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Subject: IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday February 2nd, 2025
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This Week's News

IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday February 2nd, 2025
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Rescheduled IRTS Committee Meeting

   Due to the aftereffects of Storm Éowyn and that still quite a lot of
   people throughout the country are without power or internet access, the
   IRTS committee has decided to reschedule the IRTS committee meeting
   that was due to be held on the Zoom platform on Tuesday night February
   4th. In order to give people the maximum chance to attend the meeting,
   it has now been rescheduled to Thursday, February 6th, and once again
   on the Zoom platform at the same time of 8 p.m.

   All IRTS affiliated clubs are reminded that under Rule 16.1, the
   members in each affiliated club, society or other body may elect a
   representative and an alternate annually to attend IRTS committee
   meetings. Clubs wishing to send a representative should notify the IRTS
   Secretary, Owen EI4GGB at irts_secretary /at/ irts.ie in advance to
   ensure notification and links are provided.

   The IRTS website has now been updated to include a section with all
   details associated with the IRTS insurance policy. This section can be
   found by going to the "Services" tab and scrolling down to "IRTS
   Insurance". This page includes all the details about the insurance
   policy which is available to all IRTS affiliated clubs who are located
   in EI.

   The page has information about using a Risk Assessment Method Statement
   (RAMS) document and also a frequently asked questions (FAQ) section. If
   any club has questions that are not covered in this page, you are asked
   to get in contact with the IRTS Insurance Officer Pat EI9HX.
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Amateur Radio Emergency Network (AREN) Update

   Mark EI4FNB, who is the AREN coordinator, would like to thank all AREN
   members who were recently on standby to respond to storm Éowyn.

   They had enquiries from a number of primary agencies around the country
   to stand by for a possible activation. AREN would also like to thank
   all the clubs who responded with contact information just in case a
   larger response needed to be initiated.

   Future initiatives will include how to better coordinate between AREN
   and local radio clubs for future events. The standby highlighted a
   number of already identified areas that can be improved upon over the
   coming year.

   For information on AREN please contact aren /at/ irts.ie.
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC

   EI2WRC will be hosting the 92nd IRTS AGM Weekend in The Woodford Dolmen
   Hotel, Kilkenny Rd, Carlow over the weekend of the 12th and 13th of
   April 2025. People who are planning on attending are urged to book
   their hotel rooms without delay as almost all rooms have now been
   taken. Dinner tickets for the Gala Dinner which will be held on
   Saturday, April 12th are now available to be pre-booked.

   Rally tables for clubs/groups and commercial traders for the rally on
   Sunday, April 13th can now be booked also. Tables for individual
   traders will be made available to be pre-booked at a later date. For
   more information, go to searg.ie and click on the IRTS AGM 2025 link.

   For more information about EI2WRC, their activities, and for contact
   details please see www.searg.ie
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IRTS Awards Committee

   IRTS Awards curator Mark EI4FNB requests that any members who won
   awards last year and who have not already returned them already could
   they please do so as soon as possible. Awards can be returned to any
   IRTS committee member. Mark also hopes to collect returning awards at
   both the Limerick Clare Amateur Radio and at the Phoenix Amateur Radio
   club rallies. 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.
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Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club

   Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club invite all members to attend their
   2025 Annual General Meeting. It takes place on Thursday the 20th of
   February at 7 p.m. sharp in the Technological University of the
   Shannon, Midlands, Midwest in Moylish, Limerick.

   The club's weekly activation of EI4SAM runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on
   Saturdays. The initial calling frequency is 7.123 MHz, plus or minus
   QRM. All callers are welcome.
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Maritime Radio Day 2025

   Registration is now open for Maritime Radio Day 2025 which takes place
   annually on the 14th and 15th of April. This is to commemorate the
   almost 100 years of wireless telegraphy service for seafarers which
   ended with the closure in the UK of Portishead Radio on the 30th of
   April 2000.

   Commencing at 12:00 UTC on the 14th and finishing at 23:00 UTC on the
   15th, this event is a great opportunity to QSO with ex-marine radio
   officers and coast station professionals who exchange details of their
   previous ships and coast stations. The mode of operation is CW, and all
   the HF bands are used including the WARC bands. A certificate of
   participation will be issued to all who submit results.

   Amateur licence holders are invited to register and take part as
   "Friends of MRD". SWLs may also submit logs. You can find further
   information at radioofficers.com.
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Contest Updates

   The RSGB 3.5 MHz Club Championship Contest takes place tomorrow Monday,
   the 3rd of February which is a bank holiday in EI. It runs for ninety
   minutes starting at 20:00 UTC. Self-spotting is permitted. You can find
   out more about this contest at www.rsgbcc.org

   Attention switches to VHF on Tuesday and Wednesday night next with
   multiple activities to get involved in. Two 144MHz events run
   back-to-back on Tuesday night. The RSGB 144MHz FM Activity contest
   starts from 19:00 UTC and continues until 19:55 UTC. At 20:00 UTC, it
   is followed by the UK Activity contest that runs until 22:30 UTC.

   On Wednesday, the 5th of February, the next event in the European FT8
   Activity series takes place from 17:00 to 21:00 UTC using FT8 and FT4
   digital modes.

   Towards the end of the week, the RSGB 1.8MHz Contest runs on Saturday,
   the 8th of February 2025 from 20:00 UTC to 23:00 UTC. Two rule changes
   for 2025 to note are that the duration has been reduced from four to
   three hours and now SSB is permitted in the February event.
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Radio Rally Updates

   Phoenix Amateur Radio Club EI2PAR holds their annual radio rally in two
   weeks' time on Sunday February 16th, 2025. It will take place in
   Coolmine Community School, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Doors open at 10
   a.m. and entry will cost five euro. You can book a table by contacting
   Tony EI7GI at 087 2439997.

   Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club's annual rally takes place on the 9th
   of March in Treacy's Oakwood Hotel in Shannon. To book a table, you are
   asked to please contact Dermot Gleeson, EI2GT, at DermotGleeson1 /at/
   gmail.com. Only bookings made via email will be accepted.

   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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Items for Inclusion in Next Week's Radio News

   That is the news for this week. Items for inclusion in next week's
   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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