Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

Thanks (again) to Southgate News comes information about a new beam from SteppIR. Covering 40-6m I am sure it will appeal to some. To me it...

After about a year of service, I have taken down my beam for 2m and 70cm which was not working as it did. In the near future I want to erect...

Some years ago, I was in need of a 70cms antenna for portable use and had to improvise by raiding my XYL's wardrobe!  The result was a...

VHF/UHF beam with V2000, 2m halo and HF Par antenna behind The dual band 2m/70cm beam is erected and is working now the useless Moonrake...

Today I unpacked my 3/5el beam for 2/70cm, the wall brackets and the coax leads. I am missing a small SMA female to SMA female connector  (j...

A large package arrived today: my 3el/5el VHF/UHF beam, brackets and feeder cable. I must now await Andrew G6ALB to help me erect it. We h...

Take a look at this antenna for 160m and 80m. It is the antenna used by OH8X and is absolutely massive. This is certainly not my idea of h...