EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity

On the afternoon and evening of Monday the 30th of December 2019 , there was another amazing tropo opening on 144 MHz from the Cape Verde I...

After a relatively quiet day on 28 MHz, I decided to listen for FT8 signals on 144 MHz for the 24 hours from 21:00 on Sunday the 29th of De...

In what was probably the best tropo opening to Cape Verde Islands to date, Ian White GM3SEK in Scotland managed to work D41CV on the Cape...

On some days, there are good openings on the VHF and UHF bands. Saturday the 28th of December 2019 was not only good, it was exceptional. ...

There was some nice mid-Winter Sporadic-E on Saturday the 28th of December 2019 with an opening during the afternoon. The map above shows...

In a suprise end of year tropo opening, D41CV on the Cape Verde Islands off the west coast of Africa has been heard on 144 MHz and 432 MHz i...

ICOM recently posted this video on their YouTube channel showcasing some of the radios that they have released down through the years...

After the Second World War, some radio amateurs in Europe were allowed to use the 5-metre band (58.5 MHz to 60.0 MHz) until 1949-1951 when ...

Back in 1997, Radio Netherlands produced a TV documentary about the history of radio broadcasting on the short wave bands during the 20th ce...

QRSS is a CW mode in which the receiver bandwidth is drastically reduced and the rate at which code is sent is slowed beyond that which w...

The ARRL 10-metre contest was held last weekend and it usually generates quite a bit of activity if the band is in good shape. On Saturday...

Back in early 2018 , the 40 MHz (8-metre) band was allocated to radio amateurs in Ireland (EI) on a secondary non-interference basis. Since ...

DRM or Digital Radio Mondiale has long been touted as the digital solution for Medium Wave and Short Wave broadcast radio with higher eff...

The 12th of December 2019 seemed pretty poor for propagation on 28 MHz. First off, there was a distinct lack of stations. I noted the f...

The QCX cw transceiver from QRP-Labs is one of the most popular kits for radio amateurs on the market and sells for just $49. It comes in...

An international panel of scientists co-chaired by NOAA and NASA release reports every few months on the state of the sunspot cycle. This...

On the 1st of December 2019 , there was an extensive Sporadic-E opening on 144 MHz in the south-eastern part of Australia. While this all...

Truth be told, conditions weren't all that good on 28 MHz on Monday the 9th of December 2019 . There were a few signals from around E...

Early on the morning of the 5th of December 2019, there was a remarkable tropo contact between Leigh, VK2KRR and Peter, VK6KXW on 70cms ...

Normally news items about DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) tests on the short wave bands are of little interest to me except that this one is un...