Irish Radio Transmitters Society

A big thank you to Tree for helping so many visitors make callsign patches at TOG today! 🧵📻 Thanks also to @irts.bsky.social for helping with the materials. Radio and making, stitched together. #TOGHackerspace #AmateurRadio #Embroidery

Radio Day at TOG today! TinyGS at 10:00; demos and callsign patches from noon; soldering at 13:00 and 14:00; afternoon talks; Open Social and pizza from 18:00. @irts.bsky.social https://www.tog.ie/2026/10/radio-retro-weekend-at-tog-24-25-october-2026/

Old radios, computers and restoration projects welcome! Retro Radio & Computing Day is at TOG this Sunday, 25 October, 14:00 to 18:00. Free entry. Bringing an exhibit? Email info@tog.ie. @irts.bsky.social https://www.tog.ie/2026/10/radio-retro-weekend-at-tog-24-25-october-2026/

Your callsign, stitched! Join us at TOG this Saturday, 24 October, from noon for callsign patches, packet radio and a pump-up mast demo. Free entry; patch-material donations welcome. @irts.bsky.social https://www.tog.ie/2026/10/radio-retro-weekend-at-tog-24-25-october-2026/

Playful radio projects, weather balloons and skills beyond the shack. Join us for Radio Day talks at TOG this Saturday, 24 October. @irts.bsky.social https://www.tog.ie/2026/10/radio-retro-weekend-at-tog-24-25-october-2026/

Receive satellite signals with TinyGS! Join our workshop at TOG on Saturday 24 October, 10:00 to 11:30. Book separately from the afternoon Radio Day. #TinyGS @irts.bsky.social https://www.tog.ie/2026/10/radio-retro-weekend-at-tog-24-25-october-2026/

EI0TOG & EI2OARC out in the park! 📻🌳 Vic EI5IYB, Ana EI5IXB and Jeffrey EI7IRB joined OARC Ireland friends at Kerdiffstown Park, Kildare, yesterday, operating both club callsigns. Thanks to everyone who gave us a call! #POTA #AmateurRadio #TOGHackerspace #Kildare @irts.bsky.social

IRTS, TOG Hackerspace, and South Dublin Radio club at the Kildare Amateur Radio Club extravaganza 🤩 #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk @togdublin.bsky.social

Thanks to Radio Scouting Ireland for the welcome and for having the IRTS president Jeffrey alone for JOTA-JOTI! #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk

Radio rally coming right up on Sunday - not to be missed 🥳 IRTS in-person committee meeting takes place that afternoon, good chance to chat with IRTS colleagues in person! #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk

IRTS and RSGB crew at Parks On The Air activation GB-3495 on this extra sunny weekend 😎📻 #rsgbconvention #amateurradio #hamradio #amateurfunk

Representatives of RSGB and IRTS at the RSGB convention 📡 #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk

From a Dublin park to Japan! 🇮🇪📻🇯🇵 Ana (EI5IXB) and Jeffrey (EI7IRB) took TOG’s club callsign EI0TOG to Eamonn Ceannt Park (IE-0291) this evening. With Ana on the mic, they contacted JH5KAC in Japan, our club’s furthest contact ever! 🎉 The magic of radio! #POTA #AmateurRadio @irts.bsky.social

Satellites, soldering, callsign patches, radio talks, pizza and retro computers! TOG Radio & Retro Weekend, Dublin 12, 24–25 Oct. Sunday includes POTA in the park. Supported by Dublin City Council. www.tog.ie/2026/10/radi... #AmateurRadio @irts.bsky.social

Ham Radio Ireland edited by Steve EI5DD is back with the October issue! Highlights include upcoming events from IRTS, RSGB, and Collective Communications Radio, DIY excellence, and license exam preparation tips. Read online: www.docdroid.com/J9I2P7H/hriv... #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk

Yesterday IRTS president Jeffrey EI7IRB visited the ham radio club of the Slovak university of technology, OM3KFF. Special thanks to Ondrej OM4DW for the warm welcome and hospitality 🥳 #amateurradio #amateurfunk #hamradio @togdublin.bsky.social

The IARU R1 general conference has successfully concluded 🥳 thanks to all and congratulations to Ana EI5IXB on her election to the R1 executive committee 🎉 #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk

Our IRTS team is hard at work attending the IARU R1 general conference in Vienna 🇦🇹 congratulations to Séamus EI8BP for being awarded the G2BVN Memorial Trophy by the R1 president Sylvain F4GKR #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk

Did you know that ham radio is more than just a hobby? It provides a fallback method of communication when conventional systems are offline. Listen to this radio interview with the Amateur Radio Emergency Network in Ireland: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... #hamradio #amateurradio

SETU Radio Society is a new radio club launched in May, last night the IRTS president and committee had an opportunity to meet with the club’s founding members - great vibes! 🥳 #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk @togdublin.bsky.social

Much appreciated to Mid-Ulster amateur radio club MN0VFW for inviting our society president Jeffrey to the club AGM and dinner 🥳 #amateurradio #hamradio #amateurfunk @togdublin.bsky.social

Ham radio has always been well represented at Dublin Maker festival 📡 thanks to the operators from TOG Hackerspace and South Dublin Radio Club for putting on a good show! #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk @togdublin.bsky.social

Kildare Amateur Radio Club EI0K is organising a radio show free for vendors (5e entry for visitors), not to be missed! Location: maps.app.goo.gl/r4QdAWAwgi3n... #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk

IRTS President and Dublin Maker organiser Jeffrey EI7IRB would like to thank everyone for attending Dublin Maker this year! With kudos to TOG Hackerspace & South Dublin Radio club for showcasing ham radio to the 20K+ visitors 😊 #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk

Throw back to Hamfest 2026 - our largest yet and blessed with a great crowd 🥳 #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk

IRTS hamfest 2026 highlight 🥳 seasoned CW contester Jules EI7LI / F4IEY operating Shanon Basin Radio Club EI3Z’s station, making contact with Japan 🌏 #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk

That’s a wrap for hamfest Saturday 🥳 see you all tomorrow! #amateurradio #hamradio #amateurfunk @togdublin.bsky.social

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

🐈📻 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