Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

HF bands present no real challenge. Recent microwatt tests on 10m WSPR have been fun, but I need a new challenge.  My 2.5W 8m FT8 signal has...

In all, I had 2 short periods on 2m VHF NFD.  8 stations were worked.  More could have been worked had I stayed on longer, but I was exhaust...

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

The IARU VHF/UHF Region 1 Newsletter has details of the FM 2m QSO between ZS3 and ZD7, See  https://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php/vhfuhsshf

Although I rarely use this myself, there is a useful program to predict tropo openings on 2m.

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

It is a number of years since I last used VHF AM. At one time nearly all VHF activity was AM. These days most activity is FM with DX being ...

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...

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...

The lower VHF bands are becoming less popular for professional users as antennas on handhelds are long and there is Es interference from ti...

Yet again, I almost forgot this! I was prompted by a Facebook post by the Cambridge Club. I have just been on (5W and a 2m omni antenna) to ...

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 ...

We normally hold an East Cambridgeshire net at 1900z Mondays on 144.575MHz FM. If the channel is busy we move down 25kHz or further.  This e...

So far, I have not tried listening to the 2m Cornish, N.Ireland and Scottish beacons with the big-wheel horizontal omni antenna. I must giv...

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...

With Andrew G6ALB 's superb and kind help, my manually turned, Moonraker supplied, dual band 2m/70cm antenna is up and working, no thank...

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 ...