Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

 Conditions to Eastern Europe seem good at the moment. See  https://www.tvcomm.co.uk/g7izu/radio-propagation-maps/europe-sporadic-e/  .

On 8m FT8 today, my 2.5W to a low dipole has been spotted by 2 stations in Eire. This is too far (I think) for usual tropo and there seems t...

The impression I have is that things are not as good as yesterday on 10m and 6m as far as propagation in Europe is concerned. Unless things ...

 It looks like there are fewer European openings today, which may account for just English reports so far (1039z) on 6m FT8. See  https://ww...

It looks like the MUF today could be the highest this sunspot cycle according to the charts I have seen. It is always worth checking these. ...

Both yesterday and the day before, I had over 70 reports of my 500mW 10m WSPR beacon. Today I have had just a few reports and these could be...

When I operate I tend to take pot luck. Others make use of propagation predictions, in which case this site may be of use. There are others....

Southgate News reports on a website that gives near realtime HF predictions. See  http://www.bandconditions.com/

Yesterday, I added a new page to my main website. This is about HF conditions. See https://sites.google.com/site/g3xbmqrp3/hf/hfcondx . ...

Thanks again to Southgate News for pointing me to this resource for propagation prediction. I have  yet to try it, but it assumes 100W and ...

Unlike yesterday, I was spotted by no-one early on 10m Es today. Es is sporadic so it is entirely possible 10m and 6m could open to somewher...

This series of charts (change months and bands as required) is a useful guide to HF propagation. Like all such forecasts, caveat emptor as ...

Sunspot count is 102 today (higher than of late) and 20-30MHz propagation is forecast to be "good", so better than of late. 10m co...

Several examples of 6m GDX today so far: G8JNJ/A (184km) spotted my 1W ERP at -25dB S/N with no Doppler evident at 0850z and G3WKW (134km) ...

G0KYA has a most useful page offering realtime propagation predictions in the form of maps showing exactly where signals should reach on a...