We’re packing up a few projects and heading west for the IRTS AGM Weekend in Shannon on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th April.
This year’s 93rd AGM weekend is being hosted by the Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club, and it looks like it will be a great weekend of radio, chats, workshops, technical talks, the rally, and of course, the AGM itself.
On Sunday, TOG Hackerspace will have a table at the rally where we’ll be showing off some projects from the hackerspace, chatting about what we get up to, and catching up with radio friends from around the country. If you’re around, please do drop over and say hello. We always enjoy talking radios, making, workshops, and the odd slightly mad project.
We’re also delighted to see TOG members Daniel McDowell EI8ICB and Ana Cañizares EI5IXB among the nominees for the IRTS committee in the upcoming AGM, with our own Jeffrey Roe EI7IRB standing for the role of President. TOG Hackerspace wishes them the very best, along with all of the other candidates putting themselves forward.
Because one radio outing in a weekend is never enough, a few of us will also be in Shannon on the Friday evening to try our first-ever Bunkers on the Air Ireland activation. The plan is to activate the Shannon Airport defence artillery sites B/EI-0151 and B/EI-0152.
EIBOTA is the Irish branch of WWBOTA, an amateur radio activity built around activating historic bunker sites, so it feels like a very fitting way to kick off the weekend. If you’d like to join us for the bunker activation on Friday, get in touch with us in advance. It would be great to have a few more people along for the fun.
It should be a lovely weekend all round, with a bit of portable operating, a bit of history, plenty of radio chat, and a chance to bring TOG on the road again. Fair play to the Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club for hosting it, and we’re looking forward to seeing plenty of familiar faces in Shannon.
For the full weekend details, have a look at the official IRTS AGM page and the LCARC AGM weekend page.
