EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity
Recent posts indexed from this public source.
- Long Wave service of BBC R4 to close 27th of June 2026
- Video: Solar Cycle 25 Expectations in 2026 and beyond... by Carl, K9LA
- WQ2XDM - New US experimental callsign for radio propagation tests at 40 MHz & 70 MHz
- New 'Communication Device' for cyclists...
- Frequency Measurement Tests in Europe - Feb 2026
- Opening on the 50 MHz band from Europe to Australia - 1st Feb 2026
- RSGB in the UK outsource their QSL Bureau to the DARC in Germany - Jan 2026
- 145 Alive activity periods in 2026
- Why are Printed Circuit Boards green in colour?
- DL0IGI 10m beacon in Germany heard via Auroral-E - 19th Jan 2026
- Looking back at 1981 and the reception of BBC TV audio on 41.5 MHz in Texas
- Low VHF Band Short Range Device GURL Licence in New Zealand
- Summits on the Air Challenge for 2026 - 2m/70cms SSB/CW
- End of the road for the International Reply Coupon (IRC)
- 2225 km opening on the 70cms band from Madeira Island to Ireland - Oct 2023
- 45th Anniversary of the first 2m digital repeater - Dec 2025
- 10m QRSS Challenge: - K4BYN & KQ9RSS in the USA - 1st December 2025
- Digital Amateur TV experiment between Belgium and Greece on the 29 MHz band - Nov 2025
- Norway proposes new restrictions to remote operation from places like Bouvet Island
- FM radio stations on 79 MHz from Brazil are heard in Portugal - 19th Nov 2025
- Spain allows radio amateurs access to the 40 MHz band for another 18-months
- Norway 145 Alive event gets off to a flying start - 1st Nov 2025
- National Broadcaster in Spain to close its AM network on Medium Wave at the end of 2025
- Notice: Upcoming HAARP ionospheric tests from Alaska - 17th to 22nd Nov 2025
- ARRL membership drops 8.3% in 2024
- A very basic overview of Polar Modulation and the implications for Amateur Radio
- Opening on the 40 MHz band between the UK and Australia - 8th Nov 2025
- VE2DX Electronics closing down - Nov 2025
- Video: Understanding 6 Meter Sporadic E Propagation by W3LPL
- Improving conditions on 28 MHz at Equinox - Sept 2025
- The last print edition of the World Radio TV Handbook will be in 2026...
- Ireland's first cubesat EIRSAT-1 comes to end of life...
- Markus Baseler, DL6YMM - Silent Key
- Video: The rise and fall of Radio Shack - From $5 billion to bankruptcy
- Return of F2 layer propagation to the 28 MHz band - Aug 2025
- 10m QRSS Challenge: - DL3PB in Germany - 12th August 2025
- LongChat… The new amateur radio text chat software by TA2STO
- 10m QRSS Challenge: - ON4CDJ in Belgium - 20th July 2025
- Notice: Upcoming HAARP ionospheric tests from Alaska - 23rd & 24th July 2025
- 10m QRSS Challenge: - GB3PKT in England - 16th July 2025
- Dave Court, EI3IO - Silent Key
- New 144 MHz beacon in Maine is beaming towards Europe - July 2025
- Sporadic-E opening reaches as high as 162 MHz in North America - 4th July 2025
- Unique broadcast from WA2XMN on 42.8 MHz on the 19th of June 2025
- New 40 MHz beacon in Croatia - 9A0BEZ
- 3700km opening on the 144 MHz band between Madeira Is and Greece - 11th June 2025
- Opening on 50 MHz band between Europe and North America - 3rd June 2025
- EA5/DL8JJ operating from a hanging tent on a Spanish island - EU-151
- 3000km+ opening on 144 MHz in Europe - 28th May 2025
- SteppIR to stop selling antennas to the radio amateur market
- 4000km Trans-Atlantic opening on the 88-108 MHz FM band from Spain to Newfoundland - 29th May 2025
- FM radio stations on the Azores heard in Newfoundland - 13th May 2025
- 36.9 MHz Doppler Radar Antenna at the White Sands Missile Range Museum
- Unusual 5560km TEP opening on 144 MHz from St Helena to Madeira Is - Apr 2025
- Italian radio amateurs can use the 70 MHz (4m) band until the end of 2025
- Italian radio amateurs get permission to use the 40 MHz band in 2025
- Review of the new SG Lab 5.6 GHz Transverter...
