EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity

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...

The 40 MHz / 8m band is one part of the spectrum which is very much experimental in nature be that for checking propagation or equipment. Wi...

In this post, we'll look at the EI1KNH beacon in Ireland which transmits on 40.013 MHz and how many times it was spotted on the DX Clu...

The 2022 Quadrantid meteor shower was predicted to peak at 21:00 UTC on the 3rd of January and as an experiment, I wanted to see if I could...

I got a recent email from Keith, G0RQQ to say that he was hearing bursts of the Irish EI1KNH beacon on 40.013 MHz recently. The distance i...

 A few days ago during the Sporadic-E backscatter tests on the 40 MHz band , I noticed some curious little ticks on the waterfall display. T...

Thanks to José, F1EIT for the following information which forms the basis of this post. Friday May 7th was surely a great day for the S55ZMS...

The EI1KNH beacon on 60.013 MHz is currently the only operational 5-metre beacon in the world and has been on air since December of 2019. I...

Back at the start of January of this year, I had a post up about how often the Danish OZ7IGY beacon on 40 MHz was reported back in 2020 . In...

  The Irish 8-metre  EI1KNH beacon on 40.013 MHz is located just to the south of Dublin and became operational in May of 2020 . Due to the...

Back in  early 2018 , the 60 MHz (5-metre) band was allocated to radio amateurs in Ireland (EI) on a secondary non-interference basis. Now ...

There was an extensive Sporadic-E opening across Europe on Monday the 18th of May 2020 with strong signals being reported on all the VHF ban...

Sunday 17th May 2020 . Interesting to see a report on the PSKReporter website showing EA3ERE near Barcelona reporting reception of the ...

Back in  early 2018 , the 40 MHz (8-metre) band was allocated to radio amateurs in Ireland (EI) on a secondary non-interference basis. Now ...

Back in  early 2018 , the 60 MHz (5-metre) band was allocated to radio amateurs in Ireland (EI) on a secondary non-interference basis. A ne...