After being absent for a while, John's excellent blog is back. John has one of the best amateur radio blogs on the internet.
Showing posts with label ei7gl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ei7gl. Show all posts
9 Oct 2024
4 Aug 2024
8m legal amateur radio
At the moment there are about 6 countries that have granted radio amateurs access to the 8m band. Others have granted access by means of some kind of experimental licence. Also, I believe others may access the 8m band using ISM rules, the power being dependent on the administration. Several people have had success with 10mW ERP (the limit in the UK) using licence free ISM rules.
In my view the situation is a total mess, which could be simply rectified if administrations gave limited amateur radio access as follows:
- 40.680 - 40.683 MHz (just 3 kHz).
- Narrow digital only (modes like FT4/8, WSPR and CW)
- 10W ERP maximum.
- By application only.
- Possibly with a 2 year time limit (around sunspot maximum).
- Strictly no interference to other services.
I cannot understand why this should be such a problem. Essentially it would give radio amateurs access to a tiny part of the 8m ISM band for serious research.
In the meantime, it would be good to have a list showing which administrations have granted legal amateur radio access to the band and which have allowed experimental access. One possible solution would be for EI7GL (John) who has an excellent blog to add this to his 40MHz pages.
In my view OFCOM (and the RSGB) and the FCC have been unbelievable over this.
17 Mar 2024
EI7GL's blog
John's blog is always interesting. I note he has a fascinating report of a 23cm QSO in Australia by lightning scatter. The blog is always worth a read.
8 Sept 2023
EI7GL blog
This blog has not been updated since June 10th sadly. I do not know why, but I for one miss it.
21 May 2023
More on that Belgian 8m amateur band
Details are still very sketchy, but I see John has put a bit about this on his excellent blog. We can only hope this allocation is the first of many. There is a real case of a small amateur allocation here to encourage real research.
Personally, I would happily give up 5 kHz of any band for 5 kHz at 8m. Really, I cannot see the harm in any country allocating a small bit in the ISM band 40.66-40.70 MHz to amateurs on a secondary basis. Oh sorry, this requires brains and thinking!! 😁
29 Jan 2023
6m incredible DX
First we had reports of a short path 6m opening for Europe to New Zealand. Now we have news of this DX via the long path (22100km). Totally amazing. No wonder they call it "the magic band"!
I get exited by seeing NZ on 10m, but this is 6m!!
29 Oct 2022
EI7GL blog
John's blog is back and I see he has already posted something today. His blog is always interesting.
23 Oct 2022
EI7GL's blog
John posted on his blog after a break of 5 months. I can honestly say it is probably the very best blog I have ever seen. This is a reminder to us all that this is just a hobby and we can do as much, or as little, as we choose.
A very warm welcome back John.
23 Aug 2022
EI7GL - more
It would appear that EI7GL was spotting on 10m WSPR RX yesterday. Assuming this was indeed John and not a pirate, I am puzzled. I have no further information.
UPDATE 1915z: Just had an email from John. All is well, but he was too busy to blog over the summer, but hopes to resume in September. Basically good news.
22 Aug 2022
EI7GL ?
John has (had?) one of the best blogs, that I found really helpful, but it has not been updated since May. I wrote to John over the weekend, but got no response.
Does anyone have any news please?
If he, or others who know, is able to read this, a response would be helpful.
12 Aug 2022
EI7GL's blog
This blog was regularly updated and a useful source of information, but I cannot see any updates since May 22nd. I hope John is OK.
5 Jul 2022
EI7GL?
John's blog has not been updated since May 22nd. There is a link to it on this blog as it is interesting and useful. It is one of the really good blogs that I often visit.
Does anyone have any news? I hope he is OK.
See https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/ .
UPDATE 1633z: I have received 11 10m WSPR spots from John today.
4 Jun 2022
ICOM SHF transceiver?
The EI7GL blog has quite a bit about this.
Sadly, I cannot see this ever coming to market. Surely the big manufacturers are only really interested in making money. I can only see this selling in low numbers, hardly covering development costs.
See https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2022/04/icom-shf-microwave-project-for-24-ghz.html .
22 May 2022
EI7GL's blog
John's blog always seems to have interesting stuff on it. He has news of the 40 and 60 MHz bands as well as much more. On the web version of my blog is a link to the EI7GL blog is on the right.
8 May 2022
Transatlantic 2m beacon stopped
EI2DKH, the Irish transatlantic 2m beacon is off air according to the EI7GL blog. This is partly due to the site and cost of electricity as well as no reports in 7 years. I have recommended the use of FT8 if the beacon is re-sited. This works with fleeting signals weaker than CW.
22 Mar 2022
8m QSO between Croatia and South Africa
The EI7GL blog has details of a first 8m QSO between Croatia and South Africa.
15 Mar 2022
Really long distance 6m QSOs
14 Dec 2021
EI7GL Blog
John's blog is always a mine of useful data. This week he reports on an apparent pause in FCC approvals of USA 40MHz (8m) permits. It looks like the FCC is worried about a new amateur band via the back door. My feeling is that people after permits are real experimenters.
5 Dec 2021
VK3DXE on the EI7GL blog
On EI7GL's blog is a guest post which makes very interesting reading. This makes the point that newcomers are unlikely to be excited by old timers on repeaters, but might well be excited by EME and aircraft scatter.
See https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2021/12/guest-post-vhf-uhf-operation-by-alan.html .
7 Nov 2021
EI7GL blog
John's blog is regularly updated and always seems to have interesting stuff on it. Today I noticed he had been hearing the CW from the Darwin beacon on 10m from Australia.
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