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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday 28th April 2019
Contest Next Sunday
The IRTS 40 metres Counties Contest takes place on Sunday next, 5th May.
Starting at 12:00 UTC, it runs for 2 hours. There are SSB only and
SSB/CW mixed mode sections for both fixed and portable stations.
Multipliers are the 32 EI and GI counties, while for EI and GI stations
overseas DXCC entities also count as multipliers. See www.irts.ie/contests
for the full rules which include permitted frequencies.
Radio Experiments by Colonel Dennis EI2B
Colonel Meade Dennis, who lived near Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow, began
experimenting with radio transmission in 1898, making him probably the first
amateur radio experimenter in the world. His first call sign was DNX.
Following Irish independence he was issued with the call sign GW11B,
becoming EI2B in 1928 when the Irish Free State began issuing EI call
signs. Colonel Dennis continued with his radio experiments until his death
in 1945. The house in which he lived and undertook most of his experiments
was recently sold by his great-grandchildren. The radio equipment
belonging to EI2B has been donated to the Computer and Communications
Museum of Ireland, at NUI Galway.
Robert EI5KH and Joe EI7GY, on behalf of IRTS, recently assisted the
family in identifying the radio equipment of historical interest and,
during this process, the family agreed to make available to IRTS the
Colonel’s papers relating to his radio experiments, and also agreed
that these papers could be published. A project to scan and index Colonel
Dennis’s papers has now been completed; they are available for viewing
on the IRTS web site at www.irts.ie/ei2b
These papers, comprising more than 400 pages of correspondence and notes,
show the considerable lengths to which early radio experimenters went
to understand the theory and practice behind radio transmission and
reception. They should be of great interest to all radio amateurs and
experimenters, and also represent a valuable resource for anyone
researching the history of radiocommunications. We are very grateful
to the Dennis family for their initiative in preserving the papers and
agreeing to their publication.
SDR AGM
South Dublin Radio Club AGM will take place at 8pm on Tuesday 7th of
May 2019 at Ballyroan community centre on Marian Road in Rathfarnham.
All members are asked to attend.
SEARG
The April meeting of the South Eastern Amateur Radio Group will take
place on Monday the 29th of April 2019 in the Roanmore Social and
Sports Centre, Cleaboy Road, Waterford at 8.00 p.m. sharp. Plans for
upcoming events including the 2019 Geopark will be discussed so all
members are please asked to attend. New members or anyone interested
in learning more about amateur radio or the group are as always very
welcome to attend.
For anyone that wishes to find out more about the South Eastern
Amateur Radio Group and their activities you can drop them an email to
“southeasternarg /at/ gmail /dot/ comö or please feel free to attend
any of their meetings. You can check out their website www.searg.ie
and you can also join them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter.
DX News
Seven Croatian operators will be on Reunion Island from
27th April – 8th May. Instead of the usual prefix of FR they will
be using the callsign TO19A. Main focus will be on the low bands
with activity on CW, SSB and FT8. QSLs go via 9A2AA.
Harry JG7PSJ will be back on Ogasawara Island from 28th April – 4th May.
He will reactivate his JD1BMH callsign on all bands 40 – 10m on CW, SSB
and RTTY. QSL via the home call.
A group of Belgian amateurs will sign GJ6EFW from the Island of Jersey
from 30th April – 5th May. Activity will be on HF and VHF. QSL via ON6EF.
Nobby G0VJG will be DXing in the Pacific area during May. Callsigns
will be 3D2AS from Fiji and probably FW/G0VJG from Wallis and Futuna
Island. Activity will be from 3rd – 22nd May.
Formula 1 enthusiasts may be interested in a special station which
will be on the air from Baku in Azerbaijan from now until 31st May.
The callsign is 4JF1EU and QSL manager is 4J3DJ.
Items for inclusion in next week’s Radio News can be submitted via
e-mail to “newsteam /at/ irts / dot / ieö for automatic forwarding to
both the radio and printed news services. Urgent news items for the
radio news may be telephoned to the radio news editor, Mark EI6HPB
on 086 355 2370.
Please note that items for the radio news should reach the editor
no later than midday on Thursday in order to be guaranteed inclusion
in the following Sunday’s bulletin.
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