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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday July 16th, 2023
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC

The July meeting of the South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC will
take place on Monday the 31st of July 2023 at 8 p.m. sharp at the New
Community Men's Shed, Ozanam Centre, Coffee House Lane, Waterford. 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 email them at southeasternarg /at/ gmail.com or
please feel free to go along to any of their meetings. Their website is
www.searg.ie and you can also find them via their social media
channels.
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Activation of Gallinara Island during IOTA 2023

The IP1X team will be active from Gallinara Island (EU-083) on 29-30
July 2023. This is a small private island off the northern Italian
coast. They will be active continuously during the IOTA Contest 2023 on
CW and SSB from 80 to 10 metres in the multi-operator low power
category. QSL is via IU1JCZ direct or via the bureau. For more details
and updates check QRZ.com.
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IARU Region 1 Monitoring System Newsletter

The June edition of the IARU Region 1 Monitoring System has been
published. Michael Foertig EI3GYB is the IARU Region 1 coordinator for
Ireland. In this edition, he reports intruders ranging from radar,
commercial radio, fishermen, and even Brazilian CBers. You can find the
report via www.iaru-r1.org
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International CW Council Activities

The International CW Council (ICWC) is running a series of CW contests
to promote the use of CW on the bands. An upcoming activity called the
Medium Speed Test is intended to help populate the CW bands. It is
active on Mondays and Tuesdays at the speed of 20-25 words per minute.
These run on Mondays from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. local time and from 7 p.m.
to 8 p.m. local time. For night owls, there is also an opportunity from
3 a.m. to 4 a.m. on Tuesday mornings. You can find out more about the
activities at internationalcwcouncil.org.
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Data Mode Activities This Week

The RSGB FT4 Contest takes place on Monday 17th July from 19:00 to
20:30 UTC. The recommended dial frequencies will be 3.576, 3.579 and
3.582 MHz (USB) on 80m, 7.047.5 MHz (USB) on 40m and 14.080 MHz (USB)
on 20m. Logs must be submitted within 24 hours of the end of the event.
Further information can be found at www.rsgbcc.org

For 23cm band operators, you will have an opportunity to take part in a
FT8 contest on Wednesday evening, July 19th. This is part of the
regular series of FT8 activities styled as open contests taking place
to help drive more activity on the VHF, UHF, and microwave bands.
Further information may be found at ft8activity.eu.
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Update from IRTS Contest Manager Mark EI6JK

IRTS Contest Manager Mark EI6JK wishes to remind operators that the log
submission deadline for the VHF/UHF field day is today, Sunday 16th.
Although the conditions weren't great over the field day weekend, some
logs have been received already and all logs are welcomed.

Mark reports that last weekend was the IARU HF championship with good
participation from Ireland. The headquarter station EI0HQ was
operational from seven different locations. EI7M had three stations
running and EI9E had two stations. Approximately 11,000 QSOs were made
setting a new record for the Irish headquarter station. Rafal EI6LA was
involved in networking the stations together and this worked extremely
well. Congratulations to all involved who worked really hard to make
this one for the books.

The World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) ran concurrently with the
IARU contest. Held every four years, this is considered the Olympics of
radio contesting with fifty invitation-only two person teams from
across the world involved. Many congratulations to Megan Lorenz EI5LA
who took part in the youngest team in this year's contest based in
Italy. The feat is even more admirable given that Megan and her
teammate, Leon DL3ON, had to operate for twenty-four hours straight
under the watchful eye of a referee using unfamiliar equipment and in
an unfamiliar location.

Martin Platt GD4XUM/EI6KX qualified as a team leader and operated with
Dave Sharred G3NKC. These were the first EI entrants to fly the flag
for Ireland in the championship. The overall winner was the Ukrainian
and Canadian duo of Yaroslav UW7LL and Yuri VE3DZ. It was also
announced that the 2026 WRTC will be held in the East Anglia region of
England. Qualifications start in October this year with the CQWW SSB
contest.

The IOTA contest is taking place in two weeks' time. This is always a
top attraction in the Irish contesting calendar and a lot of Irish
records are there for the taking. Both 12 and 24-hour sections are
catered for and IRTS trophies up for grabs in some categories. There is
always big participation from Ireland and this year, even more
participation is encouraged to bring amateur radio to our islands. The
contest starts at 1 p.m. local time on Saturday 29th and it finishes
twenty-four hours later.
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