EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity

 In a previous post , I outlined how radio amateurs in Switzerland had obtained authorisation to operate in the 70MHz (4m) band from January...

Martin, PJ4MM on Bonaire in the Caribbean reports that he has just received an experimental license for the 40 MHz (8m) and 70 MHz (4m) ban...

Some good news! Swiss radio amateurs will gain access to the 70 MHz / 4m band from the 1st of January 2023 . USKA is the IARU member socie...

Tuesday 25th May 2021: There was an extensive Sporadic-E opening on the VHF bands with openings all of the way up to 144 MHz. On 70 MHz , t...

The Irish 4m beacon EI4RF has now been upgraded and is now transmitting on 70.013 MHz . It was previously operating on 70.130 MHz due to th...

  The Icelandic Radio Amateur federation (ÍRA) has been notified by the countries Post and Telecom Administration (PSF) that permits to oper...

  While the 70 MHz (4m) amateur band is allocated across much of Europe, it is allocated to 'Land Mobile and Fixed radio' in Sweden...

The D4VHF team on Cape Verde Islands have just announced that they plan to be operational on the 70 MHz (4-metre) band during the Summer ...

The IRTS recently had a news item about a 4-metre gateway in Galway in the west of Ireland. Galway Analogue 4 Metre Gateway - Following the...

There was a news item on the Internet recently about how the Australian regulator was not considering an allocation at 70 MHz for radio ...

I recently came across details of a remarkable 70 MHz contact that was made on the 18th of June 2019 between EA8DBM in the Canary Isla...

Dave, EI3IO, reports that the Falkland Islands Telecoms Regulatory Body has granted access for radio amateurs to the 4-metre band from 70...

I saw a news item recently that Germany is to get a temporary allocation on 70MHz again in 2018 from the 2nd of May to the 31st of August. ...

This is the current IARU Region 1 band plan for 70 MHz band... The Irish allocation is from 70.125 to 70.450 MHz while the British on...

I saw this news item last week. A 70 MHz beacon near the East Coast of the USA will be operational this summer and beaming towards Europe. H...

For the first time in about 2 years, I put out a signal on 144 MHz again today. I noticed about a few days ago that the IRTS 2m Counties Con...

I came across this today....the first ever contact between Greece and South Africa on 70 MHz! As far as I can tell, it happened on the 28t...