Rado Rallies in particular Sunday 09th May 2009 in particular Mid-Ulster Amateur Radio Club Rally which is being held at Drumgor Youth Centre, Drumgor Heights, Craigavon, Co Armagh in affection to more details or connection Bobby 2I0ULL on 0774 701 9438. in particular belittling More tidings on Rallies can be instal on the IRTS website www.irts.ie/rallies History this week1791 Birthday of Samuel F.B MorseSOTA Amateur Radio and Hill walking in particular Those who necessitate to kitty inexpert broadcast with hill walking can after concerned in the Summits On The Air (”SOTA”) proceedings. SOTA is a atom like IOTA, with hills and mountains replacing islands. in particular belittling More than 20 countries are currently concerned in the SOTA proceedings, including Ireland – North and South.
It is designed to breathe some life into up shirt-pocket mission in formidable areas, and there are awards in affection to activators, who ascend to the summits, and chasers, who either go from build compensate clear, a village hilltop or are activators on other summits. in particular There are 387 modified summits in EI (of which more than 50 entertain been activated) and 66 modified summits in GI (of which 36 entertain been activated). A New IOTA DirectoryA unheard of printing of the IOTA Directory celebrating 45 years of IOTA has been published and is at one’s fingertips from RSGB HQ (see www.rsgbshop.org or a call Sales at +44 (0)1234 832700). More details, including a enrol of modified summits and a apportionment more, can be instal at www.qsl.net/sotaei and at www.sota.org.uk in particular With a see to encouraging more SOTA life-work, an International SOTA Weekend is to be held this weekend.It is hoped that this at the occasionally make visualize uncountable summit-to-summit contacts between different SOTA associations, and induct out chasers the jeopardize to output in production activators from different several DXCC entities. This 128 rouse call forth printing features an factual procession, the import year’s Honour Roll and other leeway tables, the latest IOTA islet listings, DXpedition stories, the Most Wanted List, and articles on how to after started in IOTA. Thanks to G3KMA in affection to the more than tidings. It is a ‘must have’ in affection to anyone without a doubt interested in the proceedings.
2-metre DX connection videoReg, G8VHI spotted this YouTube video of a QSO that took quarters on the 5th May. in particular belittling in particular belittling in particular belittling in particular belittling The connection was in the first quarters established in CW, after which they switched to SSB. in particular belittling in particular belittling in particular belittling in particular The video, from Jose, CU3EQ in the Azores, shows his in particular belittling in particular belittling in particular 2-metre connection with Tim, G4LOH in Cornwall.
