Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

  On Amazon Prime I noticed this UHF (446MHz?) transceiver for £11.95.  Included are a charger and earpiece /mic.  Another supplier  has a ...

Southgate News has a piece on a possible "beginners licence" to encourage VHF/UHF activity. This would be non-technical and with ...

On Southgate News there is a report about the RSGB's thoughts on activity levels on VHF and UHF bands. Apparently activity levels have ...

If you are after a truly miniature transceiver maybe this will fit the bill? It is also sold via Amazon, but when I looked it said "c...

If you have plenty of money, you may want to consider the new log-periodic from InnovAntennas at just under £200. Personally, I think this i...

I ordered a pair of Chinese UHF portables for just over £13 a pair . One arrived. I have still to chase the company for the second unit. ...

Slowly, but surely, the Chinese are conquering the world by stealth. You can buy 2 very low cost miniature UHF transceivers from China fo...

Southgate News brings news of a free digital download of this famous book from the 1990s. See http://www.trpub.net/assets/applets/VHF-UHF...

Usually I go on 2m and 70cm (mainly the Tuesday evening UKAC sessions) and work what I can with my QRP.  Some users use prediction maps, to ...

Although I can copy the VHF beacon PI7CIS (144.416MHz) almost 100% of the time on my small 3el VHF beam (callsign clear but S-meter does n...

VHF/UHF beam with V2000, 2m halo and HF Par antenna behind The dual band 2m/70cm beam is erected and is working now the useless Moonrake...

Today I unpacked my 3/5el beam for 2/70cm, the wall brackets and the coax leads. I am missing a small SMA female to SMA female connector  (j...

I am beginning to think that ALL tests outside the house should stop until I am a lot better (stroke). The best description is I feel, all t...

Regular readers may remember that I was asking about rotators some months back. Well, I have just realised that the place where I intend to ...

This evening I went up to our new, well being newly renovated, bungalow on top of our local "hill" immediately next to the Burwe...

In my search for a low cost rotator for small and lightweight VHF/UHF yagis I see that Conrad Electronics UK sells an "external TV ro...