Radio Amateurs members of the Irish Radio Transmitters Society will be active with special call EI90IRTS from Dublin, Ireland, commemorating 90th Anniversary.
They will operate on HF Bands.
Information from their qrz page:
EI90IRTS is a special call issued to mark 90 years since the founding of the Irish Radio Transmitters Society. The IRTS was formed in 1932. The call will be activated by Irish Amateurs throughout 2022.
Amateur radio in Ireland goes back a long way. Colonel Meade Dennis, who lived near Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow, became interested in radio transmission following his attendance at a lecture in Dublin in August 1898 entitled "Signalling through space without wires". Following this, Colonel Dennis made a spark transmitter and receiver, sending and receiving messages over a distance of 70 metres, making him probably the first amateur radio experimenter in the world. His first call sign was DNX. Following Irish Independence he was issued with the call sign GW11B, becoming EI2B in 1929 when the Irish Free State began issuing EI call signs.
In 1913 Colonel Dennis was one of the founder members of the Dublin Wireless Club which, following amalgamations, become the Irish Radio Transmitters Society in 1932, with Colonel Dennis as its first president.
They will operate on HF Bands.
Information from their qrz page:
EI90IRTS is a special call issued to mark 90 years since the founding of the Irish Radio Transmitters Society. The IRTS was formed in 1932. The call will be activated by Irish Amateurs throughout 2022.
Amateur radio in Ireland goes back a long way. Colonel Meade Dennis, who lived near Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow, became interested in radio transmission following his attendance at a lecture in Dublin in August 1898 entitled "Signalling through space without wires". Following this, Colonel Dennis made a spark transmitter and receiver, sending and receiving messages over a distance of 70 metres, making him probably the first amateur radio experimenter in the world. His first call sign was DNX. Following Irish Independence he was issued with the call sign GW11B, becoming EI2B in 1929 when the Irish Free State began issuing EI call signs.
In 1913 Colonel Dennis was one of the founder members of the Dublin Wireless Club which, following amalgamations, become the Irish Radio Transmitters Society in 1932, with Colonel Dennis as its first president.
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