
IRTS RADIO NEWS BULLETIN - Sunday 23rd of October 1994

This news bulletin was compiled and edited by Steve Wright,
EI5DD, in conjunction with the members of the Galway VHF Group.

CORK RADIO CLUB.

Theory classes commenced at Wilton Park House with 16
enthusiasts attending following a successful open night where
packet Radio and HF operation were demonstrated.

Jamboree on the Air was a very successful operation with a
station set up at the Kilcully camp site run by Anthony, EI2HY
and Mike EI2IB. This is the ninth year in which the Cork Radio
Club have participated in JOTA and was once again very
impressive with a thirty hour marathon operation resulting in
some interesting contacts which included stations in Greenland,
Iceland, the RAF base in Cyprus, and for the second year in a
row, the World Scout Headquarters in Geneva, HB9S. Some of the
scouts were let loose on the local 2 metre repeater resulting in
many QSO's.

With next year being the 100th anniversary of Marconi's
experiments, plans are underway to run a special event station
=66rom the Crookhaven Marconi Site, located in West Cork. Other
special event stations are in the pipeline.

SOUTH DUBLIN RADIO CLUB.

Work on a new shack to accommodate the HF rig has been underway
for the past few weeks and is now completed. This will allow HF
operation to take place in peace and quiet - expect to hear
EI2SDR on the air more often from now onwards. SDR recently
acquired a P.C., which is used, among other things, for morse
classes. The club has been presented with an SSTV unit and it
plans to install this over the next few weeks.

"Pupil Turns Teacher" - Listeners may be interested to learn
that one of the pupils in last years classes, run by South
Dublin Radio Club, is now teaching both theory and morse to this
years class. Recently licensed Michael Conaghan, EI2IE, is now
spending his Tuesday evenings passing on to new members what he
learned himself just a year ago. Michael is also very active on
the and is well on his way to achieving his 250 contacts to
upgrade his licence.

ATHLONE RADIO CLUB.

Athlone Radio Club will be holding a meeting in the Shamrock
Lodge Hotel on Tuesday the 8th of November at 8 pm in an attempt
to revive the Club and stimulate interest in the hobby of Radio
and electronics in the area. Anyone interested in any form of
Radio or electronics hobbies are most welcome to attend. At
present there are fifteen enthusiasts taking part in the theory
classes that are organised by the Athlone Radio Club. Enquiries
about the Athlone Radio Group should be directed to EI6HW at
QTHR.

DUNDALK AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY.

The Annual General Meeting of the Dundalk Amateur Radio Society
was held on Tuesday the 11th of October. The Following members
were elected to the officers posts: Chairman Paul Dolan EI5EUB,
Secretary Aidan Noone EI7ENB, Treasurer Jim Daly Ei970, QSL
Manager Tony Allen EI4DIB.

Radio Theory Classes commence early in November and the club
looks forward to many participating in the class. Anyone
interested may contact Aidan, EI7ENB, at QTHR or phone
042-71980.

DONEGAL (TIR CONAILL) AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY.

The Donegal Tir Conaill Amateur Radio Society will be holding
their Annual Mobile Rally and Junk Sale in Jackson's Hotel,
Ballybofey on Sunday the 13th of November with doors opening at
11 am. Jackson's Hotel offer B&B for =9C20.00 per person sharing
and those wishing to avail of same should contact the hotel
direct. There are ample parking facilities and the usual
excellent refreshments available.

IRTS SUPER DRAW RESULTS.

The winners of the IRTS superdraw, for the month of October were
1st Tom Donnellan, EI9BG, and 2nd Ray Williams, EI1CR.

FINGAL RADIO CLUB FOXHUNT RESULTS

Last week there was an error in the script regarding the
placings of the Fingal Radio Club Foxhunt here are the results
once again in correct order.

                       1st  Peter  EI7GV

                       2nd Rod EI7DF & Hans (SWL)

                       3rd Donal EI6EV

                       4th Denise EI4DZB & Ken (SWL)

                       5th Charlie EI2EM

ITEMS FOR INCLUSION.

Items for inclusion in the Radio News Bulletins should be
addressed to Steve Wright, EI5DD, C/o Department of Pathology,
Regional Hospital, Galway. FAX messages may be sent to EI5DD at
091-24216. All items included in the Radio News Bulletins will
be passed on to Dave, EI4BZ, for inclusion in the monthly
newsletter. Items for inclusion in the Printed News should be
sent to Dave Moore, EI4BZ, at QTHR, phoned to 021-632444 during
the day, or to 021-883555 in the evenings. Items may be sent by
Packet Radio to EI4BZ at EI7DKB-5. Fax messages may be sent to
021-632730.

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