1844 Morse sends his first telegraph message, "What
hath God wrought!" to his associate 40 miles away.
1904 Hulsemeyer, Germany, demonstrates his radio
detection system (now called RADAR).
Stolen Radio
An IC 7000 serial number 1001743 has been reported
stolen, any details on the above radio please pass onto
Derek EI7GLB at +353879049023.
Theory Examination
There are now only three weeks left to the closing date
of 15 June for applications to sit the theory
examination to be held on Tuesday 30 June. This date
will be strictly enforced, as some people connected
with the examination will be attending the
Friedrichshafen Rally towards the end of June. All of
the administrative tasks in relation to the examination
must be completed well before then.
Intending candidates should forward the appropriate fee
to Sean Nolan EI7CD, 12 Little Meadow, Pottery
Road,Dunlaoghaire, Co. Dublin in order to reserve a
place for the exam. The fee is 50 Euro or 25 Euro for
full-time registered students, repeat candidates and
those who are retired, unemployed or have a disability.
Cheques and Money Orders should be made payable to the
IRTS. When forwarding the exam fee intending candidates
should enclose their postal address as well as phone
and e-mail contact details. Intending candidates should
note that anyone who fails to produce a photo identity
on the day of the examination will not be allowed to
sit the examination. The photo ID can be a driving
licence, a passport, an employment photo identity card
or a student card containing a photograph. A national
Garda photo ID would also be acceptable.
Sean EI7CDs address can also be found in the IRTS call
book or in the call book section of the IRTS website at
http://www.irts.ie/. Sean’s e-mail address for any further
enquiries is"ei7cd@gofree.indigo.ie"
Useful Exam Text
We would like to bring to the attention of those
studying for the theory examination a new revision text
published by the RSGB. The book is titled 'Amateur
Radio Exam Secrets' and is written by Alan Betts G0HIQ
who is also the author of two other exam-oriented
publications - 'Foundation Licence Now' and 'Advance -
The Full Licence Manual'.
The most recent publication is a revision text for
examinations rather than a basic textbook but it would
be very useful for pre exam exercises. The book has 13
Chapters, 10 of which deal with specific aspects of the
exam syllabus.
Each of the Chapters has a brief introduction to the
subject matter covered at each of the three levels of
the UK examinations and a range of sample questions at
the three levels on the subject of the Chapter. There
is also a sample paper at each of the three levels
Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced at the end of the
book. The cost of the publication is £12.99
Lifetime Licences
Most licensees will by now have received letters from
ComReg informing them that the lifetime licences which
will commence to be issued with effect from 1 June will
be Amateur Radio Licences.
These letters came as a surprise to all as the
documentation published by ComReg about the lifetime
licence was in the context of Experimenter Licences.
There was no discussion between ComReg and the Society
on this matter nor was there any indication of an
intention to change to Amateur Licences despite our
meeting with ComReg on 12 February at which the
Lifetime Licence was discussed.
The Committee at its meeting on 16 May had a lengthy,
open and wide ranging discussion on the matter to which
virtually all present contributed. In the course of the
discussion it became clear that while two Clubs were
fundamentally opposed to the change, the
representatives of other clubs present and the great
majority of the Committee members agreed that on
balance the change was at worst neutral and at best
beneficial in terms of frequency allocation and
protection.
There was general agreement that it would have been
more satisfactory had the Society been consulted or at
least given notice of the intended change. This would
have been more in keeping with the spirit of
partnership and cooperation that the Society has been
seeking to cultivate with ComReg for some time and
demonstrated by the recent agreements on 5 MHz and 500
kHz licences. It would seem that the commercially
sensitive nature of some ComReg regulations militated
against discussing with the Society draft regulations
that had no commercial sensitivity whatsoever.
At the conclusion of the discussion the consensus was
that a letter should be sent to ComReg expressing
disappointment at the lack of consultation or even
notification of the change and pointing out that all of
the frequency bands in the European Common Allocations
Table and ComReg’s Radio Frequency Plan for Ireland
which are allocated to the Amateur Service should be
automatically made available under the new Amateur
Radio lifetime licences. This would result in
considerable extra spectrum particularly in the
microwave region. The letter should also request ComReg
to publish on its website the definition of Amateur
Radio as contained in the ITU Radio Regulations as this
definition highlights the self training and technical
investigations aspects of amateur radio which by their
very nature involve experimentation.
I'd like to thank the IRTS for the above information.
Educational website - Design a Satellite
Eduweb have designed an interactive education game for young people called 'Design a Satellite'
It is in the Engineering and Technology section of their website and can be seen at
http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/designsatellite/
Engineering and Technology
http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/engineertech.php
There is also at Earth & Space Science section at
http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/earthspacesci.php
French APRS balloon launch
A French balloon carrying an Amateur Radio APRS payload on 144.650 MHz is planned to launch around 12:30 CET on Wednesday May 27.
The balloon will be launched from Espins, Calvados.
The telemetry transmitter, Kiwi, will operate on 137.950 MHz and the APRS payload will use 144.650 MHz.
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