The Galway Digital Radio Network have received confirmation of the Licenses EJ7IBD for the Inishbofin Island DMR Repeater and EI7LRD for the Loughrea DMR Repeater. The two repeaters are on the bench in preparation for the airwaves.

The Inishbofin Island Repeater, EJ7IBD, will be set up with a 4 stack vertical system beaming East towards the mainland. This Repeater will prove excellent DMR coverage of the western Side of Connemara and up as far as Achill Island. This is the first repeater to be established on an Island and issued with an EJ prefix.

The Loughrea DMR Repeater will be established to the South East of Loughrea and will provide a huge coverage to the East and South East running 40 Watts into an Omni-Directional 4-Stack Vertical Array. The footprint of this repeater will probably overlap the coverage of the Mount Leinster Digital Repeater.

These two repeaters should be established and operational on site in the next two weeks. There will be a third Repeater, EI7AKR, due on air around September operating from Abbyknockmoy, Co. Galway thus completing the DMR Network in Galway.

With all three DMR Repeaters, plus EI7RHD in Galway City, there will be at least 96% coverage of County Galway along with overspill into neighbouring counties.

More Information - http://galwayvhfgroup.blogspot.com/ and also the Galway Digital Radio Group Facebook site.