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IRTS Radio News Bulletin Sunday August 3rd, 2025
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Silent Key - Dave Court EI3IO

We were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Dave Court EI3IO on
Monday, the 14th of July 2025. Dave was a prominent expert in
international spectrum management on behalf of the amateur radio
service. First licensed as an amateur radio operator in 1963, he served
nationally as the IRTS HF manager and IARU representative and
internationally on the IARU Region 1 executive committee amongst other
roles over the years.

Dave was widely known and respected by administrations and the amateur
radio community worldwide. We extend our sincere condolences to his
wife Sue, sons James and Richard, his extended family, and wide circle
of friends.

Ar dheis Do go raibh a anam. May he rest in peace.
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IRTS Hamfest 2025

It is just over a month until IRTS Hamfest 2025. This takes place at
the Mullingar Showgrounds outside Mullingar, Co. Westmeath over the
weekend of September 6th and 7th. The event includes overnight
operation from Saturday night to Sunday morning as part of the SSB
field day weekend. Novice and experienced people will come together in
one place along with a very wide array of amateur radio equipment and
stations, technologies, and expertise across 30 acres. Entry is free
for IRTS members. The dedicated website for the event and all the
latest information can be found at www.irts.ie/hamfest .
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IOTA Standings Table Updates

Information is being sought from operators for the EI HF IOTA standings
table published on the IRTS website. This is a table showing the number
of IOTA references worked by EI stations participating in RSGB's IOTA
award programme. If you took part in the IOTA event last weekend, now
is a good time to consider including or updating your information in
the table. You can view the existing EI HF IOTA standings table on the
information section of the IRTS website and submit updates via email to
pagemaster /at/ irts.ie .
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group Activating Hook Lighthouse

The South Eastern Amateur Radio Group, EI2WRC, will once again this
year activate Hook Lighthouse ILLW reference IE0003 on Saturday and
Sunday the 16th and 17th of August as part of the 28th International
Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend. For more info on the International
Lighthouse and Lightship weekend, please see www.illw.net . Hook
Lighthouse is located on the southeast coast of Ireland in Co. Wexford.
The present structure is about 800 years old and is the oldest intact
operational lighthouse in the world. For more info, please see
www.hookheritage.ie .

EI2WRC would like to thank all the event staff at the Hook Lighthouse
visitors centre and Phil Lawlor from Irish Lights for all their help in
planning this event. To find out more about EI2WRC and their activities
you can email them at southeasternarg /at/ gmail.com or please feel
free to go along to any of their events or meetings. Their website is
www.searg.ie and you can also find them on Facebook or /at/ seargnews
on X.
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North Dublin Radio Club and the International Lighthouse and Lightship
Weekend

With thanks to Irish Lights, the North Dublin Radio Club EI+NDR will be
active at the Baily Lighthouse in Howth in two weeks' time on the 16th
and 17th of August. Plans are for various stations. Visitors are
welcome on the day.
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VHF/Microwave News

Approximately one year ago, the FCC authorised a commercial company to
conduct testing of telemetry, tracking, and command communications
within the 70cm band. This company is seeking to build a space-based
cellular broadband network with global coverage. Signals from this
operation have been detected across Europe. Sparked by plans for this
company to launch over 200 more satellites that would use parts of the
70cm band, concern has grown globally that they will interfere with
amateur radio operations.

In addition to many other national and international amateur radio
representative groups, the IRTS provided a submission to the FCC
regarding this. The IRTS requested confirmation that the satellite
transmissions will not cause harmful interference to authorized
services operating in this band in Ireland.
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IARU Intruder Watch Service Newsletter

Recently renamed from the Monitoring System to the Intruder Watch
Service, the June edition of this insightful newsletter is available
for download. Included is detailed information regarding new and
infrequent interesting signals discovered on the amateur radio bands.
This free report can be downloaded from the Monitoring System section
of the IARU website located at www.iaru-r1.org .
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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.

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