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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday 19th March 2017
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Annual General Meeting 2017

The 85th IRTS AGM will take place in three weeks. Dundalk Amateur Radio
Society will host the event over the weekend of 8/9 April 2017, in the
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Green Park, Dundalk.

The IRTS website is constantly being updated www.irts.ie/agm

Dinner tickets are selling out fast and to ensure that you get your
ticket, please order yours now in order to avoid disappointment. In the
sunny South East from John Ronan, EI7IG. John's contact details can be
found on the IRTS Society Officers page www.irts.ie/cgi/officers.cgi or
QTH.

The March edition of Echo Ireland includes the Annual Accounts of the
society for the year to 31st December 2016 and the Committee Report for
the year. These accounts and report will, of course, be presented to
members at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.
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Publications Library

A few weeks ago we announced the launch of the IRTS Publications
Library at www.irts.ie/library which includes scanned copies of IRTS
publications up to the year 2000. Bill EI9FK has supplied a batch of
newsletters from the 1980s, providing lots of additional historical
material for the library. We have also included the "IRTS Amateur Radio
Yearbook 1986-87": in the pre-web site era, this Yearbook was a key
source of information about the society, its activities and affiliated
clubs. The big gap in the library is now the 1970s; Séamus EI8BP or Joe
EI7GY would like to hear from anyone with newsletters or other IRTS
publications from the missing years.
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Limerick Radio Club

Limerick Radio Club held it's annual Rally on Sunday 12th March. There
was a steady stream of visitors through the door from 11am onwards. The
club sincerely wishes to thank Raymond Long for his attendance. Over
many years Long Communications has been a great supporter of the LRC
annual Rally and for that we are very grateful.

LRC wishes to thank all the Bring & Buy people who had some great
bargains on offer. In addition, the 2017 rally can justifiably boast of
the biggest selection and quantity of test equipment on offer. Some
unsold items, rigs and test equipment, are still listed on the LRC web
site, see www.limerickradioclub.ie/

Last but not least the club wishes to acknowledge the great effort by
many club members, on the day and in the lead up to the Rally, which
helped to make the day a great success.
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Tipperary Amateur Radio Group

The next meeting of the Tipperary Amateur Radio Group will take place
in The Park Hotel, Clonmel on Tuesday 28th March at 8.30pm.

This meeting is open to all and Short Wave Listeners are most welcome
to attend. A number of radio related topics are up for discussion as
well as a demonstration of some low cost test equipment and shack
accessories.
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New Call Signs

Colm Brazel, whose station call sign was formerly EI5HFB, has been
issued with the new call sign EI4KO, while Keith Wallace, formerly
EI7HEB, now has the station call sign EI5KO. Colm and Keith both
participated in the Morse classes at South Dublin Radio Club and sat
and passed the Morse exam at the recent Phoenix Rally.
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Lough Erne Rally Sunday 14th May 2017

The 36th Lough Erne Radio Rally will take place at the SHARE Centre,
near Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh BT92 0EQ on Sunday 14th May. Doors
open at 11.30am. For more information and to book tables contact Mark
EI4HDB QTHR. www.learc.eu
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Wexford Wireless Club

On Wednesday 29th March John Ronan EI7IG will give a talk about
Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) and Amateur Radio Emergency
Network (AREN) at the club meeting at 8.30pm sharp. All club members or
anyone interested is asked to attend.

Wexford Wireless Club hold weekly meetings every Wednesday evening from
8pm to 10pm in Gorey Scout Hall just off Esmonde Street in Gorey,
CoountyWexford, everyone is as always very welcome

For more information about the club please contact the club secretary
Michael Fitzgerald EI9GGB at QTHR or by dropping an email to
Wexfordwirelessclub /at/ live.ie
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DX News

Thaire W2APF will be on Nevis Island in the Caribbean until 1st April.
He will be using the callsign V47JR and will be active on 80m to 6m on
CW and SSB. This is a holiday style operation and QSLs go via the home
call.

Richard G3RWL will be reactivating his 8P6DR callsign from Barbados
from 23rd March to 20th April. He will be on CW and RTTY on 80m to 10m.
QSL via Club Log OQRS.

Three members of the PA6B contest team will be QRV as ZA/PA2LS from
Albania from 22nd to 29th March. QSL via Club Log OQRS.

Jim ND9M is back at Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago and is
signing VQ96JC. He is active on the HF bands using CW. He is hoping to
get permission to change his call to VQ917JC. QSLs go via the home
call.
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Shannon Basin Radio Club

The club intends holding theory classes in the near future. Anyone
wishing to take part in these classes can contact Pat EI9HX 087 676
7707 or Brian EI8IU 086 105 7325 or see www.shannonbasinradioclub.c om
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