Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

There will be an extra SAQ VLF transmission this month on Dec 6th at 1045UTC on 17.2kHz. No reports are being requested and no QSL cards wi...

There were few 10m CW stations audible today (Nov 29) in the CQWW contest but among the few was the DXpedition to 3X5A in Guinea , West Afr...

Although I do not do that much on 160m I took a listen this evening and conditions were very good. Heard were UA6MF, EY8MM and 3X5A all o...

SK6RUD was a good signal on 500kHz again this evening around 2000z on my basic set-up here. The better equipped stations in Europe are curr...

Had a change from ham radio today when I went birdwatching on the Wash in North Norfolk with our University of the Third Age group in Camb...

Last week G4BAO showed me a copy of a new book running to nearly 400 pages called " Backscatter " which has been created from art...

Tried a sked on 3560 this morning with Richard G4ICP in Braintree when using the FETer micro-transceiver with 18mW and the single FET RX. A...

Back in 2002 I started the Miracle Whip Yahoo group for those interested in the Miracle Whip antenna and similar homebrew versions. Today t...

This week I was fortunate to be asked along to the Huntingdonshire Amateur Radio Society to give my talk on Kitchen Sink Minimalist Radio ....

www.g3xbm.co.uk now has the information on the 12 parts only micro-transceiver for 80m. I have also corrected the link to the DX cluster...