Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

This is being copied in Eire by EI9KP by weak tropo, but after several days I have had no sign here in East Anglia. I only have a low dipole...

 Although I suspect my chances are low, I am continuing to monitor the beacon  GB3MCB in Cornwall on 40.050 MHz FT8. As the 10m antenna is ...

This beacon on 40.050 MHz began operation this weekend.  It is situated in mid-Cornwall near St Austell. It should be very useful to indicat...

According to the beacon keeper, the 8m beacon at GB3MCB  on 40.050 MHz should be operational next weekend subject to the rigger and weather...

I gather the GB3MCB beacon cluster has got approval to add 8m and 5m beacons. I don't think these are active yet, but the 8m beacon wil...

I understand that the people who run the GB3MCB beacon have (at last) been granted permission to install 8m and 5m beacons. These will run ...

You may recall I had not copied this 2m Cornish beacon, even on MS pings here in East Anglia and was wondering why.  Well, it turns out it i...

I have still to copy this beacon on my FT817ND and 3el from a decent site!  Beam heading is right, so I guess it must be too weak to copy e...