EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity

After a long absence, I am back using the digital mode WSPR again on receive. It's a great tool in that you can just leave the rig on o...

For the first time in about 2 years, I put out a signal on 144 MHz again today. I noticed about a few days ago that the IRTS 2m Counties Con...

Just came across this.....  Transatlantic Amateur Radio Balloon Launch (Edit...As of Friday morning, it has launched and is heading WEST...

I have checked the 28 MHz band every day from the 24th of March to the 6th of April 2011. Looking back at the logbook from some time in the ...

I came across this today....the first ever contact between Greece and South Africa on 70 MHz! As far as I can tell, it happened on the 28t...

This is one of those websites and utilities that I had forgotten about so when I discovered it again, I thought that I must put up a post ab...

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...