The clubs first meeting of the year will take place Thursday next, February 22nd at The Clonmel Park Hotel. New members or anyone interested in amateur radio are very welcome to attend.
For anyone who wishes to find out more about the Tipperary Amateur Radio Group and its activities you can come along to any of their meetings, or contact club PRO Ronan, EI4KN at QTHR for further information.
On Thursday 14th December, members of the Tipperary Amateur Radio Group met at The Clonmel Park Hotel in for their Annual General Meeting. This was a well attended meeting with group members travelling from Counties Kilkenny, Waterford, and Cork joining their Tipperary colleagues. Hugh EI2HI chaired this very productive meeting with John EI7IG reading the minutes from last years AGM.
The group treasurer Thomas EI2IT reported a healthy financial situation. A review of the year and the group activities was then discussed at length.
The new incoming committee was then elected and it was agreed that the venue for all group meetings in 2017 will continue to be held at The Clonmel Park Hotel, Clonmel, Co Tipperary. Paul EI3ENB will continue as the Group QSL Manager and Seamus EI8EPB as Group Technical Advisor. The meeting concluded at 11pm when Hugh EI2HI thanked all for their input and attendance.
The new committee was elected as follows:-
The Annual General Meeting of the Tipperary Amateur Radio Group will be held at The Park Hotel, Clonmel on Thursday 14th December at 8pm.
This is the most important meeting of the calendar year and all group members are requested to attend. Short Wave Listeners are in particular very welcome. A number of radio related topics are up for discussion as well as plans for 2018.
Tipperary Amateur Radio Group visited Ballinacourty Lighthouse, Co. Waterford last weekend for the 20th annual ILLW event. The club operated 2 stations on both SSB and CW. The members who attended were Paul EI3ENB, Andy EI5JF, John EI7IG, Hugh EI2HI and Ronan EI4KN. Despite challenging conditions during the setup of the station the club members enjoyed a good weekend getting many QSO’s in the log.
Andy, EI5JF produced the video below, as well as taking some pictures at the site.
Ronan EI4KN
A well attended meeting was held on Thursday last at the Clonmel Park Hotel where plans were finalized for the upcoming International Lighthouse and Lightship weekend (ILLW) event at Ballinacourty Lighthouse on the 19th/20th August. If anyone else is interested in attending (including SWLs) please contact the club as soon as possible.
Tipperary Amateur Radio Group will activate Ballinacourty Lighthouse (ILLW Reference: IE0018) on Saturday and Sunday 19th & 20th August 2017 as part of the 20th International Lighthouse & Lightship weekend. Ballinacourty Lighthouse is located on the South coast of Ireland in County Waterford. The light at Ballinacourty was first established on 1st July 1858. The club will use the callsign EI7T for the activation.
The July meeting of the Tipperary Amateur Radio Group will take place in The Park Hotel, Clonmel on Thursday 27th July at 8.30pm. New members or anyone interested in amateur radio are very welcome to attend.
The next meeting of the Tipperary Amateur Radio Group will take place in the Clonmel Park Hotel, on Thursday the 1st of June at 8.30pm.
This meeting is open to all and Short Wave Listeners are in particular very welcome to attend. A number of radio related topics are up for discussion as well as a demonstration of DMR radio.
73 Ronan EI4KN
TARG PRO
The next meeting of the Tipperary Amateur Radio Group will take place in The Park Hotel, Clonmel on Tuesday 28th March at 8.30pm.
This meeting is open to all and Short Wave Listeners are most welcome to attend. A number of radio related topics are up for discussion as well as a demonstration of some low cost test equipment and shack accessories.
On Tuesday the 6th of December 2016 last, members of the Tipperary Amateur Radio Group met at The Park Hotel in Clonmel at 8pm for their Annual General Meeting. This was a well attended meeting with group members travelling from Countys Kilkenny, Waterford and Cork joining their County Tipperary based colleagues.
Hugh EI2HI chaired this very productive meeting with John EI7IG reading the minutes from last years AGM. The group treasurer Thomas EI2IT reported a healthy financial situation for the radio group which was formed in October 1994. A review of the year and the group activities was then discussed at length as well as the installation of the Groups new UHF Repeater EI7HXR on 430.850MHz which went on air recently from Harney’s Cross near Clonmel.
Particular praise was given to Eddie EI3FFB who over the last number of years had read the weekly IRTS news every Sunday evening at 8.30pm on 145.450mhz FM. His efforts were very much appreciated.
Tommy EI2IT and Ronan EI4KN have taken over from Eddie as the weekly news readers which will continue on 145.450mhz as well as on the EI7HXR repeater at 8.30pm every Sunday. The new incoming committee was then elected and it was agreed that the venue for all group meetings in 2017 will continue to be held at The Park Hotel, Clonmel, Co Tipperary. Paul EI3ENB will continue as the Group QSL Manager and Seamus EI8EPB as Group Technical Advisor. The meeting concluded at 11pm when Hugh EI2HI thanked all for their input and attendance.
The new committee was elected as follows:-
A new 70cm repeater EI7HXR was installed last Sunday the 4th of December 2016 at Harneys Cross near Clonmel, Co Tipperary. The repeater operates on 430.850mhz and input on 438.450MHz (+7.6mhz) with a CTCSS tone of 103.5Hz required.
This new repeater is licenced and run by the Tipperary Amateur Radio Group. It is connected to the Southern Ireland Repeater Network with an output power of approximately 30 Watts.
On site for the Installation were Gareth EI7FZB, Neil EI3JE, John EI8JA, Tommy EI2IT, John EI7IG and Hugh EI2HI. For further information about this repeater or the Southern Ireland Repeater Network go to https://sirnrepeaters.blogspot.ie. Reception reports can be sent to Hugh EI2HI or John EI8JA.