EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity

After a long absence of over a year, I finally turned the radio back on again this weekend. My previous post is dated June 2011 so I guess I...

If you have been following the details of the current solar cycle then you'll know that the peak which is supposed to be coming up in 20...

This one was a bit of a suprise! I had WSPR running on 28 MHz this morning and I was hearing some signals via Sporadic-E from Germany and De...

Friday morning 3rd June 2011.......Just started listening for WSPR signals early in the morning. After a few minutes, the trace looked l...

Over the last 2 weeks or so, I have used WSPR on 50 MHz and I have heard several stations....mainly Western European countries and a bit of ...

I saw this news item last week. A 70 MHz beacon near the East Coast of the USA will be operational this summer and beaming towards Europe. H...

I left WSPR running overnight on 30 metres and when I checked it this morning, there seemed to be very few spots. The colour screen on top w...

When it comes to using WSPR, 2 things are crucial...... 1) The time on your PC must be accurate 2) You are on the correct frequency The...

OK...Not exactly Amateur Radio related but I can see it from my house! The piece below appeared in a local newspaper about a 32 metre dish w...

One of the best features of using WSPR is that you don't have to be present for it to work ;o) It's just a case of setting it up la...

QRSS is basically morse that is sent very slowly. QRSS3, the most common type uses dots that are 3 seconds long and dashes that are 9 second...

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...