EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity

It looks as if radio amateurs in Belgium are about to get a small allocation on the 40 MHz (8m) band. Update 21st May: This information wa...

Over the last few months, Phil EI9KP in the west of Ireland has been carrying out some low-band VHF propagation tests. On the 13th & 14...

Back in January, February and Arpil of 2023, Phil EI9KP carried out some propagation tests on the 34 MHz band. These tests are possible be...

Over the last few months, there have been plenty of long distance propagation paths reported on the 40 MHz band but nearly all involve at l...

In a previous post , I outlined how Phil, EI9KP was carrying out propagation tests on 32 MHz to 36 MHz on the 1st & 2nd of April 2023...

Andreas, SV2JAO  in Greece sent on a report of his JT65 signal being heard by 3D2AG in Fiji in the Pacific on 50 MHz  (6m) band on the 31st...

A few weeks back, I saw a news item on the IRTS news about an upcoming Irish DX expedition to Antigua in the Caribbean. Usually, I just igno...

With the Irish V26EI expedition to Antigua now on the air, I was wondering if I could hear them? I had a look at the DX Cluster and there wa...

Back in January and February of 2023, Phil EI9KP carried out some propagation tests on the 34 MHz band. These tests are possible because t...

Bill Smith, W1-7897 is a short wave listener in Douglas, Massachusetts in the USA. For listening on the 40 MHz band, he uses a Yaesu FT-847...

The owner of Wellbrook Communications has announced that he is retiring at the end of April 2023 and Wellbrook Communications will cease t...

In the last few days, the 40 MHz page on the blog passed 30,000 pageviews!  The chart above shows the monthly pageviews that the page has g...

Tuesday 21st March 2023: Considering it was the equinox with equal day and equal night, it seemed appropriate that there was an opening on ...

This reception report is from the 23rd of February 2023 when Pipe, CE3SX / CE3SAD in Santiago, Chile managed to receive the FM radio statio...

I noticed on the 15th of March 2023, the PSKReporter website had just passed 35-Billion reception reports!  Back on the 12th of February 202...

Monday 13th March 2023: Over the last few weeks, Paul G9PUV in the SE of England and Robbie, EI2IP in the SW of Ireland have been very ac...

12th March 2023: As we approach the equinox, there are a lot of TEP (Trans-Equatorial Propagation) openings between the south of Europe an...

Over the last few weeks and months, there have been a lot of excellent openings on the 40 MHz (8m) band ( reports HERE ). While the really l...