EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 weeks and months, there have been a lot of excellent openings on the 40 MHz (8m) band ( reports HERE ). While the really l...

Sunday 19th February 2023: Due to interference on 10m from the ARRL CW contest, I switched over to the 40 MHz from about noon onwards and h...

15th February 2023: I think most people were surprised when Nimrod, 4X1BG in Israel popped up on the 40 MHz (8m) band. Israel is about 40...

12th February 2023: With the solar flux just above the 200 mark, some interesting paths are beginning to appear on the 40 MHz (8m) band. On ...

10th Feb 2023: This was another good day on the 40 MHz (8m) band as shown from the map above showing the FT8 paths from Martin, PJ4MM on th...

In previous posts, I reported on some impressive 40 MHz openings across the Pacific Ocean. On the 28th of December 2022, there was a 12,000k...

The 8th of February 2023 was another good day on the 40 MHz band with lots of reports. Both Robbie, EI2IP in Ireland and Paul, G9PUV are ...