About me.
My name is Trevor, I am in my forties and have had an interest in radio since my early teens. I have been on and off the air many times over the years and this time I'm not going anywhere. I joined the Irish Rover DX club back in the early 90's and then joined IRDX Club a few years later. I have now joined the Alfa Tango group as of January 2021.
After operating many kinds of radios and antennas over the years I now use an Icom 7300 with Heil Proset Elite IC with a 2 element Moxon about 6 metres above the ground. I live in a built up area so space is a premium and neighbours can be a pain in the ass so the moxon is ideal as it does not take up too much space. I absolutely love my set up as it works very well. I had been QRT for around 8 years but have decided to come back for this solar cycle and see if I can work as many countries as previously done in the past.
MY QTH.
Kilkenny Irish: Cill Chainnigh, meaning "church of Cainnech"is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512.
Kilkenny is a tourist destination, and its environs include historic buildings such as Kilkenny Castle, St Canice's Cathedral and round tower, Rothe House, Shee Alms House, Black Abbey, St. Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny Town Hall, St. Francis Abbey, Grace's Castle, and St. John's Priory. Kilkenny is also known for its craft and design workshops, the Watergate Theatre, public gardens and museums. Annual events include Kilkenny Arts Festival, the Cat Laughs comedy festival and music at the Kilkenny Roots Festival.
Kilkenny began with an early sixth-century ecclesiastical foundation within the Kingdom of Ossory. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, Kilkenny Castle and a series of walls were built to protect the burghers of what became a Norman merchant town. William Marshall, Lord of Leinster, gave Kilkenny a charter as a town in 1207. By the late thirteenth century, Kilkenny was under Hiberno-Norman control. The Statutes of Kilkenny, passed at Kilkenny in 1367, aimed to curb the decline of the Hiberno-Norman Lordship of Ireland. In 1609, King James I of England granted Kilkenny a Royal Charter, giving it the status of a city. Following the Irish Rebellion of 1641, the Irish Catholic Confederation, also known as the "Confederation of Kilkenny", was based in Kilkenny and lasted until the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. From 1840 onwards, Kilkenny has not been administered as a city under local government law, but the Local Government Reform Act 2014 provides for "the continued use of the description city".
Kilkenny was a brewing centre from the late seventeenth century, and still houses a number of breweries. The Heritage Council offices are at Church Lane in the former Bishop's Palace. The seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ossory is at St Mary's Cathedral and the Church of Ireland Bishop of Cashel and Ossory is at St Canice's Cathedral.
My QSL Information.
My postal address is 2 The Knoll, Cashel Downs, Kilkenny, Ireland R95RWV4. My email address is 29IR374@gmail.com I return QSL 100%, please get in touch if you need anymore info. I hope to hear you on the airwaves soon. Good DX.
73s & 51s,
29IR374.
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