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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Long Wave service of BBC R4 to close 27th of June 2026... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2026/05/long...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Video: Solar Cycle 25 Expectations in 2026 and beyond... by Carl, K9LA... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2026/02/vide...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

WQ2XDM - New US experimental callsign for radio propagation tests at 40 MHz & 70 MHz... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2026/02/wq2x...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Frequency Measurement Tests in Europe - Feb 2026... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2026/02/freq...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

VK3OT reports that there was an opening on the 50 MHz (6m) band between Europe and Australia on Sun 1st Feb 2026... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2026/02/open...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

145 Alive activity periods in 2026... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2026/01/145-...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

DL0IGI 10m beacon in Germany heard via Auroral-E - 19th Jan 2026... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2026/01/dl0i...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Looking back at 1981 and the reception of BBC TV audio on 41.5 MHz in Texas... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2026/01/look...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Summits on the Air Challenge for 2026 - 2m/70cms SSB/CW... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/12/summ...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

End of the road for the International Reply Coupon (IRC)... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/12/end-...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

2225 km opening on the 70cms band from Madeira Island to Ireland - Oct 2023... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/12/2225...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

10m QRSS Challenge: - K4BYN & KQ9RSS in the USA - 1st December 2025... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/12/10m-...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Digital Amateur TV experiment between Belgium and Greece on the 29 MHz band - Nov 2025... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/11/digi...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

FM radio stations on 79 MHz from Brazil are heard in Portugal - 19th Nov 2025... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/11/fm-r...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Spain allows radio amateurs access to the 40 MHz band for another 18-months... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/11/spai...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Norway 145 Alive event gets off to a flying start - 1st Nov 2025... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/11/norw...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

National Broadcaster in Spain to close its AM network on Medium Wave at the end of 2025... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/11/nati...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Notice: Upcoming HAARP ionospheric tests from Alaska - 17th to 22nd Nov 2025... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/11/noti...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

A very basic overview of Polar Modulation and the implications for Amateur Radio... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-ve...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Opening on the 40 MHz (8m) band between the UK and Australia - 8th Nov 2025... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/11/open...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Improving conditions on 28 MHz at the equinox - Sept 2025... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/09/impr...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

The last print edition of the World Radio TV Handbook will be in 2026... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

It looks as if Ireland's first satellite EIRSAT-1 re-entered the atmosphere sometime around 16:00 UTC on the 4th of Sept 2025... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/09/irel...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

10m QRSS Challenge: - DL3PB in Germany - 12th August 2025... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/08/10m-...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Update: The LongChat Activity Periods for 2025 are the first Saturday and Sunday of every month... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2024/11/long...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

On the 20th of July 2025, I 'saw' my 28th QRSS signal on the 28 MHz band (ON4CDJ)... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/07/10m-...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Notice: Upcoming HAARP ionospheric tests from Alaska - 23rd & 24th July 2025... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/07/noti...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Nice short skip Sporadic-E opening on 28 MHz today with these three QRSS signals coming in from the east coast of England... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/07/10m-...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

New 144 MHz beacon in Maine is beaming towards Europe - July 2025... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/07/new-...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Sporadic-E opening reaches as high as 162 MHz in North America - 4th July 2025... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/07/spor...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Unique FM broadcast from WA2XMN on 42.8 MHz on Thursday 19th of June 2025... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/06/uniq...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

New 40 MHz beacon in Croatia - 9A0BEZ... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/06/new-...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

3700km opening on the 144 MHz band between Madeira Is and Greece - 11th June 2025... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/06/3700...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

SO3X reports working into the USA from Milton Keynes in England on the 50 MHz band on CW... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/06/open...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

One of the more unusual activations. Emil, EA5/DL8JJ is operating in a tent hanging off a pole on a tiny Spanish island (IOTA EU-151)... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/06/ea5d...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

There was a 3000km multi-hop Sporadic-E opening on the 144 MHz band in Europe on the 28th of May 2025 ... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/06/3000...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

SteppIR to stop selling antennas to the radio amateur market... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/06/step...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

4000km Trans-Atlantic opening on the 88-108 MHz FM band from Spain to Newfoundland - 29th May 2025... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/05/4000...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

FM radio stations on the Azores heard in Newfoundland... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/05/fm-r...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Unusual 5560km TEP opening on 144 MHz from St Helena to Madeira Is - Apr 2025... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/04/unus...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Italian radio amateurs can use the 70 MHz (4m) band until the end of 2025... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/04/ital...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Review of the new SG Lab 5.6 GHz Transverter... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/04/revi...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The Irish VHF beacon cluster is now operational again - Apr 2025... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/04/iris...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

ARDC award grant of roughly €51,000 to develop a 'New Packet Radio' network in the UK & Ireland... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/04/ardc...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Dutch radio amateurs bounce 1299 MHz microwave signals off the planet Venus... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/03/dutc...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Opening on the 40 MHz band between New Zealand and the UK - 16th March 2025... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/03/open...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Nice video by Rohde & Schwarz covering the basics of VHF Propagation... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/03/vide...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

New site found for Irish beacon network - March 2025 ...https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/03/new-site-found-for-irish-beacon-network.html

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Novel use of ESP32 modules to 'see' microwave Wi-Fi signals... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/02/nove...

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John, EI7GL @ei7gl.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

talkSPORT in the UK to close 7 AM transmitters on the Medium Wave band... ei7gl.blogspot.com/2025/02/talk...

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