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   This Week's News   
      
   IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday September 22nd, 2024   
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   IRTS appoint VHF/Microwave Co-Managers   
      
      The IRTS committee is delighted to welcome Keith Nolan EI5IN and Denis   
      O'Flaherty EI4KH as VHF/microwave co-managers. We thank them for   
      volunteering to take on the roles. If you wish to share ideas or input   
      regarding VHF and above in EI, contact details for them are available   
      on the IRTS website.   
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   Update from the IRTS Insurance Officer   
      
      Earlier in the year, IRTS Insurance Officer Pat O'Connor EI9HX   
      contacted all IRTS-affiliated clubs regarding the insurance policy   
      expectations and requirements in the areas of risk awareness and   
      mitigation. Pat included a Risk Assessment and Method Statement   
      template to help clubs with their field days and other events. If you   
      have any questions about this or need guidance, you are asked to   
      contact Pat by email at insurance /at/ irts.ie.   
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   IRTS Contest Manager Update   
      
      This is a reminder that the IRTS EI/GI IOTA results are available on   
      the IRTS website. There was a record number of entries from EI.   
      
      For stations that entered the SSB Field Day event, please note that the   
      closing date for log submissions is today, Sunday the 22nd of September   
      2024.   
      
      Well done to all that took part in the IRTS VHF/UHF Counties contest   
      last weekend. The closing date for log submissions is next Sunday the   
      29th of September.   
      
      The next and last IRTS contest of the year is the 80m Evening Counties   
      contest on Tuesday the 8th of October 2024.   
      
      These fun events are excellent opportunities for self-training and   
      learning more about propagation as well as your station performance.   
      Good luck to all taking part.   
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   South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC   
      
      Next weekend, September 28th and 29th, EI2WRC will be active on both   
      Saturday and Sunday from a different location each day. On Saturday,   
      September 28th, EI2WRC will be active from the Waterford and Suir   
      Valley railway station in Kilmeaden, Co. Waterford for the 2024   
      Railways on The Air event. Waterford Suir Valley Railway Company CLG   
      was established to preserve and promote Waterford's rich railway   
      heritage. The aim to develop and operate a 10km section of the   
      abandoned Waterford to Dungarvan Railway line from Kilmeaden Station to   
      Bilberry, Waterford City. For more information about the WSVR please   
      see www.wsvrailway.ie   
      
      The following day on Sunday, September 29th, EI2WRC will be active as a   
      145 Alive control station for the 145 Alive activity from 12:00 to   
      15:00 UTC. The EI2WRC team will be active on 145.250 MHz FM from the   
      Nine Stones carpark located at the entrance to the Mount Leinster RTÉ   
      mast site in south Carlow. Around Ireland, many other stations will be   
      active from various locations on different frequencies. The idea of the   
      145 Alive event is to promote activity on the 2m band. Please listen   
      out for as many stations as possible and give them all a shout if you   
      can!   
      
      For more information about EI2WRC, their activities, and for contact   
      details please see www.searg.ie   
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   The National Short Wave Listeners Club announce Class Hotel   
      
      The National Short Wave Listeners Club would like to announce that the   
      next HAREC course, Class Hotel. It will commence on the 7th of November   
      2024, and it scheduled to end on the 8th of May 2025. The course will   
      be delivered via the Zoom platform every Thursday. Students wishing to   
      enrol should visit swl.ie to join the NSWLC. Club membership is free to   
      the current members of the IRTS. Further information is at www.swl.ie   
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   Help requested for a charity-based amateur radio initiative   
      
      Anthony EI7LB based in Carlow town is working with a charity called   
      Delta which involves working with young adults with intellectual   
      disabilities. Several service users have a great interest in listening   
      to ham radio and Anthony would like to take this a step further. He   
      would like to start up a ham radio club where both the service users   
      and members of the public can work together and become active ham   
      operators.   
      
      If anyone has receivers, transceivers, or indeed any radio equipment   
      that they are no longer using, Anthony would be very grateful to   
      receive them. You can get in contact with him via email at   
      anthony.brophy /at/ deltacentre.org or contact him at 087 1176676. All   
      donations would be gladly accepted and appreciated.   
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   Digital Mobile Radio Talk by South Dublin Radio Club   
      
      The next South Dublin Radio Club talk focuses on Digital Mobile Radio   
      (DMR) concepts. This will take place on Tuesday next, the 24th of   
      September. The club opens at 7:30 p.m. and the talk starts at 8 p.m.   
      sharp. Visitors are welcome at the community centre on Marian Road in   
      Rathfarnham Dublin. Keith Garland EI9BAB will give a talk on DMR which   
      is a popular digital voice standard used on VHF and UHF. This   
      presentation will focus on some of the technical aspects of the   
      protocol and how it is used in commercial systems including obfuscation   
      and encryption facilities. There will also be some interesting   
      real-world demos and a question-and-answer session.   
      
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