Browsing Archive: June, 2020
Posted by on Tuesday, June 16, 2020,
The KARG club nets have resumed again and take place weekly on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm local (1830 UTC) on 3.650 MHz plus or minus QRM. This is great opportunity to dust off the 80M antenna and get on the air. All are welcome to call into the net for some friendly chat and get County Kerry in you log !!
The weekly Shannon Basin Club nets are held on Wednesday evenings at 8pm local (1700 UTC) on 3.720 MHz plus or minus QRM. This is another great opportunity to get new counties into your log....
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Posted by Declan Horan on Sunday, June 7, 2020,
Silent Key
We also regret to report on the passing of our friend Eugene (Gene) O???Connor EI8GV from Camp, Castleisland, County Kerry. Gene was active on both HF and VHF. He was well known for designing and building homebrew antennas, especially beams. He was the local liaison for the week-long Kerry Head operation of the East Cork Radio Group in their attempt to establish a trans-atlantic contact on 2 metres back in 1989. Our condolences go to his family and many friends, including his collea...
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Posted by on Sunday, June 7, 2020,
EIDXG Summer Challenge
EIDXG members (who brought you 9N7EI, 7Q7EI,5V7EI to name a few), are running a unique Summer Challenge as a fun event beginning June 1st through August 30th. Simply work as many unique DXCCs, CQ Worked all Zones, Participating EIDXG members and 32 Irish counties as possible (each one counting just once regardless of band or mode) and whoever accumulates the most points at the end is the Winner. Full information can be found on their website: www.eidxg.com/sc2020 where o...
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