Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

I have to confess I have no idea where these islands are and the callsign does not help. In a short while I shall look them up. This is a QS...

Today was my University of the Third Age in Cambridge. Before it starts I have brunch.

My beacon was turned pm just before breakfast. UPDATE 1630z: 72 stations have spotted me today.

  Recently, there was a 50mW CW QSO on 20m using this homemade TX. I forget who designed and built this.

The trouble with wars and conflicts is it impossible to tell who is telling the truth. Both sides in a conflict tend to invoke propaganda to...

 Solar flux is 178 and the SSN 171. A=5 and K=0. 

If you are in public life it must be hell.  Your every move is looked at, photographed  and every little detail picked over.  Recently, with...

This is a gentle reminder that my Project Scrapbook is available as a free  PDF download on my main website.  It is really a dump of my life...

This painting was in the window yesterday. It captures the atmosphere. 

My beacon was turned on at 0926z. UPDATE 0940z:  2 stations spotting me (EA8 and OH) UPDATE 1040z:  Spotted by 5 stations. See map by VK7JJ...