EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity

For the last 12-months or so, I have been being monitoring the WSPR  beacon frequency of 28.1246 MHz nearly every day and uploading the rec...

As we head towards the end of October 2023, there have been reports of some TEP (Trans-Equatorial Propagation) openings in South America on ...

Now that we have reached October and at this stage in the solar cycle, the 50 MHz band is starting to open up with some remarkable paths. T...

The radio beacon CS3B on the Portuguese island of Madeira was destroyed in a wildfire on the 12th of October 2023. The image above shows the...

I noticed in the last few days that there has been a path open on the 40 MHz (8m) band from Europe to Western Australia in the morning hour...

145 Alive Event ... On Saturday 30th Sept 2023 , there will be an activity period on the 145 MHz band in the UK & Ireland and it will ru...

The Limerick repeater on 145.725 MHz is one of the oldest FM repeaters in Ireland and originally came on air back in the 1980's. It went...

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 ...