November Monthly meeting

November 23, 2011

The next monthly meeting will be held at the upstairs cafe in the Manor Shopping Centre, Tralee, at 11am on December 3rd. This will be the last meeting for 2011. New members and visitors are always very welcome.

The HF bands have been in great shape for a long while now, so there is ample opportunity to work some new DX, especially on the higher bands. There has been a lot if EI activity on the bands, which is great to see.
Some members have been working good DX on the 60M band also, with openings to the US and Europe. 

The 80m counties contest takes place on Monday January 2nd 2012, from 1400 to 1700 UTC. This is usually a very popular contest, and an opportunity to catch up with other EI's for a chat. It is an opportunity also to put the rare DX of Kerry in other EI's logs. 


Best 73's for now,
Declan Ei9FVB

Posted by Declan Horan.

 

October Monthly Meeting and news

September 28, 2011
The October monthly meeting will take place at the Muckross House cafe, Killarney, at 11am Saturday Oct 29th.

As always, new members and SWL's are very welcome.

Hopefully if the good conditions continue on the bands, we'll have lots of DX to talk about.

Watch out in particular for the T32C dxpedition Sep 28th-Oct 26th. Their website can be checked out at http://www.t32c.com/ for regular updates.
EI is represented on the Dxpedition by two operators Dave Ei9FBB and Paul Ei5DI.
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Posted by Declan Horan.

 

Field Day Saturday 3rd September 2011

August 29, 2011
Kerry Amateur Radio Group will hold their next field day at Hog's Head near Waterville on Saturday 3rd September using the club callsign EI 1 KARG
 
All members are welcome to attend and any visitors wishing to attend are asked to contact the club at EI1KARG@gmail dot com or any committee member.
 
John, EI 9 ESB, now has very low loss coaxial cable available. See the classifieds section of the club website for more details
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Posted by John Ei9ESB.

 

ILLW weekend 2011

August 23, 2011

Members of the Kerry Amateur Radio Group had a successful and enjoyable weekend at the Cromwell Point Lighthouse located on Valentia Island, Co. Kerry for the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend 2011. This is the sixth year that the radio club has participated in the weekend.


A large number of contacts were made on both voice and data modes. Propagation conditions were average over the course of the weekend. Weather conditions were variable but mostly dry, some members even came a...


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Posted by John Ei9ESB.

 

Upcoming ILLW event at Cromwell Point Lighthouse Aug 20th/21st

August 14, 2011
Preparations are well under way for the upcoming ILLW event at Cromwell Point Lighthouse, on Valentia Island. Permission has been once again kindly granted by the Commissioners of Irish Lights for the radio club to activate the site.
The main antenna is once again going to be the full size G5RV which has been used with great success in previous years.
The antenna for the secondary station is a new antenna this year. It is a 80mtr half wave dipole which has been specially constructed to take acc...
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Posted by John Costello, Ei9ESB.

 

International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 2011

June 28, 2011
ILLW 2011
 
Kerry Amateur Radio Group wish to remind members planning to attend the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend in August at Cromwell Point Lighthouse, Valentia Island, Co. Kerry that there is a requirement to complete and return an indemnity form.
 
This form is required for the Commissioner of Irish Lights who has kindly granted permission for our operation from the lighthouse this year.
 
Anybody who wishes to attend or who feels that they might attend but are not sure should ...
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Posted by Declan Horan.

 

KARG Video at Cromwell Point Lighthouse 2006

June 1, 2011
A video clip of the 2006 Lighthouse weekend at Valentia lighthouse, compliments to John, Ei9ESB for putting the compilation together.

Have a look...see if you recognise anyone !

If anyone has any more pics of KARG events, please let the John, Ei9ESB know, so we can add to the site.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBxxXkzBgw4
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Posted by Declan Horan.

 

DVD Compilation

May 17, 2011

Are you interested in a DVD that complies various aspects of Amateur Radio in County Kerry?

Its many years since a DVD highlighting Amateur Radio in County Kerry has been produced and a lot has changed in that time.
Subject to enough interest, I intend to compile a DVD consisting of interviews with Amateur Radio operators, shack profiles, short stories and memories of Amateur Radio, various modes demonstrated on various bands e.g HF SSB, VHF FM and SSB, UHF FM and SSB, Satellite working, Digi...


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Posted by Declan Horan.

 

New photos added to website

April 6, 2011
Hope everyone is enjoying the fine weather, and the good ropagation on the HF bands.

Some new pictures have been added to the members section of the website, including some ideas for a club station !
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Posted by Declan Horan.

 

Something to be aware of when buying RF cable..

March 22, 2011
Caution!
When purchasing coaxial cable be aware that a lot of what is currently on offer now has minimal copper content. This especially applies to RG213 which now commonly comes with a copper clad aluminimum braid rather than a copper braid. Some suppliers have not readily disclosed this information to their customers.
 
The disadvantage is that it is possible when fitting connectors that with repeated flexing of the braid  the copper coating will fracture leading to conductivity and impedance...
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Posted by Declan Horan.

 
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