Sunday 09th May 2009
Mid-Ulster Amateur Radio Club Rally which is being
held at Drumgor Youth Centre, Drumgor Heights,
Craigavon, Co Armagh for more details or contact Bobby
2I0ULL on 0774 701 9438.
More information on Rallies can be found on the IRTS
website www.irts.ie/rallies
History this week
1791 Birthday of Samuel F.B Morse
SOTA Amateur Radio and Hill walking
Those who want to combine amateur radio with hill
walking can get involved in the Summits On The Air
("SOTA") programme. SOTA is a bit like IOTA, with hills
and mountains replacing islands. It is designed to
encourage portable operation in mountainous areas, and
there are awards for activators, who ascend to the
summits, and chasers, who either operate from home, a
local hilltop or are activators on other summits.
More than 20 countries are currently involved in the
SOTA programme, including Ireland - North and South.
There are 387 eligible summits in EI (of which more
than 50 have been activated) and 66 eligible summits in
GI (of which 36 have been activated). More details,
including a list of eligible summits and a lot more,
can be found at www.qsl.net/sotaei and at
www.sota.org.uk
With a view to encouraging more SOTA activity, an
International SOTA Weekend is to be held this
weekend.It is hoped that this event will see many
summit-to-summit contacts between different SOTA
associations, and give chasers the chance to work
activators from several different DXCC entities.
A New IOTA Directory
A new edition of the IOTA Directory celebrating 45 years of IOTA has been published and is available from RSGB HQ (see www.rsgbshop.org or telephone Sales at +44 (0)1234 832700). This 128 page edition features an historical review, the current year's Honour Roll and other performance tables, the latest IOTA island listings, DXpedition stories, the Most Wanted List, and articles on how to get started in IOTA. It is a 'must have' for anyone seriously interested in the programme.
Thanks to G3KMA for the above information.
2-metre DX contact video
Reg, G8VHI spotted this YouTube video of a QSO that took place on the 5th May.
The video, from Jose, CU3EQ in the Azores, shows his
2-metre contact with Tim, G4LOH in Cornwall.
The contact was first established in CW, after which they switched to SSB.
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