EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity

An 18 month absence from the radio hasn't done much for my CW skills. At first, very rusty yet after a few minutes, it starts coming bac...

After the good conditions on 28 MHz yesterday, I tried listening again the next day on the 24th of March. The band was a lot quieter though....

Turned on the radio again today after a long absence. Looking at my logbook, my last contact was in July 2009! Back then, the talk was of so...

This clip has been doing the rounds on YouTube recently. Not for the faint of heart ;o)

An unusual spot this morning.......I heard G8JNJ on WSPR on 28 MHz. Timestamp Call MHz SNR Drift Grid Pwr Reporter RGrid km az 2010-04-09...

Back messing about with the radio again. Tried out listening with WSPR on 30m & 60m over the last few days. It's so easy.......just ...

This item appeared on the IRTS news last Sunday... Will this be the year? The 2m WA1ZMS trans-Atlantic beacon The WA1ZMS beacon on 144.2850...

This is something I meant to post a while back but never got around to it unil now. Back on the 3rd of July, there was some excellent Spora...

I have been listening on the low power weak signal mode WSPR for about 3 weeks now. For a lot of that time, I have left the receiver on ove...

I came accross this a few days ago. It looks like an interesting satellite with a linear transponder as well (2m/70cms). Here are some detai...

Left the rig on overnight on the 18th/19th of July. One of the ususual signals this time was ZL2FT in New Zealand. Timestamp Call MHz SNR D...

18th July...... The summer Sporadic-E season seems to be on the wane a bit with more days on 50 MHz with no openings. The 18th of July was a...

The majority of stations using WSPR seem to mainly use 30 metres. In an attempt to encourage more use of other bands, special activity days...

I spent the weekend trying out WSPR......'Weak Signal Propogation Reporter'. It's a new type of mode which was only developed in...

There was a nice opening on 50 MHz into Europe on the 6th of July. I worked 29 stations in 23 grid/locator squares. It's only when I pl...

Repaired the HF Doublet antenna today. It had been down for months after getting damaged in the spring gales last March. It's currently ...

Big opening on the 26th of June to North America and the Caribbean. Needless to say, with a 2 element beam in the attic pointing east, signa...

Reading through some recent e-mails, I came accross this... NASA Releases New Predictions for Solar Cycle 24......An international panel of ...

Saturday, 20th June........ In the evening, I noticed that stations in the UK (G/GW) were working EA/CT on 144 MHz on the Dx-cluster. Having...

Since I put the 2 element up in the attic, I noticed that sometimes I would hear a series of almost musical tones on 50.057 MHz when the ban...