio licence.

Intended for the absolute beginner they will be exam focused. Those
intending to attend should register their interest through the contact
us section on the South Dublin Radio Club website or attend the January
10th meeting upstairs in Ballyroan Community Centre on the Marian Road
in Rathfarnham South Dublin. Class notes will be shared by email, and
those attending are asked to bring a notepad and pen.

The course material has been updated and improved based on feedback
from last years course. The website for registering is
www.southdublinradioclub.ie Classes and normal club meetings start at
8:30pm every Tuesday night.
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Phoenix Rally

The Phoenix Amateur Radio Club Rally takes place on Sunday 19th
February in the Coolmine Community School, Grove Road, Blanchardstown.
Doors open at 10am. In recent years, the Phoenix rally has been the
only radio rally in the Dublin area, so it is always well attended. To
book a table contact Tony at 087-243 9997.
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Counties Contest

Our 80 metres counties contest on New Year's Day was well supported,
with activity from most counties. Reports we have received suggest that
band conditions on the day were generally good, with excellent local
propagation from the start and some longer skip towards the end. Quite
a few portable stations were heard, taking advantage of the good WX.
The contest manager is asking those who participated in the contest but
have not yet submitted their logs to do so as soon as possible. The
deadline for logs is next Sunday, 15th January.
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Annual General Meeting, diary date

A date for your diary: the 85th Annual General Meeting of the Irish
Radio Transmitters Society will be hosted by the Dundalk Amateur Radio
Society over the weekend of 8/9 April 2017, in the Crowne Plaza, Green
Park, Dundalk. More details in future news bulletins.
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Radio Shacks of Ireland, Photo Competition

Dundalk Amateur Radio Society is running a competition for the best
shack photo. All entries received will be entered into a Prize Draw for
a handheld radio, and will be printed and displayed as a wall
exhibition at the IRTS AGM. See www.ei7dar.com for full details of how
to enter.
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Cups and Trophies

With the AGM coming soon, the 2016 Cup and Trophy award holders are
asked to return their awards as soon as possible, so that the Awards
Curator Larry McGriskin EI9CN can prepare them for the new recipients
at the AGM 2017 awards ceremony in Dundalk. Cups and Trophies can be
returned to any IRTS Committee Member.
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DX News

To celebrate the 80th birthdays of both King Harald V and Queen Sonja
of Norway during 2017 special event stations will be active. The
callsigns to look for are LM80REX and LM80Q. QSLs for these stations
are via Club Log OQRS.

David ZS1BCE who was active from the research station on Marion Island
for 12 months during 2013/14 is returning there soon for a further 17
months. He will reactivate his ZS8Z callsign and operate SSB on the HF
bands. As before his QSL Manager will be ZS1LS.

Activity from the Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus has been rare in
recent times but during January three stations will be on the air. The
callsigns are ZC4SB, ZC4DB and ZC4JB. Check out qrz.com for details of
the QSL information.

Tom PA3TG who was QRV as 5N/PA3TG during the final few months of 2016
will be using his new callsign 5N40TG from Lagos this month. QSL to his
home call.
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