News 26th November 2011

The sound problem on the link has now hopefully sorted, I have replaced the PC with a new one. Any audio reports welcome PLEASE.

News 24th November 2010

The antenna is back at 40ft but on a lower power as per my new NOV.

News 15th October 2010

I have needed to drop the height of the antenna by 8ft as I found that it was over the height that I first applied for on my NOV for MB7ICL.

News 11th July 2010

I have been slowly moving my shack out of the house, this includes the Echolink PC from the loft and this is now also located in the new shack. This move has allowed me to shorten the feeder to less than half what it was. When I get time I will also update the radio to a Motorola GM300 "that I have wanted to do for some time. See photos of new shack HERE

Local Jammer !

I would like to thank all that helped with finding the dead keyer on MB7ICL. I visited M3ACU this morning 4/7/09 and I don't think we will be getting any more problems.

Because of many complaints from other users of the IRELAND server saying that someone has been dead keying on MB7ICL "with a 50hz hum". Today I contacted Ofcom and I have been asked to give them any signal reports + direction of signal. I have just finished installing a 2m beam so I can give a direction from me. Anyone else that can give me this infomation with their locator it will be most helpfull. Ofcom say they will be looking into the problem. It is a pitty that one IDIOT wants to muck things up for the rest of you. Paul G0HWC

News 27th June 2009

This morning I found that the PC that MB7ICL runs on had crashed, and it turned out to be the hard drive. I have now fitted a new drive and re installed all the software. If you find any problems, please let me know. I guess the heat in my loft was just too much for it !

News 24th June 2009

Today I put the node antenna back on my tower, so it has gone from 15ft to 40ft. It would be good to get reports of changes to coverage.

Every sunday the World Ham Radio News will be played over the node. It will be at 10am and then again at 6pm.

Equipment in use: Yaesu FT-7800, G3VFP Echolink MKIIIA Interface and a 3GHz Pentium with 1GB or ram (See Station Details)

For a list of nodes on line now with their numbers and their status click here

If you have any comments, signal reports or questions please Email Me

I am adding features to the node all the time. Anything you would like added ? Let me know.

I keep being asked about supporting the running of MB7ICL. Here is a PayPal donation button for this.

Many thanks to Kevin 2E1HAQ & Richard G7HJK from Costal Communications for help with the NOV