Monday, November 13, 2017

Galway City Multimode Digital Gateway EI2GCD

Posted on 5:38 PMby Steve
On Monday the 13th of November 2017, the Galway City Multi mode Digital Gateway was pressed into service. The Digital Gateway is fabricated from a Motorola GM350, Raspberry Pi, Arduino Due and a MMDVM modem board....

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Galway City DMR Repeater EI7RHD

Posted on 9:00 AMby Steve
A proposal has been made to set up a DMR repeater for the Galway area operating from a site near Circular road on the West side of the City. Our group was offered a reasonably priced Hytera 985 repeater which was really...

Monday, September 11, 2017

Digital Radio

Posted on 3:28 PMby Steve
DMR Radio With the availability of cheap handheld transceivers manufactured by the Chinese, DMR Radio has become popular amongst the amateur radio fraternity. There are a number of handhelds to chose from, ranging from...

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Installing the 70cms Repeater at Knockroe

Posted on 10:15 AMby Steve
A meeting prior to the installation ensured that all parts had been purchased and also who currently had them in their possession. The last item required was the 20ft pole. John looked after the purchase and delivery...

Galway 70cm Repeater - EI7AKR

Posted on 5:27 AMby Steve
The Galway VHF Group 70 cms Repeater is now located at its permanent home on Knockroe, Abbeknockmoy, Co. Galway. This is a prime site with a superb and unimpeded view in all directions. Initial predictions using Radio-Mobile...

Sunday, March 19, 2017

Experiments with C4FM

Posted on 3:41 AMby Steve
We now have six stations in Galway operational on Yaesu Fusion. Steve EI5DD, Tom EI2GP, John EI1EM, Arthur EI7GMB, and Gerry EI8DRB,  have FTM400XDR transceivers and Andrew EI3FEB has an FTM100. Dermot EI7IX from Westport...