North Dublin Radio Club

At the recently held North Dublin Radio Club AGM, the Club Trophy was awarded to Mike Wright, EI2DJ for his
outstanding contribution to amateur radio and particularly for his work on repeaters.

This trophy was designed by Ray, EI7AHB, and donated to the Club in the early 1990s to be awarded annually for worthy contributions to the Club or to amateur radio in
general. The trophy, in the shape of a triangle, is inscribed with the formula for Ohm's Law.

Many of us who use repeaters regularly do not realise the amount of work that goes into setting them up and
maintaining them. In addition to the voluntary work, there are also costs involved. As we all know, money does not grow on trees. So the next time that you are using your local repeater, consider contributing to the group that maintains it, if you haven't already done so. Congratulations to Mike on his well-deserved award.

At last year's AGM, it was disappointing that there was only one entry for the Professor Folan Shield and the Kevin Freaney trophy. These two trophies are awarded for construction of amateur radio equipment.

Tony, EI5EM, in accepting the awards, addressed the meeting and expressed his own disappointment at the lack of competition. He said that there must be many experimenters out there constructing equipment but who do not consider submitting them.

With the IRTS AGM fast approaching, now is the time to consider submitting an entry. You do not need to have designed and built a multiband DSP transceiver to enter. If you have built a kit, an SWR meter, a mobile antenna or other piece of equipment, why not submit your project and show that the art of building isn't dead and that EIs are not
just a bunch of radio operators.

After all, our licenses designates us experimenters.
So where are the results of these experiments?
Hopefully some of them will appear at the AGM in April.

Source: IRTS