Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

As pointed out in his earlier comment, John Regnualt, G4SWX , who is the RSGB's VHF manager, has directed us to a truly excellent websi...

Back in 1964 (corrected - thanks John!), the amateur community benefited from 2m and 70cm EME QSOs using the huge dish in Puerto Rico usuall...

Sadly this giant radio telescope in Puerto Rico was damaged beyond repair.  In the mid 1960s it was used for some amateur moonbounce tests. ...

This video was made in May 2013, but I have only just seen it. This is definitely pushing the boundaries. Makes my efforts seem distinctly ...

Back in the mid 1960s, the huge dish at Arecibo, Puerto Rico was used for amateur EME experiments. As the gain was so large, this gave more...

One of the great things about our hobby is the huge diversity. Some just enjoy chatting, whereas some choose to chase DX, often by the mos...

According to Southgate News the next Michael Portillo "Great British Rail Journeys" may include a piece recorded at Goonhilly Dow...

Amateur Radio Weekly relays that a UK Foundation Licence holder using 10W has had a successful QSO "off the moon". See  https:/...

VE7SL has been busy again with moonbounce using 140W on 2m with JT65. Steve has a modest station and yet again shows that moonbounce, which...

Moonbounce (EME) impresses me as I know some work really hard to optimise their stations to achieve this most difficult aspect of our hobby....

See http://www.amateurradio.com / for details of VE7SL' s EME activity. He runs (relatively) low power for moonbounce, but still seems t...

Way back in my youth, I recall that USA amateurs got access to the huge 1000 foot dish at Arecibo in Puerto Rico for early EME (moonbounce) ...

There are now a number of places on the internet where one can find and operate on-line software defined radios (SDRs). For a list of these ...