Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

China is in the ascendancy in the 21st century.   For a long time the USA has been acknowledged as the strongest power in the world, but it ...

Banggood is selling some very low cost transceivers and receivers. These are far below the prices we are used to. In many cases, these are...

This version 3 Q900 transceiver from China looks like the FT817 replacement we never had. It is also much less expensive and is SDR based. ...

Recently, I attended a University of the Third Age lecture on China. There is little doubt that China will once again become a major world p...

Steve G1KQH has just sent me an eBay link to yet another multi-band HF SSB SDR transceiver from China . This retails for about £115! How do ...

The Chinese have launched a very low cost electric car aimed at commuters. It is a joint venture with General Motors. It is outselling Tesl...

Steve G1KQH has reminded me about a new Chinese amateur radio HF transceiver.  Many of the things we buy are made in China. It is now hard ...

There is a video about the Chinese satellite orbiting the moon. Some people dislike the Chinese, but they will be even more of a super-power...

This is the sort of horror story you watch and hope. Apparently the 3 year old was caught in a blanket and escaped without injury. See  ht...

Apparently a couple of probes on the far side of the Moon have taken photos of each other. Being on the Moon's far side, all images have...

Not sure if this is all part of President Trump getting tough on China, but Southgate News reports that the FCC in the USA is getting tough...

Today, in the post, I received this package from China containing all these capacitive "pens" for tablets.  The price? £1.10 t...

There is a major exhibition on in Liverpool at the moment of the Chinese Terracotta Warriors. These were immense statues created over 2000...

According to Southgate News , China is soon to get the 60m WRC allocation. See  http://southgatearc.org/news/2018/june/china-soon-on-60m.h...

So it looks like, better late than never, Yaesu and Kenwood are joining the SDR club. However, what I see looks like a couple of expensive...

According to Southgate News, China is to launch a couple of lunar satellites which will send data on 70cms. The Chinese also plan a lunar r...

For obvious reasons I won't name him, but a friend has just imported an SDR rig (the same one MLS wanted to charge £550 for) for just ov...

These are coming thick and fast now and I suspect the Japanese are very worried. It may still be a few years before they are a really go...

In the west we have become addicted to low cost goods. It seems almost everything is made in China these days. Try it: look on the label of ...

I ordered a pair of Chinese UHF portables for just over £13 a pair . One arrived. I have still to chase the company for the second unit. ...