Irish 2-metres Counties Contest

Ireland's 2 metres Counties Contest takes place today, Easter Monday, from 14:00 to 16:00 local time.

There are six sections in the contest - high power portable, low power portable, high power fixed, low power fixed, FM
only (for single operators) and an SWL section.

This contest normally attracts a large entry, and provides a
great opportunity to work the rarer counties on 2 metres.

Those participating should note that the rules provide that, once a contact has been made, the station that called CQ or QRZ must QSY to another channel (FM), or by at least 3 kHz (SSB), before soliciting another QSO. However, the station answering the CQ or QRZ call has the frequency for one more contact.

Full rules are available on the IRTS web site: go to
www.irts.ie/contests and click on "Calendar and Rules".

Note that the email address for contest logs is now
"contestmanager at irts dot ie".