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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday December 7th, 2025
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Updates from the IRTS

We are delighted to announce that Megan Lorenz EI5LA and Paraic Nolan
EI2LH have been co-opted to the IRTS committee. We warmly welcome them
onboard and wish them the very best in their new roles. The IRTS seeks
candidates interested in the position of automatic station coordinator.
It primarily involves acting as a coordinator in relation to new or
updated automatic station licence requests. The workload is very light
and doesn't require deep technical or policy expertise. For more
details about the opportunity, please contact the IRTS Honorary
Secretary via email to irts_secretary /at/ irts.ie

The IRTS news team will be taking a small break once again this year
over the Christmas period. The last 40m and 80m IRTS news bulletins for
2025 will be transmitted on Sunday next, December 14th. There will be
no news bulletins on either Sunday December 21st or Sunday, December
28th. Items for submission for the last radio news of the year should
reach the news team by midnight on Thursday next, December 11th. Normal
bulletins will resume on Sunday, January 4th, 2026. Items for the first
IRTS radio news bulletin of 2026 should reach the news team by midnight
on New Year's Day, Thursday January 1st.
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North Dublin Radio Club EI0NDR Christmas Party

The North Dublin Radio Club are holding their annual Christmas party
event at the Coachman's Inn, Swords Road, Dublin on Saturday the 20th
of December. A four-course dinner will commence at 6.45 p.m., and the
cost is 30 euro per head. All visitors are welcome to attend this
event. To book a place at the dinner, please contact Tony EI6K on 086
2985776. The North Dublin Radio Club meetings will then break for
Christmas and will reopen again in the new year on Saturday the 3rd of
January 2025. NDR would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone
a very merry Christmas and Happy New Year for 2026. Details about the
club and its location can be found online at www.ei0ndr.com
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Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club Updates

The Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club will hold its next meeting and
Christmas get together in Wolfe Tone's GAA Clubhouse, Shannon on
Saturday 13th December at 11.00 a.m. They will be having a relaxed
breakfast there and ask as many members as possible to make an effort
to attend. The Eircode for the GAA Clubhouse is V14RX78. In other news,
they are happy to say that construction of their new dedicated shack at
the Shannon Aviation Museum is at a very advanced stage with only
painting and refitting left. With members' help, it is hoped to
complete these jobs during the Christmas and New Year break.
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South Dublin Radio Club's Christmas Celebration

South Dublin Radio Club will have their annual Christmas celebration at
the Morgue Pub in Templeogue Village on Tuesday 9th December 2025 from
7.30 p.m. All club members, regular visitors, and friends of the club
are invited. The club will reopen on Tuesday 13th January 2026 at the
usual time. The members and committee of SDRC would like to wish all
radio amateurs, SWLs, and all at the IRTS a Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year. 73 from EI2DSR.
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Santa coming to Shannon Basin Radio Club

Shannon Basin Radio Club restarted their SSB DX net on topband last
week. Conditions were reported as good with a large turnout of stations
ranging from Ireland to Italy. The next SSB DX net takes place on the
80m band next Thursday night from 9 p.m. in the region of 3.775 MHz
plus or minus QRM. All are welcome to join in including SWLs.

The club is excited to announce that Santa will take some time out from
his preparations to have some QSOs with junior ops before the big day.
On Saturday December 20th, he will be QRV calling as Echo Icicle Two
Santa Before Christmas EI2SBC via the club's repeater from 5 p.m.
onwards. As his time is limited, it is best to register
at www.sbrc.ie/christmas by Thursday December 18th. The EI2SBR
repeater located on Sliabh Bbn in Roscommon has an output frequency of
145.775 MHz and uses a 77Hz CTCSS tone. It can also be accessed via
Echolink and is linked to the Truskmore repeater EI2TKR. Shannon Basin
Radio Club wishes everyone a very Happy Christmas and New Year.
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Dundalk Amateur Radio Society Christmas Party

Dundalk Amateur Radio Society's Christmas party was held on the 3rd of
December. After the IRTS weekly news bulletin and call-in, Jim EI2HJB
supplied tasty sausages and chips to all club members. Tea and coffee
followed with a rendition of the club's achievements and general chat
in relation to where the club would like to progress into 2026 to
expand its membership and activity on the frequencies. The Dundalk
Amateur Radio Society wishes Happy Christmas to all radio enthusiasts.
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VHF/Microwave News

The IRTS VHF-plus management team continues to review the list of
repeaters, gateways, and beacons listed on the IRTS website. Thanks to
everyone who have spotted errors and submitted corrections so far.
Further information to help update the records would be most welcome
via email to vhf_manager /at/ irts.ie

One of 2025's most exciting meteor showers has begun. The Geminid
meteor shower reaches its peak on the night of December 13th and 14th.
If curious about meteor scatter propagation, it is an ideal opportunity
to try it out due to the high rate of meteors per hour. This can range
anywhere from 40 to well over 100 per hour. The centre of activity is
144.360MHz mainly using the MSK144 mode.
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Rally and Events Updates

The first IRTS 80m Counties Contest of 2026 takes place on New Year's
Day, Thursday January 1st at 17:00 UTC. This runs for one hour and
details may be found at irts.ie/contests

The 2026 Phoenix Amateur Radio Club Rally known as the "Coolmine Rally"
will take place on Sunday, the 15th of February 2026. Doors open at 10
a.m. at the usual venue, which is Coolmine Community School, Dublin,
D15 FW97.

Lagan Valley Amateur Radio Society will hold their annual rally on the
7th of March 2026 at the Hillsborough Village Centre, 7 Ballynahinch
Road, Hillsborough, BT26 6AR. Doors open at 10.30 a.m., and the rally
ends at 1 p.m. The Hillsborough Village Centre is just off the main A1
Road linking the north and south of the island. Further details can be
found at www.lvars.uk
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Items for Inclusion in Next Week's Radio News

That is the news for this week. Thanks to everyone for sending items
into the weekly IRTS radio news. They are very much appreciated and are
a great way to update the rest of the community about activities. If
you have any club events, activities, meetings, or other items of
interest, you are very welcome to email newsteam /at/ irts.ie with the
details. These will be automatically forwarded to the IRTS radio and
printed news services. The deadline each week is midnight on Thursdays.
The final HF news bulletin for 2025 will be transmitted next Sunday,
December 14th.

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