Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

 As we have company until later today, I am not currently on the radio.

This radio was less than £20 delivered from China. Remarkable. It really really  is tiny. Yes, that is an SMA antenna connector and USB-C ch...

This radio RX is available from China for around £20 delivered. It is an all band, all mode RX and it is really tiny. You can tell by my ha...

My tiny radio came yesterday from China over a month before I was expecting it.  It is hard to convey just how tiny it is, so I have put it...

In the last week I have been recording the broadcast radio stations that I have listened to as part of an IPSOS survey.  Mostly it is BBC Ra...

As we went to Cambridge by bus (very good and totally free if you are old!) and did not return until mid afternoon, I did not go on the radi...

It amazes me that these are so inexpensive!  I have seen them as low as £22.99 for 2 on Amazon!! There are probably units that are even les...

  This was my grandson in the shack learning to solder and building a radio. He got the hang of soldering very quickly.  Whether he will hav...

See https://www.youtube.com/user/ve3cnu .  It is always fun to take a peek into other people's radio shacks. This YouTube channel is hos...

Some months ago I bought a PIC based LC meter kit from the Cambridge Radio Club (CDARC). This was a club project and the unit allows very a...