Calendar of events 2020-2021
2020
Presentations:
20-October – Logger32 (Virtual) – a beginners introduction covering how best to run Logger32, the main menus, how to configure it for your needs, how to use it with a cluster and so on. The goal here is an introduction to Logger32 rather than an advanced covering of Logger32.
04-November – NVIS (Virtual) – Near Vertical Incidence Sky-Wave is a skywave radio-wave propagation path that provides usable signals in the distances range – usually 0—650 km (0 – 400 miles). It is used for military communications, broadcasting, especially in the tropics, and by radio amateurs for nearby contacts circumventing line-of-sight barriers. The radio waves travel near-vertically upwards into the ionosphere, where they are refracted back down and can be received within a circular region up to 650 km (400 miles) from the transmitter. (Source: Wikipedia)
2021
Presentations:
TBA January – Raspberry Pi Desktop on a PC (Virtual) – This session is not a presentation, but rather a working session on how to install the Raspberry Pi Desktop on your PC – at the end you will have Raspberry Pi Desktop running safely on your PC without impacting Windows itself. Raspberry Pi’s have become very popular around the world as they are a low-cost introduction to computing and at the same time they have great flexibility. For those that want to experience the Raspberry Pi on a Windows PC, there is the option of installing Raspberry Pi Desktop that allows exploration of some aspects of the Raspberry Pi.
TBA February – Ionagram
TBA March – 5MHz
TBA April – Satellite Communications
TBA May – Logbook of the World
Events
TBA April – Maamturks Challenge (see here)
TBA April – IRTS AGM (see here)
24 April – International Marconi Day (see here )
25-27 June – Friedrichshafen Rally (see here)
TBA July – Joyce Country Challenge-(Finney walk) (GREC involved)
TBA July – GREC Annual Dxpedition to Inishbofin Island.
TBA November – AGM Menlo Park Hotel
TBA = Specific date to be announced.
In addition to the above listed events, the Club also takes part in the contests listed at IRTS (see https://www.irts.ie/cgi/st.cgi?test_calendar)
Upcoming rallies are also listed on the IRTS website – see https://www.irts.ie/cgi/rallies.cgi