Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

In the February 2023 issue of Practical Wireless is my article about 8m. Practical Wireless now incorporates Radio User.   The latter used ...

Through the post today I got my monthly copy of Practical Wireless. It seems  a lot thinner. To my mind this says one thing: they are in tro...

I still get this on subscription.  If I am honest, it would be the first magazine to go.  Content is a bit patchy with some good articles an...

7 years ago there was a review of mine in Practical Wireless. It was quite a surprise to see my bald head and garden on the cover!  Since ...

According to Southgate News PW and RadioUser magazines have been sold to a new owner. See  http://southgatearc.org/news/2017/august/new-o...

My Sept 2016 edition of Practical Wireless arrived today in the post. In it, was a data-card showing the HF beacons and on the reverse the l...

Yet again I managed to miss the Practical Wireless 2m QRP contest yesterday. It would have been a good test of my simple station too. It is ...

The Yaesu FT991 is reviewed in the latest edition of Practical Wireless . Apparently this rig is proving very popular in the UK. I think thi...

Thanks to Phil G4HFU (see earlier post) I have been reacquainted with the old PW adverts that got me dreaming over 50 years ago. I wonder if...

Well, I had quite a surprise when the Sept 2013 edition of Practical Wireless (PW) magazine dropped on the mat in the post this morning. ...

If you have just bought a copy of the August 2013 copy of Practical Wireless you may have noticed that in the next edition (September) I...

G3XBM in New Zealand (Abel Tasman National Park) Feb 2009 For the second month in a row I have an article in Practical Wireles...

The follow-up article on my 500kHz transverter and WSPR experiments appeared in the May edition of Practical Wireless today. I hope it enco...