Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

The blog of John EI7GL reports on some astounding DX on 50MHz (6m). Although reported as multi-hop Es, I have my doubts. This is like the s...

As reported earlier, the WRC-19 has ended. One of the outcomes, as reported in Southgate News , should be more countries on 6m in Region 1, ...

Good news! 6m has been agreed as an official amateur allocation in Region 1 following an agreement at WRC-19 in Egypt. See  https://www.ia...

For a change, I am on 6m FT8 RX today. Really I am hoping for G stations and any EUs would be a bonus. UPDATE 1350z: Nothing at all spotte...

Many countries in Region 1 have allocated the 6m band, but this is at the discretion of individual administrations. At WRC19, according to S...

According to Southgate News , Germany now will get access to the WRC 5MHz allocation and an extension of their 50MHz band. I wonder when t...

I have returned to 6m JT65, although I have an S7 noise floor on the band this morning. Even with the PC on battery power it is still there,...

Although I only have only a vertical V2000 for 6m and can only run 5W pep, I shall give this contest a go this evening.  Usually I stop on f...

We are now on the verge of the summer Es season in Europe and the USA, so 50MHz should be good out to about 2000km. Occasionally much furthe...

Starting at 2000z, the monthly UK activity contest takes place on 6m. I only have a vertical for 6m and my voice is still poor.  However, I&...

In many ways, 6m (50MHz) is an ideal band for experiments. Short RF leads are always good, but 6m is a forgiving band and you can get away w...

Even though my voice is still very bad I may try for a few points in the 50MHz UKAC contest 2000-2230z tonight. The only 50MHz antenna I hav...

As my little grandson is asleep in the adjoining room, I was unable to stay on the 50MHz UK activity contest for more than a few minutes ton...

After several days on 6m this is the total summary of WSPR reports (none of me!). All attempts to reach TEP "ends" failed, on thi...

For the last few days I have been patiently trying to find some TEP-Es on 6m WSPR, to no avail. Although 6m TEP (trans-equatorial propagatio...

No TEP sadly but I did spot G6AVK at 78km on 6m last evening at -25dB S/N. This is a strange distance on 6m.  The -2 drift is almost certai...

For the last 36 hours I have been using WSPR on 6m to check for openings when busy with other things. I am surprised how often CN8LI (2171k...

Well, this was an interesting evening. Just after teatime I noticed 50MHz was open with some strong Es signals from Europe. A few stations w...

This evening I have been listening (and having a few 5W QRP QSOs) in the RSGB 50MHz Activity Contest. This is a good opportunity to find out...

Homebase-6 50MHz halo prototype indoors ready for tests This afternoon I had a go at scaling my Homebase-10 (28MHz wire halo) down to wo...