EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity

As we move further into April, the F2 layer propagation in the northern hemisphere is getting worse on the higher HF bands but in contrast, ...

Over the last few months, there have been plenty of long distance propagation paths reported on the 40 MHz band but nearly all involve at l...

Saturday the 21st of January 2023 was another busy day on the 40 MHz (8m) band with plenty of activity. I picked out a few notable paths. ...

With the solar flux now reaching the 150 mark, the MUF (Maximum Usable Frequency) is now allowing more paths on the 40 MHz band to open up....

Thursday 7th April 2022: There was an extensive opening on the 40 MHz band and it was great to see so many stations active. The map above ...

With the recent increase in sunspot numbers and the improvement on the HF bands, there has been a lot of interest in the ZS6WAB beacon on 4...

Back in October of 2021, I reported on the first ever contact between South Africa and Slovenia on the 40 MHz band. See post HERE . On the 1...

During the period of the 4th to the 11th of February 2022, quite a number of stations have reported hearing the ZS6WAB 8m beacon in South A...

16th January 2022: Emilio, IK0OKY reports that there was a nice opening on the 40 MHz band on the 16th of January when several amateur ra...

Back on the 30th of October 2021, there was a nice TEP opening on the new 40 MHz band between South Africa and Spain. Joan, EA3ERE reports ...

Friday 5th November 2021:  This was an interesting day for the 40 MHz band with signals from South Africa reaching Europe and a big Sporadic...

Saturday 23rd October 2021: I was first alerted to this big opening on the 50 MHz band between Europe and South Africa when Tom, SP5XMU pos...

Saturday 23rd October 2021: This seemed like a particularly good day for TEP (Trans-Equatorial Propagation) with signals on the 40 MHz (8m)...

Sunday 17th October 2021: A little bit of radio history was made today when there was a successful two way contact between S50B in Slovenia ...

In a report by email, Leonidas  SV2DCD  in Greece informs me that he heard the ZS6WAB  8-metre beacon in South Africa on  40.675 MHz. "...

On the 13th of July , there was a good opening on the 50 MHz band from Europe to South Africa. During this opening at about 13:50 UTC, Paul ...

Following on from my previous post about the South African 8-metre ZS6WAB beacon on 40.675 MHz being heard by SV2DCD in Greece, there are...

Following on from the report last month of the ZS6WAB 8-metre beacon being heard in Portugal, we now have news that the beacon on 40.675 M...

  Back in February, I had a post up about the ZS6WAB 8-metre beacon in South Africa transmitting on 40.675 MHz . On the 14th of March 2021, ...

In April of 2015, radio amateurs in South Africa were allocated a 10 kHz wide sliver of spectrum in the new 40 MHz (8-metre) band. The all...