EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity

Back in February of 2025, I had a post up about how the Irish VHF beacon cluster near Dublin was off air for the foreseeable future. In Mar...

On the 16th of March 2025 , there was an interesting opening on the 40 MHz (8m) band between New Zealand and the UK. ZL28M is an 8m beacon...

For the last few years, the EI1KNH , EI0SIX and EI4RF beacons have been operating from a site to the south of Dublin with an excellent tak...

The ON4KST 'CHAT' website is a very popular tool for radio amateurs on the VHF & UHF bands as it allows them to exchange real t...

Thanks to short wave listener  Bill Smith, W1-7897  for sending on his 40 MHz reception report for May to August of 2024 . Bill who is locat...

A week ago on the 16th of Oct 2024 , I reported on how there was an opening on the 40 MHz (8m) band from the north of Australia to the sout...

It was interesting to see that there was a good opening on the 40 MHz (8m) band on the 16th of Oct 2024 from the north of  Australia to Eu...

Thanks to short wave listener  Bill Smith, W1-7897  for sending on his reception report for April 2024. Bill who is located near Douglas in ...

As we move further into April, the F2 layer propagation in the northern hemisphere is getting worse on the higher HF bands but in contrast, ...

Thanks to short wave listener  Bill Smith, W1-7897  for sending on his reception report for March 2024. Bill who is located near Douglas in ...

On the 3rd of April 2024 , it was announced that radio amateurs in Spain would be allowed access to the 40 MHz (8m) band with some restrict...

Good news! The licencing authorities in Spain have decided to open up the 40 MHz (8m) amateur radio band with conditions. The national asso...

Chris, N3IZN near San Diego in California reports reception of the Irish EI1CAB beacon on 40.016 MHz on Friday 9th of February 2024. Chri...

Thanks to short wave listener Bill Smith, W1-7897 for sending on his reception report for January 2024. Bill who is located near Douglas in...

A lot of countries allow the use of low power transmitters at certain frequencies without the need of a licence. In this post, we'll loo...

Thanks to short wave listener Bill Smith, W1-7897 for sending on his reception report for December 2023. Bill who is located near Douglas i...

Peter, G8BCG reports that the GB3MCB beacons on 40.050MHz & 60.300MHz are off air due to recent storm damage. This beacon in Cornwall...

I noticed in the last few days that there has been a path open on the 40 MHz (8m) band from Europe to Western Australia in the morning hour...

It looks as if radio amateurs in Belgium are about to get a small allocation on the 40 MHz (8m) band. Update 21st May: This information wa...

Over the last few months, there have been plenty of long distance propagation paths reported on the 40 MHz band but nearly all involve at l...