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We will be conducting a field day on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th May. This will be held in the grounds of the Irish Military Museum in Collon, Co. Meath.  We will be operating primarily on phone/voice on the 2m to 160m bands, All QSOs are welcome.  If you are passing, you are invited to call in for a coffee and a chat.

Preparations are underway for Winter Field Day 2024 which is running over the weekend of .January 27th & 28th, 2024  We had a great time last year on in the wind and rain, warmed by a little whiskey and the radiated energy from the home brew 160m Dipole antenna! We actually built and tuned this antenna on-site as we noticed that the field might just be big enough for it. This year we plan on operating voice on HF. If you are taking part and would like to try and organise a sked for a QSO with us, we'd love to hear from you. Stand By for more updates!

OK, it was only a pretend crash, but it was a great scenario for a training exercise. The East Leinster Amateur Radio Club has been out practicing again – remember our “Black Sky” event earlier this year! This time the project was a bit more adventurous. We got together with the Glen of Imaal Mountain Rescue Team (MR) and with Wicklow Civil Defence (CD) to run a combined operation to practice and hone our skills with simulated emergency communications. We also had a guest observer from the Wireless Communications Laboratory at the Tyndall Institute with us. The Glen team responded to an imaginary small aircraft crash in the Ow Valley (just south of Lug na Coille). This carefully chosen location near Aughavannagh had no mobile phone signal, no Tetra radio signal and was very definitely out of line-of-sight for VHF signals. The background to the exercise was to simulate the failure of the Tetra radio system operated by the emergency services, and to assess the feasibility of using HF ...

Introduction On Saturday the 27th of May the members of the East Leinster Amateur Radio Club (ELARC) conducted a Black Sky drill amongst the sunny Wicklow mountains. Some background to the drill. A Black Sky drill is a simulation of a major extended power outage. The power outage can be either man made, such as an electromagnetic pulse, a cyber-attack on the grid or a physical attack on the power distribution network. It can also be caused by a natural phenomenon such as a coronal mass ejection similar to the Carrington event of 1849 which wiped out large sections off the early Telegraph system in the United States. Causing Telegraph stations to burst into flames. Other causes can be winter ice storms, hurricanes, or other major weather events. These black sky events are typically very rare but have a very high impact to the electrical distribution grid. Training Goals This drill is a scripted, Directed Net with some specific training goals: Improve operator message handling skills. Be...

With portable operations being the main focus area for the East Leinster Amateur Radio Club (ELARC), partaking in the Winter Field Day is not a surprise. We set out to establish a station at the Irish Military Museum & Park . Access to the vast camping area was a factor in our success. Located on the north facing side of a hill outside Collon, just inside the Co Meath border. With good take-off for HF DX to the North, East and West. Our setup consisted of several radio systems in the communication tent. We could operate on 160/80/40/20 metre bands. We used homebrew, dipoles, linked dipoles, EFHW , and Clansman military dipole for the 160m band. 80m and 160m antennas were deployed in NVIS fashion. Where the 40m and 20m were a bit higher relative to the wavelength. Our wires were supported by a 10m telescopic mast, a couple of fishing rods and local vegetation. Radios were a standard HAM issue Yaesu FT-857D and FT-891. In total we were able to operate 4 bands at the same time. We did...

We are in the process of planning another 4 Summits (might be just 3, we'll see what happens) on 4m between Christmas and New Years Day.  The summits will be on the east coast of Ireland in Wicklow and/or Cooley Mountains. So QSO's into GW and north east G will be highly probable, especially on 4m.  The primary event date is Thursday 29th Dec. with Friday 30th as an alternate date.  The weather will be the main factor. We'll post an update soon with summit locations and frequency's More info here too https://wiki.oarc.uk/xmas-elarc-portable-day-2022

Members of East Leinster Amateur Radio Club, the 98th Dublin Scouts and the 7th Kildare Scouts have teamed up to activate EI-98-JOTA (Dublin) and EI-7-JOTS (Kildare) for the 2022 JOTA-JOTI weekend. We look forward to making contact with you by HF (80/40/20) , VHF (2m/4m) or DMR over the weekend. 15-16 October 2022. HF 80m  3.690 Mhz +/- QRM 40m  7.090 Mhz +/- QRM 20m 14.290 Mhz +/- QRM Listen out for us on DMR Talk Group 272907 JOTA IRL. Local VHF 2 Meter Repeaters EI2KPR - 145.7625 -0.6 Mhz  88.5 Hz (Dublin) EI2CCR - 145.6750 -0.6 Mhz 110.9 Hz (Dublin/Kildare) EI7MLD (DMR) - 430.3000 +9.0 Mhz CC1 (Kildare) Simplex on 2 Meters and 4 Meters 2m VHF Simplex - 145.5000 Mhz FM +/- QRM 4m VHF Simplex -  70.4500 Mhz FM +/- QRM 98th Dublin Scouts location is the "Bog of the Ring Scout Campsite, Dublin, Ireland" Grid IO63VN29 QSL via QRZ EI98JOTA 98 Dublin Scout Group 7th Kildare Rathangan Scouts location is the "Rathangan Scout Den, Kildare, Ireland" Gri...

The  East Leinster Amateur Radio Club, operating under the callsign EI0EL, will be activating Wicklow Head Lighthouse IE0026 on Saturday 20 August 2022 as part of the International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend.   We will primarily be operating on HF, Phone, in an effort to contact other international lighthouses and lightships. In the spirit of the Club's activities on 4m, we will also be operating on 70.400 Mhz FM, +/- QRM. Coverage and range from this location will likely be somewhat restricted.   We would like to hear from others who are planning on taking part in the International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend and will be on the air on Saturday. It would be great to try and organise a QSO., HF on 80m with an antenna in NVIS configuration would be best suited to this

Club members made their way to their allocated summits on Saturday morning. This is the first time some of these summits have been activated on 4m. Ad-hoc check-ins were maintained between members on route via EI2KPR. Tom (EI5IEB) and Johnnie (EI6IPB) setup a portable station on SOTA Ref EI/IE-021 Clermont Carn. The station consisted of a SOTA Beams 6m telescopic mast, Hawkins Viper 5/8 4m rollup flowerpot antenna, Homebrew 15Ah LiFePO4 battery pack and an Anytone AT-588 radio. WX was not great. Rain, low cloud cover with visibility of 20 to 30 meters on the summit. After setting up the station a radio check was carried out. Frank, Dom and Michael all came back reporting 59. We had 15 minutes to spare before the start of the net so used this time to fire up the stove and make a coffee. This nicely complemented the breakfast rolls picked up on route. The net started at 1200 Local Time and continued until 1300 local time. A total of 8 stations called in to the net. The format of the net ...

There will be a free Balbriggan Mini Maker Day on Saturday 23rd of April from 10am till 5pm in Balbriggan Library, Saint George’s Square, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. K32 TW27. The day is part of the "Loves Learning" festival and is open to visitors both young and old for a day of family-friendly workshops and maker showcases.  On the day there will be a mix of workshops suitable for all ages, from coding and game crafting to lego making and LED art. A giant maker showcase with all sorts from CNCs, crafting to VR experiences.  Members from East Leinster Amateur Radio Club EI0EL will be joining in the fun. We will be demonstrating amateur radio to all the visitors, embedding the spark of our hobby in the new generation.  We will be setting up a number of radio stations operating on VHF and HF Bands on emergency power.  Jeffrey, EI7IRB will also be there showcasing his homemade tinyGS  satellite ground station.  To find out more about the event visit www.balbrigga...