EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity

Monday the 28th of May 2018 was one of those days when there was plenty of Sporadic-E signals in Europe from 28 MHz to 144 MHz. This is what...

About 10 years ago in 2008 when the first trials of DAB radio  (Digital Audio Broadcasting) began in Ireland, I purchased a PURE EVOKE-2XT ...

The Irish Radio Transmitters Society have just released their proposed band plans for the new VHF bands around 40 and 60 MHz. The follo...

There were plenty of FT8 signals on the 10 metre band on Tuesday the 15th of May 2018 although noticeably fewer than previous days. This i...

Another day full of FT8 signals on the 10 metre band. As such, it was pretty similar to previous days with some slight differences. It ...

At about 09:00 UTC this morning, I noticed that I was hearing FT8 signals on 28 MHz from Denmark. Later, I heard the OZ7IGY beacon on 50.470...

At the recent AGM of the Irish Radio Transmitters Society, John Ronan EI7IG and John McCarthy EI8JA made a presentation on the current st...

Another day with loads of activity on FT8 on 28 MHz. The map below shows what was heard in the 24 hours of the 13th of May 2018... The ...

At the recent IRTS AGM in Galway, Keith Wallace EI5KO made a presentation on the new FT8 digital mode which seems to be hugely popular at...

Another day listening to FT8 signals on 28 MHz and it was another busy one. Although it was similar to the previous days, it was different. ...

Another interesting day listening to FT8 digital signals on the 28 MHz band. This is what I heard during the 24 hour period... Signals ...

I left the radio on 28 MHz all day today listening on the FT8 frequency. From what I could hear, the band seemed to be open from early morni...

In order to facilitate testing of digital modes, Don EI8DJ has set up an experimental low power gateway at his home in Crosshaven in Cork Ha...

This morning, I noticed that the 28 MHz band was open but I couldn't hear one single CW beacon on the band. After hearing about the popu...

Tues 8th May 2018 ... The Sporadic-E season is now well under way with plenty of signals being heard on the 10 metre band. On Tuesday the ...

Back in November of 2016 , I put up a CB half-wave vertical to use on 28 MHz. After being off air for four years, I just wanted to put up ...

The Irish Radio Transmitters Society announced today in their weekly news that Irish radio amateurs are to gain access to a huge part of th...

I saw a news item recently that Germany is to get a temporary allocation on 70MHz again in 2018 from the 2nd of May to the 31st of August. ...

There has been a very interesting discussion on the Medium Wave Circle forum over the last few days about what kind of distances can be achi...

There was an interesting interview recently on commercial radio station Clare FM with Simon Kenny EI7ALB and Alan Cronin EI8EM about the...