EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity

If you were to ask a member of the public about the subject of 'radio', they'll probably answer that it was some old technology ...

  Thanks to Robbie, EI2IP putting a post up on Facebook, I noticed that a high altitude balloon was crossing over Ireland due to the easterl...

On the 16th of October 2020 , there was a remarkable 3000+ km contact made on the 70cms band between South Africa and St.Helena in the So...

At the moment, I scan the 70cms band on a pretty regular basis and every so often, the radio will stop on  433.475 and 433.525 MHz. The sign...