Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

We're now months into cycle 24, yet the solar flux levels are showing little signs of rising much: they're still in the mid 70s only...

Stefan DK7FC has now received permission from the German authorities to use a 300m long kite antenna in daylight to transmit below 9kHz. Wi...

The GQRP club (subs £6 per year - excellent value) is now selling the Limerick Sudden kit. This is an improved version of the classic Sudde...

A young friend of ours, Josie, has multiple sclerosis (MS) very badly and it has devastated her life in many ways. Undaunted, yesterday Josi...

Jim M0BMU has posted a link on the LF reflector to a site showing the Omega beacon antennas and transmitter at Haiku Valley in Hawaii . This...

Next weekend it is VHF NFD so there will be a good opportunity for some QRP DXing on the VHF bands. In past contests I've managed to wor...

The well known range of QRP kits from Kanga are now available again in the UK. These include the FOXX3 transceiver and the Sudden receiver....

DK7FC is transmitting now (0800-1100z) on 8.97KHz. His signals are visible on his 8.97kHz grabber . Stefan is testing further improvement...

There's a programme on BBC TV tomorrow about the design and building of the UK's latest nuclear submarine. The preview said that eac...

This evening I've again been running my 500kHz QRP transverter into the earth electrodes separated by 20m of wire at about 1.5m above gr...