Hamfest is happening this weekend! Practical tips: 📍 Meet us at The Showgrounds, Mullingar (N91 HXH0), free admission. 🌦️ Light showers are forecast. 🌮 Food truck on-site. Saturday evening social gathering. 🚗 Vehicle approach via L5706 Culleen Beg ⛺ Free Saturday night camping irts.ie/hamfest

Hamfest 2026 is ONE WEEK away! 📍Mullingar Showgrounds(N91 HXH0) 🆓Free entry, parking & Sat night camping 📅 Sat noon - 6pm | Sun 10am - 4pm 🥳 20 clubs + ComReg presentation (Sat) + 15 traders (Sun rally) 🚗Enter via L5706 Culleen Beg - follow the signs. #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk

Irelands' First Ever Hamfest - The Irish Radio Transmitters Society Event - September 2025

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🐈📻 TOG’s cats are taking to the air! Throughout August, listen out for our special event station EI0MEOW. We have created 14 SSTV cat images, but you will need to find us on the air to collect them all. Find us at the @irts.bsky.social Hamfest on 8 August. www.tog.ie/2026/07/ei0m... #Amateurradio

Good craic as the IRTS president and committee members met up with the Shannon Basin radio club crew: Anthony EI6GGB, John EI5INB, Tom EI4HCB, Mark EI6JYB 🥳 #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk @togdublin.bsky.social

Thanks to the great bunch of lads from the British Amateur Television Club BATC and UK Microwave Group for demystifying ham radio satellite operations with live demos 👍Grateful as well for the warm hospitality extended in hosting IRTS president Jeffrey. #hamradio #amateurradio

That’s Kildare amateur radio club EI0K on a mighty sunny day weekend for parks-on-the-air excursion 📡 #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk

We will be joining 145 Alive this Sunday, 12 July. We’ll be on air as EI0TOG from Dublin on 145.425 MHz FM, from 12pm to 3pm. Licensed amateurs can call in or come along in person. SWLs and anyone curious about amateur radio are also welcome to visit www.tog.ie/2026/07/tog-... @irts.bsky.social

Everyone’s invited to Hamfest 2026 in Mullingar, August 8–9, free admission. We're hosting a special ComReg talk for radio amateurs on Saturday afternoon 🥳 #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk Throwback to Hamfest 2025 photos:

Our society president continues his tour around the nation to meet up with fellow ham operators, this time meeting with the Kildare amateur radio club EI0K 🍻 #hamradio #amateurradio @togdublin.bsky.social

That’s a wrap for the IRTS team at Europe’s largest ham radio exhibition in Friedrichshafen 🥳🍻 #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk @togdublin.bsky.social

From IRTS, Jeffrey and Mark just visited the Friedrichshafen ham radio club DK0FN, thanks to Falko DM5TX for the warm welcome and hospitality 🥳 #hamradio #amateurradio @togdublin.bsky.social

Hamfest 2026 returns to Mullingar Showgrounds on 8th and 9th August, everyone's invited & free admission for all! #hamradio #amateurradio Throw back to hamfest 2025 pictures...

Join us at Mullingar Showgrounds on August 8-9 as the IRTS Hamfest returns after last year’s great debut 🥳 please mark your calendar - there will be free entry, free camping, a great chance to socialise with fellow ham operators. Contact hamfest@irts.ie for more info #hamradio #amateurradio #hamfest

IRTS is pleased to announce that following the success of last year's debut, hamfest will once again return to Mullingar showground this year on the 8th and 9th of August. Please mark your calendar, for further information please contact hamfest@irts.ie. #hamradio #amateurradio

That was an action packed weekend promoting the ham radio hobby! North Dublin radio club setup a demo station at Ardgillan castle and South Dublin radio club hosted a fox hunt exercise 📡 #hamradio #amateurradio

TOG Hackerspace & South Dublin Radio Club invite all to a family friendly, free to attend a radio direction finding (fox hunt) puzzle tomorrow (23rd Saturday) between noon and 4pm, location is Ballyroan Library.

Join North Dublin Radio Club (EI0NDR) at the beautiful Ardgillan Castle, on 24th Sudnay 10:00-17:00 for ham radio action & POTA activation (IE-0136). This is a free and family-friendly educational event for everyone to explore ham radio - ardgillancastle.ie #hamradio #amateurradio

Here at IRTS we wish all candidates sitting the HAREC license exam today best of luck, hope to make QSOs with you on the air soon! 🎓📻 #hamradio #amateurradio

IRTS president Jeffrey visited the Chemnitz-Süd ham radio club yesterday, big thanks to Jens DB5JH, Mario DM5AHA, Carsten DG0JCG, Jürgen DL4JWU, Wolfgang DL5WSC, and Veiko DM9TT for their warm welcome and hospitality! #hamradio #amateurradio @togdublin.bsky.social

The ComReg amateur radio survey closes tomorrow, May 8th, this is the last chance to have your voice heard! Please take a few minutes to complete it, your input helps shape the future of the hobby for our fellow operators all around Ireland. Survey link: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run... #hamradio

IRTS president Jeffrey EI7IRB just visited the ham radio club DL0DM at the Deutsches Museum in Munich! Had a brilliant time meeting everyone, massive thanks to Luise DL4LA, Severin DL9SW, Martin DL5MAC for the warm welcome and hospitality! #hamradio #amateurradio @togdublin.bsky.social

Thanks to the Limerick and Clare Amateur Radio Club for a brilliant weekend in Shannon for the @irts.bsky.social 93rd AGM weekend. We had a great time meeting people, chatting radio, showing off some of what we get up to in TOG. www.tog.ie/gallery/ngga... #AmateurRadio

That’s a wrap for the 2026 IRTS AGM, congratulations to Jeffrey our newly elected society president! 🍾🎉 #hamradio #amateurradio

IRTS would like to thank Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club for hosting this year’s AGM and look forward to seeing many members in person. Make sure to take part in the great workshops and radio rally throughout the weekend! Detailed agenda at: www.limerickclareamateurradioclub.ie/site/irts/ag...

Yesterday we were out in Ticknock Forest, IE-0116 for our Easter Monday POTA activation. Great to get EI0TOG on the air, make plenty of contacts, and enjoy a good day out in the Mountains. Thanks to Declan EI9HQ, Paraic EI2LH, Tomasz EI3106 & Jeffrey EI7IRB for taking part. #POTA @irts.bsky.social

Today I did a POTA activation with @togdublin.bsky.social on the 40m and 20m bands in Ticknock Forest. Jeffrey (EI7IRB) led the activation using the club callsign EI0TOG. We have also taken part in the IRTS 70cm and 2m County Contests. #POTA #HamRadio @irts.bsky.social

On the afternoon of Easter Monday (tomorrow 6th), we're inviting hams to take part in 2m & 70cm counties contests, both SSB & FM modes are welcome, exchange includes signal report + serial number + county name, please refer to irts.ie/contests for scoring details and rules.

TOG Hackerspace is heading to Ticknock Forest for a POTA activation on Easter Monday, 6 April. We’ll be on air as EI0TOG, with EI7IRB leading the activation. Come along in person or listen out for us on the bands. More info: www.tog.ie/2026/04/pota... #POTA #HamRadio @irts.bsky.social

A lovely bit of radio experimenting in the space last night. Daniel EI8ICB was testing a home-made 4m antenna and managed a QSO with EI3IXB, David Gardiner from South Dublin Radio Club. Hard to beat seeing homebrew gear working on air. 📡 @irts.bsky.social

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