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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

By  Michael Kennedy (EI6IRB) The objective was to undertake a basic rebuild of a 1Ah 24v alkaline Clansman radio battery (NSN 6140-99-620-8058) to allow it to be used on various Clansman radios, particularly the PRC-320 and PRC-351. The battery arrived among the ancillaries with a recently purchased PRC319. It was manufactured in July 1989. Unlikely to charge, let alone hold a charge, the battery was test-charged under constant observation using a standard Clansman 28v battery charger (NSN 6130-99-117-0450). The battery case soon became hand-hot and after ten to fifteen minutes it began leaking battery content which appeared to ‘boil’ and bubble out of the top of the unit. Unsurprisingly, the battery did not hold a charge. As anticipated, it was unserviceable. As the case was in a very good cosmetic condition, there was every chance that the battery could be refitted with a similar voltage and ampere battery and made serviceable again. The first task was to open the unit and remove...

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

Thanks to all SWL's and to all that called in and provided signal reports to today's IRTS 4m News.   Todays news was broadcast from: Dunmurry Hill, Kildare  Locator : IO63ME87 ASL : 234m   Frequency : 70.400 Mhz Mode : FM   Radio : Anytone AT-588 Power : 40 Watts Antenna : 5/8 Wave Hawkins Viper Portable 4m Antenna Antenna mounted 10m above ground on a portable telescopic mast.   Thanks to Paraic, EI9IRB, for droping by to say hello and for helping with setting up and taking down the portable station. It was great to meet you and we look forward to seeing you again. Thanks Artur, EI9IKB, who is newly licensed and built his own 4m antenna for calling in with a report. We enjoy hearing new callsigns on 4m.   Today we received from call in's from:   EI4DP Ian operating static mobile from the Wicklow Gap EI5IAB Dom operating portable from Slievecorragh SOTA Summit Reference  EI/IE-039 EI6IRB Michael operating Portable from Saggart Hill SOTA Summit Ref...

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 ...

On Saturday 30 July 2022 the East Leinster Amateur Radio Club (ELARC) will be attempting to activate 4 Summits on 4 Meters (70Mhz). In an effort to promote the use of 4 meters the Club would encourage those of you with 4m rigs to listen out for our CQ calls on 70.400 FM We know there are a lot of you out there with ex-PMR (Private Mobile Radio) rigs that have been modified and reprogrammed to operate within our allocation on the 4 meter / 70Mhz band. Many of you may already have off-the-shelf amateur radio rigs that have 4m built-in such as the Kenwood TS 890, Icom IC-7300, and Yaesu FT-847. This is a great opportunity to dust it off and get an antenna up and join us on 4m.  Based on our experiences in broadcasting the IRTS 4M News while operating portable, long-distance contacts can be made. For example, Dublin/Wicklow mountains into both North Anglesey (~160 km) and Sligo (~195km). We would especially be interested in making QSO's with anyone who may be operating portable on 4m o...