IRTS supporting Engineers Week 2010

Following the success of last year, IRTS, the Irish Radio Transmitters Society, together with local radio clubs, is once more involved in Engineers Week organised by Engineers Ireland from 8th to 13th February. This year sees an expanded number of locations and sessions.

There will be 18 presentations of “Decoding the Code - from Samuel Morse to SMS” in Athlone, Limerick, Cavan,
Bailieborough, Kiltimagh, Balla, Dundalk, Tullamore, Carlow and Cork and up to 500 school children are expected to attend. Most sessions are fully booked.

In Dublin IRTS has been invited to take part in Family Day at Engineers Ireland Headquarters at 22 Clyde Road on Saturday 13th.

Participants will be able to come and experience the wonderful world of electronics and communications.
They will discover how radio waves travel across the world and see how, a century before the invention of SMS texts, coded abbreviations were used to send messages quickly around the globe. They will also have the opportunity to identify electronic components and to build a simple electronic circuit to take away and use to send messages.

Further information from Séamus EI8BP at (087) 259 0691
or from www.engineersweek.ie

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