The Galway Digital Net, held on Monday evenings at 8:30pm, is an ideal way to allow both DMR and Fusion Operators to operate on one Net via the Bridging systems currently in place.
DMR users can access using...
Galway Digital Net
Friday, November 16, 2018
Sunday, November 4, 2018
Galway VHF Group Projects Now Running on Site. Phase I Complete
On Sunday the 4th of November the Galway VHF Group Digital Repeater and Multimode Gateway became active from their new site on the western side of Galway City. Both systems had undergone testing prior to installation. The...
Friday, November 2, 2018
A Self Contained Digital Radio Mobile/Portable Go Kit
Occasionally, it is necessary to head out on a mobile trip in a hurry. Piecing together a system for DMR operation in a hurry can be a nuisance. It is convenient to have everything in the one box and ready for operation....
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Galway VHF Projects to go Live November 4th
Following rigorous bench testing, the Galway VHF Group Digital projects will be going live from their new site on the Western side of Galway City this weekend (4th November). The 70cm DMR
repeater, EI7RHD, operates on 439.450 MHz O/P and 430.450 MHz I/P with a
power output of 30 watts into a 9dB Gain Colinear antenna. The
Multi mode Digital Gateway,...
Sunday, October 14, 2018
EI2SHD Wires-X Gateway
The Galway City Wires-X Gateway EI2SHD is now operational on a full time basis, using the frequency of 144.8125 MHz. The gateway was bench tested for several weeks to ensure that there were no software or hardware...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Getting Ready for Action on Digital Radio
After rigorous testing, the Galway DMR Repeater, on 70cms, and the 2 Metre Multi mode Digital Gateway are ready for re-siting to their high spot on the west side of the City in the first week of November 2018.
The...
Thursday, July 19, 2018
The Radiotone RT4 Handheld
The Radiotone RT4 is the most recent internet
radio available from Martin Lynch & Sons. It is basically an Android Phone
with a PTT button on the left hand side and a Motorola style speaker microphone
socket on the...
Thursday, July 5, 2018
The Anytone AT-D868-UV
The
Anytone AT-D868-UV is a VHF and UHF hand held radio with both Digital
DMR Tier I and Tier II and Analog capabilities. It offers a total of
4,000 channels (Analog and Digital), 10,000 Digital Talk Groups and up
to...
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Galway Regatta 2018
The
135th Galway Regatta, organised by the Galway Rowing Club, was held on Sunday 17th June on the Menlo Straight
on the River Corrib. Over 180 crews representing clubs participated
including Athlone, Colaiste
Iognaid,...
Castlebar 4 days Walking Festival 2018
Steve EI5DD and Tom EI2GP assisted with the communications for the 30 Km rambles from the 28th June to the 1st of July. The marshals of the ramble were supplied with PMR radios and they communicate amongst themselves...
Monday, April 23, 2018
Connemara Ultra Marathon & Emerging Technology
On an annual basis, the Galway VHF Group provide communications for the Connemara Ultra Marathon. This generally occurs on HF using 80 metres. We were minus two key personnel this year, Arthur, EI7GMB, and Gerry EI8DRB....
