South Dublin Radio Club in the 'Dublin Maker' STEM Promotion Festival

Last month South Dublin Radio Club participated in the 'Dublin Maker' STEM promotion festival, sponsored by Science Foundation Ireland.

Due to the ongoing pandemic, the festival was held online. If you missed this live event, video content produced for the festival is now available to view on South Dublin Radio Club's YouTube channel & includes: "Niamh learns morse code with South Dublin Radio Club".

In this video, Keith EI5KO gives Dr. Niamh Shaw, one of Ireland’s foremost science communicators and STEM specialist, a light-hearted introduction to Morse code. This video is a great educational resource for anyone wishing to learn more about morse code. "Make your own radio receiver".

In this video, Kevin EI3EU demonstrates how to make a Radio Receiver from mostly household items. This is a great STEM starter project & can be used to learn the basics of radio communication technology. It is an ideal project for teachers, students, and those starting in amateur radio & hobby electronics. "South Dublin Radio Club: Live Net at Dublin Maker".

This video is a live-stream recording of SDRCs Sunday Morning 40m net. This video gives good insight for beginners into the practicalities of radio operation & running a radio net. An on-screen SDR waterfall is used to explain the basics of the radio spectrum and other aspects of amateur radio. Again, this video is a great resource for those wishing to learn more about amateur radio.

South Dublin Radio Club would like to take this opportunity to thank club members for their effort over the two day event & to thank all the crew at Dublin Maker for their tireless work in making the event possible.

South Dublin Radio Club (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbQQEQDWdxJkYTJAVMziDw

The RaDAR Challenge

The RaDAR Challenge is a unique event aimed at promoting the use of Rapidly Deployable Amateur Radio stations.

The second leg runs from 00:00 UTC to 23:59 UTC on Saturday 10 July 2021, but RaDAR operators will decide on their maximum, single period, four-hour activity. Activity is on all bands and modes except QSOs via terrestrial FM repeaters.

The RaDAR Challenge is not considered to be a contest but an individual challenge.

The exchange is your call sign, your name, a RS, RST or RSQ report and your 8- or 10-character grid locator. Log sheets must be submitted by 23:59 CAT on Thursday 15 July 2021 by e-mail to edleighton@gmail.com.

IARU HF Championships 2021

The IARU HF Championships takes place from 12:00 UTC on Saturday 10 July and ends at 11:59 UTC on Sunday 11 July 2021 with CW and phone activity on 160 to 10 metres with the aim to contact as many other amateurs, especially IARU Member Society HQ stations, around the world as possible.

The South African Radio League report that ZS9HQ needs operators for the contest, but you can operate from your own station using the HQ call sign.

If you can operate that weekend, send your details to contest@sarl.org.za and hfmanager@sarl.org.za.