Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

It is odd how you do not see postings from people you know about for a while and then realise they are not there. Many times there is a good...

Some weeks ago, I sent Jay (Wilson) W5OLF an email and got no reply, which is unusual. Has anybody any news please? He has been a great hel...

My fears are growing. I have written to Jay twice and not had a response.  He may just be on a long vacation, but I have heard no news. In t...

 As regular readers will know, Jay', W5OLF s 10m WSPR beacon is a small stand-alone 500mW WSPR beacon that I have used for many years. I...

It is now 1504z and I have been on 10m WSPR TX with 500mW with the W5OLF beacon for about 10 minutes. No spots yet. UPDATE 1615z:  It help...

I keep forgetting that if I an RXing using the Wellgood active loop, my 10m antenna is free and I can go on 10m WSPR TX with the W5OLF 10m ...

When not using the 10m antenna I keep forgetting that I can go on 10m WSPR TX with my W5OLF 500mW WSPR beacon. It is on now.  So far, just ...

Jason  M0NYW has just forwarded me some 14.037MHz crystals that came originally from Jay W5OLF . These are for use in my ultra simple 10FT...

Jay, W5OLF has produced a new version of his WSPR beacon (see photo). It is simpler than his earlier version, the WSPR-AXE-CW. He writes:  ...

 Jay, W5OLF , has asked me to forward this: "At the end of last year I designed the Retro-WSPR exciter around an Adafruit Trinket micro...

As my 10m antenna is not being used, I am again on 10m WSPR TX (500mW). This W5OLF 10m WSPR beacon is on 100% TX, but randomises the TX fre...

When I am on 6m FT8, I keep forgetting that my 10m antenna is not in use!  So, I am on 6m FT8 (2.5W) and 10m WSPR with the 500mW W5OLF WSP...

All being well, my simple, low cost, RX for 10m FT8 should appear in RSGB RadCom in August. This is not certain. My thanks go to Jay W5OLF ...

A few years ago I bought a 500mW (TX only) WSPR beacon from W5OLF . It has been copied in every continent including Antarctica even with m...

I knew I had to offset my FT817 on 6m WSPR but it helps to be on the correct frequency! I realised I was set to 50.292700 whereas I should h...

Local G4NUA (12km) was exchanging strong spots with me on 10m, so I decided to swap to my W5OLF 10m WSPR beacon (500mW) and use the FT817 t...

At 0950z I reverted to my 500mW 10m WSPR beacon by W5OLF. This is 100% 10m TX at 500mW but with randomised frequencies changed every 2 minut...

As I get so many DX reports with my 500mW WSPR, I no longer tell my XYL. An Australian station was spotting my 10m WSPR again today. I think...

I received this email from Jay W5OLF : "Hi Roger, I was catching up on your blog and saw the comment about how much you like the ...

As you may recall, I use (very successfully) on 10m a WSPR-AXE-CW beacon by W5OLF .  In the last 6 months this has served me well.  However ...