Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

For a change, I am trying 15m QRP FT8 with my QMX+ transceiver. Within a few minutes I was being spotted by 48 stations and I had spotted 38...

 At about 1840z, I QSYed to 15m. So far (at 1851z) 11 stations have spotted me, all "across the pond". UPDATE 2102z: 51 stations ...

This was several years ago at the QTH of G6ALB . Andrew did the building of this valve Sputnik TX and I did the operating. After about 10 mi...

So far today my 15m QRP FT8 has been spotted by 156 stations worldwide (see photo) with the QMX+ transceiver. UPDATE 1348z: 233 stations ac...

Just for fun, I tried the QMX+  on 15m. It was not for long. Several Es spots of me.  Looking at the bars on the TX monitor I would reckon a...

At the moment I am trying 15m FT8 with the tiny QDX transceiver. Conditions are better than 10m, but still pathetic compared with yesterday....

Stations spotting my QRP FT8 on 15m today As 10m FT8 is so poor, I have QSYed to 15m. So far, I have been spotted by 14 stations with the fu...

This photo of my homebrew 15m QRP CW transceiver was found when I was looking through some old stuff. This was an 800mW transceiver. It work...

A few minutes ago I QSYed to 15m FT8 with the little QDX transceiver. 10 stations have spotted me, but (according to PSKreporter) I have spo...

At the moment 15m is a very useful band. It stays open longer than 10m and with the high sunspot count, it is capable of worldwide DX.  Alth...

As 10m seems to have stopped, I have QSYed to 15m FT8 RX.  So far, 135 stations have been spotted with most in North and South America. Stil...

Currently, I  expect to be on 10m QRP (5W) quite a bit next year. Possibly I may also try 15m FT8.   I find voice QSOs hard these days. Many...

We can all agree that HF conditions are good on the whole. The higher HF bands are suitable for worldwide contacts and conditions are likely...

As an experiment, I may try FT8 RX on a different band with my 10m end fed antenna. I think it has a low SWR on some other bands, but I cann...

At  0855z, I turned on my 15m FT8 RX. No spots yet. I think conditions are disturbed. UPDATE 1000z:   No spots on 15m FT8 RX on PSKreporter....

Again I am on 15m FT8 RX with the tiny indoor loop antenna. This just sits on the shack windowsill and is about 50cm diameter. For the size,...

From about 1000z, I have been on 15m FT8 RX with the tiny loop on the shack windowsill. So far today, 35 stations already spotted. UPDATE 11...

At just after 0900z, I turned on 15m FT8 RX using just the tiny indoor loop antenna used yesterday on 17m. So far, 20 stations spotted in ju...

At about 1300z, I turned on 15m FT8 RX. So far, at 1320z, 70 stations spotted. UPDATE 1402z:   141 stations spotted today on 15m FT8 RX. UP...

At the moment I am monitoring 15m FT8 RX with the 10m antenna.  After about 5 minutes, at 1147z, 38 stations already spotted. 15m is a great...