EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity

Slowly getting back on air again after a long break of about 9 months. In the meantime, a certificate arrived in the post for the PACC co...

The IRTS 80 Metres Evening Counties contest was held on Tuesday the 21st of February. It was only one hour long and ran from 8pm to 9pm (2...

The UKEICC run short one hour contests on 80m which are ideal as they don't take up much time. Back at the start of February, I was on...

Back at the end of January 2017 , I put in an entry to support the French HF CW Championships. That time, I managed 138 QSO's spread out...

The annual PACC contest was held last weekend the 11th and 12th of February 2017 and is the highlight on the contest calendar for many Dutch...

The French REF CW contest was held on Saturday the 28th and Sunday the 29th of January 2017 on the HF bands from 10m to 80m. For stations...

The SSB leg of the UKEICC 80m contest was held on Wednesday the 1st of February 2017 between 8pm and 9pm. As a test of a Yaesu FT-817 rig...

The annual IRTS 80 metre contest was held on the 1st of January 2017 and the full results are now available HERE The chart above shows ...

This was my first time trying out this contest as I had been off the air for the first 3 ( 2006-2008 ). I repaired my HF doublet antenna on ...

Considering that this is the only band I am really currently active on, I was on during the 2 days of this ARRL contest to see what would ...