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      covers the Cork city and surrounding areas, is back on air since Friday   
      January 31st. A work around was performed to address an intermodulation   
      interference issue that was causing trouble on the repeater. This   
      involved removing the repeaters transmit CTCSS tone. The repeater still   
      needs a 103.5 Hz tone to open it but if you can't hear the repeater on   
      your own radio you will have to remove the receive tone and just set it   
      to normal squelch.   
      
      Their digital repeater EI7FXD on 430.250 MHz is also back on air. This   
      has been changed from a DMR only to an MMDVM multimode repeater which   
      is active on DMR, Yaesu System Fusion, D-Star plus standalone analogue   
      with a 103.5Hz tone. It's all based around a Raspberry PI. Sometimes   
      these lock up so it's on a weekly timer to fully reboot once a week if   
      this happens. The team included Neil EI3JE, Jeremy EI5GM, and John   
      EI8JA. The group wishes to also thank John EI8IR for his assistance and   
      for providing the broadband link.   
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   Radio Rally Updates   
      
      Phoenix Amateur Radio Club's annual radio rally take place next weekend   
      on Sunday February 16th, 2025. The venue is Coolmine Community School,   
      Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Doors open at 10 a.m. and entry will cost   
      five euro.   
      
      Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club's annual rally takes place on the 9th   
      of March in Treacy's Oakwood Hotel in Shannon. Contact Dermot Gleeson,   
      EI2GT, at DermotGleeson1 /at/ gmail.com to book a table. Only bookings   
      made via email will be accepted.   
      
      IRTS Awards curator Mark EI4FNB will be able to collect returning IRTS   
      awards in Coolmine next week and at the Limerick Clare ARC rally on   
      March 9th. For anyone who needs to get in contact with Mark regarding   
      return of trophies, you can find his contact details on the contact   
      section on irts.ie.   
      
      Lough Erne Amateur Club's Radio Rally will be held on Sunday the 18th   
      of May 2025. The venue is the Share Discovery Village, 221 Lisnaskea   
      Road, Lisnaskea, Enniskillen BT92 0JZ. Doors will open at 11 a.m. Entry   
      costs five euro or five pounds which includes a ticket for the draw.   
      The rally will include a bring and buy and usual facilities including   
      food and refreshments. Further details are available at   
      LoughErneRadioClub.co.uk.   
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      radio news can be submitted by email to newsteam /at/ irts.ie for   
      automatic forwarding to both the radio and printed news services. The   
      deadline is midnight on Thursday.   
      
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