- Irish VHF beacon cluster is operational again - Apr 2025
- ARDC award grant of roughly €51,000 to develop a 'New Packet Radio' network in the UK & Ireland
- Dutch radio amateurs bounce 1299 MHz microwave signals off the planet Venus
- Opening on the 40 MHz band between New Zealand and the UK - 16th March 2025
- VIDEO : Understanding VHF Propagation by Rohde & Schwarz
- New site found for Irish beacon network - March 2025
- Novel use of ESP32 modules to 'see' microwave Wi-Fi signals
- talkSPORT in the UK to close 7 AM transmitters on the Medium Wave band
- New DAB+ trials to commence in Ireland - 2025
- Aircraft Scatter causes interference to radio telescope in Australia
- Irish VHF beacons off-air for the foreseeable future
- A look back at the Long Wave band in 1991...
- Ongoing WSPR tests on the 144 MHz band in Australia - Dec 2024 & Jan 2025
- FOSDEM 2025 in Brussels -- HAMNET, M17 & MESHTASTIC presentations
- 190km contact on 10 GHz FM from Tennessee to Virginia - 19th Jan 2025
- Successful contact on the 1296 MHz band by bouncing signals off Geostationary satellites - Jan 2025
- Notice: Upcoming HAARP ionospheric tests from Alaska - 27th to 31st Jan 2025
- Notice: 145 MHz Activity Period for the UK & Ireland - Sun 26th Jan 2025
- Winter Sporadic-E opening on the FM band in the USA - 14th Jan 2025
- Successful tests with Rattlegram - Dec 2024
- 6474km TEP contact on 144 MHz from Argentina to a ship off the coast of Florida - 9th Dec 2024
- 3770 km contact on 144 MHz between Brazil and St Helena - 7th Dec 2024
- Reception report of Dutch FM radio station in Finland...
- VIDEO: Solar Cycle 25 update by Carl, K9LA
- 3000km opening on Band 2 (88-108 MHz) from Ireland to Western Sahara - 10th Nov 2024
- TEP openings on the 144 MHz band from St Helena Island to Europe - Oct 2024
- Opening from Guam to Ireland on the 50 MHz band - 5th Nov 2024
- K6JEY talks to Ham Radio Workbench podcast about Earth Moon Earth Amateur Radio Operation
- 40 MHz option added to popular ON4KST Chat site...
- 17,000km+ opening on the 50 MHz band from the UK to Sydney, Australia - 27th Oct 2024
- Trans-Atlantic opening on the 50 MHz band - 31st Oct 2024
- 40 MHz reception report from Bill Smith, W1-7897 for May to August 2024
- Opening on the 40 MHz band between N Australia and NW Europe - 23rd Oct 2024
- A mystery QRSS signal on 28 MHz from North America - 21st Oct 2024
- 2024 10m QRSS Challenge: - DJ5CW in Germany - 19th Oct
- VIDEO: Solar Cycle 25 - predictions V reality ...by Steve Nichols, G0YKA
- 2024 10m QRSS Challenge: - AA7US in Arizona - 17th Oct
- Opening on the 40 MHz band between Australia and Europe - 16th Oct 2024
- L-Match antenna coupler for the low VHF bands - 40 MHz to 70 MHz
- Video: Factors Affecting F-layer Propagation at 50 MHz - Roger Harrison, VK2ZRH
- Madeira HF beacon CS3B back on air after forest fire
- FT8 activity nights on the VHF/UHF bands - Q4 2024
- A look at the new ICOM IC-7760 HF & 6m transceiver