EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity

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April can be an interesting time for conditions on 28 MHz as there can be good North-South paths via F2 from southern Europe to Africa and S...

On Tuesday the 19th of March 2019 , the Marconi “100 Years Celebrations” marked the 100th anniversary of the first voice radio transmission ...

While monitoring the FT8 frequency on 28 MHz, I noticed the tell tale crackle of a lightning strike. They are usually less than one second l...

There was a pretty reasonable Sporadic-E opening on 28 MHz on Thursday the 4th of April 2019. Heard on FT8... 120745   3  0.0  549 ~  ...

After a quiet two days on 10 metres, it finally opened to Africa on the 3rd of April. Monday 1st April 2019 ... A very small Sporadic-E op...

The spectrum from 40 to 47 MHz is used by commercial and state agencies in North America which means that there is a certain amount of equip...

I follow a number of blogs and sometimes I read something which sparks my interest. One such item was the recent post by G6NHU about QRSS.....

The week of the 24th to 31st of March 2019 was pretty quiet for the most part on 28 MHz although it did open to South America on the 29th a...

While it is pretty easy to build an antenna for 40 MHz , the difficulties of mechanical strength and waterproofing are always a problem. Som...

ZETAGI is a brand usually associated with CB radio products for 27 MHz although it seems that they also make RF power amplifiers for Italian...

Considering that there is pretty much no chance of any 28 MHz propagation at night, I decided to set the radio on the 80m WSPR frequency for...

Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) has long been touted as the digital replacement for AM radio on the medium and short wave bands. Despite yea...

A new MMDVM digital repeater is now on test from Mt. Leinster in Co. Carlow. Considering that the summit of Mt Leinster is 794 metres a...

It looks as if there was a good Sporadic-E opening on 28 MHz on Sunday the 24th of March although I was missing for all of it! At least ...

All in all, it was a pretty quiet week on 28 MHz with just European signals heard. Still no sign of the 5V7EI expedition getting this far n...

Wednesday the 20th of March 2019 seemed like just another pretty quiet day on 28 MHz with just a handful of FT8 signals heard on the ban...

One of the obvious problems with the new 8-metre (40 MHz) band is the lack of equipment. Some amateur radio transceivers could be modified b...

From the IRTS News... Evening Counties Contest The IRTS 80 metres Evening Counties Contest takes place at 20:00 on Tuesday 19th March ...

There couldn't have been a greater contrast in conditions over the last two days on 28 MHz. Saturday the 16th was practically dead while...