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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday July 5th, 2026
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IRTS at Friedrichshafen
An IRTS delegation, including society President Jeffrey Roe and committee member Mark Kilmartin, recently travelled to Germany to attend the world-renowned Friedrichshafen international ham radio exhibition. As the largest event of its kind in Europe, the rally featured hundreds of exhibitors representing over 30 countries and drew an impressive crowd of more than 11,000 visitors.
During the trip, the team also stopped to visit the local Friedrichshafen amateur radio club, operating under the callsign DK0FN. The IRTS extends its sincere thanks to Falko, DM5XT, for the exceptionally warm welcome and hospitality extended to the Irish representatives. Listeners can find EI0IRTS on various social media platforms to view photographs from the event.
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IRTS President Visit to Kildare Amateur Radio Club
IRTS president Jeffrey Roe continues his tour around the nation to meet up with fellow ham operators. On July 1st, he visited the Kildare amateur radio club EI0K. The IRTS would like to thank the club for the warm welcome and hospitality.
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IRTS VHF/UHF Field Day Contest
The annual IRTS VHF/UHF Field Day contest is currently underway across the country and will wrap up at 14:00 UTC today. With the final hours of the event approaching, there is still plenty of time for operators to turn on their radios and take part. Amateurs are encouraged to scan the 6-metre, 2-metre, 70-centimetre, and 23-centimetre bands to hunt for contest participants, get on the air, and make the most of the remaining competition time.
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Kildare Amateur Radio Club Update
Kildare Amateur Radio Club will be taking part in the Parks on the Air (POTA) Support Your Parks weekend on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th July. Club members will activate Curragh Plains Conservation Area (POTA reference IE-0212) on both days, operating across a wide range of bands and modes. The club would be delighted to make contact with amateurs both around Ireland and around the world and also welcomes reports from short wave listeners. A specially designed electronic QSL card will be sent to all stations contacted, as well as to any SWL submitting a report. Further information on the club is available at kildarearc.com
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TOG Hackerspace Radio Activities Update
TOG Hackerspace reports a busy and successful series of radio activities. The group collaborated with the South Dublin Radio Club for a Parks on the Air activation on Ireland's Eye, utilizing an EJ callsign to introduce new participants to the hobby in a memorable setting.
This was followed the next evening by a special event hosted at the TOG space for Queer Shed Dublin Central, where the special event callsign EI0LGBT was used for demonstrations, Morse code practice, and live on-air operations. TOG extends its thanks to the wider amateur radio community for providing the helpers and instructors who contributed to the success of these sessions and offered a warm welcome to all visitors.
TOG Hackerspace will be joining the 145 Alive event on Sunday, July 12th, alongside the three other stations currently registered in Ireland. Jeffrey, EI7IRB, and Tomasz, EI2KSB, will be putting the club call EI0TOG on the air from TOG in Dublin. Listen out for them on the allocated 2-metre FM frequency and give them a call. Better still, everyone is welcome to come along to TOG Hackerspace at Unit 1B Motor City, Kylemore Road, Dublin 12, D12 CF6V. Licensed amateurs can get on the air, while SWLs and anyone curious about amateur radio can see the station in use and have a supervised go themselves.
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Galway Radio Experimenters Club July Meeting
The Galway Radio Experimenters Club will host its monthly meeting this coming Tuesday, July 7th. The gathering is scheduled for 8 p.m. at the Menlo Park Hotel in Galway.
All radio amateurs and shortwave listeners are welcome to attend. Those interested in going are asked to notify the club in advance by dropping a quick note via the "contact us" page on their official website at www.galwayradio.com, or through their Facebook page, "Galway Radio Club".
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World Radiosport Team Championship 2026 Kicks Off Next Week
The 10th World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC 2026), widely considered the Olympics of amateur radio contesting, begins in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, July 8th. The event brings together 50 two-person teams representing various global qualification areas, each accompanied by an assigned referee. Operating from dedicated high-frequency portable sites across Southeast England, competitors will battle in a 24-hour SSB and CW event embedded within the concurrent IARU HF Championship over the weekend of July 11th and 12th. This international competition offers a unique opportunity for amateur stations worldwide to hunt the special WRTC callsigns.
With 50 stations active across the 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10-metre bands, operators can aim for up to 250 contacts on a single mode, or up to 500 total contacts for those proficient in both SSB and CW. The required contest exchange is a signal report and the operator's ITU zone. Downloadable certificates will be available post-event to reward operators across various award tiers, with full criteria detailed at wrtc2026.org/wrtc-2026-competition-awards.
The highly anticipated special callsigns remain a closely guarded secret and will be officially unveiled on Thursday, July 9th via wrtc2026.org and social media channels under the handle WRTC2026.
To follow the action in real time, visit WorldRadioLeague.com, which will host the live, real-time event scoreboard and contact tracking platform. Additionally, daily television broadcasts covering the event will stream at 16:30 UTC starting July 8th, accessible via the WRTC2026 YouTube channel.
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VHF/Microwave News
Round 7 of the European FT8Activity takes place on the 70cm band on Wednesday, July 8th. Starting at 6pm, it's an open and friendly event to encourage the use of weak-signal digital modes on the VHF and UHF bands.
145 Alive is an amateur radio event focused on the 2-metre band designed to promote increased activity on the band. The next 145Alive UK event takes place next Sunday July 12th starting at 11:00 UTC. Visit 145alive.com for further information and how to take part.
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IRTS CW Field Day Results and EI0HQ Operators Needed
IRTS Contest Manager Mark, EI6JK, has announced that the results for the recent IRTS CW Field Day have now been published and are available to view on the IRTS website. Additionally, a final appeal is being issued for operators to run the Irish headquarters station, EI0HQ, during the upcoming IARU HF World Championship. This prestigious 24-hour contest takes place over the weekend of July 11th and 12th, coinciding with the World Radiosport Team Championship in the UK. Any members interested in taking a slot and representing the society are urgently asked to contact Mark, EI6JK, via email to contestmanager@irts.ie to secure their place.
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IRTS News Team Summer Break
The IRTS news team will be taking its annual summer holidays from Sunday July 19th until Sunday August 2nd. This means that the last IRTS HF bulletin before the break will be the 80m bulletin at 12 p.m. next Sunday, July 12th. The next bulletin after that date will be the 40m bulletin on Sunday, August 2nd at 11 a.m. For events that may be taking place during the holiday period, you are advised to send the details to newsteam@irts.ie as soon as possible so they can be included in the next IRTS news bulletin before the summer break. The team is also urgently seeking new news readers to join the panel and help the society with the 40m and 80m news services. Please contact newsteam@irts.ie if interested.
The IRTS wishes to thank all volunteer HF and regional weekly news readers for your continued great service to the society. We hope you all enjoy your summer break!
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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 the radio news editor Keith EI5IN via email to newsteam@irts.ie with the details. The deadline each week is midnight on Thursdays. Items intended for inclusion in Echo Ireland, which is the IRTS quarterly journal, should be sent to echoireland@irts.ie
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