I was traveling for the last month but unfortunately didn't get to play any radio.
I also recognised that it is a year since I first started blogging on here and a year on we are still here. Happy Days :)
Okay so here's and update of some of the news from the Emerald Isle!
ComReg Consultation on the 2300 to 2400 MHz Band
ComReg has published a consultation paper on the
release of spectrum in the 2300 to 2400 MHz band. The
paper is Document 09/49 of 15 June and is available in
the Publications section of the ComReg website at
www.comreg.ie This band is an amateur secondary
allocation.
The IRTS will in due course prepare a response to this
consultation paper and we would encourage interested
individuals and radio clubs to do so as well. Licensees
who have views which they wish to have reflected in the
IRTS response should communicate by e-mail to
ei7cd /at/ gofree.indigo.ie Responses to the consultation
paper must be submitted before 5 p.m. on 29 July next.
80m Counties Contest
There was once again a big turn out for the 80m
Counties Contest, although maybe not quite the
numbers active on New year's Day. It would appear
around 80 stations participated from twenty-eight
counties. Conditions were good with strong signals
from many stations.
The AREN demonstration station at the Civil Defence
Headquarters in Roscrea was very successful and a DVD
video of the exercise is being put together for
interested parties. In that regard, if any of the
stations that were portable on the day have photos or
video of their operation, Seamus EI8BP would be
grateful to receive a copy of same with a view to
including any suitable clips.
We hope the exercise sparked your interest in AREN who
are always keen to involve more operators and swls in
their activities. Contact them via their website
www.AREN.ie where you will find more details of their
activities. Our thanks to all who made the effort to
come on the bands during the afternoon.
IRTS VHF/UHF Field Day
The IRTS VHF/UHV Field Day will be held over the
weekend of the 4-5 July. The Committee in trying to
improve the contest has decided to add extra bands in
the restricted section.
Up to now the Restricted Section was 144MHz only. Now
you can use any single band of the VHF/UHF bands.
Rule 5.2 will be changed to read:
Restricted Section
A. 50MHz
B. 70MHz
C. 144MHz
D. 432MHz
E. 1296MHz
There is still only one single band permitted in this
section but now you have a choice of which band you
want to try in the contest.
We do hope this will spur some more activity from the
clubs and individuals in the VHF/UHF Field Day.
Sligo 2m Repeater
The 2m Sligo repeater is scheduled to undergo an
engineering upgrade and maintenance, this process will
take up to a month to complete.
AMSAT on Twitter!!
The Amateur Satellite organisation AMSAT is now on
Twitter.
AMSAT now has a Twitter account, and can be found at
http://twitter.com/AMSAT
To begin with, they may be mostly about AO-51 and AO-7.
All are welcome to follow us on Twitter says Drew K04MA
from the AMSAT Bulletin Board.
SOUTH AFRICA GIVES NEW PRIVELEGES ON 40 AND 20
South African radio amateurs now have full access to
the spectrum 7.000 to 7.200 MHz. Changes to both 40 and
20 meters were made final. In addition to the
modification on 40, ZR licensees now also have access
from 14.225 to 14.350 MHz.
DX News
EA1/EI7GK.
Paddy EI7GK will be QRV from his daughter's house in
Mexico during July. Listen out for XE1/EI7GK on 14.268
MHz SSB + or - QRM.
Past experience shows the best time for propagation
between EI and XE is early morning 06.00 to 08.00.
Irish time. Remember that Mexico is 6 hours behind EI.
Paddy will be delighted to work EI and GI stations.
VE3MOON
This special callsign was approved by Industry Canada
for use in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the
landing of men on the moon on 20 July 1969.
It will be in use from 14 July 2009 until 27 July 2009.
eQSL or paper cards via VE3OIJ (Bureau or Direct).
History This Week
1819 The bicycle patented by W.K. Clarkson, Jr. of New
York City.
1934 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the
Federal Communications Commission FCC
1863 First gaslights come on in Adelaide, South
Australia.
1885 C Bell and C.S. Tainter applied for a patent for
the gramophone.
1925 Patent for the frosted electric light bulb filed
by Marvin Pipkin.
Thanks to the IRTS for the above information.
NEWS ELSE WHERE!
Apollo 11 - Amateur Radio Moonbounce Commemoration
The Amateur Radio mooonbounce operations last weekend as part of the commemoration of 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing in July 1969, proved to be a great success.
A report on the event can be seen at:
2009 World Moon Bounce Day has Been an Amazing Success!
http://echoesofapollo.com/
Southgate - A Ham Radio Weekend for Talking to the Moon
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/june2009/
moonbounce_weekend.htm
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