Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

At the moment there is a move towards off-grid reliable communication that does not need the internet or mobile phones.  As far as I can tel...

There is a new video from DX Explorer about the Thinknode M1 LoRa transceiver.  Where he lives Meshcore seems more common than Meshtastic.  ...

For those unfamiliar with these license free mesh systems, the jury is out. It reminds me a bit like VHS v Betamax. It also reminds me of th...

 As I mentioned yesterday, there is a small, but dedicated group of experimenters. In my view, these experimeners will increasingly use lice...

It seems to me that very few radio amateurs now experiment.  Most just want to talk or tick off more DXCC entities using modes like FT8. Mos...

These feel like the future.  More and more people are looking for a means of communication that does not depend on the internet. These are m...

 I only came across this blog seeing a post in Amateur Radio Weekly.Maybe true experimenters are not in amateur radio? See  https://mw1cfnra...

Some people look for ways to communicate that do not depend on the internet. I have no experience of these which use licence free Lora to j...