EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity

As we continue through the summer Sporadic-E season, the FT8 mode is continuing to show up more really long distance paths on the 144 MHz (...

In a previous post from October of 2024 , I reported how ZD7GWM on St Helena Island in the South Atlantic had managed to make contact with ...

Bernie, ZS4TX reports that a new 144 MHz beacon has started in South Africa to investigate the possibility of Trans-Equatorial Propagation...

A few days ago, I had a post about the new proposed 2m beacon for St Helena Island. Dee, ZR1DEE has very kindly sent on some additional inf...

It was announced on Southgate Amateur Radio News during the week that a contact had been made between South Africa and St.Helena Island on ...

After hearing someone mention that there were French stations on 2 metres, I had a listen to the FT8 frequency of 144.174 MHz for 24 hours f...

After reading a post on the blog of Roger G3XBM about the possibilities of FT8 on 144 MHz, I tried it out for myself. The results for me on...

I have been scanning and listening on 145MHz for most of November 2016 so I now have a reasonable idea as to what the level of activity on t...

Since I returned to the radio, I have been listening to the 2m and 70cm bands. While the level of activity on FM seems pretty low, the repea...