Monday, April 23, 2018

Connemara Ultra Marathon & Emerging Technology

Posted on 9:17 AMby Steve
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....

Saturday, April 21, 2018

The Tytera MD-9600 Dual Band, Dual Mode Transceiver

Posted on 5:30 AMby Steve
The Tytera MD9600 VHF - UHF mobile transceiver operating in both Analog FM and DMR mode. Operation is from 136 - 174 MHz and 420 - 480 MHz. RF transmitting power is around 46 - 50 watts on VHF and appox 45 watts on UHF....

Monday, April 16, 2018

The IRTS Weekend Hosted by the Galway VHF Group 2018

Posted on 9:10 AMby Steve
It was very much by accident that the Galway hosted this, the 86th Annual General Meeting Weekend of the IRTS. It was to be held in Cork but they decided against it and passed it over. The Galway VHF Group put their name...