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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday May 26th, 2024
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Welcome to 26 New Operators

The National Short Wave Listeners Club is delighted to announce that
the most recent HAREC course, Class Golf, has not only finished as
scheduled, on the 2nd of May, but it has also delivered a great result.
After six months of hard work and study, a group of 26 students sat
their HAREC exams in Dublin and in Tralee on 11 May 2024. In a first,
all of the NSWLC candidates have passed! There are already 24 new Irish
call signs, and a further two on their way in Germany and in the
Netherlands. A special welcome to Józef EI6JDB who is 13, and who took
the exam with his dad, Derek EI6JEB.

The students' hard work and dedication was only matched by the
dedication of the teaching team of 18 volunteers, who invested 700
hours of work into Class Golf. The tutors were Dave EI4BZ, Diarmuid
EI4LF, Eamo EI7LC, Jerry EI6BT, Keith EI5KJ, Mike EI4HF, Paraic EI9IRB,
Pat EI2JQB, Rafal EI6LA, Ray EI2JPB, and Simon EI7ALB. Class Golf
Mentors were Damian EI7LF, Gerry EI7IFB, Joe EI3JVB, Mike EI2LF, Miguel
EI4JKB, Sébastien EI2JZB, and Vlado EI4JCB. Two just-licensed members,
John EI6JSB and Brendan EI7JBB have organised and run a study group
that focused on exam questions from other HAREC countries. Every time a
new op volunteers to help others get their licence, the century-long
amateur radio tradition of friendship and helpfulness lives on.

The NSWLC would like to thank the IRTS Exam Board for the timely exams
and for their attention to the candidates' needs and concerns.
Gratitude also goes to ComReg for processing the results rapidly, with
almost all the candidates receiving their new call signs within a
matter of just a few hours.

The NSWLC has 133 members at present, all of whom are also members of
the IRTS. Many will be taking the next HAREC course, Class Hotel,
planned for the late autumn. The NSWLC would like to thank the national
society; the IRTS, for directly supporting the club and its educational
activities. Indeed, the NSWLC is very grateful for the support of each
and every member of the IRTS and their clubs, and they express their
sincere hope that everyone continues to support the IRTS in any way
they can.
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC

The May meeting of the EI2WRC group will take place tomorrow, Monday,
May 27th at 8 p.m. sharp at the New Community Men's Shed, Ozanam
Centre, Coffee House Lane, Waterford. Anyone that has an interest in
amateur radio or communications in general are very welcome to come
along. SWLs are in particular very welcome to attend.

EI2WRC will be QRV as EI2WRC/P from the Old Copper Mine, Tankardstown,
Bunmahon, Co. Waterford on Saturday next, June 1st. Although there is
no official European geopark activation taking place this year, the
club is pleased to announce that the location can be activated in the
following categories, Echo India Flora and Fauna, EI POTA, and also EI
COTA. Please see searg.ie for more details.

For more information about EI2WRC, their activities, and for contact
details please see www.searg.ie
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IARU Monitoring System Region 1 Newsletter

The April edition of the IARU Monitoring System Region 1 Newsletter has
been published. Radio jamming in the context of electromagnetic warfare
on the 40m and 15m bands is noted in the report. Several instances of
relatively rare modulation schemes and protocols associated with mainly
military use cases were also detailed. You can learn more about these
and view examples of the recorded intruding signals by downloading the
free newsletter at www.iaru-r1.org
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IRTS CW Field Day

The IRTS CW Field Day event takes place next Saturday June 1st and
Sunday June 2nd. Running from 15:00 UTC on Saturday to 15:00 UTC
Sunday, entrants can choose different categories. The first is the open
section where the output power is the maximum permitted by the station
licence and without a restriction on the number or type of antennas.
The second option is a restricted section which also offers a six-hour
section in addition to the full 24 hours. Further details may be found
at www.irts.ie/contests
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North Dublin Radio Club AGM

North Dublin Radio Club will hold their AGM at 8.30 p.m. on the 8th of
June. The meeting will take place in the Artane Beaumont Family
Recreation Centre, Kilmore Road, Dublin 5. All members are hereby
notified and asked to attend.
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Cyberattack takes Logbook of the World offline

The American Radio Relay League announced that a cyberattack disrupted
its online and IT operations approximately ten days ago. For many radio
operators around the world, the immediate impact was that the ARRL's
popular Logbook of the World (LoTW) online database was no longer
accessible. At the time of compiling this news, the ARRL was still
working on the addressing the issue which they described as a serious
incident. However, according to them, it is not a LoTW server issue and
doesn't affect the security of LoTW data either.
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Items for Inclusion in Next Week's Radio News

That is the news for this week. Items for inclusion in next week's
radio news can be submitted by email to newsteam /at/ irts.ie for
automatic forwarding to both the radio and printed news services. The
deadline is midnight on Thursday.

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