Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

Today I rediscovered an old Meccano Magazine from 1942 in my drawers. Back in the 1950s the Meccano Magazine was a highlight I looked forwa...

A recent post on the GQRP Yahoo group alerted me to Bitsbox which looks to be an excellent UK supplier with decent prices and delivery char...

For the last few weeks I've been on 6m WSPR when busy doing other things in the home. I run 5W into a V2000 vertical. Almost every eveni...

Last weekend saw both DK7FC and DF6NM transmitting with <100mW ERP on VLF. Their signals were successfully received by many stations ac...

Tomorrow morning Stefan DK7FC/P will be testing for the first time in many months using his kite supported VLF antenna. He will be transmit...

For years, scientists have been predicting the Sun would by around 2012 move into solar maximum, a period of intense flares and sunspot ac...

Having had some fun in both the 2m and 70cm cumulative contests today and last Tuesday my thoughts are now turning to the next contest which...

Stations worked 70cms UKAC 14/6/11 My tiny 4el 70cm yagi made from wood and a couple of coat hangers worked very well this evening nettin...

Tuesday June 14th is the 70cms activity contest from 1900-2100z. I've made a small 4 element yagi for portable use and this mounts on a...

The more I look at the data the more convinced I am that we are now reaching (or may have already passed?) the peak of solar cycle 24 much e...