Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

The recent upturn in the sunspot count seems to have stalled a bit, although the rolling average does appear to point to an upturn which sho...

This afternoon I worked G3PTQ in Bottisham, 6kms away with the 50mW Sixbox AM transceiver . Report was RS41 (weak, but 80% readable). Then ...

For a few hours today I managed some operating on 10m QRP in the IOTA contest. No great DX (best was Cyprus) but I did work a couple of sta...

This evening I managed 16kms contacts with both the SixBox 6m 40mW AM transceiver and with the Fredbox 2m 10mW AM transceiver. QSOs were f...

Last night I gave my "Kitchen Table Minimalist Radio" talk at the Peterborough Radio Club. Everyone was very welcoming and, to my ...

Several recent local tests on 6m lead me to believe the V2000 triband vertical is not that good for local working. It is fine for DXing but...

Back home in Cambridgeshire now and, sadly, was unable to find anyone within a 15-20 mile radius when in S.Devon with whom to test the SixBo...

This Wednesday I am giving my "Kitchen Sink Radio" talk at the Peterborough Radio Club. I will put the presentation on my website ...

For the last few days I have been in South Devon on holiday. Some evenings I have been out looking for skeds with the SixBox 6m QRP AM trans...

Two local tests with stations on 6m AM have shown just how noisy the band can be when using this mode. M1KTA was 18kms away and M1MAJ around...