Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

The U3A is an organisation to allow older people to enjoy learning just for fun. Unlike years ago, there are no exams and no swatting. Learn...

As part of my University of the Third Age lectures , I am attending a course on Cosmology. It is very interesting, but also very hard. Like ...

For about 14 years, I have been attending U3A courses. It is great fun learning new things just for fun. Some involve going into Cambridge a...

Yesterday's University of the Third Age lecture was by a Cambridge professor on the ethical reasons for a basic wage. It was very good. ...

Recently, I attended a University of the Third Age lecture on China. There is little doubt that China will once again become a major world p...

Shortly, I shall turn on my 10m FT8 RX. This allows me to get on with other things. I can check propagation over coffee later.  The normal r...

Most Tuesdays and Wednesdays I travel into Cambridge for my U3A courses. Today it was a typical showery November day. The photo shows Camb...

Every other Tuesday I have been going in to Cambridge on the service bus to my U3A course on Polar Studies at the Scott Polar Institute. As ...

This afternoon I have my U3AC course on the above subject. We have a great variety of courses in Cambridge. We are very lucky having many ex...